For Dior’s Spring/Summer 2021 Haute Couture show, creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri taps into the maison's history with a collection inspired by the oldest known tarot cards in the world: the Visconti-Sforza.

Today, <a href="https://www.lofficielmalaysia.com/fashion/blackpink-s-jisoo-is-the-perfect-embodiment-of-lady-dior">Dior&rsquo;s</a> creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri presents the Spring/Summer 2021 Haute Couture collection, which pays homage to Monsieur Dior&rsquo;s fascination with clairvoyants through an array of looks inspired by the medieval Visconti-Sforza tarot decks that were hand-painted in the mid-15th century for the rulers of the Duchy of Milan and reinterpreted here by Italian artist Pietro Ruffo.

The couturier was known to be extremely superstitious and a regular visitor to clairvoyants for tarot reading, especially before each of his shows. He favored the number 8&mdash;his atelier was founded in the 8th district of Paris&mdash;and he believed in destiny and chance.

In the opening scene of the high fashion short film &ldquo;Le Ch&acirc;teau du Tarot&rdquo; directed by Matteo Garrone, a clairvoyant shuffles a deck of cards and asks her visitor, &ldquo;What would you like to know?&rdquo; to which the young woman replies, &ldquo;Who am I?&rdquo;.

Upon picking the card of the High Priestess, the woman is transported into a magical world where she encounters the 15 figures of the Visconti-Sforza tarots as she tries to find her real self in the somber rooms of a mysterious castle. At the end of the film, the main character experiences a form of rebirth as her feminine and masculine halves merge together in a kiss, ending her spiritual journey of self-discovery.

Like in Dior&rsquo;s previous shows helmed by Chiuri since her appointment in 2016&mdash;especially the Dior Cruise 2018 collection inspired by Motherpeace&rsquo;s feminist tarot cards designed by Karen Vogel and Vicki Noble in the 1970s&mdash;there is an incorporation of iconography and symbolism from the esoteric world of tarots directly onto the fashion.

Long hand-pleated dresses in silk lam&eacute; and gauze; draped dresses in velvet, chenille or chiffon; embroidered coats with crystal jewel applications, feathers, or flowers; and gold jacquard trousers all recall the aristocratic taste and opulent lifestyle of the Visconti-Sforza families. Each of the tarot cards is represented by a couture ensemble, from a golden jacquard dress for Temperance to two women in chenille gowns for The Lovers.

Visit&nbsp;<a href="https://www.dior.com/en_int/womens-fashion/haute-couture-shows/spring-summer-2021-haute-couture-collection">dior.com</a>&nbsp;to find out more.

Dior goes mystical for Spring/Summer 2021 Haute Couture Collection

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