one of the newer arrivals worth your time, The New Look is currently streaming in Australia on Apple TV, and in the US on Apple TV with a 8/10 audience score that speaks for itself. 10 episodes — the right length to tell the story it is telling. Television that earns its era label is rarer than the number of shows attempting it suggests — most of what gets called prestige TV is really just expensive TV. The New Look is one of the genuine examples: the craft is there in the writing, the performances, and the way it handles its subject matter. Ben Mendelsohn's involvement signals the kind of production that attracts serious talent and uses it properly. Available now on streaming — no excuses left for not watching it.

The New Look moves fast and earns its action sequences rather than just delivering them. The shocking story of how fashion icon Christian Dior and his contemporaries including Coco Chanel, Pierre Balmain, and Cristóbal Balenciaga navigated the horrors of World War Il and launched modern fashion. Ben Mendelsohn and Juliette Binoche lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It aired in 2024. The action sequences are expensive-looking without drawing attention to their own budget — they serve the story rather than interrupting it. The consistency across the run is what elevates it — not every episode is the best, but none of them are a reason to stop watching.

The series you put on to unwind and find yourself sitting forward in your seat twenty minutes in. The run is exactly the right length — it gets in, does what it came to do, and gets out. Action television that earns its sequences through narrative investment is always more satisfying than spectacle designed to distract from weak storytelling, and The New Look understands the distinction. If Halston is already on your list of favourites, the tonal similarities are real — though The New Look goes its own direction once you get past the setup. The audience it has built over time is the honest signal of quality.