Alternate title: Irene and Florence in Paris. Okay, they aren’t right now, but their five-day stint in Paris for Vogue World in June obviously made the pair experts on the city, and thus it only makes sense that the Gen-Z duo would share their educated thoughts on Season 4 of Emily in Paris.
[Editor’s note: Because it is the Dogue days of summer, Irene is en route to the Hamptons (as she should be) and Florence couldn’t bear to be in the Vogue office without her, so the pair watched the episode separately. Don’t worry, however: They were texting throughout the entire thing and have shared all of their reactions below.]
Florence O’Connor: I was not expecting a TikTok take down as the opening scene. Irene, who should we do an TikTok takedown of?
Irene Kim: The next person who crosses us… to be determined. But it’s so Gen Z of the brother to do a TikTok takedown after getting his heart broken by Emily. But doesn’t he know it’s so last year to do multiple parts to a storytime these days when you can record a TikTok for up to 10 minutes?
O’Connor: Emily’s hair is already looking better! Seems like she invested in some OUAI texturizing spray. She could still benefit from your new curly hair routine, Irene! (Irene recently got a perm and is inspiring the whole office to embrace their waves.)
Kim: Boy, do I understand the logic behind changing up your hairdo after a big life crisis. I do it all the time, like when I went short a year ago. (The perm was mostly just for wanting to use less heat on my hair, because I was blow-drying or straightening it almost daily.) It looks so great but I thought she was supposed to have short hair this season? Will she get her heartbroken again and cut the rest of her hair off in the second part of this season?
Kim: What is Emily doing, holding ice for her ex boyfriend who’s still in love with her?!?!
O’Connor: They are being way too chill around each other for two people who just blew up each other’s lives!
Kim: Not Mindy saying corporate co-dependence is a disease. I would like to disagree with that. Just look at us, Florence!
O’Connor: I fear my corporate codependency is my whole personality.
Kim: Same, Mindy doesn’t get it because she’s an artist, but when you are spending nine-hour workdays (or more, in our case, with Vogue World, where we were together for five whole days), you can’t help but start to think of your coworkers as your best friends.
O’Connor: Damn, that campaign with Alfie is so unfortunate—talk about bad timing! Not going to lie, though…I’m buying what they’re selling! Irene, I’m getting us a hot-air balloon ride for our birthday. (Fun fact, Irene and I were born four days apart.)
Kim: Ok, but where would we go on our hot-air balloon? I think it’s time for Vogue to maybe send us back to Paris so we can go on the hot-air balloon ride in the city of love! Vogue World: Paris round two?
O’Connor: I nearly spat out my cup of tea at, “Just because he’s hot doesn’t mean you can’t date him for his money.”
Kim: What hard problems for the girls to have this season. Why couldn’t my life be just as hard? I don’t even have ONE man!!!
O’Connor: Alfie saying “It’s literally outside my gym, the one place I get to go to forget about you” is so Taylor Swift-coded. Alfie is definitely “down bad crying at the gym.”
Kim: The producers knew what they were doing when Alfie’s first real scene in the Season 4 premiere was him shirtless and boxing. There was truly nothing hotter.
O’Connor: Is it just me, or are they speaking more French this season? I didn’t sign up for subtitles! I should have taken our time in Paris for Vogue World more seriously. The only French I mastered was “une baguette jambon-fromage, s’il vous plaît.”
O’Connor: This Alfie Gabriel showdown is kind of hot..?
Kim: It is very hot, but also, like, how many more Alfie Gabriel showdowns are we going to get? I’m so sick of love triangles. It’s another Carrie, Big, Aidan triangle and I cannot endure this for however many more seasons of this show we’ll have. (Please do not cancel Emily in Paris, I will die without this show.)
O’Connor: This tennis event is so chic! Very Zendaya! Very Challengers!
Kim: I’m really confused, is the dress code for Roland Garros pinstripe suits? Why is the entire Savoir team in pinstripes? Although Emily looks great in red.
O’Connor: EW. I hate his dad. Let Mindy wear her crazy outfits in peace!
Kim: I think Mindy’s “couture” fit is Self-Portrait. At least I know for sure the bag is. It’s very chic but so not Mindy.
O’Connor: “That wasn’t romance, that was just heartbreak” could also totally be a Taylor Swift lyric. Alfie is really in his Swiftie era!
Kim: Wow, this is really the end of Alfie and Emily. Too bad The Tortured Poets Department wasn’t out at the time of his breakup.
Kim: Three thousand dollars is all she’s getting for couture?!?! Come on, Vestiare, you know that couture piece from JVMA is worth a lot more than that. Those couturiers did not spend 60,000 hours for you to do them dirty like that. I feel like this is going to cause some trouble later on in the season.
Cre: VOGUE
