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Hi, Vogue Paris, I'm Lily Collins.
And I'm Ashley Park, and we're on the set of Emily in Paris.
Thank God, we did that at the same time.
I think what was really fun about discovering our characters in season one
was discovering their fashion sense.
I think coming into season two, now, we go into these fittings
and we say: "That's so Mindy." Or I'll see something and say:
"That's so Emily."
For Emily, specifically,
I think someone that wears something that's a mixture of patterns and prints,
textures and styles, designers, vintage, new,
high street, couture in a way that feels still very relatable,
even though it's aspirational.
In terms of the clothes, I think when people think of Paris,
they think of fashion.
And I think it's part of the fantasy of watching the series.
In Emily, we didn't want to do the transformation of a young girl
who doesn't know to dress herself, and, suddenly, she comes to Paris
and she understands what fashion is.
We are portraying a character.
Script comes first, then the actors, you meet them, you put that together
and you create a visual look for each one.
Lily Collins gives you that energy.
She's professional and she's happy.
And in her role, she's professional and happy.
Every actor inspires in a certain way because they are,
in a certain way, the character.
I think Mindy loves to break the boundaries a little bit.
She is edgy, but classy.
Colorful, but chic.
I think Mindy kind of keeps people guessing.
Every time I come in an outfit, Lily, slash Emily, is like:
"My gosh, that's such a Mindy thing." But what exactly is a Mindy?
That's what it is.
It's actually: "What is that?
Was that a dress that's been made into a pantsuit that was once a scarf?
That's kind of how I feel like, Mindy, Ashley keeps me guessing.
Gabriel is a fairly down-to-earth person
compared to the other characters in the show
who are really extremely expansive, colorful and have a strong signature identity.
He's someone who dresses simply, functionally.
And then we found some nuances.
We thought, since he's a rather melancholic person,
we chose autumn colors,
which fit in well with what he is.
I think, this season, we've elevated Emily's style a little bit more.
Her wardrobe has become more vast,
but still maintaining that Emily vibe of a wow factor
and sometimes a laugh, that she's in on.
-But I think it has been elevated a little bit. -Or not in on.
Or not.
The story of my life.
I have always had a real love of France and Paris,
I've traveled here a lot since I was a kid.
And I thought there'd be like a lot of comedic possibilities
in the idea of a young woman coming to Paris for a job,
in which she wasn't necessarily suited for the position, in terms of not speaking French,
and she was sort of thrown in there.
Emily is this idea of a young woman who would be very American,
overconfident, a little culturally tone-deaf,
but with this incredible enthusiasm and resiliency.
She's a very joyful character.
She has her heart on her sleeve.
She's extremely polite, extremely patient.
I think season one was very much about Emily, seeing the world through her eyes.
She's getting to know everybody, she's seeing Paris for the first time.
We're really experiencing Paris from Emily's point of view.
And I think, season two,
now that we've gotten to know a lot of the characters she works with,
that she's friends with, she's gotten involved intimately with a number of these,
we're starting to follow their stories also.
And I think the stories deepen.
I think we get to know the supporting cast a lot more in season two.
Basically, Ashley and I are Emily and Mindy half of the time,
-If not all the time. -95 % of the time.
I think there's way more of a depth to their relationship this season
because, as any new friendship, it evolves, right?
It grows, it deepens.
They're able to be more vulnerable with one another.
They're there to support one another through their insecurities,
fears, hopes, dreams.
Their careers, their relationships, their lack of relationships,
their confusion around relationships.
And I think that that's what real girl friendships are all about.
When season one ends, Gabriel is faced with an opportunity:
he finds an investor to accomplish his dream
and have more control over his cuisine and restaurant.
So, that's going to be a bit of a challenge in this season,
to really offer a cuisine that reflects his personality
to have a restaurant that reflects his signature and his identity.
And so, that's going to be a bit of a challenge.
While it's nice to want something,
once you get it, what do you do?
I'm Anne Seibel, the head set designer for Emily in Paris.
The first set we did last year was the set for Savoir, the marketing company.
The idea was to take a classic Haussmannian building
and give it a modern touch.
It's a large apartment, which we made into a studio.
The exterior of this apartment is on the Place Valois,
so to evoke the location,
we built sceneries in studio, which are large illuminated slides.
From the moment I finished the whole structure,
I started working on drawings and illustrations.
The cafeteria, with the corridor that leads to the other side,
Emily's office,
which was the first big set we did along with Emily's apartment,
which was a luxury maid's room.
The idea was to have two small maid's rooms joined together,
to make a tiny apartment.
And this year, we recreated the stairwell of Gabriel and Emily's building
because in the meantime, they had repainted everything
and so it was no longer consistent.
And we also built Gabriel's restaurant
which is on Place de l'Estrapade
There is this outdoor terrace.
So I recreated a much larger restaurant room
and a real kitchen.
What I like in this series is that we build a lot
and I like that.
But we also have access to a lot of places
we would not normally see if we didn't do this series.
For example, the Samaritaine was closed for 16 years,
but we shot in the Samaritaine before the reopening.
It's an incredible thing.
Paris has a strong romantic attraction
to, certainly, Americans, it always has historically.
And I think, to people all over the world,
it's sort of a dream to live here and imagine what it might be like.
So, from the beginning,
it is something that's really sort of an appealing fantasy for people everywhere.
I think the show is successful because of this one right here.
She's magical, but also because the show was escapism for everybody.
It's warm, it's romantic, it's comedic and it's fun and fashionable.
More adjectives?
Yes, I think it was something that people needed when it came out.
It actually sets a sense of escapism, magic and nostalgia for what we missed.
We missed traveling, we missed being around people.
We missed color, vibrancy and laughter.
And our friends.
Someone said to me, once they watched it,
that it reminded them of what fun felt like.
And that, to me, was the greatest compliment.
Because I know that we had so much fun filming
and to be able to relive that through the show was a real gift.
So, I'm really excited, as I think we both are,
for more of that season two.
Cheers.
Sorry, we're literally reading on the screen,
so, I hope that makes sense to you.