Dear reader, it is a rarity in the modern world to find oneself slap-bang in the middle of a case of mistaken identity worthy of an Oscar Wilde farce, but find myself misidentified I do. I\u2019m in a tight spot: Millions of TikTok followers have put two and two together\u2014by which I mean one viral TikTok video<\/a>, one novel, and one movie\u2014and concluded that yours truly is the real inspiration for one of the snootiest fashion girls ever created: Emily, the hoity-toity English assistant to Miranda Priestly in The Devil Wears Prada.<\/em><\/p>\n A silent victim, I have suffered this slur quietly. I feared that speaking out\u2014despite many brave women in the Vogue<\/em> sisterhood urging me to\u2014would only invite further cruel scrutiny from the bullying tweens of TikTok. But there was a moment, which took place in a London cinema just a few weeks ago, that made me realize I must come forward.<\/p>\n Picture the scene. I had just ensconced myself on a red velvet sofa in the Everyman Cinema in Bayswater to watch Wuthering Heights<\/em><\/a> with my daughter Tess, 15, and her schoolfriend Ernie. They had insisted on going to the cinema early to watch all the trailers, so I settled in for a quick doze while the trailers smashed their way across the screen. I was startled when Tess suddenly shot up in her seat and yelled, \u201cMum! It\u2019s you!\u201d<\/p>\n Photo: \u00a9 20th Century Fox Film Corp. \/ Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n I looked up to find myself confronted by the sight of Emily Blunt, dressed head to toe in Dior, playing Emily in the trailer for DWP2<\/em><\/a>. \u201cDo my eyes deceive me?\u201d she scathingly utters, squinting at Anne Hathaway\u2019s Andy. The two are meeting again for the now-much-anticipated second installment of the movie franchise.<\/p>\n \u201cDon\u2019t be silly, that\u2019s not me, darling,\u201d I reprimanded Tess.<\/p>\n \u201cNo, no, it is,\u201d Tess went on. \u201cEveryone at school knows it\u2019s you.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWhat? But Emily was so mean. I\u2019m not mean.\u201d<\/p>\n Ignoring this, Tess continued, \u201cMum, it is<\/em> you. I searched it up.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cOwn it, Plum,\u201d Ernie chimed in. \u201cIt\u2019s a flex to be Emily.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"Image](\"https:\/\/assets.vogue.com\/photos\/69d6e00d02f32cdef9ec896c\/master\/w_1600%2Cc_limit\/MCDDEWE_FE035.jpg\"\/)
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