Vogue workers dress: pretty shabby
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picopaste — 15 years ago(August 27, 2010 09:29 PM)
Remember,
The Devil Wears Prada
is a movie, so of course everyone is styled to the nines in it.
In regards to the original posting, I think Anna had a beautiful wardrobe. Very classic, tailored, and elegant. The other people in the office - I thought they dressed relatively stylishly. Dressing plainly does not denote a lack of fashion-sense.
I suppose the same could be said about some architects. I've been to some architects' residences that are pretty questionable! -
choke_on_that — 15 years ago(September 01, 2010 10:53 PM)
I thought Anna's wadrobe was simple, chic, and age appropriate. I can somewhat agree with the rest of the staff looking surprising subtle, but I guess movies have clouded our judgement as to what people in the fashion industry are really like.
I visited NYC a few years while I was in college on a magazine tour with some classmates. There is some truth to the stereotypes perpetuated in "The Devil Wears Prada" with people in the industry dressing chic from head to toe and eating minimally at lunch. I noticed this when I was at Hearst Media, particularly with the staff members of Seventeen and Marie Claire magazine. However, both of these magazines are lifestyle mags geared towards teens and women in their 20s and 30s, and most of the staff for both mags were in the latter demographic. I assumed that dressing chic and staying thin was not only for their jobs, but because it was part of this ideal of being a young, hip and trendy woman with a "glamorous" job in NYC (even if the pay sucked).
I think it is a different story at Vogue. Not only is Vogue the most prominent magazine in fasion, most of the staff there are established, older, and have well-respected reputations in the industry. It's not about their appearance, but rather the work they produce.
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scottishonion — 15 years ago(September 09, 2010 11:55 AM)
I would have to agree with the above.
That said, I was surprised at how the workers were dressed subtly and comfortably. I saw a lot of flats on women and (I'm sure designer) t-shirts and blouses. The movie and the book made it sounds like everyone was dressed in ridiculous couture from head to toe all the time. It makes sense though, I would want to be comfortable if I was running around for 12 hours a day. -
miku1385 — 15 years ago(March 21, 2011 11:15 AM)
very well put. for example i know more doctors leading an unhealthy lifestyle, than otherwise. and there's this saying that doctors are the worst patients. i guess this is the irony of life.
with fashion i guess when you're constantly out there to "create" the latest styles, you just see how fleeting everything gets; the only chance to stay fashionable is to go all black. everything else would just seem like yesterday's fad. so they stop trying. -
kaskait — 14 years ago(May 05, 2011 07:59 PM)
I liked the fact that everyone was dressed pretty low key in the office. It looks very much like how everyone else dresses in NYC no matter what the business. The beauty isn't about the busy bees in the office, it is about what is on the magazine page.
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kprp — 14 years ago(July 13, 2011 09:43 PM)
I was so gratified to see that they don't dress up, but for Anna W. She is said to always look impeccable and she looked that way in the film, yet, not as high style as I would have thought. But actually, entirely appropriate and as fashionable as she needs to be.
I noticed that she wore the same necklace frequently, and then, she had it in another color and wore that in Paris.
I was also surprised at how dowdy was her townhouse, though her Long Island estate appeared to be quite extensive and high end. -
Suriname86 — 13 years ago(July 20, 2012 01:05 PM)
The people behind the deux ex machina called fashion know not to feed into it. They wear high-quality clothing that you wouldn't know was designer unless you looked at the tag; this is how the truly affluent and influential live and dress. They get dressed up at shows and events where they know the masses will be viewing them and they can hawk their overpriced goods.
