Hulu's Becoming Karl Lagerfeld is neither biting nor flashy, failing as both an examination or celebration of this controversial fashion designer.
where the eponymous fashion diva and his companion Jacques de Bascher are trying to wine and dine an American perfume expert and take her to theWhat this woman’s name is, or even what she looks like, isn’t really important. She’s merely a stepping stone in Largerfeld’s Machavillian scheme for respect and world domination.
. Emilio Pucci had prints, Halston had his drapery. Diane von Furstenberg has the wrap dress. Lagerfeld obviously had… lots of things, I’m sure. But we’re not really told what they were.concentrates on about a decade of the designer’s life, starting in 1972 when he feels shunned by his old friend Saint Laurent who is riding high as fashion’s Golden Boy .
This is one of many ways Lagerfeld uses people, especially de Bascher, in his quest for respect. His mother, Lisa Kreuzer’s Elisabeth, is fine with the lack of work-life balance. Others, like de Bascher, are not. The two will continue to float destructively in and out of each other’s lives, with Lagerfeld binge-eating desserts and croissant and wearing a corset, and de Bascher finding vices more commonly associated with these types of shows .
Conversely, this story is meant to be a parallel biography of de Bascher, a fascinating human from what I can find online and who would have eviscerated today’s reality TV stars who are “famous for being famous.” And Pellerin, with the help of some incredible costume and hair and makeup work, truly fits the part. A scene of him dancing in a disco, happy and oblivious as to how his benefactor is about to screw him over, is quite sad.
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