This... stuff? Oh... ok. I see, you think this has nothing to do with you. You go to your closet and you select out, oh I don't know, that lumpy blue sweater, for instance, because you're trying to tell the world that you take yourself too seriously to care about what you put on your back. But what you don't know is that that sweater is not just blue, it's not turquoise, it's not lapis, it's actually cerulean. You're also blindly unaware of the fact that in 2002, Oscar de la Renta did a collection of cerulean gowns. And then I think it was Yves St. Laurent, wasn't it, who showed cerulean military jackets? And then cerulean quickly showed up in the collections of eight different designers. Then it filtered down through the department stores and then trickled on down into some tragic Casual Corner where you, no doubt, fished it out of some clearance bin. However, that blue represents millions of dollars and countless jobs and so it's sort of comical how you think that you've made a choice that exempts you from the fashion industry when, in fact, you're wearing the sweater that was selected for you by the people in this room. From a pile of stuff.
~Miranda Priestly
My all time favorite movie is The Devil Wears Prada. If you've never seen it, stop right here and go run to your local dvd rental store.
Okay. Seen it? Good.
I love that this movie can appeal to all sorts of people. My dad will even watch this with me! It's classic growing up story, set in the ever so fabulous New York City. The fact that fashion is a major player in the film? Well that never hurts any!
Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep) is the boss from hell. Meryl Streep nailed this character square on the head. She is the queen of fashion, quite literally. Where else to get fashion inspiration than from the queen herself?
