{"id":28702,"date":"2026-04-26T00:15:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T00:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hunthow.com\/?p=28702"},"modified":"2026-04-26T00:15:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T00:15:02","slug":"92-thoughts-i-had-while-rewatching-the-devil-wears-prada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hunthow.com\/?p=28702","title":{"rendered":"92 Thoughts I Had While Rewatching The Devil Wears Prada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Inexplicably, I\u2019ve never publicly had thoughts about the <em>The Devil Wears Prada<\/em>\u2014but that hideous oversight ends today. In anticipation of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vogue.com\/slideshow\/red-carpet-looks-the-devil-wears-prada-2-new-york-premiere\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\"><em>The Devil Wears Prada 2<\/em><\/a> hitting theaters in just one short week, I\u2019m throwing it back to the original 2006 film, and honestly, watching this film slightly hungover on a Friday moning with an onion bagel in hand (IYKYK) may just be the optimal way to view it.<\/p>\n<p>Below, find quite literally every thought I had while rewatching <em>The Devil Wears Prada<\/em>:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>KT Tunstall\u2019s \u201cSuddenly I See\u201d!<\/li>\n<li>Let\u2019s absolutely go.<\/li>\n<li>This getting-ready sequence really does remind me of when I worked in the New York <em>Vogue<\/em> office and would stumble out of bed, throw on whatever, eat some random bullshit for breakfast, and wage war with the C train to get to work on time.<\/li>\n<li>God, these montage shoes are so fab (I mean, except for Andy\u2019s).<\/li>\n<li>Andy does have the superior montage boyfriend, though.<\/li>\n<li>A brown briefcase with black shoes\u2026oh, diva.<\/li>\n<li>Hey, it\u2019s Emily! Miranda\u2019s first assistant!<\/li>\n<li>I mean, the concept of interviewing at a publication and not knowing who their editor-in-chief is gives me hives.<\/li>\n<li>Google existed in 2006!<\/li>\n<li>Emily said \u201cA million girls would kill for this job\u201d! Everybody drink.<\/li>\n<li>Nigel sighted \ud83d\ude42<\/li>\n<li>And he\u2019s yelling \u201cGird your loins\u201d!<\/li>\n<li>These clogs that some <em>Runway<\/em> assistant is changing out of in favor of heels are very Emma-coded.<\/li>\n<li>Then again, I have been known to wear Crocs to the <em>Vogue<\/em> office (heeled ones from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vogue.co.uk\/article\/simone-rocha-crocs-collaboration\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\">Simone Rocha collab<\/a>! I\u2019m not a monster!).<\/li>\n<li>Miranda planning to stay at a party for exactly 15 minutes is a vibe.<\/li>\n<li>Not too much on the \u201cdeeply unattractive\u201d female paratroopers, now.<\/li>\n<li>Not this Gwyneth baby weight drive-by!<\/li>\n<li>God, the softness of Meryl Streep\u2019s voice as she delivers lethal barbs is really compelling.<\/li>\n<li>Never forget that Streep modeled this character after Mike Nichols and <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/people.com\/meryl-streep-didnt-imitate-anna-wintour-in-devil-wears-prada-but-mike-nichols-clint-eastwood-11942791\" class=\"external-link text link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/people.com\/meryl-streep-didnt-imitate-anna-wintour-in-devil-wears-prada-but-mike-nichols-clint-eastwood-11942791&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/meryl-streep-didnt-imitate-anna-wintour-in-devil-wears-prada-but-mike-nichols-clint-eastwood-11942791\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Clint Eastwood!<\/a><\/li>\n<li>A little tip from me to any aspiring journalists who may be reading this: never say \u201cBasically, it\u2019s this or <em>Auto Universe<\/em>\u201d in an interview.<\/li>\n<li>It seems to work out for Andy, though, because she\u2019s got the job.<\/li>\n<li>I want to read Andy\u2019s piece on the janitors\u2019 union!<\/li>\n<li>Very \u201cKate Hudson wanting to write about Tajikistan in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vogue.com\/article\/rewatching-how-to-lose-a-guy-in-10-days-30-thoughts-i-had\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\"><em>How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days<\/em><\/a>\u201d-core.<\/li>\n<li>Of course Andy\u2019s gay bestie knows who Miranda Priestly is.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cA million girls would kill for that job\u201d-counter up to two already.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cHas she died or something?\u201d LOL.<\/li>\n<li>Is it crazy that I think working at <em>TV Guide<\/em> sounds fine?<\/li>\n<li>At least compared to Andy\u2019s job!<\/li>\n<li>Man, a mean British voice on the other end of the phone really disincentivizes one to call repeatedly.<\/li>\n<li>I think about Emily coldly saying \u201c<em>Deal with it<\/em>\u201d to a panicked Andy so often.<\/li>\n<li>God, this Miranda smile is terrifying.<\/li>\n<li>I\u2019m remembering something <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vogue.com\/article\/in-praise-of-having-or-being-a-slightly-mean-mom\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\">my mom<\/a> told me before I started one of my first jobs: \u201cNever ask your boss for an explanation. Go to your desk, call your friends, look things up online, and figure it out.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>She was right!<\/li>\n<li>Is Starbucks paying for their name-checks by the word?<\/li>\n<li>Then again, I guess they did have the undisputed cultural monopoly on fashion-girlie coffee in the early aughts.<\/li>\n<li>\u201c<em>Do<\/em> the coat\u201d also plays in my head on a loop.<\/li>\n<li>This movie may or may not be how I learned what a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vogue.com\/podcast\/the-run-through\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\">run-through<\/a> is.<\/li>\n<li>Hey, Gisele!<\/li>\n<li>This size-six slander\u2026man, they really would not have known what to do with my size-18 ass.<\/li>\n<li>Andy being like, \u201cYou think my clothes are hideous, I get it\u201d\u2026I mean, it\u2019s not really a matter of opinion, babe.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cA million girls would kill for that job\u201d utterance number three!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vogue.com\/article\/meryl-streep-the-devil-wears-prada-cerulean\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\">CERULEAN<\/a> TIME!<\/li>\n<li>Okay, I <em>also<\/em> didn\u2019t know much about fashion when I started at <em>Vogue<\/em>, but I will say I had the good sense not to laugh in meetings.<\/li>\n<li>You know what, Andy? You got owned! Handle it like a grown-up!<\/li>\n<li>Then again, she\u2019s getting a sympathy Jarlsberg grilled cheese made for her by a hot man, so I get it.<\/li>\n<li>Aw, Andy\u2019s finally learned to dial Demarchelier!<\/li>\n<li>Okay, am I a craven careerist if I think Andy was an idiot to go into her Broadway show while Miranda still hadn\u2019t found a flight?<\/li>\n<li>As Miranda says furiously: \u201cThis is your job!\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cHire the smart, fat girl.\u201d Brutalissima.<\/li>\n<li>God, this get-your-shit-together speech from Nigel rocks.<\/li>\n<li>Unrelated: not to kick Andy when she\u2019s down, but this nude sweater blends into her skin tone in a not-so-chic way.<\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s Nigel to the rescue with designer samples, though!<\/li>\n<li>God, this Chanel-boots reveal is so good.<\/li>\n<li>Giving your friends expensive freebies really is a major perk of working in fashion (although I\u2019m fairly sure said freebies went harder in 2006).<\/li>\n<li>Man, James Holt\u2019s jawline is not playing around.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cYou still don\u2019t get it, do you? Her opinion is the only one that matters.\u201d Or, put another way, wake up, Six!<\/li>\n<li>Oop, Andy\u2019s being promoted to deliverer of The Book.<\/li>\n<li>Not Miranda\u2019s devilish little twins beckoning her upstairs so she can see their mom fighting with her husband!<\/li>\n<li>Ugh, not Miranda pleading to be understood\u2026I hate to hear a diva down.<\/li>\n<li>Starbucks name-checked <em>again<\/em>?<\/li>\n<li>I do feel like the word \u201ccoffee\u201d would have worked just as well.<\/li>\n<li>Andy actually pulling off this <em>Harry Potter<\/em> book coup (and delivering\/destroying Miranda\u2019s steak in between) is fairly impressive.<\/li>\n<li>Then again, the job of an assistant to a powerful person is to pull off such miracles!<\/li>\n<li>But also, never let a Shitty Media Man help you out of a jam, Andy\u2026you\u2019ll live to regret it.<\/li>\n<li>I know Christian is famously the Mentalist and all, but I\u2019m simply not into him.<\/li>\n<li>Miranda looking shamefaced is so unnatural.<\/li>\n<li>Dean &amp; Deluca, I miss you!<\/li>\n<li>Nate, grow up. Why would Andy quit <em>now<\/em> after all the hell she\u2019s been through, when she\u2019s finally starting to figure things out?<\/li>\n<li>\u201cFlorals? For spring? Groundbreaking.\u201d A classic for a reason.<\/li>\n<li>My <em>Vogue<\/em> and ex-<em>Vogue<\/em> group chat is addicted to saying \u201cThank God somebody came to work today\u201d whenever one of us says or does something good.<\/li>\n<li>Oh, poor Emily and her unfortunate luck to become \u201can incubus of viral plague.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>I unironically think \u201cJust deal with it, you have to be here\u201d to myself every time I\u2019m stuck in a work obligation I\u2019d like to leave, and honestly, it helps!<\/li>\n<li>Whom up greeting Ambassador Franklin and the woman that he left his wife for, Rebecca?<\/li>\n<li>This newsboy cap is nutso, but Andy\u2019s kind of working it.<\/li>\n<li>Emily \ud83d\ude41<\/li>\n<li>Aw, I miss walking slowly through the New York night during my professional and interpersonal crises.<\/li>\n<li>Emily!!!!!! \ud83d\ude41 \ud83d\ude41 \ud83d\ude41<\/li>\n<li>This shot of the scarves falling all over the street after Emily\u2019s car accident really is quite beautiful.<\/li>\n<li>Oop, a newly single Andy has landed in Paris.<\/li>\n<li>Time for some (limited) celebrity cameos!<\/li>\n<li>Time for the ultimate humbling of Miranda, and time for me to once again marvel at Streep\u2019s jaw-dropping acting talent.<\/li>\n<li>Never forget how Streep utterly transformed her from the character <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vogue.com\/article\/the-devil-wears-prada-book-vs-movie-characters\" class=\"text link\">in the book<\/a>!<\/li>\n<li>Aw, happy Nigel.<\/li>\n<li>And Andy\u2019s lost weight!<\/li>\n<li>\u2026Yay?<\/li>\n<li>The hatred that I have in my heart for Christian could power a medium-sized city.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cI\u2019m not your baby.\u201d Tell him, Andy!<\/li>\n<li>Oh, sweet Nigel, passed over once again and barely even surprised.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cBecause of the list.\u201d God, Miranda is such a Tony Soprano-level baller.<\/li>\n<li>I want to toss a Sidekick into a Parisian fountain <em>so<\/em> badly.<\/li>\n<li>And she gave Andy a glowing recommendation in the end! Sort of!<\/li>\n<li>And that\u2019s a wrap on <em>The Devil Wears Prada<\/em>! We lived, we laughed, we learned, we saw our workplaces satirized, and now it\u2019s time to count down the seconds until the sequel.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vogue.com\/article\/92-thoughts-i-had-while-rewatching-the-devil-wears-prada\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inexplicably, I\u2019ve never publicly had thoughts about the The Devil Wears Prada\u2014but that hideous oversight ends today. 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