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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Jess Cartner-Morley

Death of the gatekeeper: Devil Wears Prada 2 depicts a revolution in the fashion world

Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Stanley Tucci and Emily Blunt
Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Stanley Tucci and Emily Blunt at the The Devil Wears Prada 2 premiere in London on Wednesday. Photograph: Anthony Harvey/Shutterstock

The National Gallery was the grand setting for the party that followed The Devil Wears Prada 2’s London premiere this week. Donatella Versace held court in a roped-off area beneath Paul Delaroche’s The Execution of Lady Jane Grey.

Meryl Streep, reprising her role as Miranda Priestly – Anna Wintour’s fictional alter ego – wore a red satin Prada coat as a nod to the film’s title and black sunglasses as a wink to Wintour. Glossy magazine editors from Spain, Germany and the Netherlands, flown in for the night, nibbled on fried chicken served with caviar and dishes of mac and cheese presented theatrically under silver cloches.

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