Vogue is a lot greater than fashionable manners of gown in Apple TV+’s new biopic sequence The New Look. A brand new featurette shared at the moment explores the historic significance of Christian Dior‘s signature first trend line that might carry fantasy and magnificence again to France amid one of many darkest occasions within the nation’s historical past. It additionally teases the challenges of the business throughout WWII, in addition to the non-public battle of Dior’s household as his sister aids the battle effort, and the ability of artwork and creativity to carry humanity again from the brink of despair.

The video opens with a line from Ben Mendelsohn‘s Dior about creating a brand new world for the individuals of France with The New Look. A lot of Todd A. Kessler‘s sequence revolves across the improvement of the titular line and the way it turned an emblem of therapeutic after the Nazi occupation practically tore the nation aside. Vogue wouldn’t be the identical with out The New Look, one thing Juliette Binoche factors out whereas the footage flashes by trend reveals and late nights within the workshop with Dior. Including to the challenges the designer confronted have been the various legendary icons of the business lively on the time, together with his chief rival and the “Grand Dame of trend” portrayed by Binoche, Coco Chanel. Past Dior, The New Look will cowl the mindset of Chanel who did the whole lot to defy the world she lived in and stand above her male counterparts.

Sequence producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura beforehand instructed Collider’s Steve Weintraub that the present’s aim was to inject extra humanity and emotion into the tales of Dior and the opposite icons round him. A part of that can come from Catherine Dior, Christian’s youthful sister, performed by Maisie Williams, who put her life on the road consistently as a resistance fighter. Dior worries deeply about her involvement, and Williams guarantees that she’ll play a task in bringing out a aspect of him that is not all the time evident. Regardless of the hardships in entrance of those larger-than-life trend titans, The New Look is described as a narrative of hope and survival that champions humanity’s distinctive artistic spark and skill to evolve with the occasions.

‘The New Look’ Options an Iconic Forged and Crew

To play the outdated icons of the style business, The New Look landed a good few icons of their very own. Mendelsohn, Binoche, and Williams might be joined by a pair of Oscar nominees in Glenn Shut and John Malkovich alongside BAFTA-nominee Emily Mortimer and Claes Bang. Expertise additionally fills the visible and audio aspect of the manufacturing, because the crew labored straight with Dior in addition to numerous well-known musicians to nail down the appropriate look and sound. Jack Antonoff composed the soundtrack, which options contributions from Matt Healy of The 1975, Florence Welch, Bleachers, Nick Cave, Lana Del Rey, Beabadoobee, and Fragrance Genius amongst others. Concerning the style, Bonaventura mentioned that Dior went all out to recreate the designs of Christian’s first line:

“I feel the unique clothes can be so invaluable, it might be scary to do it. However Dior and we have been actually simpatico by the entire course of. In order that they allow us to in, we really use a few of their seamstresses. So we have been utilizing the precise patterns and the seamstresses, and the way it was created. We recreated them, in a way, however we did it with Dior, with the individuals who know easy methods to do it, with the fabulous designer, however it is extremely true to what he created. A few of it’s a little less complicated as a result of a few of these attire take, , I do not know, 1000 hours to make, proper? So we did not have fairly that luxurious. And so they have completed some recreations themselves, Dior, and we have been ready to make use of these.”

The New Look will premiere solely on Apple TV+ on Valentine’s Day, February 14. New episodes will observe weekly on Wednesdays. Try the brand new sneak peek beneath.

The New Look

Explores the rise of clothier Christian Dior, as he dethrones Coco Chanel and helps return spirit and life to the world together with his iconic imprint of magnificence and affect.

Launch Date

February 14, 2024

Creator

Todd A. Kessler

Principal Style

Drama

Seasons

1

Watch on Apple TV+