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1937 Paris is the home of Haute Couture
where the greatest designers

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are defining fashion
for the rest of the world.

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Cristóbal, son of a fisherman
and a seamstress from Getaria,

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moved here with a dream: to become one
of the great masters of Haute Couture.

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This series is inspired by his story.

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(SOFT MUSIC PLAYS)

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(PRIEST TALKING IN FRENCH)

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COCO CHANEL'S FUNERAL
PARIS, JANUARY 1971

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(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)

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(PRIEST CONTINUES TALKING)

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(BELLS RING)

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(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

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-MAN: A photo?
-RAMÓN: Don't, please.

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Monsieur Balenciaga.

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(IN SPANISH) I'm glad to see you.

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Hello.

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PRUDENCE: Although many doubted you,

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I knew you wouldn't skip it.

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Why would I skip it?

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After the disagreement
between you and Chanel...

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(IN FRENCH) Stop, Coco.

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PRUDENCE:
Fashion is no longer what it used to be.

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All the great ones are leaving us.

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Don't you think it's time for you to talk?

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CRISTÓBAL: I already gave Paris Match
an interview when I retired.

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PRUDENCE:
Well, yes, but it was very brief.

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You've been retired for three years,
so you can talk with no burden.

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CRISTÓBAL:
No, thank you. Don't insist, please.

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I already said so last time.
If you'll excuse me.

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Oh, come on, Mr. Balenciaga.

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Let us glimpse a little beyond the mystery
that surrounds you.

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If you change your mind.

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I think I'm going to say yes.

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You're still thinking about that?

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What do you think?

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I already told you, I agree.

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Prudence Glynn
is a very reputable journalist in England.

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No! I won't do it.

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(SIGHS)

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CRISTÓBAL'S IGELDO HOUSE
SAN SEBASTIÁN, JUNE 1971

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CRISTÓBAL: Good afternoon.

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-RAMÓN (IN ENGLISH): Hello.
-PRUDENCE: Hi.

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PRUDENCE (IN SPANISH):
First of all, I'd like to thank you

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for giving me the opportunity
to interview you.

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To be honest, I thought
you weren't going to accept my request.

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Oh... No, no. No recordings, please.

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It'll be for personal use,
it won't be featured anywhere.

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I'd rather not. I don't like
having my voice recorded.

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Why? It would be for personal use only.

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Yes, but I'd know
there's a recording of my voice

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somewhere in the world, and...

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The thing is,
I don't want to make any mistakes

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and twist your words.

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I promise you, I'll destroy it later.

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Very well. But, please,
destroy it after transcribing it.

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Okay.

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Well... go ahead.

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I've never done this before,
I don't know what you want me to say.

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Actually, I'm interested
in your beginnings in Paris.

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FIRST COLLECTION SHOWCASE
PARIS, AUGUST 1937

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PRUDENCE: You arrived after leaving behind
the Civil War in Spain, right?

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The Civil War.

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Let's see if I remember...

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Wladzio and I arrived in Paris
in January 1937,

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and by the start of August,
we were already showcasing

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our first haute couture collection.

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Everything was too fast.

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-(IN FRENCH) Excuse me. Thank you.
-Careful!

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-The earrings?
-With that necklace.

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Could you come, please?

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-Colette.
-I'm coming!

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Quickly, Colette.

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-Go.
-WOMAN: Colette, now.

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(ATOMIZER SPRITZING)

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CRISTÓBAL (IN SPANISH):
It all happened so quickly.

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We should have worked more
with the models.

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(IN FRENCH) Come on, quickly.

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CRISTÓBAL:
Suzanne, separate the dresses

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16, 18, 36, 37,

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53, 109.

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We have to finish them up.

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CRISTÓBAL (IN SPANISH):
The show starts in an hour.

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Relax.

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(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

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FLORETTE (IN FRENCH): Mrs. Ballard,
how nice to see you.

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It is an honor that Vogue
is interested in our first showcase.

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My pleasure.

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FLORETTE: Welcome.

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It's an evening dress, it ends the show.

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Yes, but I need your approval.

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Walk, please.

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(SIGHS)

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Come close.

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Cristóbal, don't...

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CRISTÓBAL: It's crooked.

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Look at this fold, here.

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We have to sew it again.

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(GRUNTS)

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(IN SPANISH) We don't have time.

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-We don't.
-TAILOR (IN FRENCH) Come.

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(IN SPANISH) This happens when you
leave things for the last minute.

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Sew it again.

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WLADZIO: But Cristóbal,
the sleeve was all right.

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FLORETTE (IN FRENCH): Ladies, gentlemen,
the showcase is about to begin.

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(COUGHS)

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(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

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(IN FRENCH) Number one.

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(TRANSLATES IN ENGLISH)

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(IN FRENCH) Number two.

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(TRANSLATES IN ENGLISH)

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(IN FRENCH) Number three.

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(TRANSLATES IN ENGLISH)

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(IN FRENCH) Number four.

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(TRANSLATES IN ENGLISH)

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(IN FRENCH) Number 107.

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(TRANSLATES IN ENGLISH)

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CRISTÓBAL (IN FRENCH): So?

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I couldn't say.

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They're very serious,
and a gentleman left.

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You see this? It's all wrong.

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The sleeves are identical.

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-No, they aren't.
-(IN FRENCH) Number 108.

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(TRANSLATES IN ENGLISH)

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(IN FRENCH)
There's a fold here, understand?

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I'll handle it, go.

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Cristóbal.

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There's no time.

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The show is ending. It's now or never.

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(BREATHES DEEPLY)

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Ready? Breathe...

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(APPLAUSE)

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WLADZIO (IN SPANISH):
Well, looks like they liked it.

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Hmm. Yeah.

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Come on, go talk to people.

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I'm not coming out.

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WLADZIO (IN FRENCH):
Thank you for coming, Mrs. Ballard.

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Mr. D'Attainville,
everything looks in place.

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I heard you handled the decorations.

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-Yes, do you like it?
-Very much.

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And what do you think of the collection?

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Well...

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take it as constructive criticism.

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I don't want to sound arrogant,

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but I think it lacks some personality.

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-Personality?
-Yes.

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Yes, maybe I expected too much.

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This is Paris, it's hard to stand out,

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-but you need...
-BIZKARRONDO AND VIRGILIA: Hi.

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May I introduce you
to Nicolás Bizkarrondo.

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-Nice to meet you.
-And his wife, Virgilia Mendizábal.

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-Main shareholders of the Maison.
-Congratulations.

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A great collection.

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(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

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WLADZIO (IN SPANISH):
Do you think we've been reckless

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by involving ourselves
with Virgilia and Nicolás?

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CRISTÓBAL: Why?

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I don't know...

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I'm not sure they're the right associates.

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Don't misunderstand, I like them...

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but things work differently here.

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Everything about fashion
is more sophisticated.

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But I'd rather surround myself
with people I agree with

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than with "sophisticated" people.
What can I say?

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I'm just saying, if we had waited
a bit in Paris,

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surely we would have found
someone with experience and contacts.

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Someone who could have added
to the company,

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beyond their money.

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What if that someone never appears?

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I have no doubt, they would appear.

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There isn't that much talent
in high fashion.

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And you have it, obviously.

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(GLASS CLATTERS SOFTLY)

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(DEEP SIGH)

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I wish I were like you.

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What do you mean?

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Like this.

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So confident.

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I can't permit a lack of confidence.

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(LAUGHS)

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(TEASINGLY) "Hello, Nicolás. How are you?"

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(LAUGHTER)

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-I don't talk like that.
-You do!

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-No!
-When you're with Bizkarrondo,

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you lower your voice
as if you were manlier.

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-That's not true!
-(LAUGHTER)

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You do, and not just with Bizkarrondo,
you do it with others too.

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I didn't know.

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Well, you do.

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You can't see your own mannerisms either.

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What mannerisms?

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Nothing important.

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(MOANING)

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RAMÓN: Cristóbal...

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Cristóbal?

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Sorry.

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I... I lost track of what I was saying.

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You were telling me
about your business partner.

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Yes... Nicolás Bizkarrondo.

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Nicolás was a republican engineer

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who had openly spoken against Franco.

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He and his wife, Virgilia Mendizábal,
had to go into exile in Paris,

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and decided to invest in the Maison.

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They both were a great support.

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BIZKARRONDO: Let's toast to the show.

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It went very well.

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(SINGING IN BASQUE)
♪ Clink, clink, clink ♪

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♪ The beautiful sound ♪

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♪ Of money... ♪

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(IN SPANISH) Nicolás,
don't force the enthusiasm.

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BIZKARRONDO: People clapped happily.

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And we've been promised good reviews,
there's no reason to be sad.

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Careful, Nicolás.

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BIZKARRONDO:
That's what Ballard told you, right?

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Yes, yes. But what they tell you
to your face is one thing,

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and what they later write is another.

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Until I see it published...

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BIZKARRONDO: You know this world
better than I do.

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Can you believe it?

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Almost 50 years old,
and now I have to learn like a kid.

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That's how exile works.

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We're beginners, but we're not.

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In a country where people eat at 12:30.

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(LAUGHTER)

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Don't get all nostalgic again.

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I left Paris to be in San Sebastián
for 12 years,

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and I didn't complain once.

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You spoke about Paris all day long.

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Besides, it's not the same,
there was no war in France.

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BIZKARRONDO: Wladzio is right.

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We're here now,
so we have to move forward.

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Besides, I'm eager to learn.

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I know all about business,
but I admit that all this is new for me.

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-I'm here for Virgilia.
-Hey.

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You're here because you want to,
you'll be responsible if it goes wrong.

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(LAUGHTER)

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But I'll be here by your side.
And if you need my help, ask for it.

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Don't hesitate.

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(IN BASQUE) Thank you, Nicolás.

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(IN SPANISH)
I'd never heard of them before.

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Yes, well, because things
didn't end too well

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between us.

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They didn't?

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I see you have papers from those days.

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Oh, yes.

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They're reviews for the first collection.

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-Do you mind if I read them?
-No.

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"Balenciaga succeeds, thanks to..."

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FLORETTE (IN FRENCH):
"...the simplicity of his lines

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and the absence of superficial elements."

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Women's Wear Daily, on the cover.

251
00:17:35,360 --> 00:17:38,360
(IN SPANISH) "Balenciago,"
they changed your name.

252
00:17:38,440 --> 00:17:39,760
Yes, I remember.

253
00:17:39,840 --> 00:17:41,040
PRUDENCE: I'll keep reading.

254
00:17:41,120 --> 00:17:42,560
(IN FRENCH) They changed your name.

255
00:17:42,640 --> 00:17:45,400
Did they really spell it
like "Balenciago"?

256
00:17:48,680 --> 00:17:53,880
"Elegant dresses
with sophisticated simplicity.

257
00:17:54,600 --> 00:17:59,880
The birds are a fun feature
on the evening hats.

258
00:18:00,440 --> 00:18:02,080
A model..."

259
00:18:02,160 --> 00:18:05,560
(IN SPANISH) "...a model was wearing
some sort of dove

260
00:18:05,640 --> 00:18:06,960
on her head."

261
00:18:08,280 --> 00:18:11,280
(IN FRENCH) It's great, isn't it?
Your first review, and it's on the cover.

262
00:18:11,360 --> 00:18:14,280
"Sophisticated simplicity..."

263
00:18:14,360 --> 00:18:15,640
(IN SPANISH) Is that good?

264
00:18:15,720 --> 00:18:17,440
That's what you've always defended.

265
00:18:17,520 --> 00:18:19,680
Please, Wladzio!
If you really like a collection,

266
00:18:19,760 --> 00:18:21,280
you say it, plain and simple...

267
00:18:21,360 --> 00:18:25,720
(IN FRENCH) "Prodigious,"
"marvelous," "great," "extraordinary."

268
00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:27,280
(IN SPANISH) Or something like that.

269
00:18:27,360 --> 00:18:29,720
I think the reviews
have been mostly positive.

270
00:18:29,800 --> 00:18:31,680
On a scale of one to ten, it's a six.

271
00:18:31,760 --> 00:18:35,440
And no one will pay the amount we ask
to wear a six. That's...

272
00:18:35,520 --> 00:18:37,120
Don't be impatient, Cristóbal.

273
00:18:38,080 --> 00:18:39,440
It's not a bad start.

274
00:18:40,680 --> 00:18:43,520
Not for you, of course.
The hats stand out, and you designed them.

275
00:18:44,080 --> 00:18:45,120
Huh?

276
00:18:51,840 --> 00:18:55,240
FLORETTE (IN FRENCH): Mrs. de Belleville,
I'm Mrs. Chelot.

277
00:18:59,160 --> 00:19:01,280
CRISTÓBAL: No, no, diagonally.

278
00:19:01,880 --> 00:19:02,920
TAILOR: Yes.

279
00:19:12,560 --> 00:19:14,240
No, not like this.

280
00:19:14,320 --> 00:19:16,000
Like this, look.

281
00:19:16,640 --> 00:19:18,800
Don't stab the pins so deep.

282
00:19:19,400 --> 00:19:21,760
Just the tip is enough,

283
00:19:23,160 --> 00:19:25,640
and it'll be easier to remove them.

284
00:19:27,520 --> 00:19:29,440
And you put them in diagonally...

285
00:19:30,520 --> 00:19:33,080
so as to not disturb
the shape of the fabric.

286
00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:35,000
Yes.

287
00:19:35,480 --> 00:19:37,320
As if I were a beginner.

288
00:19:40,240 --> 00:19:41,600
(IN SPANISH) What do you think?

289
00:19:42,240 --> 00:19:43,240
It could be better.

290
00:19:43,920 --> 00:19:46,320
Well, of course it could,
it's just a test.

291
00:19:47,680 --> 00:19:48,720
It'll be okay.

292
00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:51,920
Yes, I know it will be fine,
and the collection will be impeccable.

293
00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:55,120
But it reminds me of Vionnet.

294
00:19:55,200 --> 00:19:58,080
If it looks like Vionnet,
it's a compliment.

295
00:19:58,160 --> 00:20:01,880
Yes, but if people want a Vionnet,
they'll get a Vionnet.

296
00:20:02,440 --> 00:20:04,800
What do you...?
What do you think could be changed?

297
00:20:08,320 --> 00:20:11,600
I've heard people say
that I paraded into Paris,

298
00:20:11,680 --> 00:20:13,040
that I succeeded immediately.

299
00:20:13,480 --> 00:20:17,760
And... looking back, I can't complain.

300
00:20:20,360 --> 00:20:23,200
But then, those weeks...

301
00:20:23,280 --> 00:20:25,840
after the showcase
for the first collection...

302
00:20:27,240 --> 00:20:29,560
They were full of uncertainty.

303
00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:34,520
(IN FRENCH) Mrs. Geneive?

304
00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:37,640
It's Mrs. Chelot,
from the Marie-Henriette House.

305
00:20:38,040 --> 00:20:39,680
You remember me, right?

306
00:20:39,760 --> 00:20:42,280
As soon as I saw the collection,
I thought of you.

307
00:20:42,360 --> 00:20:43,760
Spanish.

308
00:20:45,160 --> 00:20:47,720
It fits your style perfectly.

309
00:20:48,680 --> 00:20:51,200
Balenciaga... Let me read you the reviews.

310
00:20:52,760 --> 00:20:55,560
Balenciaga, with an "A."

311
00:20:56,160 --> 00:20:57,200
That's right.

312
00:21:00,760 --> 00:21:02,240
Only two commissions?

313
00:21:02,800 --> 00:21:05,040
And the one from Wladzio's mother.

314
00:21:11,320 --> 00:21:13,040
CRISTÓBAL (IN SPANISH):
A showcase or a party?

315
00:21:13,120 --> 00:21:15,840
Looks like it'll be a party
with a showcase

316
00:21:15,920 --> 00:21:19,320
for some pieces from her new collection
for her friends.

317
00:21:19,400 --> 00:21:21,320
So it's a party to pat her own back.

318
00:21:21,920 --> 00:21:23,840
If I go, it'll be for her.

319
00:21:23,920 --> 00:21:24,920
CHANEL'S PARTY

320
00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:27,040
But these engagements bore me to death.

321
00:21:27,640 --> 00:21:28,680
(DOORBELL RINGS)

322
00:21:28,760 --> 00:21:32,640
-WLADZIO (IN FRENCH): My mother.
-Isabelle, so nice to see you.

323
00:21:32,720 --> 00:21:34,080
-How are you?
-I'm well.

324
00:21:34,160 --> 00:21:35,840
-Nervous?
-No.

325
00:21:35,920 --> 00:21:37,480
Talk to people today.

326
00:21:37,560 --> 00:21:40,640
Be kind and interesting,
gain people's love.

327
00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:45,000
It'll be packed with potential clients.

328
00:21:46,040 --> 00:21:48,760
-You look splendid, Mom.
-I agree.

329
00:21:49,480 --> 00:21:50,880
It's so flattering on me,

330
00:21:52,080 --> 00:21:53,600
and it'll be great publicity.

331
00:21:54,760 --> 00:21:56,200
(MUSIC PLAYING)

332
00:22:06,600 --> 00:22:09,680
I'm going to show this Balenciaga around.

333
00:22:09,760 --> 00:22:11,280
See you, darlings.

334
00:22:11,360 --> 00:22:12,440
Of course.

335
00:22:13,640 --> 00:22:15,360
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

336
00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:27,760
(COUGHS)

337
00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:34,600
I forgot my glasses, I can't see a thing.

338
00:22:35,160 --> 00:22:37,760
(SIGHS)

339
00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:46,880
Still, it's so obvious
that they're Chanel.

340
00:22:50,800 --> 00:22:53,080
I'd recognize them even if I was blind.

341
00:23:04,480 --> 00:23:07,280
-MAN: Balenciaga, is it Spanish?
-Yes.

342
00:23:07,360 --> 00:23:10,400
MAN: How are you dealing
with the Civil War? It must be horrible.

343
00:23:10,480 --> 00:23:13,800
Yes, terrible. Very tough.

344
00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:17,080
You fled from the war to...?

345
00:23:17,160 --> 00:23:20,880
I visited the Spanish pavilion
in the universal exhibition,

346
00:23:21,320 --> 00:23:24,320
and Picasso's painting is amazing.

347
00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:27,200
-It's called "Guernica," isn't it?
-Yes.

348
00:23:27,280 --> 00:23:29,240
Like the bombed village.

349
00:23:29,320 --> 00:23:31,960
-They bombed a village?
-Yes.

350
00:23:32,400 --> 00:23:35,080
I didn't know Picasso's inspiration...

351
00:23:35,160 --> 00:23:37,080
MAN: Spain's current situation...

352
00:23:37,160 --> 00:23:40,360
It's so sad. Such a fascinating country.

353
00:23:40,440 --> 00:23:44,040
WOMAN: Yes, it is an exciting country,
I was there and...

354
00:23:44,120 --> 00:23:45,880
(IN SPANISH) "The war, the great Spain."

355
00:23:45,960 --> 00:23:47,880
-I'm tired of it, too.
-They treat it so lightly.

356
00:23:47,960 --> 00:23:51,320
They talk about the war, "Guernica"
and Picasso as if they were exotic.

357
00:23:51,400 --> 00:23:52,800
It's so condescending.

358
00:23:52,880 --> 00:23:55,520
By the way, we should go see it
at the universal exhibition.

359
00:23:55,600 --> 00:23:58,880
What are you doing here,
gathered like mushrooms in a forest?

360
00:23:58,960 --> 00:24:01,920
Cristóbal, come with me.
Coco is talking to Carmel Snow. Let's go.

361
00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:03,880
-Who?
-Carmel Snow.

362
00:24:03,960 --> 00:24:06,800
Editor in chief of Harper's Bazaar.
Very influential.

363
00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:07,880
Right...

364
00:24:08,520 --> 00:24:09,520
(IN BASQUE) But...

365
00:24:11,960 --> 00:24:13,920
-CHANEL (IN FRENCH): It's beautiful.
-Thank you.

366
00:24:14,960 --> 00:24:18,040
Oh... Here's the moon.

367
00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:21,480
-And the sun.
-WLADZIO: How are you, Coco?

368
00:24:21,560 --> 00:24:25,880
Marvelous, Coco, just marvelous,
everything you've showed.

369
00:24:25,960 --> 00:24:27,520
WLADZIO: Thank you for inviting us.

370
00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:29,840
It was an honor to be here.

371
00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:33,000
It was a pleasure, but don't forget...

372
00:24:33,080 --> 00:24:35,040
This is the jungle, darlings.

373
00:24:35,800 --> 00:24:39,880
Don't expect my help, we're rivals now.

374
00:24:40,800 --> 00:24:44,080
Do you know high fashion's Cleopatra?

375
00:24:44,160 --> 00:24:46,040
Carmel, come here for a second.

376
00:24:46,120 --> 00:24:49,440
If you want to be someone
in the fashion world,

377
00:24:49,520 --> 00:24:51,480
you want to get along with her.

378
00:24:52,440 --> 00:24:54,640
Go on, start complimenting her.

379
00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:58,200
Carmel, this is Cristóbal Balenciaga.

380
00:24:58,280 --> 00:25:00,560
-Nice to meet you.
-It's a pleasure.

381
00:25:00,640 --> 00:25:03,000
You must have forgotten, but we met

382
00:25:03,080 --> 00:25:04,880
in a showcase for Vionnet and Lanvin.

383
00:25:04,960 --> 00:25:07,960
Cristóbal is a great dressmaker,
he makes copies

384
00:25:08,600 --> 00:25:13,080
of known designers and improves them.

385
00:25:13,160 --> 00:25:14,600
That was before.

386
00:25:15,400 --> 00:25:18,920
Nowadays, I'm focused
on completely original collections.

387
00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:21,760
Yes, the syndicate
have given us the green light,

388
00:25:21,840 --> 00:25:24,280
and we've showcased our first collection.

389
00:25:24,360 --> 00:25:25,880
CHANEL: Yes, I know.

390
00:25:25,960 --> 00:25:27,840
I was joking.

391
00:25:29,520 --> 00:25:33,240
-(LAUGHS)
-Tell me, I'm dying to know

392
00:25:33,320 --> 00:25:35,280
what your style is like.

393
00:25:35,360 --> 00:25:36,440
My style?

394
00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:39,080
Yes, how would you define your style?

395
00:25:40,920 --> 00:25:42,360
Yes, of course.

396
00:25:44,240 --> 00:25:48,680
It's a sober and elegant style,

397
00:25:48,760 --> 00:25:50,280
with very few accessories.

398
00:25:51,640 --> 00:25:53,840
Based mostly on the fabric.

399
00:25:55,440 --> 00:25:58,000
This dress is from his latest collection.

400
00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:02,040
Right...

401
00:26:02,920 --> 00:26:05,960
And the dress
that elegant woman is wearing, too.

402
00:26:08,440 --> 00:26:10,960
It'd be better
if you could see the full collection.

403
00:26:11,040 --> 00:26:13,160
There's a showcase every day
at Maison Balenciaga.

404
00:26:13,240 --> 00:26:15,680
It would be an honor--

405
00:26:15,760 --> 00:26:18,280
(CHANEL LAUGHS)

406
00:26:20,720 --> 00:26:22,920
She's hammered.

407
00:26:25,160 --> 00:26:26,800
It's her natural state.

408
00:26:26,880 --> 00:26:29,160
Well, I need to attend to my guests.

409
00:26:29,240 --> 00:26:30,240
Uh...

410
00:26:31,880 --> 00:26:33,320
If you don't mind...

411
00:26:34,640 --> 00:26:35,800
some advice...

412
00:26:35,880 --> 00:26:39,840
prepare some words
about your style, it'll be useful.

413
00:26:40,440 --> 00:26:42,120
Good luck, darling.

414
00:26:44,120 --> 00:26:45,720
(SIGHS)

415
00:26:49,120 --> 00:26:50,320
Good.

416
00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:54,640
(ENGINE HUMS)

417
00:26:58,800 --> 00:27:00,760
(IN SPANISH)
I don't understand her attitude.

418
00:27:01,600 --> 00:27:03,200
She treated you like a nobody.

419
00:27:04,920 --> 00:27:07,240
-(SIGHS)
-She urged you to come to Paris.

420
00:27:10,040 --> 00:27:11,520
We shouldn't have come.

421
00:27:13,120 --> 00:27:14,520
We're in another league.

422
00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:16,880
They're a different category.

423
00:27:18,680 --> 00:27:20,600
Making good copies is one thing,

424
00:27:20,680 --> 00:27:24,280
having talent and style to make
unique things, that's another.

425
00:27:24,360 --> 00:27:25,840
You know that, Wladzio.

426
00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:27,960
That's why you're upset.

427
00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:37,640
(SIGHS)

428
00:27:38,040 --> 00:27:40,080
I feel bad for Nicolás and Virgilia.

429
00:27:42,320 --> 00:27:44,560
WLADZIO: Cristóbal,
don't get ahead of yourself.

430
00:27:44,640 --> 00:27:47,680
They wanted to invest
in Maison Balenciaga in Paris.

431
00:27:47,760 --> 00:27:49,680
You didn't ask them or force them at all.

432
00:27:49,760 --> 00:27:51,960
You and I decided to come here.

433
00:27:52,040 --> 00:27:54,200
They came for political reasons.

434
00:28:02,520 --> 00:28:04,360
(IN FRENCH) Number 77.

435
00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:06,120
(TRANSLATES IN ENGLISH)

436
00:28:08,120 --> 00:28:09,480
(TELEPHONE RINGS)

437
00:28:09,560 --> 00:28:11,760
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)

438
00:28:17,520 --> 00:28:20,320
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

439
00:28:25,560 --> 00:28:27,040
-(IN FRENCH) Florette.
-Yes?

440
00:28:27,600 --> 00:28:29,760
Is it usually this empty?

441
00:28:32,960 --> 00:28:35,240
Uh... The shopping center?

442
00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:38,520
They liked what they saw at the showcase,

443
00:28:39,240 --> 00:28:41,240
but they can't make up their minds.

444
00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:44,080
I don't know...

445
00:28:44,560 --> 00:28:47,560
Maybe we should reconsider the prices?

446
00:28:47,640 --> 00:28:49,640
No, that's not the problem.

447
00:28:49,720 --> 00:28:52,960
The elite don't mind paying
for good quality.

448
00:28:53,040 --> 00:28:57,240
They even prefer expensive prices
for exclusivity.

449
00:28:57,320 --> 00:28:58,760
Understood.

450
00:28:59,080 --> 00:29:00,520
You know more than I do.

451
00:29:03,120 --> 00:29:06,360
I heard you saw Carmel Snow.

452
00:29:06,440 --> 00:29:09,000
-Did you not invite her to come?
-We did.

453
00:29:11,360 --> 00:29:15,600
A review from someone so influential
would give us visibility.

454
00:29:16,880 --> 00:29:19,560
Huh... Yes.

455
00:29:25,960 --> 00:29:28,440
(IN BASQUE) We talked for a while.

456
00:29:29,280 --> 00:29:31,320
There were lots of people, right?

457
00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:32,720
Did they feed you?

458
00:29:32,800 --> 00:29:35,560
Yes, Mom, why do you want to know that?

459
00:29:36,240 --> 00:29:40,040
Jesus, son, I'm just curious.

460
00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:43,520
Since we can't go to Chanel's parties...

461
00:29:43,600 --> 00:29:45,520
I just want to experience that excitement.

462
00:29:46,280 --> 00:29:48,440
Don't get too excited,

463
00:29:48,520 --> 00:29:50,440
it was all nonsense.

464
00:29:50,520 --> 00:29:54,280
Keep your feet on the ground. Stay humble.

465
00:29:55,400 --> 00:29:56,400
CRISTÓBAL: Yes, Mom.

466
00:29:59,600 --> 00:30:01,200
CRISTÓBAL'S MOTHER: How are the sales?

467
00:30:03,560 --> 00:30:06,200
CRISTÓBAL: Well, very well.

468
00:30:06,280 --> 00:30:07,520
Don't worry.

469
00:30:07,600 --> 00:30:09,360
CRISTÓBAL'S MOTHER: I'm glad to hear it.

470
00:30:09,440 --> 00:30:11,520
You know how things are here...

471
00:30:12,080 --> 00:30:14,720
Your brother is desperate
after the shut down in Madrid.

472
00:30:14,800 --> 00:30:17,160
CRISTÓBAL: Yes, we speak often.

473
00:30:17,560 --> 00:30:21,080
CRISTÓBAL'S MOTHER: So you'll know
that they're expecting another child.

474
00:30:21,160 --> 00:30:23,640
CRISTÓBAL: Another one? I didn't know.

475
00:30:23,720 --> 00:30:26,040
CRISTÓBAL'S MOTHER:
Yes. Their tenth child.

476
00:30:27,040 --> 00:30:30,120
If Paris doesn't go well,

477
00:30:30,720 --> 00:30:31,960
we're done for.

478
00:30:35,040 --> 00:30:37,520
VIRGILIA: Still, it's so obvious
that they're Chanel.

479
00:30:37,600 --> 00:30:39,800
I'd recognize them even if I was blind.

480
00:30:43,440 --> 00:30:44,560
(IN FRENCH) It's not working.

481
00:30:45,200 --> 00:30:46,400
What would you change?

482
00:30:47,080 --> 00:30:48,320
Everything.

483
00:30:49,640 --> 00:30:52,960
-I don't love it.
-There are no mistakes.

484
00:30:53,040 --> 00:30:55,720
But we'll fix it, improve it.

485
00:30:56,400 --> 00:30:59,240
I know it can be improved.

486
00:31:00,560 --> 00:31:02,200
That's not the problem.

487
00:31:02,280 --> 00:31:06,840
It's an old-fashioned line,
it adds nothing to it.

488
00:31:06,920 --> 00:31:09,800
You'd think they're hicks

489
00:31:09,880 --> 00:31:14,200
on their way
to their grandchildren's christening.

490
00:31:14,280 --> 00:31:17,720
-I put a lot of time into it.
-I don't care, Suzanne.

491
00:31:17,800 --> 00:31:20,720
-SUZANNE: We spent hours on it.
-I don't care!

492
00:31:20,800 --> 00:31:22,200
Me too!

493
00:31:22,280 --> 00:31:25,840
I spent hours designing it!
But it doesn't work!

494
00:31:26,560 --> 00:31:28,720
It's better to stop now!

495
00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:47,320
SUZANNE: Let's keep working.

496
00:31:47,840 --> 00:31:49,760
-Relax.
-Yes.

497
00:31:52,480 --> 00:31:56,200
(CRISTÓBAL BREATHING HEAVILY)

498
00:32:03,920 --> 00:32:05,440
(IN SPANISH) What's wrong, Cristóbal?

499
00:32:06,040 --> 00:32:09,800
It's horrifying.
It has no style, no nothing...

500
00:32:12,400 --> 00:32:13,800
You spend too much time here.

501
00:32:16,960 --> 00:32:18,280
You need to rest.

502
00:32:21,560 --> 00:32:22,920
(SIGHS)

503
00:32:27,120 --> 00:32:31,000
UNIVERSAL EXHIBITION
PARIS, OCTOBER 1937

504
00:32:36,400 --> 00:32:37,400
Well...

505
00:32:38,640 --> 00:32:41,160
I thought it would be
a good idea to come here and relax.

506
00:32:42,440 --> 00:32:44,320
CRISTÓBAL: You'd think
they're handing out gifts.

507
00:32:45,640 --> 00:32:46,760
Shall we go?

508
00:32:50,080 --> 00:32:52,440
Nicolás, I want to apologize for earlier.

509
00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:56,440
I'm ashamed of how I behaved.

510
00:32:57,360 --> 00:32:58,440
All that screaming...

511
00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:01,160
-Just terrible!
-Quit that.

512
00:33:01,840 --> 00:33:02,920
I've already forgotten.

513
00:33:07,480 --> 00:33:09,840
I don't want you to lose any money.

514
00:33:11,280 --> 00:33:15,080
(SIGHS) But...
I don't know if we'll make it.

515
00:33:17,400 --> 00:33:19,880
What do you think?
You think I don't cover my back?

516
00:33:20,880 --> 00:33:22,040
Forget it.

517
00:33:22,760 --> 00:33:24,640
Focus on making the best dresses.

518
00:33:25,440 --> 00:33:26,720
The rest is all decoration.

519
00:33:35,200 --> 00:33:37,520
Do you think
that if there was no war in Spain

520
00:33:37,600 --> 00:33:39,840
there would be so many people
in the Spanish pavilion?

521
00:33:41,080 --> 00:33:42,680
CRISTÓBAL: Probably not.

522
00:33:44,880 --> 00:33:47,280
NICOLÁS: So Spain
really is trendy right now.

523
00:34:03,680 --> 00:34:07,400
SPAIN
SHAPES AND COSTUMES

524
00:35:07,760 --> 00:35:08,800
(DOOR OPENING)

525
00:35:11,600 --> 00:35:12,600
(IN FRENCH) Good morning.

526
00:35:17,840 --> 00:35:21,440
So, why did you want to see me?

527
00:35:21,520 --> 00:35:22,960
I'm very busy.

528
00:35:23,040 --> 00:35:26,440
I'm very grateful, Ms. Chanel.

529
00:35:27,360 --> 00:35:28,640
So talk.

530
00:35:30,040 --> 00:35:32,120
I won't beat around the bush.

531
00:35:32,520 --> 00:35:34,720
I wanted to ask you a question.

532
00:35:36,400 --> 00:35:41,080
Do you think Balenciaga
is worthy of Parisian haute couture?

533
00:35:42,360 --> 00:35:46,480
I hear people say
he's very good, a genius, but...

534
00:35:46,560 --> 00:35:48,600
I don't see it.

535
00:35:50,760 --> 00:35:52,360
What a question.

536
00:35:52,440 --> 00:35:56,720
It must have cost you a lot
to launch Maison Balenciaga.

537
00:35:57,320 --> 00:35:59,680
Shouldn't you have asked that before?

538
00:35:59,760 --> 00:36:02,360
Yes, but we can't get sales going,

539
00:36:02,440 --> 00:36:06,680
and suppliers want us
to pay for the fabrics.

540
00:36:07,960 --> 00:36:10,680
I'm asking the expert here.

541
00:36:12,160 --> 00:36:14,240
He's not just worthy, he's better.

542
00:36:15,880 --> 00:36:19,680
The first time I saw his dresses
in San Sebastián,

543
00:36:19,760 --> 00:36:21,280
I knew he was special.

544
00:36:22,080 --> 00:36:24,320
A Balenciaga's worth...

545
00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:28,600
is in its secrets, its dressmaking.

546
00:36:28,680 --> 00:36:30,480
Would you mind turning around?

547
00:36:33,960 --> 00:36:35,080
What are you doing?

548
00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:37,720
You're not a great example.

549
00:36:38,160 --> 00:36:40,200
-What do you mean?
-You have no hump.

550
00:36:40,760 --> 00:36:44,400
-Well, thank you.
-I don't know if you've noticed,

551
00:36:44,480 --> 00:36:46,960
but, often, Cristóbal's jackets

552
00:36:47,880 --> 00:36:50,800
are pinched slightly here

553
00:36:51,360 --> 00:36:53,080
and here.

554
00:36:53,480 --> 00:36:55,240
It's not decorative.

555
00:36:55,320 --> 00:36:57,240
The long pinches

556
00:36:57,840 --> 00:37:01,360
allow you to separate
the jacket from the back.

557
00:37:02,040 --> 00:37:04,960
This technique allows women

558
00:37:05,040 --> 00:37:08,360
with humps to look straight,
and this is just an example.

559
00:37:08,440 --> 00:37:10,480
What Cristóbal does for them

560
00:37:10,560 --> 00:37:15,120
is like plastic surgery,
with all those details.

561
00:37:15,200 --> 00:37:18,360
And he also invents.

562
00:37:23,600 --> 00:37:27,440
He comes up with new ways
to make buttonholes...

563
00:37:31,600 --> 00:37:34,400
of positioning the collar,
adding the sleeves,

564
00:37:34,480 --> 00:37:36,280
distributing the weight.

565
00:37:37,320 --> 00:37:40,160
Did you know he's been sewing
since he was a child?

566
00:37:41,800 --> 00:37:45,840
Balenciaga is the last true dressmaker.

567
00:37:45,920 --> 00:37:49,160
The rest of us are just designers.

568
00:37:49,800 --> 00:37:52,800
He knows the whole process,
from start to finish,

569
00:37:52,880 --> 00:37:54,600
and it's obvious.

570
00:37:55,640 --> 00:37:59,240
I have no doubt
that he'll be a great competitor,

571
00:37:59,320 --> 00:38:02,480
and you will make a fortune,
Mr. Bizkarrondo.

572
00:38:02,560 --> 00:38:05,200
I'm very glad to hear that.

573
00:38:05,800 --> 00:38:07,480
Thank you, Ms. Chanel.

574
00:38:31,960 --> 00:38:35,680
It's folkloric, exotic
and sophisticated at the same time.

575
00:38:36,720 --> 00:38:38,240
I think it will work.

576
00:38:44,480 --> 00:38:46,240
What do you think, Suzanne?

577
00:38:48,200 --> 00:38:49,200
I like it.

578
00:38:54,120 --> 00:38:55,360
Me too.

579
00:38:57,720 --> 00:38:58,920
I like it.

580
00:39:03,480 --> 00:39:04,880
WLADZIO: Step by step.

581
00:39:15,680 --> 00:39:18,560
Knowing all this, I have another question.

582
00:39:18,640 --> 00:39:21,880
Could you get Carmel Snow to come and see

583
00:39:21,960 --> 00:39:24,440
the next Balenciaga showcase?

584
00:39:27,760 --> 00:39:29,520
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)

585
00:40:28,800 --> 00:40:31,680
CRISTÓBAL (IN SPANISH): I suppose
it wasn't just Carmel Snow's visit.

586
00:40:31,800 --> 00:40:34,680
But slowly we started to get

587
00:40:34,760 --> 00:40:36,800
our big clients.

588
00:40:36,880 --> 00:40:40,960
They're a fundamental part
for creating great designers.

589
00:40:43,240 --> 00:40:44,920
The Duchess of Windsor,

590
00:40:45,440 --> 00:40:48,880
Gloria Guinness,
the Marchioness of Llanzol,

591
00:40:48,960 --> 00:40:51,680
Babe Paley, Marlene Dietrich,

592
00:40:51,760 --> 00:40:53,160
Grace Kelly...

593
00:40:54,720 --> 00:40:58,080
(DRAMATIC MUSIC CONTINUES)

594
00:41:19,600 --> 00:41:23,440
PRUDENCE:
You were crucial in defining the style

595
00:41:23,520 --> 00:41:25,120
of those women.

596
00:41:25,200 --> 00:41:26,400
Or the other way around.

597
00:41:27,000 --> 00:41:30,120
Those women and their styles were crucial

598
00:41:30,200 --> 00:41:32,400
in defining my own style.

599
00:41:42,640 --> 00:41:46,520
My designs came to be on their bodies.

600
00:41:59,200 --> 00:42:01,520
It's part of the complexity of style.

601
00:42:03,080 --> 00:42:04,080
Huh...

602
00:42:12,480 --> 00:42:15,360
(CLOSING THEME MUSIC PLAYS)