Review: 'The New Look' chronicles and contrasts the lives of Christian Dior and Coco Chanel

"The New Look," a 10-episode miniseries — or possibly a series — premiering this week on Apple TV+, is set in the world of Paris couture over four years, 1943 to 1947, from near the end of World II to not long after, when designer Christian Dior presented his first collection and became an overnight sensation at age 41. It's billed as "inspired by" true facts — which is to say, the fabric has been much embroidered.

Although the title refers to the sobriquet bestowed upon that collection by Harper's Bazaar editor-in-chief Carmel Snow (Glenn Close), it might more accurately be called something like "Christian and Coco," since the running time has been split pretty evenly between Dior and rival designer Coco Chanel — or perhaps yet more accurately, "Christian or Coco," since it consists