The New Look true story
Apple TV's latest World War Two drama The New Look tells the story of Coco Chanel and Christian and Catherine Dior – but what was the true story?
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Apple TV's latest World War Two drama The New Look tells the story of Coco Chanel and Christian and Catherine Dior – but what was the true story?
“Elegance requires intimacy,” says Christian Dior (Ben Mendelsohn), during a pivotal moment of the new Apple TV drama “The New Look.” The French designer is expressing frustration at the palatial postwar atelier space his new corporate sponsors are pressuring him to occupy, for he does not believe beauty can come out of intimidating surroundings. But the dialogue is equally applicable to Dior’s characterization on creator Todd Kessler’s (“Damages,” “Bloodline”) 10-episode miniseries, premiering today, which follows the trials and tribulations of Parisian couturiers during a...