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"Emily in Paris", a relaxed romantic comedy made by Netflix, has attracted the attention of countless fashion lovers because of the production team of "Sex and the City". When I started watching
, I didn't think so much, it was just a cute TV series to pass the time. But after reading it in one breath, I found it very interesting, not to say how good it is, but interesting. The story is very simple. A big American sweetheart wanders into Paris alone, invincible and everyone loves her. In fact, in many people’s memories, the last famous Emily who lived in Paris was "Angel Loves Beauty" played by Audrey Tautou, which is different from this American girl who is optimistic, positive and uplifting. That angel loves Beauty has some neuroticism and too much literary temperament. It seems that this is what a Parisian girl should be, not a celebrity who shuttles through a fashion show, not an office worker who likes to sit in tourist attractions and eat lunch, and not a " bun " who likes to wear Chanel and a beret.
, the American Emily tried to integrate into Paris in her own way. This city, which represents the "old world" in Europe, has repeatedly run into walls, but the more frustrated it gets. The protagonist's appearance is dazzling. Even though she is in Paris, even with French brands all over her body, Emily is still a typical "second-generation rich lady in the Upper East Side" that we are very familiar with. I remembered that I once heard an American girl in the Orsay Museum say loudly, why didn’t the waiter speak English just now? Shouldn’t everyone in the world speak English?
This "Emily in Paris" is also considered to have this kind of American arrogance, and it is criticized as a typical American valued TV series. Overall, it may be true, but there are still a lot of discussions about two different values, such as sexism or sexism. The TV series did not give specific answers to specific questions, and watching this conflict itself is very interesting.
French handsome guy is also one of the important points of the show.
Emily’s sense of Taobao
Many people say that Emily has a sense of being dressed in the streets of Paris. Speaking of conscience, I also think that Emily’s appearance in the play is really "American", and it is the way Americans look at the world and fashion. Whether it looks good or not is inherently subjective, but Emily's looks are American at first glance, and it seems that it is also one of the successes of and .
The producer of this TV series is "Sex and the City" Darren Star, he has been working with the stylist Patricia Field to be responsible for the modeling of "Emily in Paris".
This stylist not only made the movie version of "Sex and the City", but also made "The Devil Wearing Prada" and "Ugly Betty", both of which are fashion dramas.
Patricia Field said in an interview that the Emily she wants to show is an optimistic professional woman. She likes Paris. Before being assimilated by Paris’s elegance, she needs to express her American identity even more. Patricia Field also said, “For me, my job is to create the most interesting, Original and most beautiful clothing, rather than blending into the environment. "Whether it is American identity or escape from the environment, Emily in the play has done it.
As Emily’s first French suit, Chille is wearing a French suit for the first time. Red leather shoes. Not to mention whether this suit is "France", but at least it is France in the eyes of many people. There is a small detail in it. After Emily met Camille in a suit, her friend Mindy said that she was Didn’t I want to chase you? This detail is of no practical use later, because this Camille has a more important identity. But is it often in the eyes of Americans that French women who wear men’s suits or dress like boys? Are they all considered to be lesbians? Rather than criticizing Emily for dressing too much on Taobao, it is better to criticize the stereotype like this.
Camille wore the black suit when it first appeared
New World and Old World
The era is shifting, there is no absolute, today is in, tomorrow is out. But the world is always new and old, there are always in and out, and the two must be in the same time and space Get along in the middle.
This kind of new and old is of course reflected in more and deeper aspects. When Emily thinks that the use of nude models in advertising is a kind of sex discrimination, which is unacceptable in the American market. But the French follow She said that all of this is about understanding and observing the world from the perspective of the world. Under different contexts and knowledge backgrounds, the direction of interpreting a certain symbol will be completely different. Americans advocate practice and effect, while people in the old world , Still living in idealistic modernity.
The new American world shook the old world of Paris and saved the designers who lived in the old world. 2z
As a member of the PR company, Emily helps the old classic French designer regain his confidence. In this passage, she has a line to impress the designer, which is also worth thinking about.
She said that she and her friends like Gossip Girl very much, like and even admire the clothes they wear in it, but because not all of them can afford it, when they can only afford a small decoration, they will Very excited. Fashion also needs them, even if they look very "bad".
was the first time I saw a fashion master, because of the tower pendant on the bag, he was called "bad"
. This is probably a certain reality that many old French fashion houses still cannot accept, just like when they first entered the company. The French female boss said that social media is pursuing effects, but we need a sense of mystery. In the play, Emily won, of course, but there is no answer to the old and new questions.
This skirt came from Stephane Rolland and was sprayed with gray paint. The new world always has to challenge the order of the old world
pays tribute to the style of Audrey Hepburn. At that time, Hepburn wore a Cartier diamond necklace and the latest Givenchy design.
Chinese stereotypes
The first friend Emily met in Paris was a Chinese named Mindy. In fact, the actor who played this role was Korean American. Once something has something to do with China, as Chinese, we are often very sensitive, often with the presupposition that "others must be discriminating against me" and "Americans must be bad at us". But if you really stand in a slightly more neutral position, looking at the character Mindy, you may have a different understanding.
She is a rich second generation with dreams and does not want to inherit the family business. Even without all living expenses, even if she is a nanny in Paris, she does not want to live a life arranged for her at home. This is not "Chinese" anymore. First of all, probably few parents in China can really cut off the living expenses (but judging from the clothes Mindy wears, my mother does give money secretly) , the second largest Most rich second generations may be a little more chic. This should not be the standard second generation of Chinese rich, but there is really no so-called stereotype. People from the two most "noisy" countries in the world are indeed more suitable for being friends.
American big sweet girl
Emily is a typical American big sweet girl with a pleasant smile, sincere tone, and there seems to be no negative part in her life, even with her boyfriend. Such roles often appear in American movies or TV series. Although we all know that there may not be such girls in the world, we still like to watch them. For example, Emily, such as Cher in "Lead the Coquettish", such as Blair in "Gossip Girl".
From Clueless
From Gossip Girl
text: Lu Di
graphic: Doreen
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