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      <p><span>From biopics of </span><span>iconic designers </span><span>to a thrilling series set in the golden age of haute couture, TV is increasingly looking to the history of fashion for inspiration.<br /></span></p>
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      <p style="text-align: justify;"><span>While fashion is often a topic of conversation on <a href="https://www.lofficielibiza.com/fashion/louis-vuitton-s-oscar-fireworks-a-superstar-spectacle-on-the-red-carpet" target="_blank" rel="noopener">red carpets</a>, the threads between fashion and TV are growing ever more intertwined. A new crop of fashion-centred shows, both fictional and documentary, is blooming this spring on streaming platforms.</span></p>
      <p style="text-align: justify;"><span>In 2019, <a href="https://www.lofficielibiza.com/culture/interview-sophia-brown-the-witcher-blood-origin-netflix-series" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Netflix</a> released the documentary </span><span><em>Wonder Boy</em>, </span><span>which featured the life of Olivier Rousteing, creative director of <a href="https://www.lofficielibiza.com/fashion/balmain-womens-show-autumn-winter-2023-2024-collection-photo-look-video" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Balmain</a>, followed by Ryan Murphy&rsquo;s miniseries </span><em>Halston</em><span>&mdash;in which the designer is played by Ewan McGregor&mdash;in 2021. A more comprehensive look at fashion&rsquo;s golden age can be found in the 2022 documentary series </span><em>Kingdom of Dreams</em><span>, a Sky TV original based on the book </span><span><em>Deluxe: How Luxury Lost its Lustre</em> </span><span>by Dana Thomas. The four-part series centres on pivotal creative directors of the &lsquo;90s and noughties&mdash;John Galliano, <a href="https://www.lofficielibiza.com/fashion/alexander-mcqueen-show-autumn-winter-2023-2024-collection-photo-look" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alexander McQueen</a>, Marc Jacobs, and <a href="https://www.lofficielibiza.com/fashion/tom-ford-final-collection-archives-fall-winter-2023-fashion" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tom Ford</a>&mdash;whose work with luxury conglomerates like LVMH and Kering catapulted fashion into the multi-billion dollar industry it is today. With exclusive interviews and heretofore unseen archival footage, the series chronicles this era&rsquo;s glorious, once-in-a-lifetime creativity&mdash;and its tremendous cost.</span></p>
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Production on the upcoming Disney+ biopic on Cristóbal Balenciaga.

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      <p style="text-align: justify;"><span>Though not explicitly a fashion doc, </span><span><em>Blitzed: The &lsquo;80s Blitz Kid Story</em></span><span>, now streaming on Apple TV, tells the story of small London club, The Blitz, which became a hub for a defining post-<a href="https://www.lofficielibiza.com/fashion/hermes-mens-show-autumn-winter-2023-photos-videos-images-look" target="_blank" rel="noopener">punk</a> movement in 1980s London: the New Romantics. With interviews from Boy George, Michele Clapton, Steven Jones, Andy Polaris, and more, the documentary paints a picture of London during this era, in a club where St. Martins fashion students&mdash;among them John Galliano&mdash;congregated to listen to music by Siouxsie and the Banshees, Kraftwerk, and <a href="https://www.lofficielibiza.com/music/should-you-see-this-new-documentary-devoted-to-david-bowie" target="_blank" rel="noopener">David Bowie</a>.</span></p>
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Still from Ryan Murphy’s Halston on Netflix.

<p style="text-align: justify;"><span>Apple TV is producing </span><em>The New Look</em><span>, a thriller-drama that takes place in Paris during the decade following World War&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; letter-spacing: 0px;">II. The series chronicles <a href="https://www.lofficielibiza.com/fashion/dior-mumbai-india-pre-fall-2023-fashion-show" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Christian Dior&rsquo;s</a> reign as king of haute couture, and his subsequent rivalry with fellow designer <a href="https://www.lofficielibiza.com/culture/coco-chanel-and-igor-stravinsky-a-mysterious-love-story" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Coco Chanel</a>. The series will feature award-winning actors Ben Mendelsohn and Juliette Binoche as Dior and Chanel, as well as </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; letter-spacing: 0px;"><em>Game of Thrones</em> </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; letter-spacing: 0px;">actor and rising style star Maisie Williams. Viewers can also expect stories of Dior and Chanel&rsquo;s designer contemporaries such as Pierre Balmain, Hubert de Givenchy, Pierre Cardin, Yves Saint Laurent, and Crist&oacute;bal Balenciaga (about whom Disney+ is separately working on a six-part biopic, which will be the platform&rsquo;s first original Spanish-language scripted series).</span></p>

Clockwise from top: Juliette Binoche, who will play Coco Chanel in Apple TV’s The New Look; Jared Leto, who will star as Karl Lagerfeld in Kaiser Karl; Lily Cole and Tim Blanks being interviewed for Sky TV’s Kingdom of Dreams.

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      <p style="text-align: justify;"><span>Also coming soon to Disney+ is </span><em>Kaiser Karl</em><span>, a biographical series on the life and legacy of designer and cultural juggernaut Karl Lagerfeld. Based on Lagerfeld&rsquo;s biography of the same name by Rapha&euml;lle Bacqu&eacute;, the series&mdash;starring Jared Leto as the acclaimed designer&mdash;will be shot in France, and will trace Lagerfeld&rsquo;s journey from his early years in the &lsquo;70s Paris fashion scene to his ascendancy as a global icon. It will also explore his rivalry with Yves Saint Laurent&rsquo;s business partner Pierre Berg&eacute;, and his romance with socialite Jacques de Bascher.</span></p>
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