Everybody Wanted to Dress the Cast of Emily in Paris For Season 2

“Lily has a very precise and elegant sense of style. But when she becomes Emily, she’s ready to wear everything. She says, ‘Marylin, are you sure of that?’ And I say, ‘Yes, unfortunately for you, I am sure that we need all of these patterns.’ But she wears them really normally and naturally, with all the confidence and eclecticism we’ve been getting from her since season one.”

“A plain fabric makes me very nervous,” Marylin says, in reference to Emily’s incredible print mixing throughout seasons one and two. “I hope Emily in Paris gives people the idea that you need to break all the rules. Suddenly, people discover that you’re able to mix everything with everything. If you like one pattern with another one, just wear it and feel confident and beautiful. Coco Chanel said, ‘If you want to be remembered, just be unique.'”

“Mindy was a costume designer’s dream because we needed to design a lot of things for her. She was basking in the street, so she needed to be spectacular and catch the eye of the audience and the pedestrians in Paris. Parisians don’t like anything, so she needed to be very strong. I decided to dress her like a heroine when she’s performing and I was allowed to design things that were bigger than life. When people are singing in the street, they’re very eccentric,” Marylin said.

Marylin worked with The Blonds on this performance look, which was half man, half woman, explaining, “I’d been dreaming to work with The Blonds for 10 years. I love them and I love what they’re designing. I begged them, ‘Please, could you do something for me?’ We had one week before Ashley arrived in Paris so we did a fitting via Zoom.”

This dress was made by recutting Yohji Yamamoto trousers and a jacket by French atelier Renaissance. “For me, Mindy is very sexy, self-confident, powerful, and she knows exactly what she wants – she’s sparkling. She has a tremendous body and beautiful legs, so every time I could, I wanted to show them off,” Marylin said.

Camille Razat, who plays Camille in the series, talked to POPSUGAR about developing her character’s style with Patricia Field. “[Patricia] is a true punk and I love that. Marylin is also great because she really listens to what I imagine and it’s a real collaboration. I love the fact that she tries to include smaller designers too, so they can get recognized through the show. I think my style in real life is more bizarre [than Camille’s]. I like oversize stuff all the time. If I wear an all-black look, I will add crazy socks or a crazy hat for some edge.” Throughout season two, we see Cami in plenty of stripes, unexpected pops of color, nonchalant co-ords, and hats.

This Yves Saint Laurent dress was actress Camille Razat’s favorite look from season two, which was worn with an oversize leather jacket. “That’s very me, wearing something so feminine and chic and putting something very masculine on the top of it,” Camille told POPSUGAR.

“I’m a costume designer, not a stylist, so I know how to sketch. We designed half of Julien’s costumes ourselves. But I also used Greek designer Rianna + Nina and Kenzo,” Marylin said, confirming she also shopped online at ASOS from the brand Twisted Tailor and tapped Isabel Marant and London-based brand Casablanca for his wardrobe. “Samuel is the typical French guy. He’s always dressed simply in a white t-shirt and black trousers. So when he saw his costumes he said, ‘What’s going on?’ It’s the opposite of what he wears in his normal life. But he understands the idea and trusts me 100 percent.”

We get to see a decidedly bohemian side to Sylvie’s style in season two, but her color palette is still relatively muted when compared to Emily’s. “If Emily’s wearing all the brightest colors, Sylvie needs to be less colorful, or if both of them have pattern, you need to give priority to the number one actor in the scene,” Marylin explained. We get to see Sylvie fall in love through these new episodes, however, and with that, her outfits begin to feel more relaxed.