For Christian Dior's Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2021 collection, Creative Director Maria Grazia Chiuri looked back in time, not only to the traditions of the zodiac, astrology, and tarot, but to Monsieur Christian Dior's original "Miss Dior" dress, which made its debut back in 1949. For 2021's look 19, Chiuri resurrected the shape of the Miss Dior, which was featured in Dior's original perfume advertising campaign. The dress — and the entirety of the new Dior Haute Couture collection — made its debut in a fashion video,
directed by Italian filmmaker Matteo Garrone.
According to a release from Dior, the new interpretation of the Miss Dior dress took a team of six people 800 hours to complete. It includes "gold lamé rouleaux embroidery" with an "appliqué of small, embroidered gold lamé motifs representing flowers blooming on a trellis."