Dior Haute Couture: the tarot in the spotlight of a film directed by Matteo Garrone<

Already, on the occasion of the Dior cruise 2018 show, Maria Grazia Chiuri explored the world of tarot from the natural park Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space in California. Faced with the Covid-19 pandemic, the house unveiled its latest haute couture creations digitally while once again celebrating the legacy of the visionary couturier. For the spring-summer 2021 haute couture, the artistic director is betting on sublimating the divinatory art of the tarot through a film by Matteo Garrone, shot at the castle of Sammezzano. A faithful collaborator of the Dior house, the Italian director notably imagined a dreamlike short film unveiled last July, on the occasion of the fall-winter 2020-2021 haute couture wardrobe.

The tarot, a divinatory art dear to the history of the Dior house

Superstitious, Monsieur Dior liked to consult fortune tellers, as he confides at the beginning of his autobiography. inspired and guided throughout his work and which still influences the house today.

This Monday, January 25, Dior unveiled its spring-summer 2021 haute couture collection, deployed around the Visconti-Sforza tarot, decorated by the illuminator Bonifacio Bembo for the Duke of Milan in the 15th century. Directed by Matteo Garrone, the film baptized The Castle of the Tarot begins with a drawing which will be the beginning of a real initiatory journey.

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An initiatory and poetic journey

At the heart of the castle, a multitude of possibilities symbolized by characters embodying the major mysteries of the tarot game. Symbolizing both man and woman, two sexes whose qualities become one and the same entity at the end of the short film, the main character will overcome many trials before encountering the nameless Arcanum, also referred to as Death, a true symbol of rebirth. It was during the first confinement that Maria Grazia Chiuri decided to deepen her knowledge of the tarot, in particular by reading the fantastic novel The Castle of Crossed Destinies by Italo Cavino. A universe that resonates today more than ever with the history of the house and many figures that inspire the artistic director daily, such as Niki de Saint Phalle, creator of the Tarot Garden in Tuscany or Vicki Noble. , American healer and shaman.

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Testifying the incredible work of the Dior workshops, the haute couture silhouettes are named after the tarot cards and celebrate the art of weaving. The Empress, The Moon, The Devil, Justice... A dreamlike interpretation of tarot cards through creations that required several hundred hours of work and many dedicated people.

Vapourous lace, hand-painted details and embroidery draw the outlines of a great evening wardrobe enhanced by illustrations by Pietro Ruffo, who designed a set of singular and resolutely graphic cards. A mysterious beauty transcribed through encrusted lace, sets of velvet adorned with the signs of the zodiac and other jacquards studded with stars and a call to dream more than ever necessary, through fashion and the seventh art.

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