Juliette Binoche Breaks Down The Meaning Behind Coco Chanel’s Iconic Jewelry In The New Look
To this day, the styles popularized by Christian Dior and Coco Chanel are legendary. From Margot Robbie rocking Chanel consistently to Jenna Ortega slaying Dior looks, A-listers still adore these legendary designers. In Apple TV+’s, The New Look, we get to see the origins of these two fashion powerhouses as well as a detailed look at their personal styles. So, when I had the chance to speak with Juliette Binoche, who plays Chanel, I had to ask her about the meaning behind Coco’s amazing style and of course, those remarkable jewels she’s always wearing.
If you’ve watched The New Look’s first episodes, then you’ll likely remember all the opulent and unique jewelry that Coco Chanel is consistently wearing. Binoche told me during an interview for CinemaBlend that her character was all about being both “comfortable” and “elegant,” which is why her costumes were so modern and functional, yet also expensive and almost formal.
If you’ve watched The New Look’s first episodes, then you’ll likely remember all the opulent and unique jewelry that Coco Chanel is consistently wearing. Binoche told me during an interview for CinemaBlend that her character was all about being both “comfortable” and “elegant,” which is why her costumes were so modern and functional, yet also expensive and almost formal.
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00:00the fashion of this show is just remarkable. Was there a piece of Coco's costume that like
00:06really made you feel like you were her or really helped you transform into her?
00:11Well the good thing with Coco Chanel is because she liked to be elegant but comfortable. It's the
00:19combination she preferred most and she was very good at. That's why she got rid of the corset
00:25and made the skirts shorter and had shorter hair. But I felt like during the show there
00:34was always something I could wear today actually. But the jewels were very important as well because
00:43it gives a sort of persona, it gives behavior. And the fact that she mixed the real jewels that
00:53she got from the Duke of Westminster and she bought for herself probably. But also the false
00:59ones and she invented the fashion of having mixing the real gems, the real diamonds with all the
01:11stones with the false ones. And that was fine with her. There was a
01:15sort of freedom in the way that she wanted to live her life.
01:23you