Genre: Biographical, and Drama, Created by Todd A. Kessler, Starring: Ben Mendelsohn, Juliette Binoche, Maisie Williams, John Malkovich, Claes Bang, Zabou Breitman, Thure Lindhardt, Emily Mortimer, with Composer: James S. Levine, and Country of origin: United States, and Original language: English, and No. of seasons: 1, with No. of episodes: 10, and Executive producers: Mark A. Baker, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, and Todd A. Kessler, and Producer: Helen Shaver, with Running time: 36–61 minutes, and Production companies: DB-AK Pictures, and Apple Studios, and Original Network: Apple TV+, February 14, 2024 – present

‘The New Look’ – Official Trailer:

20 September, 2024 Siobhan Marie Day 0 Comments 3 categories
Genre: Biographical, and Drama, Created by Todd A. Kessler, Starring: Ben Mendelsohn, Juliette Binoche, Maisie Williams, John Malkovich, Claes Bang, Zabou Breitman, Thure Lindhardt, Emily Mortimer, with Composer: James S. Levine, and Country of origin: United States, and Original language: English, and No. of seasons: 1, with No. of episodes: 10, and Executive producers: Mark A. Baker, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, and Todd A. Kessler, and Producer: Helen Shaver, with Running time: 36–61 minutes, and Production companies: DB-AK Pictures, and Apple Studios, and Original Network: Apple TV+, February 14, 2024 – present

History’s New Look…

History can not only be traced by the events of its time, but it can also be traced by its fashion, each era of history will always most naturally coincide with a time defined by its fashion and easily identifiable by the clothes worn during that era. A most notably defining era and moment in fashion occured for that of Christian Dior after World War II.

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French fashion designer Christian Dior (1905 - 1957) sits in a chair with a sketchpad, on which is a fashion design, for a broadcast of the CBS celebrity interview program 'Person to Person,' November 7, 1955. Photo by CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images
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Christian Ernest Dior was a French fashion designer and founder of one of the world’s top fashion houses, Christian Dior SE. His fashion house is known all around the world, having gained prominence “on five continents in only a decade.”

Christian Dior outside his couture house circa 1950 © Association Willy Maywald/AGDP
Pedestrians are reflected in the window of a Dior shop as they walk past during the 56th International Cannes Film Festival 2003 May 19, 2003 in Cannes, France. Thousands of people are attending the festival for movie premieres, deal-making and parties. Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images

Dior’s skills led to his employment and design for various fashion icons in attempts to preserve the fashion industry during World War II. After the war, he founded and established the Dior fashion house, with his collection of the “New Look“. In 1947, the collection debuted featuring rounded shoulders, a cinched waist, and very full skirt. The New Look celebrated ultra-femininity and opulence in women’s fashion. It was christened the ‘New Look’ by the editor of Harper’s Bazaar, Carmel Snow, because it stood in such stark contrast to the sober women’s fashion of recent years.

circa 1955: French fashion designer Christian Dior (1905 - 1957) standing in a showroom with samples of his design accessories for women, including hats, hat pins, gloves, muffs, lingerie, hosiery, evening bags, and jewelry. Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Sophie Malgat in a Christian Dior gown photographed in Dior’s home. Photo Credit: Getty Images
Christian Ernest Dior (French: [kʁistjɑ̃ djɔʁ]; 21 January 1905 – 24 October 1957) was a French fashion designer and founder of one of the world's top fashion houses, Christian Dior SE. His fashion house is known all around the world, having gained prominence "on five continents in only a decade." Dior's skills led to his employment and design for various fashion icons in attempts to preserve the fashion industry during World War II. After the war, he founded and established the Dior fashion house, with his collection of the "New Look". In 1947, the collection debuted featuring rounded shoulders, a cinched waist, and very full skirt. The New Look celebrated ultra-femininity and opulence in women's fashion. Throughout his lifetime, he won numerous awards for Best Costume Design. He died in 1957.
The House of Dior was established on 16 December 1946 at 30 Avenue Montaigne in Paris. However, the current Dior corporation celebrates "1947" as the opening year. Dior was financially backed by wealthy businessman Marcel Boussac. Boussac had originally invited Dior to design for Philippe et Gaston, but Dior refused, wishing to make a fresh start under his own name rather than reviving an old brand. The new couture house became a part of "a vertically integrated textile business" already operated by Boussac. Its capital was at FFr 6 million and workforce at 80 employees. The company was really a vanity project for Boussac and was a "majorly owned affiliate of Boussac Saint-Freres S.A. Nevertheless, Dior was allowed a then-unusual great part in his namesake label (legal leadership, a non-controlling stake in the firm, and one-third of pretax profits) despite Boussac's reputation as a "control freak". Dior's creativity also negotiated him a good salary." Photo Credit: Google Images
The House of Dior was established on 16 December 1946 at 30 Avenue Montaigne in Paris. However, the current Dior corporation celebrates "1947" as the opening year. Dior was financially backed by wealthy businessman Marcel Boussac. Boussac had originally invited Dior to design for Philippe et Gaston, but Dior refused, wishing to make a fresh start under his own name rather than reviving an old brand. The new couture house became a part of "a vertically integrated textile business" already operated by Boussac. Its capital was at FFr 6 million and workforce at 80 employees. The company was really a vanity project for Boussac and was a "majorly owned affiliate of Boussac Saint-Freres S.A. Nevertheless, Dior was allowed a then-unusual great part in his namesake label (legal leadership, a non-controlling stake in the firm, and one-third of pretax profits) despite Boussac's reputation as a "control freak". Dior's creativity also negotiated him a good salary." Photo Credit: Google Images
The first Christian Dior show showing a model wearing the Bar suit. © Pat English On 12 February 1947, Christian Dior launched his first fashion collection for Spring–Summer 1947. The show of "90 models of his first collection on six mannequins" was presented in the salons of the company's headquarters at 30 Avenue Montaigne. Originally, the two lines were named "Corolle" and "Huit". However, the new collection went down in fashion history as the "New Look" after the editor-in-chief of Harper's Bazaar Carmel Snow exclaimed, "It's such a new look!" The New Look was a revolutionary era for women at the end of the 1940s. When the collection was presented, the editor in chief also showed appreciation by saying; "It's quite a revolution, dear Christian!" The debut collection of Christian Dior is credited with having revived the fashion industry of France. Along with that, the New Look brought back the spirit of haute couture in France as it was considered glamorous and young-looking. "We were witness to a revolution in fashion and to a revolution in showing fashion as well." The silhouette was characterized by a small, nipped-in waist and a full skirt falling below mid-calf length, which emphasized the bust and hips, as epitomized by the "Bar" suit from the first collection. The Bar suit was a contribution from the head of Dior's tailoring atelier, a young Pierre Cardin, who was employed by the house from 1947 to 1949. The collection overall showcased more stereotypically feminine designs in contrast to the popular fashions of wartime, with full skirts, tight waists, and soft shoulders. Dior retained some of the masculine aspects, as they continued to hold popularity through the early 1940s, but he also wanted to include more feminine style.
On 12 February 1947, Christian Dior launched his first fashion collection for Spring–Summer 1947. The show of "90 models of his first collection on six mannequins" was presented in the salons of the company's headquarters at 30 Avenue Montaigne. Originally, the two lines were named "Corolle" and "Huit". However, the new collection went down in fashion history as the "New Look" after the editor-in-chief of Harper's Bazaar Carmel Snow exclaimed, "It's such a new look!" The New Look was a revolutionary era for women at the end of the 1940s. When the collection was presented, the editor in chief also showed appreciation by saying; "It's quite a revolution, dear Christian!" The debut collection of Christian Dior is credited with having revived the fashion industry of France. Along with that, the New Look brought back the spirit of haute couture in France as it was considered glamorous and young-looking. "We were witness to a revolution in fashion and to a revolution in showing fashion as well." The silhouette was characterized by a small, nipped-in waist and a full skirt falling below mid-calf length, which emphasized the bust and hips, as epitomized by the "Bar" suit from the first collection. The Bar suit was a contribution from the head of Dior's tailoring atelier, a young Pierre Cardin, who was employed by the house from 1947 to 1949. The collection overall showcased more stereotypically feminine designs in contrast to the popular fashions of wartime, with full skirts, tight waists, and soft shoulders. Dior retained some of the masculine aspects, as they continued to hold popularity through the early 1940s, but he also wanted to include more feminine style. Photo Credit: Google Images
Dior's skills led to his employment and design for various fashion icons in attempts to preserve the fashion industry during World War II. After the war, he founded and established the Dior fashion house, with his collection of the "New Look". In 1947, the collection debuted featuring rounded shoulders, a cinched waist, and very full skirt. The New Look celebrated ultra-femininity and opulence in women's fashion. It was christened the ‘New Look’ by the editor of Harper’s Bazaar, Carmel Snow, because it stood in such stark contrast to the sober women’s fashion of recent years. Photo Credit: Harper's Bazaar
Carmel Snow (born Carmel White; 21 August 1887 – 7 May 1961) was the editor-in-chief of the American edition of Harper's Bazaar from 1934 to 1958; and the chair of the magazine's editorial board. She was famously quoted as saying, "Elegance is good taste, plus a dash of daring". Photo Credit: Google Images

Yet what makes the glamour of Dior’s collection even more compelling to us today is the dark backdrop it was set against. Few knew then that just eighteen months before, Dior’s youngest sister, Catherine, had been liberated from the German concentration camp at Ravensbrück.

Christian Ernest Dior (French: [kʁistjɑ̃ djɔʁ]; 21 January 1905 – 24 October 1957) was a French fashion designer and founder of one of the world's top fashion houses, Christian Dior SE. His fashion house is known all around the world, having gained prominence "on five continents in only a decade." Dior's skills led to his employment and design for various fashion icons in attempts to preserve the fashion industry during World War II. After the war, he founded and established the Dior fashion house, with his collection of the "New Look". In 1947, the collection debuted featuring rounded shoulders, a cinched waist, and very full skirt. The New Look celebrated ultra-femininity and opulence in women's fashion. Throughout his lifetime, he won numerous awards for Best Costume Design. He died in 1957.
Even Dior’s tailoring showed off the female figure. Photo: Alamy, courtesy of Christian Dior Museum
Ginette Dior (2 August 1917 – 17 June 2008), better known as Catherine Dior, was a French Resistance fighter during World War II. Involved with the Franco-Polish intelligence unit F2 from November 1941, she was arrested in Paris in July 1944 by the Gestapo, then tortured and deported to the Ravensbrück women concentration camp. Dior was subsequently forced to work in the Torgau military prison, in the Buchenwald's satellite camp of Abberode, and finally in a factory near Leipzig. After her release in April 1945, she was awarded several medals of honour for her acts in the Resistance, most notably the Croix de Guerre, the King's Medal for Courage in the Cause of Freedom, and the Legion of Honour. After the end of the war, Dior spent the remainder of her life working with flowers: first as a flower trader in Paris, then as a flower farmer in Provence for the production of fragrance. She was close to her brother, the well-known couturier Christian Dior. Launched in 1947, the perfume Miss Dior is often said to have been named after her by Christian. Catherine Dior helped preserve her brother's legacy after his death in 1957, and she became the honorary president of the Christian-Dior Museum from 1999 until her death in 2008, aged 90.
Photograph of the Dior family. Catherine, Bernard, Jacqueline, Christian and Raymond. © Collection musée Christian Dior, Granville.
Catherine Dior’s Ravensbrück deportation card, 1946. © Collection Christian Dior Parfums, Paris.

Throughout his lifetime, Dior won numerous awards for Best Costume Design. He died in 1957.

Christian Ernest Dior (French: [kʁistjɑ̃ djɔʁ]; 21 January 1905 – 24 October 1957) was a French fashion designer and founder of one of the world's top fashion houses, Christian Dior SE. His fashion house is known all around the world, having gained prominence "on five continents in only a decade." Dior's skills led to his employment and design for various fashion icons in attempts to preserve the fashion industry during World War II. After the war, he founded and established the Dior fashion house, with his collection of the "New Look". In 1947, the collection debuted featuring rounded shoulders, a cinched waist, and very full skirt. The New Look celebrated ultra-femininity and opulence in women's fashion. Throughout his lifetime, he won numerous awards for Best Costume Design. He died in 1957.

Television’s New Look…

The New Look is an American biographical drama television series created by Todd A. Kessler that premiered on Apple TV+ on February 14, 2024 with the first three episodes. The first season totaled ten episodes, a second season is in development.

Genre: Biographical, and Drama, Created by Todd A. Kessler, Starring: Ben Mendelsohn, Juliette Binoche, Maisie Williams, John Malkovich, Claes Bang, Zabou Breitman, Thure Lindhardt, Emily Mortimer, with Composer: James S. Levine, and Country of origin: United States, and Original language: English, and No. of seasons: 1, with No. of episodes: 10, and Executive producers: Mark A. Baker, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, and Todd A. Kessler, and Producer: Helen Shaver, with Running time: 36–61 minutes, and Production companies: DB-AK Pictures, and Apple Studios, and Original Network: Apple TV+, February 14, 2024 – present
Todd A. Kessler from The New Look seen at the Apple TV+ 2024 Winter TCA Tour at The Langham Huntington, Pasadena on February 05, 2024 in Pasadena, California. Photo by Eric Charbonneau/Getty Images for Apple TV+
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Ben Mendelsohn as Christian Dior in the Apple TV+ series "The New Look" (2024) Photo by Courtesy of Apple TV+ ©
Juliette Binoche, Emily Mortimer, and Claes Bang in the Apple TV+ series "The New Look" (2024) Photo by Courtesy of Apple TV+ ©
Juliette Binoche as Coco Chanel in the Apple TV+ series "The New Look" (2024) Photo by Courtesy of Apple TV+ ©
(BL) Maisie Williams, David Kammenos, John Malkovich, Claes Bang, Nuno Lopes, Ben Mendelsohn, and Juliette Binoche for the Apple TV+ series "The New Look" (2024) Photo by Courtesy of Apple TV+ ©

The series follows fashion designers Christian Dior (Ben Mendelsohn) and Coco Chanel (Juliette Binoche) through the World War II Nazi occupation of Paris and its aftermath.

Ben Mendelsohn as Christian Dior in the Apple TV+ series "The New Look" (2024) Photo by Courtesy of Apple TV+ ©
Juliette Binoche as Coco Chanel in the Apple TV+ series "The New Look" (2024) Photo by Courtesy of Apple TV+ ©
Maisie Williams as Catherine Dior in the Apple TV+ series "The New Look" (2024) Photo by Courtesy of Apple TV+ ©
Juliette Binoche, and Emily Mortimer in the Apple TV+ series "The New Look" (2024) Photo by Courtesy of Apple TV+ ©

Gabrielle Bonheur “Coco” Chanel was a French fashion designer and businesswoman. The founder and namesake of the Chanel brand, she was credited in the post-World War I era with popularising a sporty, casual chic as the feminine standard of style. She is the only fashion designer listed on Time magazine‘s list of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century. A prolific fashion creator, Chanel extended her influence beyond couture clothing into jewelry, handbags, and fragrance. Her signature scent, Chanel No. 5, has become an iconic product, and Chanel herself designed her famed interlocked-CC monogram, which has been in use since the 1920s.

(Original Caption) Closeup of Gabrielle "CoCo" Chanel. Photograph, 1931. Photo Credit: Getty Images
Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel (19 August 1883 – 10 January 1971) was a French fashion designer and businesswoman. The founder and namesake of the Chanel brand, she was credited in the post-World War I era with popularising a sporty, casual chic as the feminine standard of style. She is the only fashion designer listed on Time magazine's list of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century. A prolific fashion creator, Chanel extended her influence beyond couture clothing into jewellery, handbags, and fragrance. Her signature scent, Chanel No. 5, has become an iconic product, and Chanel herself designed her famed interlocked-CC monogram, which has been in use since the 1920s.
French fashion designer Coco Chanel (1883 - 1971) in the French seaside resort of Biarritz, circa 1928. Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Coco Chanel admires a flounced brown chiffon evening dress from her new collection. Photo Credit: Getty Images
One of the "Time" Magazine covers for the "100 Most Influential People of the 20th Century" - October 15, 2022. Photo Credit: Time Magazine
Gabrielle Chanel began collaborating with the goldsmith Robert Goossens in 1954 which marked the start of a stronger baroque and Byzantine-inspired slant in the designs. Photo Credit: Roger Schall
In 1929, Chanel introduced a handbag inspired by soldiers' bags. Its thin shoulder strap allowed the user to keep her hands free. Following her comeback, Chanel updated the design in February 1955, creating what would become the "2.55" (named for the date of its creation). While details of the classic bag have been reworked, such as the 1980s update by Karl Lagerfeld when the clasp and lock were redesigned to incorporate the Chanel logo and leather was interlaced through the shoulder chain, the bag has retained its original basic form. In 2005, the Chanel firm released an exact replica of the original 1955 bag to commemorate the 50th anniversary of its creation. The bag's design was informed by Chanel's convent days and her love of the sporting world. The chain used for the strap echoed the chatelaines worn by the caretakers of the orphanage where Chanel grew up, while the burgundy lining referenced the convent uniforms. The quilted outside was influenced by the jackets worn by jockeys, while at the same time enhancing the bag's shape and volume.
"Sleeping with the Enemy, Coco Chanel and the Secret War" written by Hal Vaughan further solidifies the consistencies of the French intelligence documents describing Chanel as a "vicious antisemite" who praised Hitler. World War II, specifically the Nazi seizure of all Jewish-owned property and business enterprises, provided Chanel with the opportunity to gain the full monetary fortune generated by Parfums Chanel and its most profitable product, Chanel No. 5. The directors of Parfums Chanel, the Wertheimers, were Jewish. Chanel used her position as an "Aryan" to petition German officials to legalise her claim to sole ownership. On 5 May 1941, she wrote to the government administrator charged with ruling on the disposition of Jewish financial assets. Her grounds for proprietary ownership were based on the claim that Parfums Chanel "is still the property of Jews" and had been legally "abandoned" by the owners. She wrote: I have an indisputable right of priority ... the profits that I have received from my creations since the foundation of this business ... are disproportionate ... [and] you can help to repair in part the prejudices I have suffered in the course of these seventeen years. Chanel was not aware that the Wertheimers, anticipating the forthcoming Nazi mandates against Jews, had legally turned over control of Parfums Chanel in May 1940 to Félix Amiot, a Christian French businessman and industrialist. At war's end, Amiot returned Parfums Chanel to the hands of the Wertheimers. During the period directly following the end of World War II, the business world watched with interest and some apprehension the ongoing legal wrestle for control of Parfums Chanel. Interested parties in the proceedings were cognizant that Chanel's Nazi affiliations during wartime, if made public knowledge, would seriously threaten the reputation and status of the Chanel brand. Forbes magazine summarised the dilemma faced by the Wertheimers: [it is Pierre Wertheimer's worry] how "a legal fight might illuminate Chanel's wartime activities and wreck her image—and his business."  Chanel hired René de Chambrun, Vichy France prime minister Pierre Laval's son-in-law, as her lawyer to sue Wertheimer. Ultimately, the Wertheimers and Chanel came to a mutual accommodation, renegotiating the original 1924 contract. On 17 May 1947, Chanel received wartime profits from the sale of Chanel No. 5, an amount equivalent to some US$12 million in 2022 valuation. Her future share would be two per cent of all Chanel No. 5 sales worldwide (projected to gross her $34 million a year as of 2022), making her one of the richest women in the world at the time the contract was renegotiated. In addition, Pierre Wertheimer agreed to an unusual stipulation proposed by Chanel herself: Wertheimer agreed to pay all of Chanel's living expenses—from the trivial to the large—for the rest of her life.
"Sleeping with the Enemy, Coco Chanel and the Secret War" written by Hal Vaughan further solidifies the consistencies of the French intelligence documents describing Chanel as a "vicious antisemite" who praised Hitler. World War II, specifically the Nazi seizure of all Jewish-owned property and business enterprises, provided Chanel with the opportunity to gain the full monetary fortune generated by Parfums Chanel and its most profitable product, Chanel No. 5. The directors of Parfums Chanel, the Wertheimers, were Jewish. Chanel used her position as an "Aryan" to petition German officials to legalise her claim to sole ownership. On 5 May 1941, she wrote to the government administrator charged with ruling on the disposition of Jewish financial assets. Her grounds for proprietary ownership were based on the claim that Parfums Chanel "is still the property of Jews" and had been legally "abandoned" by the owners. She wrote: I have an indisputable right of priority ... the profits that I have received from my creations since the foundation of this business ... are disproportionate ... [and] you can help to repair in part the prejudices I have suffered in the course of these seventeen years. Chanel was not aware that the Wertheimers, anticipating the forthcoming Nazi mandates against Jews, had legally turned over control of Parfums Chanel in May 1940 to Félix Amiot, a Christian French businessman and industrialist. At war's end, Amiot returned Parfums Chanel to the hands of the Wertheimers. During the period directly following the end of World War II, the business world watched with interest and some apprehension the ongoing legal wrestle for control of Parfums Chanel. Interested parties in the proceedings were cognizant that Chanel's Nazi affiliations during wartime, if made public knowledge, would seriously threaten the reputation and status of the Chanel brand. Forbes magazine summarised the dilemma faced by the Wertheimers: [it is Pierre Wertheimer's worry] how "a legal fight might illuminate Chanel's wartime activities and wreck her image—and his business."  Chanel hired René de Chambrun, Vichy France prime minister Pierre Laval's son-in-law, as her lawyer to sue Wertheimer. Ultimately, the Wertheimers and Chanel came to a mutual accommodation, renegotiating the original 1924 contract. On 17 May 1947, Chanel received wartime profits from the sale of Chanel No. 5, an amount equivalent to some US$12 million in 2022 valuation. Her future share would be two per cent of all Chanel No. 5 sales worldwide (projected to gross her $34 million a year as of 2022), making her one of the richest women in the world at the time the contract was renegotiated. In addition, Pierre Wertheimer agreed to an unusual stipulation proposed by Chanel herself: Wertheimer agreed to pay all of Chanel's living expenses—from the trivial to the large—for the rest of her life.
"Sleeping with the Enemy, Coco Chanel and the Secret War" written by Hal Vaughan further solidifies the consistencies of the French intelligence documents describing Chanel as a "vicious antisemite" who praised Hitler. World War II, specifically the Nazi seizure of all Jewish-owned property and business enterprises, provided Chanel with the opportunity to gain the full monetary fortune generated by Parfums Chanel and its most profitable product, Chanel No. 5. The directors of Parfums Chanel, the Wertheimers, were Jewish. Chanel used her position as an "Aryan" to petition German officials to legalise her claim to sole ownership. On 5 May 1941, she wrote to the government administrator charged with ruling on the disposition of Jewish financial assets. Her grounds for proprietary ownership were based on the claim that Parfums Chanel "is still the property of Jews" and had been legally "abandoned" by the owners. She wrote: I have an indisputable right of priority ... the profits that I have received from my creations since the foundation of this business ... are disproportionate ... [and] you can help to repair in part the prejudices I have suffered in the course of these seventeen years. Chanel was not aware that the Wertheimers, anticipating the forthcoming Nazi mandates against Jews, had legally turned over control of Parfums Chanel in May 1940 to Félix Amiot, a Christian French businessman and industrialist. At war's end, Amiot returned Parfums Chanel to the hands of the Wertheimers. During the period directly following the end of World War II, the business world watched with interest and some apprehension the ongoing legal wrestle for control of Parfums Chanel. Interested parties in the proceedings were cognizant that Chanel's Nazi affiliations during wartime, if made public knowledge, would seriously threaten the reputation and status of the Chanel brand. Forbes magazine summarised the dilemma faced by the Wertheimers: [it is Pierre Wertheimer's worry] how "a legal fight might illuminate Chanel's wartime activities and wreck her image—and his business."  Chanel hired René de Chambrun, Vichy France prime minister Pierre Laval's son-in-law, as her lawyer to sue Wertheimer. Ultimately, the Wertheimers and Chanel came to a mutual accommodation, renegotiating the original 1924 contract. On 17 May 1947, Chanel received wartime profits from the sale of Chanel No. 5, an amount equivalent to some US$12 million in 2022 valuation. Her future share would be two per cent of all Chanel No. 5 sales worldwide (projected to gross her $34 million a year as of 2022), making her one of the richest women in the world at the time the contract was renegotiated. In addition, Pierre Wertheimer agreed to an unusual stipulation proposed by Chanel herself: Wertheimer agreed to pay all of Chanel's living expenses—from the trivial to the large—for the rest of her life.
Chanel herself designed her famed interlocked-CC monogram, which has been in use since the 1920s. Photo Credit: Google Images
Chanel herself designed her famed interlocked-CC monogram, which has been in use since the 1920s. Photo Credit: Google Images
Niecy Nash, bracelet detail, attends the 2018 Turner Upfront at One Penn Plaza on May 16, 2018 in New York City. Photo by Taylor Hill/FilmMagic

Her couture house closed in 1939, with the outbreak of World War II. Chanel stayed in France during the Nazi German occupation and collaborated with the occupiers and the Vichy puppet regime. Declassified documents revealed that she had collaborated directly with the Nazi intelligence service, the Sicherheitsdienst. After the liberation, Chanel was targeted by MI6 who want to have her exposed as a Nazi collaborator, and she flees to Switzerland.

Fashion designer Coco Chanel, c. 1963, in her Paris apartment wearing a classic Chanel hat. Horst P. Horst/Condé Nast via Getty Images
23 January 1943: German-Vichy French meeting in Marseilles. SS-Sturmbannführer Bernhard Griese, Marcel Lemoine (regional préfet), Rolf Mühler [de] (Commander of Marseilles Sicherheitspolizei); laughing: René Bousquet (General Secretary of the French National Police created in 1941), creator of the GMRs; behind: Louis Darquier de Pellepoix Photo Credit: Commissioner for Jewish Affairs
La maison de la créatrice de mode Coco Chanel à Lausanne, en Suisse. Photo by Erling MANDELMANN/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images
SD personnel during a łapanka (random arrest) in occupied Poland, 1939. Photo Credit: Wikipedia Commons

The New Look is the Featured Television Blog of the month for September, You can expect a detailed critique of the limited series with a look at the cast of the series and the real life fashion icons they played, specifically Dior and Chanel. There is also a recommendation of the limited series where we look at the fashion debut of Christian Dior in 1947, including a look at the history of his iconic bar suit. There is also a detailed review of the ten episodes of the biographical drama series. For the interview, we take a look back in time to 1947, an interview with Catherine Dior, the resistance fighter, and the youngest sister of the renowned French designer, Catherine’s story of survival during World War II is one of great courage, and she is the title inspiration for Dior’s iconic fragrance Miss Dior, that used the annual harvest of rose de Mai from the Dior family garden harvested by Catherine as a vital ingredient in her brother’s perfume. There is also a Top Ten List, and for The New Look, the list is My Top Ten Fashion Movies! Last but not least, the Featured Television Blog of the month includes an Official Trailer for the featured series!

You can watch the The New Look Official Trailer below:

Genre: Biographical, and Drama, Created by Todd A. Kessler, Starring: Ben Mendelsohn, Juliette Binoche, Maisie Williams, John Malkovich, Claes Bang, Zabou Breitman, Thure Lindhardt, Emily Mortimer, with Composer: James S. Levine, and Country of origin: United States, and Original language: English, and No. of seasons: 1, with No. of episodes: 10, and Executive producers: Mark A. Baker, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, and Todd A. Kessler, and Producer: Helen Shaver, with Running time: 36–61 minutes, and Production companies: DB-AK Pictures, and Apple Studios, and Original Network: Apple TV+, February 14, 2024 – present

The New Look is available now with a subscription to Apple TV+…

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