Devil Wears Prada

The Devil Wears Prada is an Academy Award-nominated 2006 comedy-drama film, a loose screen adaptation of Lauren Weisberger's 2003 novel of the same name. It stars Anne Hathaway as Andrea "Andy" Sachs, a recent college graduate who comes to New York City and gets a job as a co-assistant to powerful and demanding fashion magazine editor Miranda Priestly, played by Meryl Streep. Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci co-star, with Adrian Grenier, Simon Baker and Tracie Thoms playing key supporting roles. Set in the fashion none of the notable designers appeared onscreen, but they were very helpful to Patricia Field (Costume Designed, Sex in the City). Her $100,000 budget for the film's costumes was supplemented by help from friends from throughout the industry. Ultimately, she believes, $1 million worth of clothing was used in the film, making it the most expensively costumed movie in cinema history. The single priciest item was a $100,000 Fred Leighton necklace on Streep. Hathaway's most expensive item was a Yigal Azrouël angora coat, valued at $2,005. Chanel asked to dress Hathaway for the film, and Dolce & Gabbana and Calvin Klein helped Field as well, by Field's own estimate, 40% of the shoes on Streep's feet are Prada. Some thought there was a “Curse” on the placed products in the movie as a couple of weeks after the film's release, Reuters reported a striking phenomenon: All of the publicly traded companies that made products featured in the film had seen their share prices fall in that time. Analysts attributed the fall to the effect of rising gas prices on the economy, which led many consumers to cut back their purchases of luxury brands, rather than anything associated with the film.