Actress Lily Collins wears Vietnamese designer Do Manh Cuong's creations

Actress Lily Collins (C) wears Vietnamese designer Do Manh Cuong's creations while filming for "Emily in Paris." Photo from Do Manh Cuong's Facebook

Behind-the-scenes photos of the series circulated on social media Monday showed Collins strolling through the streets of Rome, Italy, in a design belonging to the Spring-Summer 2024 collection of Cuong’s brand SIXDO.

The outfit features a classic style, consisting of a vest and a pencil skirt made from white brocade, adorned with sequins and beads to enhance visual effects. This suit marks the first time Cuong applied his embellishment technique to a ready-to-wear collection.

The actress completed her look with a Lady Dior bag.

Cuong revealed that a month after his debut at New York Fashion Week in September last year, the "Emily in Paris" film crew contacted him to discuss collaboration ideas, proposing that they wanted to have him create costumes for Collins’ character Emily in the series.

"I designed the outfits as requested and quickly sent them to the U.S. to meet the filming schedule for this year," Cuong shared.

Collins, 35, began performing on screen at the age of two. In the late 2000s, she began acting and modeling more regularly, and has since achieved recognition for her acting.

Actress Lily Collins. Photo from Collins' Instagram

"Emily in Paris" is an American romantic comedy-drama television series created for Netflix. It revolves around an American marketing executive relocating to Paris to provide an American point of view to a French marketing firm. In Paris, she tries to overcome challenges in her work, love life, and friendships.

The series premiered in 2020. Its second and third seasons premiered in 2021 and 2022 respectively, and its fourth season is set to release starting in August 2024.

Cuong, 43, graduated in the top 20 of his class at the French fashion school Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne. He interned at Dior before returning to Vietnam and establishing his first brand DMC by Do Manh Cuong in 2007, then his second brand SIXDO in 2020.