fashion has always been very present in the TV world. Not only because of the importance of the clothes, but also the titles, almost like the protagonists ‘Sex and the City’, ‘Emily in Paris’ anyone ‘Gossip Girl’To give just a few examples, but lately as platforms have started to pick up on fiction ‘Biographies’ of great designers. It happened three years ago ‘Halston’, on Netflix and a while ago ‘The Murder of Gianni Versace‘ and now Disney+ is doing the same with ‘Cristobal Balenciaga‘, here pays tribute to one of the most international Spanish fashion designers.
Award-winning filmmakers Aitor Arregi, Jon Garaño and Jose Mari Goenaga (Author of films such as ‘Endless Trench’, ‘Loreak’ and ‘Handia’) reflects on the years when Balenciaga built his fashion empire in Paris after managing to dress the Spanish elite and aristocracy.
Upon moving to the French capital in 1937, the designer (in which he played Alberto San Juan) She must shape her style in the sophisticated fashion empire that the city has become, where Chanel, Dior and Givenchy are the cornerstones of haute couture.
From Juliette Binoche to Glenn Close
Curiously, the designers who will soon be the protagonists of another Apple TV + series, ‘New view’. The fiction, inspired by true events, will be released on February 14. Christian Dior (Ben Mendelsohn) and their contemporaries during World War II in Nazi-occupied Paris. They surf the horrors of World War II and invent modern fashion.
There are sewing geniuses among their competitors Coco Chanel (Juliette Binoche)Dior’s reign as the world’s most famous fashion designer is in danger due to the innovative ideas he proposes. Pierre Balmain (Thomas Poitevin) and Cristóbal Balenciaga himself (Nuno Lopes).
The cast of this 10-episode series created by Todd A. Kessler is quite strong and Glenn Close (portrays journalist Carmel Snow); Maisie Williams (here the brave Arya from ‘Game of Thrones’ playing Catherine Dior); John Malkovich (as Lucien Lelong); Emily Mortimer (as Elsa Lombardi) and Claes Bang (like Spatz).
The soundtrack includes covers of popular songs from the early and mid-20th century performed by artists such as Bleachers, Florence Welch, Lana Del Rey, Matty Healy (The 1975), Beabadoobee, Nick Cave and Perfume Genius.
Daniel Brühl will be ‘Kaiser Karl’
Disney+ will continue to explore the world of fashion after ‘Cristóbal Balenciaga’, but in later years ‘Kaiser Karl’French TV series about the rise of Karl Lagerfeld In Paris haute couture of the 70s.
Catalan-German actor Daniel Bruhl She will play the kaiser of fashion, who will have to compete with Jacques de Bascher after meeting him and falling in love with him. Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre BergéDirector of the world’s most prestigious fashion brand.
The series, which is planned to premiere throughout 2024, was created by and adapted for television. Isaure Pisani-Ferry (‘Robbers: the series’, ‘Vampires’), Jennifer Yes (“Infiel”, “Red Band Society”) and Raphaelle BacqueAuthor of Lagerfeld’s biography.