The first batch of images from The Devil Wears Prada 2 has surfaced, and I’m…withholding opinion. One thing 20th Century Studios didn’t have to contend with during the making of the original was round-the-clock paparazzi surveillance, the dispatches from which invite all sorts of misinformed assumptions about the lives of its characters. For example, Andy looks like she runs a “disruptive” talent agency in her vest suit.
But who’s to say this person is even interested in fashion? (The last film ended with Andy getting hired at the New York Mirror thanks to some amateur reporting on janitors’ unions.) And even if she is, who’s to say that being into, or working in, fashion is anything like it once was? (There are more vest suits than town cars outside today’s Vogue offices.) I don’t yet know the circumstances that have led to Andy’s fashion choices, but what is certain is that it’s Emily Charlton (now rumoured to be an executive at Dior) and Miranda Priestly (navigating the collapse of traditional print media in the age of SEO) who will be the real litmus test for the sequel’s style.
Scroll down to see all the looks from The Devil Wears Gabriela Hearst Prada sequel, here.
