Fashion fans are sure to be scrutinizing every detail of The New Look, the 10-episode Apple TV+ series that tells the story of Christian Dior (played by Ben Mendelsohn) launching his eponymous Paris label with the now-legendary 1947 New Look collection that inspired the production’s title.
It’s among the reasons both creator Todd A. Kessler (Damages, Bloodline) and costume designer Karen Serreau (The Serpent Queen) knew they had to approach Dior’s seminal post-World War II designs with an unrelenting attention to detail. In other words, the participation of the brand that Dior built was essential.
“Dior was very generous in opening up its archives to us,” Serreau tells The Hollywood Reporter. “The way Todd has crafted the story, early on we see Christian talking to an audience at the Sorbonne in 1955, with a runway showing of several designs, and then of course later we see the debut showing of the 1947 collection.
It’s among the reasons both creator Todd A. Kessler (Damages, Bloodline) and costume designer Karen Serreau (The Serpent Queen) knew they had to approach Dior’s seminal post-World War II designs with an unrelenting attention to detail. In other words, the participation of the brand that Dior built was essential.
“Dior was very generous in opening up its archives to us,” Serreau tells The Hollywood Reporter. “The way Todd has crafted the story, early on we see Christian talking to an audience at the Sorbonne in 1955, with a runway showing of several designs, and then of course later we see the debut showing of the 1947 collection.
- 2/15/2024
- by Laurie Brookins
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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Quick Answer: The New Look is an Apple Original and can only be streamed with an Apple TV+ subscription. The new series airs every Wednesday, starting Feb. 14th
Watch 'The New Look'
The story of Dior and Chanel isn’t as black and white as history might tell. Or, at least, in the new Apple TV+ original series, it appears that way.
Lensed through the lives...
Quick Answer: The New Look is an Apple Original and can only be streamed with an Apple TV+ subscription. The new series airs every Wednesday, starting Feb. 14th
Watch 'The New Look'
The story of Dior and Chanel isn’t as black and white as history might tell. Or, at least, in the new Apple TV+ original series, it appears that way.
Lensed through the lives...
- 2/15/2024
- by Kyle Lamar Rice
- Rollingstone.com
At the top of Episode 1 of Apple’s “The New Look,” a title card flashes some weighty words: “This is the story of how creation helped return spirit and life to the world.”
But Todd A. Kessler’s drama series is barely that. “The New Look” is largely insular, despite taking place during a turbulent era that still affects millions around the world, centering figures who certainly left their marks on culture and history — but the vague thesis statement sounds like just that; the kind of sweeping, half-formed idea that a high school student might retroactively tack on to the introduction of an essay.
“The New Look” is the concurrently told story of two fashion icons forged in the traumatic depths of World War II — concurrent, but not parallel — Christian Dior (Ben Mendelsohn) and Coco Chanel (Juliette Binoche). The series begins in 1955, when Chanel returned to Paris after years spent...
But Todd A. Kessler’s drama series is barely that. “The New Look” is largely insular, despite taking place during a turbulent era that still affects millions around the world, centering figures who certainly left their marks on culture and history — but the vague thesis statement sounds like just that; the kind of sweeping, half-formed idea that a high school student might retroactively tack on to the introduction of an essay.
“The New Look” is the concurrently told story of two fashion icons forged in the traumatic depths of World War II — concurrent, but not parallel — Christian Dior (Ben Mendelsohn) and Coco Chanel (Juliette Binoche). The series begins in 1955, when Chanel returned to Paris after years spent...
- 2/14/2024
- by Proma Khosla
- Indiewire
“The New Look”, written and directed by Todd A. Kessler, is a new 10-episode drama series following the rivalry between fashion icons ‘Christian Dior’ and ‘Coco Chanel’, starring Ben Mendelsohn, Juliette Binoche, Maisie Williams, John Malkovich, Emily Mortimer, Claes Bang, Glenn Close, Thomas Poitevin and Nuno Lopes, streaming February 14, 2023 on AppleTV+:
“…set against the World War II German occupation of Paris, when the Vichy government gave up Jews so they could keep their sculptures and paintings, ‘The New Look’ focuses on the pivotal moment in the 20th century when the French city led the world back to life through its fashion icon ‘Christian Dior’.
“As Dior rises to prominence with his groundbreaking, iconic imprint of beauty and influence, Chanel’s reign as the world’s most famous fashion designer is put into jeopardy.
“The interwoven saga follows the surprising stories of Dior’s contemporaries and rivals from ‘Chanel’ to...
“…set against the World War II German occupation of Paris, when the Vichy government gave up Jews so they could keep their sculptures and paintings, ‘The New Look’ focuses on the pivotal moment in the 20th century when the French city led the world back to life through its fashion icon ‘Christian Dior’.
“As Dior rises to prominence with his groundbreaking, iconic imprint of beauty and influence, Chanel’s reign as the world’s most famous fashion designer is put into jeopardy.
“The interwoven saga follows the surprising stories of Dior’s contemporaries and rivals from ‘Chanel’ to...
- 1/18/2024
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
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