At this point, I'm really questioning the premise of this whole series. The most interesting parts of the story have nothing at all to do with fashion. Christian Dior's wartime experiences make for a good story, but couldn't you have said the same about thousands or millions of French people who didn't go on to fame and fortune? It's not his fame and fortune (which is still in the future) that makes this story compelling.
But at least his story is good. Then we have the other half, about Coco Chanel. Her story is mashed together with Dior's because they happen to be in the same profession but so far have virtually nothing to do with each other. If they were bitter, famous rivals on the public stage, maybe I could see it. But Dior is just getting started while Chanel has become old hat.
And the tenor of their stories have diverged completely. Dior's is serious and gripping; Chanel's is a pathetic farce, holding her up for ridicule for being stupid, venal and shallow. Maybe she deserves it, but why waste the screentime on her nonsense? I wish the partisans had just chopped off her head in Paris or whatever. Just make this about Dior, please.