Emily in Paris season 3

Emily gives herself bangs in the season three premiere of Netflix's 'Emily in Paris.' Can she throw a party for Alfie at the same time she's meeting with ...

Over at the Eiffel Tower, Emily is using the passive voice to absolve herself of all responsibility for the mess she’s made of her own life (“It all just got so complicated”). But okay!) This is all potentially quite juicy stuff for the start of the season, but given this show’s track record for letting Emily actually live with the consequences of her actions, I am not sure how hopeful to be. We aren’t with her and her bandmates enough to be all that invested in what happens to them, and nothing she’s doing has any effect on Emily or the core goings-on of the show. (Fortunately the one couple I do believe in and care for deeply — Sylvie and the sexy, young photographer — are still together, and still have the correct priorities: no work talk when it’s time to make out). Again it is hard to believe that these two people are an item given that Emily is such a bad girlfriend (never pays attention to him; is obviously hung up on someone else) but the show needs us to believe that Emily is being torn asunder in both her professional and personal lives, so here we are. Emily goes to her other job (how she explains being MIA for half the day with both her bosses is left unclear). (How exactly does it benefit Madeline for Emily to have no idea who the meetings are with and what she needs to prep for … It is best to think of the entire exercise of Emily in Paris as a sort of collective hallucination that we are all having together. Madeline’s outfit is significantly worse (bright magenta and orange, very tight), I assume because her role in this world is “terribly not-chic American,” and I know I said this last season but I am very not into the way this show treats her pregnancy as beyond comical, like practically grotesque. — though I wonder if we are to believe this sort of frenetic, scrambled ritual is not her standard practice but instead is a manifestation of her frenetic, scrambled mind. Emily goes back to the Savoir offices so we can get a full-body shot of her outfit: a fuzzy sweater in a Care Bear color palette, a metallic miniskirt, and just-over-the-knee shiny green boots. [Camille hate Emily’s guts](https://www.vulture.com/article/emily-in-paris-recap-season-2-episode-4-jules-and-em.html) and only [ pretend to be nice to her](https://www.vulture.com/article/emily-in-paris-recap-season-2-episode-5-an-englishman-in-paris.html) to neutralize her as an obstacle on Camille’s (also inexplicable) quest to regain Gabriel’s heart?

Emily and Alfie are together, then break up, then are together. Madeline and Sylvie attempt to out-business each other. Mindy turns down a job.

In my notes I write, “The second-hand embarrassment here is so powerful I may die 100 times before this episode is over.” Alfie also seems to hate it at first (“What do I have to do to get you to stop singing?”) but, for some reason, her musical persistence charms him thoroughly and erases all of the other material issues behind their breakup so they kiss and I guess are back together again. Luc tells Sylvie to stick with her guns and try to build her own thing. Sylvie has learned from her mistakes and she meets with her deputies to discuss it. Unlike Emily, Sylvie is capable of processing new information and learning from her mistakes, so this time she takes her job offer back to her deputies to deliberate. Sylvie is relieved and they all hug and dance together. Madeline, seemingly forgetting everything she has learned over the past several hours — that clients want Sylvie and her relationships; that she cannot run Savoir without Sylvie; that humbling herself is the only wise move here — is all too delighted to have the upper hand, and tells Sylvie that her offer just expired. Camille and Emily have this conversation that, sigh, is all about how they want to trust each other and be friends. As she leaves the meeting with Madeline, Emily realizes, all of a sudden, that Alfie is not her boyfriend anymore. Is it interesting and plot-generating for Sylvie and the gang to have signed contracts with strict noncompete clauses in them? She reports to Camille and Gabriel that Alfie has been in Paris this whole time and of course they both already knew! It is actually hilarious to me that he boarded a train to London, got a call from Antoine, came back to Paris, and kept it a secret from Emily. Mindy turned down the jazz-club job so she could continue to barely scrape by busking with her boyfriend and her new bandmate even though she has only been in this band for approximately a month, and she’s cut off from the Zipper King money, and presumably needs an income to keep her in over-the-knee boots and sequins.

Costume designer Marylin Fitoussi explains what, where and how to shop like Emily Cooper in season 3 of 'Emily in Paris.'

Collins herself is partial to this Dolce & Gabbana look, which, she tells ELLE.com, “looks kind of like a zebra and an elephant combined with the little micro shorts.” Emily styles them with a set of eye-popping Louboutin platforms, which were mere prototypes at the time Collins wore them. During an event with Maison Lavaux and McLaren, Emily dons this Giuseppedi Morabito mini with a voluminous lavender jacket to welcome guests to the party. “I can have a feeling if I get it wrong, or if she prefers that, or if she has also any suggestions,” she says. We can see that this love-hate game between both of them means that Sylvie is now taking some color of this young and a little bit arrogant young American ... You need to be unique and you need to be yourself. “Try to see beauty everywhere because every piece can be interesting,” she says. “In Paris, if you take the metro in the morning, everybody’s totally in black,” she says. The resulting silhouette is as good a guidepost as any when it comes to styling a lá Emily: Find mixed patterns and textures that share a color family, then layer them on with glee. The resulting look is so joyful it feels counterintuitive to watch our protagonist struggle with indecision. Chic knits are indeed a Parisian staple, but trust Emily to shred the rulebook with iridescent shorts and lime-green knee-high boots from Maison Skorpios. We had, like, 500 bags and—it’s not the perfect red; it’s not the perfect shoe. Ever since the debut of Emily in Paris on Netflix in 2020, the series’ [audacieux fashion](https://www.elle.com/preview/draft/emily-in-paris-season-3-best-fashion-where-to-shop?content=b2a26577-3fac-46a0-b0c6-7ffa3d0f371b&type=standard-article&t=1671564101800) has drawn so much [critical ire](https://www.harpersbazaar.com/fashion/trends/a34418108/emily-in-paris-style/) it’s practically a running gag.

What will happen to Emily and Gabriel in season 4, after that big pregnancy twist?

Was Gabriel's intensified ambition for his restaurant, and a pay rise, spurred on by the knowledge that he would soon have a little one to support? But the road has never been smooth for these two, and that is clearly not about to change now. As for Camille, she clearly has some decisions to make as well. For all of a few seconds, it looked as though the path was finally clear for Emily and Gabriel to act on their feelings. Little did Emily – or us, for that matter – know, until this final revelation, that Camille was instead returning to tell Gabriel that they were expecting. Earlier in the season, Camille met artist Sofia at her gallery and the pair had become romantically involved before they went on the Mediterranean trip together.

The first season, about a Chicago PR girl who heads to the City of Love, was critically derided, hailed as a sign that Netflix was giving up on quality TV and ...

The high fashion world of Emily in Paris (aka her mildly ridiculous wardrobe) continues to be the best thing about this show. Sometimes people cut bangs when everything’s fine!” she insists, the comment a wink to the audience that’s as subtle as a punch in the face. In Emily in Paris, an exposition-heavy script makes sure nothing is left open to interpretation.

Fans of Mad Men may've heard a notable rendition of "Zou Bisou Bisou" in episode two of Emily in Paris season three. Was that really Jessica Paré singing?

[wrote](https://twitter.com/colettebernheim/status/1375071682851930113) March 2021, "nine years since zou bisou bisou on mad men and only a year since learning the song + dance became a personality trait." News can confirm that it is, in fact, this rendition that made it's way [into the new season of Emily in Paris](https://www.eonline.com/news/1357253/kate-walsh-teases-great-triangle-in-emily-in-paris-season-3). [Mad Men](https://www.eonline.com/news/mad_men) are surely to recognize the song, as [Jessica Paré](https://www.eonline.com/news/638290/jessica-pare-from-mad-men-gives-birth-to-her-first-child-see-a-photo-of-the-baby-and-find-out-his-name)—who played Megan Draper on four seasons of the AMC drama—famously performed the love song in season five's two-episode premiere, titled "A Little Kiss." And it's not just Don who enjoys the performance, as his co-workers—played by John Slattery, Vincent Kartheiser, Elisabeth Moss, Rich Sommer, among others—all happily look on. [Jon Hamm](https://www.eonline.com/news/jon_hamm)) with her version of "Zou Bisou Bisou" on his 40th birthday. And so, the marketing maven reaches out to her boyfriend over text, during which the conversation is splashed across the screen.

"Emily in Paris" season three was filmed at various locations in France, including the Eiffel Tower, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, and Hôtel Molitor Paris.

[La Nouvelle Eve](http://www.lanouvelleeveparis.com/le-cabaret/) is one of the oldest revue theaters in Paris. [Molitor](https://www.molitorparis.com/en/hotel/) hotel first opened as a Parisian bathhouse called [Piscine Molitor in 1929](https://www.historichotels.org/hotels-resorts/hotel-molitor-paris-mgallery-by-sofitel/history.php). [Clover Gordes](https://airelles.com/fr/destination/gordes-hotel/restaurants/clover-gordes-jean-francois-piege-cuisine-terroir-terrasse). Bonus: You can take a virtual tour of it all [here](https://artsandculture.google.com/u/1/streetview/ch%C3%A2teau-de-montpoupon/yQHx8DnF3MBXMQ?sv_lng=1.141380813664881&sv_lat=47.252776674565396&sv_h=329.4717788482193&sv_p=21.528632595820227&sv_pid=BHN0RT6vqVc8PNK0k71mkA&sv_z=0.12380566518895697). Overlooking the lavender fields and olive trees of the Luberon valley, the Provence restaurant is part of the [Airelles Gordes](https://airelles.com/fr/destination/gordes-hotel) hotel. While fashion is certainly at the forefront, the [Netflix series](https://www.housebeautiful.com/lifestyle/entertainment/a41968608/wednesday-filming-locations-romania-castle/) has taken viewers to several breathtaking filming locations in France—from the [Palace of Versailles](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/prance-around-paris-like-emily-with-this-season-2-location-guide) to [Le Château de Sonnay](https://www.housebeautiful.com/design-inspiration/a34338253/le-chateau-de-sonnay-french-castle-netflix-emily-in-paris/). [Château de Montpoupon](https://www.montpoupon.com/?lang=en), a castle located in the Touraine region of the Loire Valley. There, visitors can explore [the château's various rooms](https://www.montpoupon.com/the-chateau/?lang=en). “I didn't even think it'd be possible, but I think Paris has been very generous to us and in giving us access to amazing locations all over the city.” [Emily in Paris](https://www.housebeautiful.com/about/a38541960/cost-of-living-emily-in-paris-netflix-lily-collins/) stems from its over-the-top, often très cliché extravagance. The production design for the Pierre Cadault Retrospective was inspired by the 70th anniversary Dior exhibition. (And should you embark on that journey, be sure to study our [Paris travel guide](https://www.housebeautiful.com/lifestyle/a41090204/paris-travel-guide/) for more aesthete-approved recs!)

The cast and creator Darren Star walk us through the finale's biggest moments.

“And I even want to go as far as saying that making choices in this season is at the center of the story. “But at the same time, we grew closer to her and really, really connected with her and became allies and almost equal within that dynamic.” But in the finale, Benoît reemerges with good news: His song “Mon Soleil” was selected for the Eurovision Song Contest. “I love filming those kind of scenes because I love when there’s an emotional intensity and everybody has to be very focused and the set is very quiet; I thrive on this type of energy on set,” Bravo says. Filming that tense wedding scene “was really kind of special because I think everyone brought their absolute A-game and you don’t really get to see that side of the characters,” Lucien Laviscount, who plays Aflie, says. “One of the things he was gonna commit to was Camille and this idea of having a child with Camille,” Star explains. With Emily as the star employee in the office, he often feels overlooked and his hard work ignored. It’s always been through looks or the kind of ‘will they, or won’t they.’ And this was the first direct contact of expressing feelings in this kind of environment. Lucas Bravo, who plays the heartthrob chef, felt a deep responsibility as the one to deliver the bombshell at the very end of the season. “I think she really does like Sofia, and I think she doesn’t want to do what people expect her to do. As the dust settles, Emily and Gabriel meet outside the chapel to decompress. “Gabriel, the only reason we’re together is because I knew you were in love with Emily,” she says.