In 1947, Christian Dior presented his first collection to an audience who had crammed themselves into rooms of his fashion house – it was a collection that would forever change the course of fashion history. It was dubbed the ‘New Look’ – a hyper feminine style composed of graceful, curving lines, cinched waists, and yards upon yards of fabric. In the face of the bleak uncertainty in post-war France, it was a daring, even audacious introduction for the young designer. It paid off.
While the New Look remains a key period in French fashion, the personal story that inspired Dior's groundbreaking designs is, perhaps, not quite so well known. This is the story told in Apple TV+'s The New Look.
