Things aren’t much better for Emily at home either, as she finds herself caught in a love triangle with her neighbor Gabriel (Lucas Bravo) and her new friend Camille (Camille Razatto), Gabriel’s ex-boyfriend. Emily’s saving grace is Mindy (Ashley Park), an equally out-of-place Asian-American heiress and aspiring singer.
In the four seasons since, Emily has used her fierce determination to win over her cold coworkers, but that apparently hasn’t included learning to speak their native language fluently or getting a raise that would allow her to move out of Mindy’s studio apartment. Or maybe she just spent the money on clothes…
Buddy System
Now, in the new series, in a scene reminiscent of Carrie’s fashion closet experience, Mindy is thrilled to be allowed to browse the workplace wardrobe at JVMA, the luxury fashion conglomerate owned by Louis de Leon, the father of her fiancé Nicolas de Leon. Two female employees come across Mindy trying on various archive outfits and chastise her, but not for the reason she thinks. “You need company,” one of them tells her, which Mindy initially mistakes as an offer for someone to carry her luggage.
Later, after relaying this information to Emily, Mindy learns that the buddy system was invented by the female employees at JVMA because Louis would force them to try on the clothes he picked out for them in front of him – those who didn’t were considered fashion mavens and couldn’t advance in the company – in other words, the fashion equivalent of a casting couch.
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Emily’s boss, Sylvie, had worked at the JVMA earlier in her career, and in season 3 it was hinted that an inappropriate affair had occurred between Sylvie and Louis while Sylvie was working for him. In the new series, upon learning that Savoie plans to work with Louis, Emily expresses her concerns to Sylvie. Sylvie is clearly upset at first; “Those were different times,” she replies dismissively. However, it’s unclear if Louis is still Harassing subordinatesJust like she had done while at the company, she decided to speak up.
