The equestrian statue of Louis XIV constitutes the point of departure of the historic axis, but the palace itself is not aligned with this axis. It's one of the world's oldest museums, as well as the third largest in terms of floor area. The Louvre boasts a long history of conserving France's artistic and historic heritage, from the time of the Capetian kings to the present day.

A universalist museum, the Louvre spans a vast chronology, from antiquity to 1848, and covers an immense geographic area, from Western Europe to Iran, by way of Greece, Egypt and the Near East. Its diverse collection includes paintings, sculptures, drawings, ceramics, archaeological objects and art objects. Among the most famous works are the Code of Hammurabi, the Venus de Milo, the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci and Liberty Leading the People by Eugene Delacroix. With a floor area of 210,000 square metres, 60,000 of which are dedicated to exhibitions, the Louvre is the most visited museum in the world, with 8.3 million visitors in 2006.

Notre-Dame Cathedral is readily recognizable by its two towers and its three portals marking the entrance to the monument from the cathedral square. The towers reach a height of 69 metres, while the 19th-century spire rises to 90 metres. Before entering the nave and admiring, in particular, the stained glass windows, some of which date back to the Middle Ages, gaze up at the malicious-looking gargoyles peering down at you from the rain gutters.
Kilometre Zero of the French national highway system is located on the cathedral square.

It takes its name from the Elysian Fields, the final resting place of the heroic and virtuous in Greek Mythology.

The Champs-Elysees are located in Paris's 8th arrondissement, in the northwest of the city. The avenue begins at the Place de la Concorde, where the Luxor Obelisk stands, and stretches 1,950 metres to the west, with its first half remaining flat and its second half rising to the Place Charles de Gaulle at the centre of which stands the Arc de Triomphe. The avenue is seventy metres wide.

Its straight layout offers a long perspective beginning with the Louvre Palace and including the equestrian statue of Louis XIV in the Louvre's Cour Napoleon, the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel, the Tuileries Gardens, the Obelisk, the Arc de Triomphe and, further west outside Paris proper, the Grande Arche in La Defense. This is known as the "Historical Axis" of western Paris.

Pour l’occasion, plus de 300 modèles ainsi que de nombreux croquis, documents et films, ont été réunis, pour éclairer le parcours de celui qui révolutionna la mode.

De ses débuts chez Dior, aux sublimes robes du soir de ses dernières années, les pièces les plus emblématiques du « style Saint-Laurent » sont présentées au public, retraçant l’évolution des codes vestimentaires et de la société de la fin du XXè siècle.

Cabans, cuissardes, sahariennes, smoking ou costumes-pantalon, Saint Laurent dessine pour la femme moderne une silhouette androgyne, qui emprunte au vestiaire masculin ses attributs de pouvoir.

Une exposition à ne pas rater pour découvrir ou redécouvrir les modèles qui ont bouleversé les codes, et transformé radicalement la garde-robe féminine.