The German fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld began his career in the 1950s. He worked for Balmain, Patou, and Choé before joining Chanel, in 1983, where he was enthroned until his death, in 2019. Becoming Karl Lagerfeld focuses on the 1970s. “It was this moment,” Isaure Pisani-Ferry, co-creator of the French series, recently told The New York Times, “when he falls in love, which means loss of control—and this is a man who needs to be in control.” Adapted from Raphaëlle Bacqué’s Kaiser Karl, a biography released after the designer’s death, the series is about the love triangle that involved and influenced Lagerfeld (Daniel Brühl) and his rival Yves Saint Laurent (Arnaud Valois). The love object was Jacques de Bascher (Théodore Pellerin), stylish and desirable. Set in the heady 70s of the Paris couture, the show features notable figures like Betty Catroux and Paloma Picasso (played by the French It Girl Jeanne Damas). Though not always historically accurate, the six episodes successfully portray Lagerfeld—ambitious, disciplined, and isolated. —Jeanne Malle