'The Collection' Episode 1: Bankrolled By The Cotton King

The Collection arrives at the end of WWII in Paris, as the world struggles to re-right itself and forget the trauma they just lived through.

Paul Sabine: "Fashion has the power to transform us. It's not so much who you are as who you want to be."

When the Amazon Studios/BBC collaboration The Collection debuted last year in the UK, it did so only weeks ahead of rival Netflix's own bid for a European post war period drama, The Crown. I bring this up because you probably only heard of one of those before it debuted on PBS after the latest Poldark episode on Sunday, and it wasn't the one by Amazon Studios. The Crown has since gone on to be nominated for Golden Globes (which it won) and Emmy Awards (which it did not.) Meanwhile, The Collection has taken a slower path to release on US shores, first via the Prime streaming service, and now on PBS.