I am looking forward to this! I have studied the history of fashion (from antiquity to the present) and Postwar Paris saw two different visions of fashion: Dior's "New Look", a term coined by Fashion editor Carmel Snow, reimagined 19th century romantic designs that required constricting undergarment to achieve the shape. Chanel re-intoduced her designs from the 1920's that allowed for ease of movement with a boxy jacket and skirt, created with luxurious materials. It was two visions not only of fashion, but of femininity and how a woman presented and moved in the world. Both has Nazi ties, with Dior creating clothes for Nazi officials, but Chanel was a full-on Nazi agent, spy, and collaborator. There is nothing romantic about that, and if this film gets it right, it will not obscure these disturbing facts.
I like this idea for a story and it looks interesting but I wont watch it because it seems the director decided to use the shaky camera technique for the entire movie. I understand using it for certain sequences but for an entire move, it gets tiring and annoying.
Shivers. I didn’t buy into the importance of fashion with The Devil Wears Prada, or any of Anna Wintour’s fur wearing style, but this preview made me believe.
Yes, she was. She had a love affair with Hans von Dincklage, a German spy. She managed to escape France after the Libération, allegedly thanks to her close ties with the Duke of Westminster (who once wanted to marry her in the 1930's) and Winston Churchill.
Actually, I thought this show was pretty awful. Great talent in front of the camera but the writing was uninspired and flat as were the characters. I didn't make it to the second episode. Very bad, indeed.
Das ist so verwirrend, D. D. Lewis war schonmal Schneider aber auch in einem Film mit Juliette Binoche die jetzt Coco Chanel ist, was doch die kleine Amélie war . Ist Helen Mirren wenigstens wieder Königin Elisabeth oder jemand anders ? 🤪
so funny to hear all these dramatic voices when they are just talking about the most ridiculous stuff ever. "I am here to save french couture" omg this is absolutely ridiculous.
Hilarious. A movie celebrating one of the most bourgeois human activities. That leads to some of the most human, and worse child abuse of modern times.
High fashion does not lead to human or child abuse. It's the congrary it single-handedly saves crafts that could otherwise disapear and gives specialist craftmen a decently paid job. Fast fashion does.
Another HBO GoT star trying to resurrect an acting career, for better or worse, in a totally generic (we can be sure about that) star ridden series, only created to rub in once more how great, resourceful, and visionary a market economy and some dressmakers were or are. Yawn. Because this has some extra chic, it's on Apple.
