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A ‘new look’ at the Holocaust through fashion recycles old excuses for Nazi collaborators

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The series follows Christian Dior and Coco Chanel during and after World War II. Chanel collaborated with the Nazis and invoked the Aryan laws to wrest her perfume business away from her Jewish business partners. Lesser known is the fact that Dior's younger sister Catherine was deeply involved with the French Resistance.

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A ‘new look’ at the Holocaust through fashion recycles old excuses for Nazi collaborators

What does haute couture have to do with the Holocaust? According to The New Look, a series from Apple TV+, everything. The series follows Christian Dior and Coco Chanel during and after World War II, and while the acting is a bit clunky, the visuals and costumes are sumptuous and the history is fascinating. As is relatively well-known today, Chanel collaborated with the Nazis: She had an affair with a Nazi official, invoked the Aryan laws to wr…

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