The Devil Wears Prada (2006 Movie)

[bigb3n]

I need to wait for it to arrive in SYdney, and thats a big IF it arrives, sighz!! tell me how it went peepz

 

[fashionmad]

LOL at the article above about how it is not exatly dead-on in its portrayal of life at Vogue, esp. stylistically. Just in the previews I saw Andy running with what looked like Starbuck's cups. I seriously doubt Anna Wintour drinks something as bourgeois and middle-American as Starbucks. She probably drinks coffee from Fauchon or something, not a crappy, middle-brow chain.

 

[LoveMyBoots]

Though I think the NY Tiimes article has a point (seeing how I though the same thing when I saw early photos), it is just a movie. And I doubt whether it's going to be a successful one at that ....

Not sure if I really want to see it

 

[LoveMyBoots]

BTW, what role is this actor playing? I know someone mentioned his name, but I can't really make up my mind which character would best suit him...

From POST #238

 

[avedon]

two(!) wrong on the quiz. i'm sorry, manolo IS the king of the heel, even though he's not the inventor.

also, metrony (also in philly and boston) has a little sidebar in the review of the movie with anonymous former voguettes:

MIRANDA PRIESTLY VS. ANNA WINTOUR
"First of all, Anna would never take the time to go into a diatribe about why an employee is not fashionable enough the way Miranda does in the movie. Anna's too professional for that. She's very curt and doesn't speak much. If anything, she wouldn't hire someone who was not into fashion. Anna would at least want someone who looks thin, pretty, and clean. Her assistants are always pretty fabulous-looking."

"I thought it was pretty spot on the way Miranda would give very vague instructions. Anna would definitely do that."

"People are definitely intimidated by Anna around the office, but I've never seen anyone actually run out of an elevator to avoid her."

"Miranda's office looks exactly like Anna's. The resemblance is eerie, actually. The only difference is that the doors are on the wrong side. The area in front of the office where the two assistants sit even looks exactly the same."

THE WARDROBE

"No one at Vogue would ever wear a toe ring. A group of us who have all worked at the magazine went to watch the movie together and when we saw Anne Hathaway wearing one, we all started laughing hysterically."

"The outfits were just way too over the top, and, insome instances, kind of tacky. It was definitely Pat Field's interpretation of Vogue. The ediotrs on staff are actually much more stylish and low-key than that. They would never wear head-to-toe Chanel."

"I wasn't sure what was going on with all the liquid eyeliner. We never wore that much makeup. No one evern wears eyeshadow to work."

THE STAFF

"It's highly unlikely that a creative director would take Anna's assistant under his wing. He would have his own assistant to worry about"

"At Conde Nast, you'd probably never see S.I. Newhouse chatting with an assistant in the elevator. I think it happened in the movie just to introduce that character."

"The transformation Anne's character weny through is pretty realistic." I've seen people come on staff and then gradually become more stylish. Maybe they'll get a better haircut or begin dressing differently. It usually happens out of a desire to blend in."

phew!

 

[Boomer]

BTW, what role is this actor playing?

That is Daniel Sunjata and he plays a character named James Holt, whom I do not remember from the book- a movie addition I suppose....

 

[Ianastar]

^^Actually in Anna's unauthorized biography

There was an interview with a girl who worked in Anna's office at Vogue for a summer (her dad was a big shot at the magazine and got her the internship)

She mentioned one of the first things everyone told her was to avoid Anna at all costs, to not talk to her, look at her in the halls etc. That she would quickly cut you down.

She also said that everyone would not get an elevator with Anna at ALL.

So she told this story that one day she was walking in the hall, and Anna was coming the other way. She decided to just keep walking near the wall to avoid her. At that moment........Anna's heel or something broke and she fell.

The girl was mortified and didnt know what to do, because she was scared of Anna. So she just stepped over Anna on the floor, and kept walking.



You should read the book "First Row" or something like that. It's hysterical. Im sure some of the people who were interview exaggerated it all a bit. But it's still sooooo funny.

 

[Meg]

Makes me think of Heidi Klum just stepping over carrie on the runway when she fell. I love it. I don't know why people from Vogue keep getting interviewed and saying 'well actually we do it this way'. The thing is BASED on Vogue, not trying to depict it in reality.

 

[Ianastar]

^ I totally agree.

Even though it's based on reality or the writer's experience at Vogue. It's still FICTION people.

 

[StyleSnob]

I just got home from seeing the movie! I was pleasantly surprised! Merryl Streep did such a good job....they kept it lighthearted enough that even the men in the theater seemed to enjoy themselves!!


....Oh! And the fashion....it seems like Chanel must have paid the producers to feature a lot of their clothing and accessories. The "Runway" magazine fashion closet made me gasp out loud too! Hahaha.

 

[Miss Dalloway]

StyleSnob thanks for the review,you guys are so lucky the movie is not out here until the end of the summer!
So please keep the reviews and comments coming.
I specially expect Ianstars comment!

 

[fezbatik]

I get that a mainstream audience would be more likely to identify with labels like chanel, D&G and Prada....and big time movies are not for indy audiences who would more likely want to see more fashionable labels...

...but i really did hate the styling in this movie. Way too much Chanel..way too much Dolce...

...give me Marni, Chloe....anything but Valentino...

I had a good time at the movie though - it was charming.

 

[Sweets]

i saw it today, i liked it i thought it was really cute, patricia did a great job with the transformation

 

[La bordélique]

The movie mentionned Karl Lagerfeld way too many times, and I'm not even a fan of Chanel. It was fun, though... made the audience laugh out loud at the jokes. I thought Gisele's acting was very poor. Anne Hathaway was a real charm. She looked great in every outfit. Meryl Streep was perfect.

 

[LoveMyBoots]

The Los Angeles Times had an article today that was very much in the same vein as the New York Times article.

STYLE NOTEBOOK
This fashion world exists only in the movies
By Booth Moore, Times Staff Writer
June 30, 2006

THE devil wears Prada, Donna Karan and Bill Blass, and her second assistant wears Chanel, Calvin Klein, Moschino and … a toe ring?

In a film full of serious fashion, the camera lingers on Andy's toe ring on the rumpled sheets, the morning after a Paris fling. Was the shot meant to imply that her transformation from bohemian to label wh*re was never complete? Who knows? One thing's for sure, though, no fashion magazine assistant or editor would don a toe ring. Ever.

But beyond this insular, self-obsessed industry, toe rings are everywhere, which may be the point. "The Devil Wears Prada" is a film about insiders that has been costumed for outsiders. Rather than trying to capture the eclectic way editors really put together their looks, dressing in the high end and the low, famous designers and new discoveries, costume designer Patricia Field dumbed down the entire fashion language to appeal to the everywoman. What's left is a fine fashion fantasy with little to do with reality.

A second assistant at any magazine would not be dressed as well as her boss, and she would sooner eat an ice cream sundae at her desk than raid the wardrobe closet — even if she did come to work in Steve Madden clodhoppers. And the bow-tied Valentino gown Miranda wears to host the costume gala at the museum makes her look like the mother of the bride, not the queen bee with the pick of any designer in the hive.

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And where were the cult labels, such as Chloe, Rochas, Lanvin and Proenza Schouler, the little-known designers that editors champion? Because in the real fashion world, the biggest coup is wearing a designer no one has heard of, and finding that item at the end of the earth that nobody else can get.

Miranda's silver sweep of hair was a chic signature similar to Anna Wintour's razor-sharp bob. But the heavy-handed eye shadow was jarring, because the absence of makeup — or at least looking that way — is more of a status symbol. (It means your skin is just that good.) Then again, there was a commercial motivation to have the makeup in the film stand out. Sephora, Prada, Dior and other companies are producing beauty products tied to the film.

The film is littered with "it" bags, from the dove-gray Prada frame bag Miranda first stomps into the office carrying, to the freebie Marc Jacobs multi-pocket hobo Andy passes off on a best friend. And, like all good fashionistas, Andy waits until her trip to Paris to feast on the French, namely a Balenciaga motorcycle bag. True, "it" bags are the engine that drives sales in the designer market, but they are also the lowest common denominator. They're just too obvious, too easy.

Field is best known for "Sex and the City," and her offbeat costumes for the HBO series started such popular trends as flower brooches and nameplate necklaces. But the clothes in this film were not nearly so inspiring. The first assistant, Emily, comes closest to looking like the real thing in her squared off, studded bolero, thready necklace and belt worn off to the side.

But mostly, Field hits us over the head with crowd-pleasing Chanel, including the outfit Andy steps out in after her makeover, a nautical jacket from a resort collection a few years back and a pair of thigh-high dominatrix boots. The head-to-toe designer look may look hot on her, especially with her gamine-like bangs, but it is not authentic to the fashion world, where editors pride themselves on being able to mix it up — say, wearing an H&M jacket with Chloe jeans, a Hanes ribbed tank top, Thomas Wylde studded hobo bag and Christian Louboutin boots.

One thing Field did get right was fashion's fetish for fur. Like Vogue's Wintour, Miranda never met a woodland animal she didn't want to wear, and the montage of her slapping fur after fur on her assistant's desk is priceless. So is seeing her dressed in a cartoonish coat with a tiger-striped collar and cuffs, right after the magazine's animal print photo shoot in Central Park. It was the perfect commentary on fashion's pack mentality.

For aficionados, there was the occasional name-drop — photographer Patrick Demarchelier, designers Narciso Rodriguez, Zac Posen and Stefano Gabbana. That's G-a-b-b-a-n-a. (And really, Andy should have known how to spell it.)

But she gets her comeuppance in my favorite scene in the whole film, when Miranda comes to the defense of the multibillion-dollar fashion industry, which turns out not to be so shallow after all. She explains to Andy the underling that the lumpy cable-knit sweater she is wearing is not blue but cerulean blue, a color picked out for her by fashion prognosticators seasons ago, when Michael Kors sent an entire collection of cerulean gowns down the runway. Go devil go!

And incidentally, in 1999, Pantone did declare cerulean blue the color of the millennium.

'Prada' pieces for sale

For those who can't get enough of "The Devil Wears Prada" clothes, Amazon.com has an online boutique selling pieces created by Field for the film, including an oddly shaped distressed leather handbag ($79.95) and T-shirts with such memorable lines as "I'm just a stomach flu away from my goal weight."

EBay will auction costumes from the film, including a Prada dress, with 50% of the proceeds to benefit Dress for Success, a nonprofit that offers interview suits and career development to low-income women.

 

[Sweets]

whats the big deal with the toe ring?! i thought it was cute

 

[Ianastar]

I thought the oufitting was great. I loved all the Chanel accessories she wore...the necklaces etc.


I also thought that the toe ring was kind of weird. I saw it, and was like...."A Toe Ring??? When did those come back into style????"

 

[StyleSnob]

Haha i had to pee SOOOO freakin bad during the movie and so i HAD to run out and back in only to miss the toe ring scene! I got back and she had just gotten out of bed with him........now im curious to see this!!

 

[LoveMyBoots]

^ you guys are giving way too many spoilers I want to see this movie!!! But, I've already read the book, so...

 

[oolie coco]

Okay I saw it yesterday and I can't get one thing out of my head!

Well Adrien Grenier,....

But besides him I can't get one thing out of my head!

Right in the very first scene when all the girls are walking up to the Runway building, they show a blonde, and she has the NICEST BROWN LEATHER boots EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What the hell are they? They're sort of piratey or something! With a thick heel! AHhhH!! I love them please help me!