5 millennial lessons we learned from ‘Emily in Paris’

“Emily in Paris” is Netflix’s new rom-com series about a beautiful and ambitious twenty-something marketing executive who lands her dream job in Paris.

We’re not gonna lie: Ten episodes of Lily Collins going on a fabulous French adventure had us dreaming about boys, baguettes, and chic work OOTDs.

But another thing the show did for us was show the world how a millennial can bounce back from problems as quick as we can post on social media.

And so, here are just five important lessons we picked up from “Emily in Paris.”

(Warning: Spoilers ahead!)

1. The vagina is not male.

Did you know that “the vagina” in French is “le vagin,” which is a masculine word?

As Emily tries to learn French for work, she angry tweets about this and finds that French women everywhere agree with her simple yet earnest rant, including the French First Lady Brigitte Macron who retweets her.  

This impresses Emily’s new French colleagues and takes her super-strict boss by surprise. This part says a lot about how much Emily isn’t afraid to speak her mind and refuses to be accepted by just going with the flow.

2. Clothes are an extension of our personality.

Emily walks around the streets of Paris in berets, Louboutins, and almost a different Chanel purse for every episode.

Her loud fashion sense sometimes irks her boss and workmates (she even gets called “basic” by a world-famous designer) but Emily never fails to justify how her sense of style makes her who she is.

And no, it’s not just you—Lily Collins herself said the clothes she wore on the show made her heart flutter, too.

“Fashion or costumes always play such a huge role for me as an actor and creating a character because it changes the way you walk, you feel, you know?” Lily said during a virtual roundtable interview.

“Clothing is an extension of your personality in real life. So for costumes as well, as you know, fashion in general for a character, it’s an extension of the character’s personality,” she added.

As if filming along the streets of Paris in fabulous clothes wasn’t dreamy enough, Lily revealed that she even got to keep the gorgeous Stephane Rolland couture dress she wore on the show!

3. Balance between work and play is possible.

Much like Carrie Bradshaw in “Sex in the City” and Andy on “The Devil Wears Prada,” Emily is a fabulous yet work-minded woman who doesn’t let Paris and its myriad of hot guys get in the way of her career.

Of course, the main character was only human, so she did give romance a chance by dating one charming French guy or two, but she didn’t pay that much attention to any of them and always ended up putting herself and her job first.

Well, she did fall madly in love with her hot chef neighbor Gabriel (Lucas Bravo) who was, more than anything else, a helpful friend who cared about her.

4. Not every guy you meet is your prince charming.

If there’s one thing we learned from modern-age series “Emily in Paris,” it’s that any self-respecting woman should never let her guard down, no matter how charming a prince might be.

Remember when Emily fell for an heir to a French Champagne empire who was just really good at making people think he’s older? How about the time she dated a seemingly sound-minded university professor who, after a while, was revealed to be a complete and total snob?

And, of course, the most painful: Emily found herself in an emotional (and moral) dilemma when she finds out her new crush Gabriel was dating her new friend and therefore, in accordance to the unspoken laws of all self-respecting women in the universe, off-limits.

5. You deserve the whole crepe; don’t settle for a bite.

There’s a scene in Emily in Paris where Gabriel finally tells Emily he has feelings for her too, and innocently asks if she wanted to try a place that makes the most amazing crepes.

However, this was after Emily found out Gabriel was dating her new friend, who she couldn’t even hate because she was a kind and helpful person. So she looks Gabriel in his gorgeous face and shuts him down by saying: “I'm not somebody who can share a crepe. I want the whole crepe.”

So remember, girls: If you want to be “Emily in Paris,” don’t sell yourself short, especially if he’s a guy you just met.

“Emily in Paris,” created by Darren Star, starts streaming Oct. 2 on Netflix. – RC, GMA News