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Chanel and Dior's fashion rivalry woven into the grim tapestry of war: Ex-Vogue editor ALEXANDRA SHULMAN reviews The New Look series on the fashion legends
The compelling story of Dior desperately trying to free his sister Catherine (Maisie Williams, right), is juxtaposed with the plush world of Juliette Binoche's Chanel, left.
For the four years that Paris was occupied by Nazi Germany, the elegant city – renowned for the craftsmen, ateliers and designers of high fashion – was reduced to curfews, food trucks and trigger-happy soldiers patrolling every street corner. You can take your pick of glamorous offerings: High & Low: John Galliano, a documentary about the designer’s fall from grace after an inexplicable anti-Semitic outburst, will be released in cinemas next month; the excellent Kingdom of Dreams – the story of Tom Ford and Alexander McQueen – is available to stream on Sky, along with the Disney Plus mini-series Cristobal Balenciaga. The compelling story of Dior (played by Ben Mendelsohn) desperately trying to free his sister Catherine (Maisie Williams) who has been imprisoned in the infamous Ravensbruck concentration camp, is juxtaposed with the plush world of Chanel, described by a Nazi general, when they meet at a ball, as ‘bigger than any Hollywood star’.
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