‘Becoming Karl Lagerfeld’ is the smart, dishy backstory of a style icon

Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld (Daniel Brühl), left, meets and falls in love with Jacques de Bascher (Théodore Pellerin) in <em>Becoming Karl Lagerfeld</em>.

The Hulu show’s brisk six episodes take us surprisingly deep inside a figure who moved constantly forward, spurred on by ambition, loneliness and a keen sense of self-protection.

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The Hulu show’s brisk six episodes take us surprisingly deep inside a figure who moved constantly forward, spurred on by ambition, loneliness and a keen sense of self-protection.