In March 2026, I made the decision to stay at La Suite Dior and attend Paris Fashion Week.
How this transpired is that my mentor, Marta Hobbs, had attended several Paris Fashion Week events hosted by Dior.
She had also previously stayed at the exclusive La Suite Dior at 30 Avenue Montaigne, the same Paris address where Dior’s flagship boutique and galerie are located.
One of my desires was to one day attend Paris Fashion Week and gain access to something few outside the fashion industry, or outside the world of VIP clients, ever get to experience.
It felt like a natural expression of what I have come to choose for myself. I talk about this more in Slow Luxurious Living: Becoming a Woman in Love With Her Life.
What Is La Suite Dior?
La Suite Dior is an ultra-exclusive, almost secret “hotel room” where you have to know the right person or be connected with the Dior brand at an elite level to receive the opportunity.
It is not simply a beautiful set of rooms in Paris. It is a private world inside the Dior universe itself.
The address, 30 Avenue Montaigne, is where Christian Dior established his couture house in 1946.
Behind the public beauty of the boutique is another world entirely: private access, quiet hallways, butlers, couture history, and rooms that offer an intimate invitation into the private life of the fashion house.
Marta is a very important client at Dior, and after seeing her videos from their Couture show in January 2026, I mentioned to her how lit up I felt simply observing her experience.
The desire I had was real. Something in me recognized, “I belong there,” and I wanted to experience it someday.
That someday became now.
Manifesting the Opportunity to Stay at La Suite Dior
Through Marta’s connection with the brand, I was presented with the opportunity to book a stay at La Suite Dior during Paris Fashion Week ready-to-wear in March 2026. By doing so, I would also receive an invitation to the Dior show.
I had the pleasure of choosing Marta as my guest during my stay at La Suite Dior, which brought even more joy, ease, and aliveness to the experience.
This was a threshold moment of expansion for me. And I knew it was something I had manifested through intentions I had set years ago.
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Fashion show attendance always requires approval from the design house, so it is not simply a matter of getting a ticket.
The invitation itself is part of the brand’s exclusivity. It is a form of access few receive.
The Growth Beneath the Glamour
Even though the suite and the clothing for the show were a high luxury-level investment, I chose to stretch myself in new ways.
I chose to work with my nervous system around the expansion and find inner safety in investing money in things I never had before.
This was a lived experience of what is discussed in our article: Nervous System and Money: Why Wealth Begins in the Body.
I also wanted to enter unfamiliar environments that felt very elevated and slightly beyond my comfort zone.
I wanted to root more deeply into my identity as a wealthy woman and as a woman who can belong at the highest levels of luxury.
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Of course, I also wanted to experience the glamour, artistry, and beauty that Paris Fashion Week is.
But it was more than that.
This was about growth.
Choosing My Dior Look for Paris Fashion Week
The week started with a VIP shopping experience at Dior to choose an outfit for the show.
The weather in Paris was unseasonably sunny and warm for early March, so I chose a shorter green dress, a Jonathan Anderson design that felt like “me.”
That day, I also received my handwritten invitation from Dior to attend the show.
The handwritten invitation is not just beautiful stationery. It is a key into a world usually reserved for industry notables and elite clients.
Arriving at the Dior Show at Tuileries Gardens
On the day of the show, we arrived at the Dior boutique to have hair and makeup done. From there, we were driven to the show, which was held inside a specially built structure at Tuileries Gardens.
Arriving at the show felt like crossing another threshold.
As the car pulled up near Tuileries Gardens, the energy changed. There were photographers, fans waiting to see celebrity guests and brand ambassadors, security, barricades, and the unmistakable charge of Paris Fashion Week.
Then came the quiet ritual of stepping from the car into the public spectacle outside before entering the private world of the show venue.
Inside the Dior Ready-to-Wear Show
Inside Tuileries Gardens, Dior had created an atmosphere, not simply a runway.
I had actually seen the structure the day before when I stumbled across it on a walk through the gardens. I watched as the builders finished the space and saw the models practicing their runway walk.
The set design was inspired by Monet’s water lilies. From an aerial view, the structure formed the CD of the Christian Dior logo.
From the ground, it appeared as a diamond-shaped walkway built over water. The models came down the center, walked around either side, and then returned through the center again.
It was both architectural and dreamlike: a green structure above water, with the water lily theme bringing softness to the precision of the staging.
What I loved about this was that it gave the show a sense of movement and immersion.
This was not only about watching clothing pass by. It was stepping inside the world Jonathan Anderson and Dior had created for that collection.
The set, the music, the water, the movement of the models, and the clothing all worked together to create the experience.
Checking Into La Suite Dior at 30 Avenue Montaigne
After the show, we checked into La Suite Dior, where our butler gave us a tour of the luxurious suite.
There is something very distinct about entering private spaces inside 30 Avenue Montaigne where few people ever go.
This did not feel like checking into a beautiful hotel. It felt like being invited behind the veil of the brand.
Everyone at Dior made me feel like a very special guest. The public world of Dior is already exquisite, but this experience was intimate, quiet, hidden, and exclusive.
Waiting for us inside the gorgeous suite were large Dior gift bags. Inside were monogrammed robes. These gift bags, with lovely surprises inside, showed up each day of our stay.
What made the La Suite Dior experience feel extraordinary was not only the beauty of the suite, but the choreography of care around the entire stay.
At every turn, there was someone quietly present to serve: a butler, a stylist, a makeup artist, a driver, a Dior representative, someone offering a drink, someone opening a door, someone guiding us into the next room.
The itinerary of the week never felt rushed, but it was full, precise, and highly orchestrated.
The Dior After-Party at Cheval Blanc Paris
The evening after the show, we attended the Dior after-party at Cheval Blanc Paris.
After the busyness and spectacle of the runway, the after-party felt like another layer of the Dior world opening to me — one that few people get to see or experience.
The evening at Cheval Blanc was an intimate continuation of the day — a quieter, more social form.
The space was filled with Dior executives, VIP clients, and industry insiders. We enjoyed hors d’oeuvres, conversation, and the elegant atmosphere of the room and outside patio that overlooked Paris.
What stood out to me most was the feeling of belonging. There was something powerful about being in a prestigious circle and realizing I did not feel outside of it.
I could take in the atmosphere, the conversations, the elegance, and the access without questioning why I was there. I got to belong there.
This was one of those moments that reminded me of what I discussed in Embodied Worth: When You Realize You Belong Here.
The setting was luxurious, of course, but the deeper luxury was in the access, the atmosphere, the conversations, and the quiet realization that this level of experience had become part of my life.
Touring the Dior Archive
Still tired but overflowing with happiness, the next day started with a tour of the Dior Archive.
The archive holds pieces spanning the brand’s lineage, including some of Dior’s most famous gowns, shoes, accessories, and other prominent artifacts.
There is something deeply moving about seeing the history of a fashion house up close.
The gowns, shoes, accessories, and artifacts hold the memory of eras: the creative directors, the women, the silhouettes, and the cultural moments.
Dior is not just fashion as an image. It is a deeply nurtured fashion lineage, started by an innovative man who chose to live from his heart, soul, and intuition.
The Dior Re-See: Seeing the Collection Up Close
Following the archive tour, we returned to the show venue in Tuileries Gardens for the re-see.
The re-see is where the collection comes off the runway and becomes intimate. The pieces that were in the show the day before were now close enough to study, touch, and try on.
This changes the experience of the collection. What first appeared as an outfit on a runway becomes impeccable craftsmanship full of texture, detail, and unique construction.
The pieces also become a possibility.
You get to touch everything and even try on things, with the option to pre-order what you desire from the collection before it arrives in stores.
I pre-ordered a bag I loved, but found out later that the color I chose would not be made. This often happens. Not everything you see on the runway ends up being produced or sold.
A Private Photo Shoot Inside La Suite Dior and 30 Avenue Montaigne
After the re-see, our driver returned us to La Suite Dior to have hair and makeup done for a photo shoot.
The shoot took place inside the suite and in the hidden back hallways of 30 Avenue Montaigne, where Monsieur Dior spent much time in the brand’s early years.
This was another part of the experience that felt a bit surreal.
We were not simply taking photos in a beautiful space. We were moving through the private interiors and historic hallways of the house, in places connected to the life and work of Monsieur Dior himself.
The setting carried a certain gravity. It felt elegant, but also intimate and storied.
Inside the Dior Couture Atelier and Salon Privé
After the photo shoot, we toured the Couture Atelier, which is never shown to the public. No photos were allowed, which made it feel even more special.
Seeing the atelier made the word couture feel literal. It was no longer an abstract term attached to a runway image.
Instead, it was diligent seamstresses, detailed handwork, patience, precision, fittings, fabric, embroidery, and dedicated time.
To stand in that space was to understand fashion as an art form built through devotion.
I also saw the Salon Privé, the elegant rooms where couture clients come for their fittings throughout the sewing process, which can last up to a year.
Inside, I got to see and touch some of the precious couture pieces from the latest Jonathan Anderson collection.
This was one of the most memorable parts of the entire experience.
Couture can feel distant when you only see it in photographs or on a runway. But to be near it, to see the workmanship, and to understand the time and intimacy involved in creating a single piece gives it a very different meaning.
Dinner in Monsieur Dior’s Original Private Salon
Later, we enjoyed another rare and exclusive experience: dinner in Monsieur Dior’s original private salon, where his very first fashion shows were held.
Dinner was not simply dinner, it was a step back in time — held in a room rich with history and Monsieur Dior’s presence, which brought me to tears.
This was a space where the earliest expressions of the house had once been shown, and it gave the evening a quiet sense of gravity.
The space is rarely shown, but as an esteemed guest at Dior, it was opened for me.
The dinner and ambiance were exquisite, presented on Dior place settings, glassware, and cutlery.
Every detail was considered. The table, the room, the service, the setting, and the history all seemed to speak the same language: devotion to beauty.
Private After-Hours Shopping at the Dior Boutique
After dinner, it was our last evening staying in La Suite at 30 Avenue Montaigne. It concluded with our very own private shopping experience at the Dior boutique after hours.
This was one of the most incredible parts of the week.
During the day, the space is full of movement: clients, visitors, staff, displays, conversations, and the living energy of a luxury fashion boutique.
But late at night, after the doors had closed to the public, the same space became quiet and fully available just to us.
We had the vast boutique to ourselves to browse and try on pieces.
A full Dior team was available for anything we might need as we walked through the store. There was even someone to bring us beverages as we browsed room to room.
It was a unique and luxurious experience to have every need catered to. And it was very special to have the whole store to ourselves late into the night.
There was something dreamlike about walking through La Boutique at 30 Avenue Montaigne in that way, with the public world of Dior gone quiet and the private world of Dior opened up just for us.
What Staying at La Suite Dior Taught Me About Identity Expansion
The following day, we checked out of the suite, completing my Fashion Week experience with Dior.
I left with new pieces, a very full suitcase, and an even fuller heart.
But more than that, I left as a new version of myself.
The experience made a once-distant world feel touchable, inhabitable, and real. It reminded me that a new identity is embodied through lived experience.
Becoming a new version of yourself requires more than imagining the life you desire. At some point, you have to let your body experience it, receive it, feel safe inside it, and recognize it as yours.
Sometimes you have to step into the room, make the investment, feel the discomfort, accept the opportunity, or fully receive the abundance and beauty to allow your nervous system to register: this is not a fantasy anymore.
This was one of those moments for me.
A moment when something I had once observed from afar became a life I was standing inside.
A life I now know how to inhabit.
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