Spoiler alert: This review contains spoilers for episodes 1-3 of The New Look.
The year is 1943. Agent “Westminster” is being briefed in Paris by her handler, Walter Schellenberg, the Nazi Party’s head of foreign intelligence. He has a special mission for her; no less a task than ending World War Two. She is to deliver a secret message to the British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, in Madrid, outlining a proposal for the cessation of hostilities. “In success, history will remember you for this more than for any dress you ever made,” Schellenberg tells the agent.
“Any dress you ever made?” Indeed. For “Westminster” is Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel, the celebrated designer better known for perfume and haute couture than for espionage and dangerous undercover operations. I had to check that this bizarre plotline, which features near the start of Apple TV’s lavish new 10-part drama about…
