How to Shop the Best Lily Collins’ Looks
After the third season of Emily in Paris, costume designer Marylin Fitoussi teased to ELLE.com that it might finally be time for Lily Collins’ Emily Cooper to “embrace, a little bit, the French culture”—in her wardrobe as well as her personal life. “This young American girl is saying, ‘Oh, the high-waisted trousers with the wide legs…[can] I take it and do it in my own style?’” Now, with the fourth season rolling out over two parts on Netflix, Fitoussi’s vision is coming into focus.
In season 4, Emily still struts through the City of Light in neon colors and dangerously high heels, but she also opts for trousers and button-downs and blazers that speak to a more “mature” French sensibility. “She’s much more in control, maybe much more powerful,” Fitoussi recently told Fashionista. “I think what will define the new season is this masculine-feminine twist that we never had before.”
That new aesthetic, while not necessarily toned-down, suits an older, more confident Emily. And it falls neatly in line with this year’s fashion trends: corporate-core, gender-neutral, and academia-influenced styles all pop up in Em’s reinvented wardrobe. If your closet’s hungry for Emily’s unorthodox brand of urban sophistication, here’s where to start shopping.
Look 1
Now, don’t expect Emily to start wearing all-black thanks to Parisian peer pressure. Perhaps nothing better defines Fitoussi’s creations than full-tilt color, and Collins’ season 4 wardrobe is no different.
One of Em’s early looks is this highlighter-yellow ensemble, featuring a Possery leather shirt worn over a Joli Closet frilly blouse and an Isabel Marant corduroy mini skirt. Never one to eschew accessories, Emily gets a Silvia Tcherassi bag and her diamond-initial necklace to tie everything together. But perhaps my favorite detail of this look is the gold-chain ponytail cuff keeping Emily’s hair in place. Accessories brand Lelet NY has recently made quite a splash with these hair pieces: You can expect them to only become more popular after their Emily in Paris cameo.
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Possery Leather Shirt
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Zadig & Voltaire Timmy Blouse
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Isabel Marant Mid-Rise Corduroy Miniskirt
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Silvia Tcherassi Toblach Bag in Yellow Nude
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Oak and Luna Initial Necklace with Diamonds
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LELET NY Elena Chain Pony Cuff
Look 2
I go weak for a good suit. While tracking down a runaway Camille early in season 4, Emily sports this cobalt-blue set with a Pierre Hardy bag—a sign that, as Collins recently told Harper’s BAZAAR UK, Emily is “literally wearing the pants now.”
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Argent Work Two-Button Blazer in Seasonless Wool
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Argent Work Wide-Leg Trouser
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Rabanne 95mm Pointed-Toe Boots
Look 3
Emily’s never been afraid to wear shorts to the office. She marches into her luxury marketing agency this season in a pair of green leather Manokhi shorts, paired with a scarab-print blouse from La DoubleJ. You can swap out the shorts for a skirt if you want something a little more workwear-appropriate, then finish off your version of the outfit with gold earrings and stacking rings.
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La DoubleJ Nefertiti Scarab-Print Habotai Blouse
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Manokhi Jett High-Waisted Shorts
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Ottoman Hands Noa Emerald Drop Earrings
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Plan C Pleated Wool-Blend Miniskirt
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Alexis Bittar Golden Drippy Earrings
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Sarah O. The Maeve Fully Round Gold Band
Look 4
Emily’s beloved newsboy cap makes another appearance in season 4, alongside her massive Isabel Marant teddy coat and over-the-knee Christian Louboutin boots. Hey, at least we know she’s warm!
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Maison Michel Abby Wool Newsboy Cap
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Isabel Marant Etoile Carolina Reversible Jacket
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Christian Louboutin Brodeback Lug Boots
Look 5
One of my personal favorite looks of season 4 makes only a quick cameo in a café scene, during which Emily meets with two colleagues in a purple striped Sébline button-up and Miu Miu patterned vest, accessorized with a matching tie, diamond tie clip, and silver rings. The outfit is a perfect encapsulation of Emily’s elevated-but-playful aesthetic, fusing classic tailoring with geometric shapes and eye-catching color.
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MIKOH Paseo Shirt
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VRAI The Half Pavé Band
Look 6
Another typical Emily office look: a baby-pink Jacquemus cardigan with a Philosophy Di Lorenzo Serafini romper and Kate Spade tote. As Fitoussi recently put it to Forbes: “Many people say to me, ‘Emily cannot afford what she has in her closet.’ And I say, ‘Of course not, nobody can!’ But do you want to see her in a hoodie and jeans? Nobody wants to see that. It’s for the imagination to see these beautiful items created by brilliant people.”
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Jacquemus Le Raphia ‘La Maille Pralu Longue’ Cardigan
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Look 7
A second tie sighting! This one comes adorned with black-and-white florals, creating a pleasant pattern-clash with Emily’s windowpane-printed button-up underneath. Fitoussi finessed the look with a scarlet leather coat and fur-accented shoulder bag from Ozias.
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Purdey Summer Sporting Windowpane Shirt
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Ozias The Panther Bag
Look 8
When trying to woo Alfie to perform a campaign-essential kiss in season 4, Emily slips into a striped Tara Jarmon suit set with a matching Panama hat from Lastelier. The Tara Jarmon jacket and pants are no longer available, but you can re-create your own (more casual) version with a striped set from RHODE and a Cuyana Ecuador hat.
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RHODE Dalton Chore Jacket
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This story will be updated.
Lauren Puckett-Pope is a staff culture writer at ELLE, where she primarily covers film, television and books. She was previously an associate editor at ELLE.
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