DIOR Haute Couture: Spring/Summer 2021

Long hand-pleated dress in gold lamé gauze with gold Chantilly lace inlays and velvet plastron.

Fascinated by Italo Calvino’s novel The Castle of Crossed Destinies, Maria Grazia Chiuri chose to design her collection using the wonderful Visconti-Sforza tarot cards for exceptional creations symbolizing the major arcana. A tale celebrating the magical beauty of the divinatory arts.

A series of extraordinary evening gowns features abstract constructions, some with veritable bas-relief openwork bodices punctuated with illustrations by Pietro Ruffo.

Long dress in tie-dye effect jacquard woven with a zodiac chart in gold thread.

Long dress in gold lamé, with fully hand-pleated gigot sleeves and plastron in dévoré velvet.

Long pleated dress in gray gauze with cape, embroidered with rhinestone jewels.

Long dress with gold guipure inlay featuring tarot medallions.

Long dress encrusted with geometric gold guipure.

Miss Dior dress in brown and natural raffia jacquard with fringing at the hem.

Bustier dress embroidered with handmade flowers; skirt in greige gauze.

Draped dress in forest green silk georgette and coat in imperial green and natural raffia jacquard.

Ensemble composed of a crossover top and wide pants in heathered greige silk toile, with a shirt in sand organza.

Suit composed of a jacket with cape sleeves and a skirt in midnight blue tweed, with an ink-colored organza shirt.

Bar suit in wool and anthracite cloqué silk composed of a twisted jacket, a pleated skirt and a slate organza blouse.

Breastplate embroidered with rat-tail and trousers in green heathered jacquard.

Bar smoking in velvet and satin.

By ML Staff. Images courtesy of DIOR.