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So, part 2 of Emily In Paris season 4 is out next Thursday. I know the show has its flaws, but its totally hooked me in!
SATC creator Darren Star has to me really created the modern Carrie Bradshaw with Emily in Paris. But how exactly has the American “it” girl evolved over the course of more than two decades? What can the evolution of TV tell us about how society has changed?
What is it we all adored about Carrie? It’s been 22 years since Sex and the City’s first episode and we’re still talking about its protagonist. I still watch it when feeling like a mood pick-me-up!! Whether she was strutting down Fifth Avenue in wacky outfits or discussing her latest lover’s flaws with her friends, Carrie was magnetic. She became an ideal; a fictional ‘it’ girl. She reflected values that were considered exceptionally progressive in the early 2000s.
The most obvious difference between the shows is their locations: one takes place in New York City, the other in Paris. Additionally, the new world of social media as we know it only started in 2004, precisely the year in which SATC came to an end. In Emily in Paris, the role of social media is specially highlighted by the main character’s metamorphosis into an influencer.
She’s portrayed as a marketing mastermind bringing new ideas to France, while this is completely contrary to Carrie’s abhorrence for technology, famously reflected by her inability to properly send an email. It’s precisely this difference between the two shows that helps illustrate our shifting relationship with technology over time. Only 20 years ago we were struggling to make phone calls through flip phones; today, we’re terrified of the idea of losing our social media accounts — a fear which is actualised by Emily at a point in the series.
Carrie and Emily also have many similarities, and the most obvious commonality is their love of fashion and being fashion forward. Emily and Carrie are almost always dressed to the nines; as if their respective salaries, as a social media strategist and a freelance writer, would allow them to do so in the real world! But for better or worse this is where the show has captured my imagination as you may have guessed.
Anyway, that’s enough of my over-thinking, onto what’s new in store at aceyacey.com.au. Keep scrolling for a selection of fabulous pieces just added, at amazing preloved price-points that will give all of you the Emily and Carrie style experience!!
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