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Real-life 'Emily in Paris' dishes on French workplace culture and sex - New York Post

Real-life 'Emily in Paris' dishes on French workplace culture and sex - New York Post

Real-life 'Emily in Paris' dishes on French workplace culture and sex - New York Post
Oct 16, 2020 1 min, 57 secs

Go-getter Emily Jackson, 28, has been hooked on the smash-hit TV comedy ever since its release this month on Netflix because the premise bears a striking similarity to her own experience.

“Not only do I share the name and career of the main character, but much of the plot resonates with me,” Jackson told The Post.

The brunette, born and raised in Chapel Hill, NC, has lived in the City of Light for six years, summing it up as “beautiful, difficult and worth it.”.

Like the hapless millennial (played by Lily Collins) employed by a snooty marketing firm in the show, she fell in love with Paris despite the initial culture shock that can unnerve ex-pats.

In common with the fictional Emily, Jackson first lived in a so-called “chambre de bonne” — tiny servants’ quarters at the top of a fifth-floor walk-up — and got breathless mounting the stairs.

Nonetheless, learning to enjoy Paris at a slower, “non-touristy” pace made Jackson appreciate the metropolis.

While the TV Emily shoots adorable photos with her iPhone — fitted inside a chic, vintage camera-inspired case supplied by famous costume designer Patricia Field — Jackson invested in a $500 Canon SL1 to capture her adventures.

“It’s a highlight reel, a chronicle of my life,” said the fashionista, who favors labels ranging from Topshop to small Polish designer Bedra Vintage.

Courtesy of Emily Jackson.

Courtesy of Emily Jackson.

Courtesy of Emily Jackson.

“I love my job,” said Jackson, who has campaigns under her belt for high-profile brands such as L’Occitane en Provence and L’Oréal.

“There is a lot of necking in the street where you feel like saying: ‘Get a room,’ and the customer service is awful,” observed Jackson

Jackson, in the middle of staging a cool post featuring lemon water, a straw hat and a book, narrowly escaped a drenching

“No such luck,” quipped Jackson, who describes the dating scene in Paris as “about as bad as it is in any other major city” due to its transient population

“He ordered tea and told me he’d gone teetotal after getting blackout drunk and biting his friend on the face so hard, he had to go to the hospital,” she said

“The main reason I want to settle down isn’t so much because I want to get married, it’s that I hate dating,” she said

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