‘If you know, you know’: I styled the Devil Wears Prada 2 press premiere entirely from one designer resale site

The Guardian·May 3

‘If you know, you know’: I styled the Devil Wears Prada 2 press premiere entirely from one designer resale site

Florals for spring? If you’ve seen The Devil Wears Prada, you already know that this isn’t groundbreaking. So when Disney asked me to style the New York press junket for The Devil Wears Prada 2, where journalists would be interviewing Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway and other cast members from the film, I knew I had to put my best stiletto-heeled foot forward.My sartorial challenge: I needed to style a real-life version of the Runway closet, the wardrobe where Hathaway’s character, the ambitious but fashionably challenged Andy Sachs, received a makeover. Journalists would be trying on the clothes and wearing them to interview Streep and Hathaway. So how do you dress an event for arguably one of the most fashion-forward films of our generation?I’ve worked as a professional stylist for two decades – like Andy, I started in the fashion industry as an intern in New York City. When the original film came out, I related to Andy and her resourcefulness: I once assembled an impromptu eyeglasses chain from a clear rubber band and necklace because a photographer needed it in 30 minutes. Another time, I fixed a model’s heel with Shoe Goo right before she stepped in front of camera.