Have you watched all the episodes of Gossip Girl and you know Carrie Bradshaw’s lines from Sex and the City by heart? There are many like you. And at the right place. Because it so happens that after years of a glamour vacuum when it comes to TV series, now comes Emily in Paris to fill our need to dream and re-dream designer wardrobes. The newest Netflix release, which came online on October 2, is as fashionable as we can get right now, dressed in smart working clothes and at bedtime soon.
There are many reasons to start watching it, mostly related to fashion, instead of the plot – pretty trite. Let’s see them in detail… Meantime, get started reactivating your subscription. We’ll convince you not to miss an episode!
The must-haves of the series
There are 500 outfits that Emily wears in the series, throughout the 10 episodes. They range from Blair Waldorf-style looks – expensive and designer – to casual, low-cost pieces. We might define Emily’s style in Paris as eclectic and multifaceted: it goes from the checked shirts by River Island to the green coat by Chanel, from the Chiara Ferragni Collection pink jacket to the total fuchsia maxi coat by Kenzo, from the tabi boots by Maison Margiela to the floral dress by Dolce & Gabbana.
In the series, Emily is even defined by the fictitious stylist Pierre Cadault as “out of fashion”. But the truth is, it’s too much: an effect intended to maximize a flashy, over the top style and create that good dose of wannabe among the viewers. All right, it is a little too much perhaps, but what fun is it?
A Carrie in Millennial format
Chicago-based marketing and social media expert Emily Cooper, to-be influencer, has much in common with the American fashion journalist. But she is a Millennial version – younger, smarter, sassy. She loves Instagram, much like we do, and photographing everything and sharing it on social media. She prefers white wine instead of Cosmopolitan, which has a lower glycemic index. She grew up on bread and peanut butter, which she lacks in Paris: in other words, a down-to-earth dreamer who knows what she wants, and proves it with exaggerated, feminine, notable outfits. All too much, sometimes!
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Comes from the same minds of Sex and The City
We haven’t heard from Carrie & Co. Since 2010. And in spite of the thousands of rumors of a possible cast reunion and a new chapter, absolutely nothing has happened. Except, Emily in Paris: Darren Star, the creator of Sex and The City, is the very same of the new series. Not only him: even the costume designer, Patricia Field, which is credited with having created the wardrobe of the four friends in New York, it is the same.
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The very elegant Sylvie
Relax. If you love the true and pure French style, Emily in Paris will please you, if not by the looks of its protagonist, for those of Sylvie, her bad and very elegant boss. That character is closely inspired by a French fashion icon, Carine Roitfeld, the former director of Vogue Paris and founder of CR Fashion Book. Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu, who plays her, even resembles her a little bit – but above all, she has the same style: refined and basic… unlike Emily.
Audrey Hepburn
Blair, Carrie, Carine. However, Emily in Paris even includes Audrey Hepburn among her fashion references! On one hand, Lily Collins reminds her very much physically. And on the other, Mansfield did a real homage to Audrey, having Emily in the series wear a black Christian Siriano dress that was very similar to the one the actress chose in Funny Face.
“I was worried that people might say ‘Oh, look, she’s copied Audrey Hepburn’s look,” but still I couldn’t resist. They do look a lot alike, I just couldn’t do it,” Patricia Field told Town and Country. Remember then that Field is also the costume designer of The Devil Wears Prada: who doesn’t see (at least) a little Andrea in Emily?
