The Story Behind the Tarot Dresses at Dior

For her debut at Dior, Maria Grazia Chiuri played subtly with the house codes--side-buttoning jackets referred back to the couturier’s Oblique Line of 1950, while a scalloped lingerie number nodded to his "gilt moon"-festooned Mexique dress of 1951. Chiuri also referenced Monsieur Dior himself, sprinkling some of his lucky talismans, such as the number 8, clovers, and hearts, throughout. Highly superstitious and a regular visitor to clairvoyants, the house founder was said to have had his card...