Couture Tarot
Deck & Guidebook Box Set
“Haute couture consists of secrets whispered from generation to generation.”
Yves Saint Laurent
In the Couture Tarot from Red Feather/Schiffer Publishing, I have re-envisioned the archetypes of the Tarot through the lens of couture fashion and collage art. Each card was created using images from fashion magazines. The Couture Tarot combines traditional symbolism along with contemporary imagery, inviting you on a magical journey of self-discovery.
When I was a teenager, my mother and I spent many happy afternoons after school with a cup of tea and Pepperidge Farm gingerbread cookies looking through our preferred magazines: Vogue, Bazaar, Glamour, and Mademoiselle. We’d earmark the pages with our favorite outfits, some of which my mother, a seamstress, would re-create.
I continued this thread in the Couture Tarot. To me, high fashion is art, and one of my greatest inspirations. From a stack of fashion magazines, I became a mystical seamstress, cutting and sewing (or in this case, pasting!) together images to create 78 individual tapestries reflecting the energies of each card.
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Reviews
“While rooted in tradition, the Couture Tarot invites a personal, intuitive approach, allowing readers to connect with its otherworldly imagery in their own unique way. With a vintage and mystical style, each card feels like a doorway into a different world. Megan Skinner has created a deck that feels both timeless and fresh, honoring Tarot’s past while inspiring new interpretations.”
– Steven Bright, author of Tarot: Your Personal Guide
“The collage art turns a Tarot deck into a living conversation between symbols. These juxtapositions mirror the way Tarot itself works, holding contradiction and multiplicity. The cards feel less like illustrations of fixed meanings and more like portals, asking the reader to participate in interpretation rather than consume it. This deck calls forth that certain something within that makes for an insightful Tarot reading that goes beyond just relying on the rote meanings.”
– MusingMystical.com.
“Vibrant, bold, energetic, and inspiring, the Couture Tarot has stolen my heart! Megan has created a fascinating new world where classical structures come to life, tigers comfortably prowl amongst party goers, and even flamingos flock together to preen and strut about, happy to celebrate one another’s natural beauty and inherent je ne sais quoi. Each of these cards is a true masterpiece, beckoning you to explore a luxurious new landscape.”
– Indie Deck Review