Am I the only one that thinks she is not the devil wearing Prada?
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DogtownGirl — 16 years ago(October 16, 2009 09:52 AM)
I got that impression, as well. Although I did cringe at the beginning of the film when she surmised that people shop at K-Mart, because they fear fashion (Why, when they could be wearing a pretty Carolina Herrera dress?) rather than for the FACT that K-Mart can offer
stylish
stuff at an affordable price the key being affordable, because the rest of us do have to worry about money, or the lack thereof.
Besides, it isn't where you shop, as any good Fashionista knows.
It is how you combine the pieces you buy and the accessories you wear to create a total look.
One other bit? When Wintour blithely said "Excuse me" to an underling and that underling JUMPED to attention and moved aside with the speed of a cockroach
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I think she can be a bit full of herself and what she does, but, do I think she's The Devil Incarnate?
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kay_cee_d — 16 years ago(February 26, 2010 03:25 PM)
DogtownGirl you twisted her words a bit with the K-Mart thing. She said "Just because you love to put on a beautiful Carolina Herrera dress or J Brand jeans instead of something from K-Mart doesn't mean you're a dumb person." And what I think she means by that is just because you like to spend your money on fashion doesn't mean you're shallow. And that's true. People who belittle fashion often thing you shouldn't spend a lot of money on it and therefore buy clothes from K-Mart, Walmart, or Target or something like that. And I'm not saying those stores are unstylish or bad, but what I'm saying is that people who don't appreciate fashion tend to think that it is ridiculous to spend a lot of money or time on fashion.
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DogtownGirl — 16 years ago(February 26, 2010 04:10 PM)
kay_cee_d,
What I got from what Wintour said was that she looks down upon folks who don't wear designer fashions or who choose not to, or who can't afford to. After all, we never see Wintour sporting more 'down market' stuff, do we?
And, of course working in the biz that she DOES, she isn't going to bash it by stating that fashionistas are shallow and somehow less intelligent than the rest of us is she?
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kay_cee_d — 16 years ago(February 28, 2010 06:23 AM)
She MAY look down on people who don't wear designer fashions, and I wouldn't be surprised. But honestly from that comment in the beginning I honestly didn't see it necessarily as "I'm better than those people" it was more of a "We're not necessarily shallow or stupid because of what we like, etc.this isn't sillythis is important to us even if it is silly to other people."
Only the shell, the perishable passes away. The spirit is without end. Eternal. Deathless. -
DogtownGirl — 16 years ago(February 28, 2010 06:56 PM)
kay_c_dee,
I understand your viewpoint. Thanks. I still feel as though Wintour can be condescending often, and perhaps think of fashion as being more important than it actually is, but she's a great success, and I am not, so there we are.
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kay_cee_d — 16 years ago(March 04, 2010 04:35 PM)
Oh yeah definitely. I was just speaking about that one isolated comment. I think she seems "okay".but definitely can be condescending.
Only the shell, the perishable passes away. The spirit is without end. Eternal. Deathless. -
MsD430 — 16 years ago(September 26, 2009 06:40 AM)
I agree. I was expecting to see this mean and horrible woman who made me cringe and probably never want to buy an issue of VOGUE. Instead, I saw her a strong and opinionated business woman who took other people's opinions into considerationbut, bottom line, Vogue is HER baby and she's gonna raise it the way she sees fit. I have a lot of respect for herbut, I LOVE Grace Coddington!!
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rocktheboat61 — 16 years ago(September 26, 2009 05:47 PM)
I walked away from the movie really respecting her She's firm and sometimes brutally honest, but she's running one of the most influential fashion magazines in America so you do what you have to do to get the job done.
I loved Grace too, but I really liked Anna more than I thought I would. The scene where she said her siblings find what she does "amusing" really showed some vulnerability I wasn't expecting. I think a lot of what she does is to prove to herself and others that her job is important. I really respect her drive and passion for it. -
MsD430 — 16 years ago(September 27, 2009 07:27 PM)
I felt so sorry for her when she said her siblings thought what she does is "amusing". She spoke of their careers like they were valid and important, but you could tell that she didn't feel she got the same respect in return. I, too, liked her way more than I thought I would.
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da_thompson1972 — 16 years ago(October 04, 2009 12:17 PM)
Honestly, I never saw the portrayal of Miranda Priestly in the film version of "The Devil Wears Prada" as "evil." In fact, I believe the film, as opposed to the novel, portrayed Miranda as much more of human being than just as an evil bitch who lived to make other's lives hell.
The same could be said for Anna Wintour. She is far from a "Devil", if you will, and appears to honestly want the same things we all want from day one in lifelove and acceptance for who and what we are by our family. Based upon how she responded to that now infamous question regarding her families viewpoint of what she does, we see that Ms. Wintour is just like her fictionalized counterpartHUMAN! -
hotshothound — 16 years ago(March 12, 2010 07:31 AM)
I agree.
I felt the screenplay and, of course, Meryl Streep's brilliant take on the character was much kinder and more believable than the book. Honestly, the book was not nearly as good as the movie. Judging from this documentary (because I don't know Wintour personally) I'd say Streep more closely portrayed her than the author.
There were some parts where I felt so sad for her, like her siblings being "amused" by her career, which seemed to bring her down more than the thousands in the industry who greatly admire her, and the way she seemed so isolated sometimes. Human, not evil. -
ShizaMinelli — 15 years ago(January 28, 2011 09:16 AM)
Steep definitely elevated the movie, but I liked the books Andy a thousand times more. Andy in the movie was kind of a dumb ass, imo.
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