‘The New Look’: French Couturiers in World War II

This 10-episode series casts a new light on Coco Chanel and Christian Dior.

A scene in "The New Look," which details how French fashion designers did or did not collaborate with the Nazis. AppleTV+

TV-MA | 10 episodes | War, Drama | 2024

There is no way Chanel No. 5 is getting canceled, especially not in France. Nevertheless, the reputation of its creator, Coco Chanel, has been diminished by revelations of her World War II-era collaboration. Unlike the prominent Chanel, Christian Dior was a relatively anonymous fashion-industry employee during the occupation of Paris, but he was still criticized after the war for dressing Nazi wives. Their wartime decisions have long-term post-war implications for both fashion designers in creator Todd A. Kessler’s 10-episode “The New Look.”