I think my expectations were too high for this series. Especially since I just finished the excellent Cristobal Balenciaga series on Disney +. The first thing that strikes me was : why taking French actors playing French, real life, characters talking in English ? With a very heavy French accent as well ? Why not speak naturally French? Why is Dior played by a non French actor ? I really don't get that choice. In the Spanish series about Balenciaga, people spoke multiple languages and this is what subtitles are for. It gave much more authenticity. Second, the series revolves mainly about what happened during the war for Dior, Lelong and other like Chanel and Balmain. Where is the fashion ? Surviving at all cost during the occupation was also treated in the Disney plus series but is really the main subject in this one. Fortunately it's "inspired" by true events and I would be interested how they did their research ... I've seen Juliette Binoche in much better roles, Zabou Breitman is under utilised and John Malkovitch ... I don't understand what he's doing there ...

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