A Brief Guide to the Many Audrey Hepburn References in ‘Emily in Paris’

With the show seeming to work its way through Hepburn’s IMDB credits, it’s a wonder there have been no allusions (as yet) to 1964’s Paris When It Sizzles, an undeniably zany film that offers the same empty yet irresistible calories as Emily in Paris. And because Breakfast at Tiffany’s has so far remained untouched, we’d bet they’re saving Hepburn’s little black Givenchy dress for something special—say, Emily’s last-ever morning in Paris?

If you’re reading this having not watched a single episode of the show, you’d be forgiven for thinking that, surely, there is some reason for all the Hepburn references—beyond Collins’s not insignificant resemblance, that is. (The gamine features! Those striking brows!) You can chalk it up to the American-in-Paris theme loosely linking the series to Funny Face, or just consider that one can’t walk past an amateur caricaturist in Central Park without spotting Hepburn’s likeness, nor visit many college-aged girls’ dorm rooms without seeing the same image of Hepburn nibbling at a danish. The whole world winks at Audrey—so why shouldn’t Emily?