"her wardrobe choices for key moments of the campaign. Lauren Weisberger, a former Wintour assistant who left ""Vogue"" for ""Departures"" along with Richard Story, wrote ""The Devil Wears Prada"" after a writing workshop he suggested she take. It was eagerly anticipated for its supposed insider portrait of Wintour prior to its publication. Wintour told ""The New York Times"", ""I always enjoy a great piece of fiction. I haven't decided whether I am going to read it or not."" While it has been suggested that the setting and Miranda Priestly were based on ""Vogue"" and Wintour, Weisberger claims she drew not"
"materials that Priestly's demands are partial fiction and a composite of actual experiences she and her friends had in their first jobs. Some reviewers state that Anna Wintour, editor-in-chief of ""Vogue"", was the inspiration for Priestly. After the film was released, another one of Wintour's assistants was identified as the model for Emily. Kate Betts, a former editor of ""Harper's Bazaar"" who also worked for Wintour at one point in her career, spared no barb in the ""Times Book Review"", stressing the main character's ingratitude at the unique opportunity of working at ""Vogue"": ""[I]f Andrea doesn't ever realize why she"
"character, but then read the Holt part and asked if he could audition for it. Simon Baker auditioned by sending a video of himself, wearing the same self-designed green jacket he has on when he and Andrea meet for the first time. Weisberger is widely believed to have based Miranda on Anna Wintour, the powerful editor of ""Vogue"". Wintour reportedly warned major fashion designers who had been invited to make cameo appearances as themselves in the film that they would be banished from the magazine's pages if they did so. ""Vogue"" and other major women's and fashion magazines have avoided"
"influencer that introduces new artists to the scene such as Suzi Analogue in 2017. As Wintour came to personify the magazine's image, both she and ""Vogue"" drew critics. Wintour's one-time assistant at the magazine, Lauren Weisberger, wrote a ""roman à clef"" entitled ""The Devil Wears Prada"". Published in 2003, the novel became a bestseller and was adapted as a highly successful, Academy Award-nominated film in 2006. The central character resembled Weisberger, and her boss was a powerful editor-in-chief of a fictionalized version of ""Vogue"". The novel portrays a magazine ruled by ""the Antichrist and her coterie of fashionistas, who exist"
"actress, the star of the Stanley Kubrick film ""The Shining"". AW 11-12 'Anna-Karina' - Anna Karina (Hanne Karin Blarke Bayer) born in Denmark, but found fame as a French actress in Jean-Luc Godard films. Resort 2012 'Meryl' - Meryl Streep is an American actress. SS 2012 'Bush' - Thomas Bush is an English graphic designer. SS 2012 'Nina' - Nina Simone was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and civil rights activist. She died in 2003. Prefall 2012 'Erika' - Erika Wall is a Swedish model. AW 12-13 'Thelma' - Thelma Speirs has been part of the London club scene"
"is now a vision of aristocratic, purposeful and surprisingly human grace."" Kyle Smith agreed at the ""New York Post"": ""The snaky Streep wisely chooses not to imitate ""Vogue"" editrix Anna Wintour, the inspiration for the book, but creates her own surprisingly believable character."" David Edelstein, in ""New York"" magazine, criticized the film as ""thin"", but praised Streep for her ""fabulous minimalist performance."" J. Hoberman, Edelstein's onetime colleague at ""The Village Voice"", called the movie an improvement on the book and said Streep was ""the scariest, most nuanced, funniest movie villainess since Tilda Swinton's nazified White Witch [in 2005's """"]."" Blunt,"
"just middle-aged women in suits, but youthful and funky."" Calvin Klein rounds out Andrea's wardrobe. Dolce & Gabbana and Calvin Klein helped Field as well, with some contributions from Lebanese designer Georges Chakra. Although Field avoids making Streep look like Wintour, she dresses her in generous helpings of Prada (By Field's own estimate, 40% of the shoes on Streep's feet are Prada). ""I know her character was originally based on Anna Wintour,"" Field said, ""but I didn't want to copy someone's style."" But, like Wintour and her ""Vogue"" predecessor Diana Vreeland, the two realized that Miranda needed a signature look,"
"that ""supports fashion."" Many designers are mentioned in the film. Only one, Valentino Garavani, appeared as himself. The film was released, in mid-2006, to great commercial success. Wintour attended the première wearing Prada. In the film, actress Meryl Streep plays a Priestly different enough from the book's to receive critical praise as an entirely original (and more sympathetic) character. (Streep's office in the film was similar enough to Wintour's that Wintour reportedly had hers redecorated.) Wintour reportedly said the film would probably go straight to DVD. It made over $300 million in worldwide box office receipts. Later in 2006, in"
"the inspiration for Priestly. Still, many allowed their clothes and accessories to be used in the film, making it one of the most expensively costumed films in history. Wintour later overcame her initial skepticism, saying she liked the film and Streep in particular. Andy is an aspiring journalist fresh out of Northwestern University. Despite her ridicule for the shallowness of the fashion industry, she lands a job as junior personal assistant to Miranda Priestly, the editor-in-chief of ""Runway"" magazine. Andy plans to put up with Miranda's excessive demands and humiliating treatment for one year in the hopes of getting a"
"In a deleted scene from the season 1 DVD, Wilhelmina is seen looking at her closet full of outfits as she tries to rearrange them by the aforementioned colors. In one episode, Wilhelmina is referred to as ""A Chanel suit with an office."" She is often seen wearing fur, and in an episode where she needed to come up with money for a photographer by selling out of her wardrobe, both lynx, sable, chinchilla and mink is shown amongst her wardrobe. The character is inspired by Vogue editor Anna Wintour, who like Wilhelmina is famous/notorious for her demanding elitism and"
"felt it was too restricting""). ""I think she wanted people not to confuse the character of Miranda Priestly with Anna Wintour at all,"" said Frankel. ""And that's why early on in the process she decided on a very different look for her and a different approach to the character."" The ""that's all,"" ""please bore someone else ..."" catchphrases; her coat-tossing on Andrea's desk and discarded steak lunch are retained from the novel. Streep prepared by reading a book by Wintour protégé Liz Tilberis and the memoirs of ""Vogue"" editor Diana Vreeland. She lost so much weight during shooting that the"
"Anna Wintour Dame Anna Wintour (; born 3 November 1949) is a British-American journalist and editor. She has been editor-in-chief of ""Vogue"" since 1988, and has been artistic director for Condé Nast, ""Vogue""<nowiki>'</nowiki>s publisher, since 2013. With her trademark pageboy bob haircut and dark sunglasses, Wintour has become an important figure in much of the fashion world, widely praised for her eye for fashion trends and her support for younger designers. Her reportedly aloof and demanding personality has earned her the nickname ""Nuclear Wintour"". The eldest daughter of Charles Wintour, editor of the London ""Evening Standard"" (1959–76), her father consulted"
"The Devil Wears Prada (film) The Devil Wears Prada is a 2006 American comedy-drama film directed by David Frankel and produced by Wendy Finerman. The screenplay, written by Aline Brosh McKenna, is based on Lauren Weisberger's 2003 novel of the same name. The film adaptation stars Meryl Streep as Miranda Priestly, a powerful fashion magazine editor, and Anne Hathaway as Andrea ""Andy"" Sachs, a college graduate who goes to New York City and lands a job as Priestly's co-assistant. Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci co-star as co-assistant Emily Charlton and art director Nigel, respectively. Adrian Grenier, Simon Baker, and Tracie"
"similarities to the real office of Anna Wintour, down to an octagonal mirror on the wall, photographs and a floral arrangement on the desk Gonchor later told ""Women's Wear Daily"" that he had based the set on a photo of Wintour's office he found online; the similarity led Wintour to have her office redecorated after the movie's release. The magazine itself is very similar to ""Vogue"", and one of the covers on the wall of the office, showing three models, is a direct homage to the August 2004 cover of that magazine. She even chose separate computer wallpaper to highlight"
"is traditionally the biggest, most important issue of the year.) It depicts the effort that goes into making the magazine, and the passion that Grace Coddington, a former model turned creative director and the only person who dares to stand up to Anna Wintour, has for the highly regarded fashion magazine. In the film, Coddington is often portrayed as the leading victim to Wintour's aggressive personality. The relationship between Wintour and Coddington reveals itself to be symbiotic, as Wintour recognizes Coddington's expertise and keen eye for design. In the end, Wintour approves most of Coddington's ideas and they appear in"
"in situations, but still let you see the true girl doesn't mean to be that forceful and dominating."" During an interview with ""Soap Opera Weekly"", Ward cited Anna Wintour as inspiration for the character, an ""older woman who's had a long career"", but she wasn't ""of that age yet"". Of inspirations for the character, she further said: ""I draw from Aerin Lauder, Estée Lauder's granddaughter, who runs the Estée Lauder company, and a well-known interior designer named Kelly Wearstler, who was one of the judges on Bravo's TOP DESIGN. What I loved about her was every week she had a"
"Anna Wintour Costume Center The Anna Wintour Costume Center is a wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art that houses the collection of the Costume Institute. The center is named after Anna Wintour, editor-in-chief of ""Vogue"", artistic director of Condé Nast, and chair of the museum's annual Met Gala (often called the ""Met Ball"") since 1995. It was endowed by Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch. As of August 2017, the curator is Andrew Bolton. The center was formally opened by the First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama on May 5, 2014. Many famous people, such as Sarah Jessica Parker,"
"the works. In 2017, it was announced that Elton John and Shaina Taub would write the music and lyrics, respectively, with Paul Rudnick penning the book. The Devil Wears Prada (film) The Devil Wears Prada is a 2006 American comedy-drama film directed by David Frankel and produced by Wendy Finerman. The screenplay, written by Aline Brosh McKenna, is based on Lauren Weisberger's 2003 novel of the same name. The film adaptation stars Meryl Streep as Miranda Priestly, a powerful fashion magazine editor, and Anne Hathaway as Andrea ""Andy"" Sachs, a college graduate who goes to New York City and lands"
"The Devil Wears Prada (novel) The Devil Wears Prada is a 2003 best-selling novel by Lauren Weisberger about a young woman who is hired as a personal assistant to a powerful fashion magazine editor, a job that becomes nightmarish as she struggles to keep up with her boss's grueling schedule and demeaning demands. It spent six months on the ""New York Times"" bestseller list and became the basis for the 2006 film of the same name, starring Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, and Emily Blunt. The novel is considered by many to be an example of the ""chick lit"" genre. A"
"Liz Jones, former editor of British ""Marie Claire"", said it was ""a rare glimpse at the way in which even the most outlandish and extreme exponents of fashion ... influence and enrich all our lives, even if we only ever shop at Marks & Spencer or Gap."" Once the script was finished, the filmmakers and Fox focused on getting Meryl Streep to play Miranda; Hacken recalled she was seen as so perfect for the part that no one had discussed any alternatives (although McKenna recalls writing provisional dialogue should the producers have had to settle for another actress). Weisberger, who"
"it as a ""fun, frivolous read"". No Condé Nast Publications reviewed or otherwise mentioned ""The Devil Wears Prada"". The film version was released on June 30, 2006 by 20th Century Fox. It was produced by Wendy Finerman (""Forrest Gump""), freely adapted for the screen by Aline Brosh McKenna and directed by David Frankel. Anne Hathaway played Andrea, Meryl Streep earned critical praise, a win for a Golden Globe and an Academy Award for Best Actress nomination as Miranda, and Emily Blunt played Emily. Production took place during fall 2005, on location in New York and Paris. Weisberger herself made a"
"after two years during which staffers said she tried too hard to emulate Wintour, reviewed it harshly in ""The New York Times Book Review"": Priestly has some positive qualities. Andrea Sachs, the novel's main character, notes that she makes all the magazine's key editorial decisions by herself and that she has genuine class and style. ""I never for one second didn't know it was an amazing opportunity to assist Anna,"" Weisberger said in 2008. The film version of the novel has not been the only movie to have a character borrowing some aspects of Wintour. Edna Mode's similar hairstyle in"
"a cutting remark, she said, made everyone laugh, including the target. ""The walk, I'm afraid, is mine,"" Streep added. For Miranda's actual look, Streep looked to two women. The bouffant hairstyle was inspired by model and actress Carmen Dell'Orefice , which Streep said she wanted to blend with ""the unassailable elegance and authority of [French politician] Christine Lagarde."" The costumes Field designed for that look resulted in numerous blown takes during the montage where Miranda repeatedly throws her overcoat on Andrea's desk when she arrives in the morning. When McKenna saw Streep as Miranda for the first time on set,"
"letters to make it more memorable), the updated rendition of Ann Darrow from the 1933 film. For its second draft, the script was reduced to 110 pages. The final draft was completed by December 1975. Meryl Streep has said that she was considered for the role of Dwan, but was deemed too unattractive by producer Dino De Laurentiis. Dwan was also proposed to Barbra Streisand but she turned it down. The role eventually went to Jessica Lange, then a New York fashion model with no prior acting experience. De Laurentiis first approached Roman Polanski to direct the picture, but he"
"saying that Weisberger and Wintour are the direct counterparts of their fictional characters and that ""Andrea … is just as much a snob as the snobs she is thrown in with."" She further hints that Andrea's portrayal within the book does not suggest that she is in any way above fetching lattes. Lauren Weisberger has published a sequel of the book: ""Revenge Wears Prada: The Devil Returns"". A movie of the same name, based on the novel, was released by 20th Century Fox in June 2006, starring Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway. The film grossed $27.5 million in its opening"
"cast included Natascha McElhone, Lena Headey, Rupert Graves, Michael Kitchen, Alan Cox, Sarah Badel, and Katie Carr. A related 2002 film, based on Michael Cunningham's novel of the same name, is ""The Hours"", starring Meryl Streep as New York editor Clarissa, Julianne Moore as Los Angeles housewife Laura, and Nicole Kidman as Virginia Woolf. ""The Hours"" is about a single day in the lives of three women of different generations who are affected by ""Mrs Dalloway"": Woolf is writing it, Laura is reading it, and Clarissa is living it out. Mrs Dalloway also appears in Virginia Woolf's first novel, ""The"
"kind of stories she wanted to tell as an actress. At that point, she realized that she wanted to play roles to move her audiences or otherwise entertain them so much that they forget about their own lives. In 2006, she starred in David Frankel's comedy film ""The Devil Wears Prada"", as an assistant to the powerful fashion magazine editor Miranda Priestly, played by Meryl Streep. Hathaway said that working on the film made her respect the fashion industry a great deal more than she had previously, though she claimed that her personal style is something she ""still can't get"
"of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, with Meryl Streep as Thatcher. The film entered production in January 2011 and was released in December of that year. In 2014 she directed ""Henry IV"" in the West End. Oxford University named Phyllida Lloyd the Cameron Mackintosh Visiting Professor of Contemporary Theatre in 2006, the same year she was awarded an honorary degree by Bristol University. She was named one of the 101 most influential gay and lesbian people in Britain by ""The Independent"" newspaper in 2008; and in 2010 was ranked 22nd (dropping from 7th the previous year) in the same"
"along with recognition from websites. ""TV Guide"" listed Blair among its ""Best Dressed TV Characters of 2007"". ""Entertainment Weekly"" named Blair Waldorf and Chuck Bass the ""Most Stylish"" characters of 2008. Lifetime television ranks Blair first in its listing of ""The Top 10 Best-Dressed TV Characters"", while ""Glamour"" has named her among its best-dressed TV characters of all time. In a ""Vanity Fair"" interview, costume designers Eric Daman and Meredith Markworth-Pollack named Audrey Hepburn and ""Vogue"" editor-in-chief Anna Wintour as their inspirations when dressing Meester as Blair. The designers also cited New York socialites Tinsley Mortimer and Arden Wohl as"
"was featured that year, with, among others, designer Bella Freud and model Stella Tennant in ""Babes in London"", in a photographic shoot by the American Steven Meisel (responsible in 1992 for the singer Madonna's controversial collection, ""Sex""), which was produced by the rising fashion guru Isabella Blow (1958–2007). In 1997, Sykes became a contributing editor on fashion for American ""Vogue"", of which Anna Wintour, also British, had been editor-in-chief since 1988. (It was this period at ""Vogue"" that inspired Lauren Weisberger's 2003 novel ""The Devil Wears Prada"".) Sykes soon became a familiar figure on the New York social scene, being"
"Award-nominated role as a ruthless fashion magazine editor in the comedy-drama ""The Devil Wears Prada"". This late-period success led to starring roles in several high-profile films, including the US$609 million-grossing romantic comedy ""Mamma Mia!"" (2008), her highest-grossing release, and the comedy-drama ""Julie & Julia"" (2009), in which she played Julia Child. These roles re-established Streep's stardom in Hollywood. Her portrayal of Margaret Thatcher in the biopic ""The Iron Lady"" (2011) earned her another Academy Award for Best Actress. The starring role of Katharine Graham in the 2017 drama ""The Post"" garnered Streep her 21st Oscar nomination, more than any actor"
"Meghan Collison, Amber Valletta, Kristen McMenamy, Stella Tennant, Raquel Zimmerman, Sasha Pivovarova, Naomi Campbell, Christy Turlington, Iris Strubegger, Lindsey Wixson, Lara Stone, Coco Rocha, Natalia Vodianova, Vanessa Axente, and Elise Crombez, propelling them to fame by regularly featuring them in ""Vogue"" and various campaigns. Meisel's influence and training seems to also extend past models. He used his influence among the fashion elite to create an issue of ""Vogue"" that would show only black models. He also launched the career of Ross Van Der Heide, a young fashion designer, by showing Ross's artwork to Anna Sui. Meisel has been the force"
"to be, the simplicity of it. [...] [I]t was about having fun."" She moved to Paris in the 1960s and began her career interning at Depeche Mode and Marie Claire. Later, starting in 1977, she worked at French ""Elle"" for 10 years before moving to New York in 1985 and becoming the fashion director of ""Vogue"" US, where she styled Anna Wintour's first cover in 1988, in which Israeli model Michaela Bercu was dressed in a Christian LaCroix couture top with a jeweled cross and Guess jeans. She worked closely with prominent fashion photographers of the era: Irving Penn, Richard"