{"id":1909452,"date":"2026-04-29T20:22:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T17:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1909452"},"modified":"2026-04-29T20:22:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T17:22:00","slug":"the-devil-wears-prada-2-is-depressingly-accurate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1909452","title":{"rendered":"The Devil Wears Prada 2 is depressingly accurate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1200\/626-357-2227-1485\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/4\/1444202.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"main-article standard \">\n<div class=\"article-main-content article-wrapper has-media-but-its-an-image\" data-status=\"loaded\" data-primary-article=\"true\" data-url=\"\/fashion\/article\/70167\/1\/the-devil-wears-prada-2-review-fashion-redundancy-ozempic-ai-billionaires\" data-article-id=\"70167\">\n<header class=\"article-header has-landscape-image no-media\">\n<div class=\"wrapper dg-max-width\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<figure class=\"main-img no-figcaption\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"1.5\" data-template=\"Standard Article\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"TDWP2-02725_R\" class=\"img\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1400\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/4\/1444202.jpg\" width=\"3000\"><\/span><\/span><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"inner\"><time datetime=\"2026-04-29T20:22:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"29 April 2026\"><span class=\"month\">April<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"29\">29,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<div class=\"titles\">\n<div class=\"tags\">\n<div class=\"sections\"><a class=\"category vertical - fashion\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/fashion\">Fashion<\/a><br \/>\n\/<br \/>\n<a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/opinion\">Opinion<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"standard-tag-container\"><a class=\"standard-category\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/fashion\">Fashion<\/a> \/<br \/>\n<a class=\"standard-series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/opinion\">Opinion<\/a><\/div>\n<h1 class=\"title\"><span>The Devil Wears Prada 2 is <span class=\"nowrap\">depressingly accurate<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"standfirst\">\n<h2>Redundancy, Ozempic, AI and billionaires: the sequel to the charming 2006 classic is a horror film for anyone working <span class=\"nowrap\">in fashion<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><time datetime=\"2026-04-29T20:22:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"29 April 2026\"><span class=\"month\">April<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"29\">29,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><time datetime=\"2026-04-29T20:22:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"29 April 2026\"><span class=\"month\">April<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"29\">29,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/p>\n<div class=\"providers\">\n<div class=\"contributors\"><span class=\"contributor\" data-contributor-role=\"Text\"><span class=\"contributor-role\">Text<\/span><a class=\"contributor-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/user\/isobelvandyke\">Isobel Van Dyke<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article-body-container\">\n<div class=\"article-body wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><em>Warning: spoilers ahead.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span>In 2006, <\/span><em><span>The Devil Wears Prada<\/span><\/em><span> sold us a dream. It wasn\u2019t meant to. It was meant to depict working at magazines, especially fashion magazines, as a nightmare. But instead, a million girls and gays across the world agreed that yes, we would kill for that job. So we put in the work: studied the right subjects at school and then university; spent countless hours scouring the small, tucked-away fashion section of our local Waterstones; went to the exhibitions; worked gruelling internships; and finally, twenty years later, we landed the job. Only to discover that the dream we were sold no longer exists.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In the opening scene of <\/span><em><span>The Devil Wears Prada 2, <\/span><\/em><span>Andrea Sachs (Anne Hathaway) and her entire local newspaper team are made redundant via text message. \u201cEveryone I know is going through this,\u201d grumbles one of her colleagues. The persistent threat of the \u2018death of print\u2019 has loomed over our heads for more than a decade, and yet, we\u2019ve always managed, one way or another, to kick it down the line. That being said, sometimes kicking it down the line has meant jumping ship \u2013 I personally have been made redundant from two of my three jobs in journalism.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Due to social media and increasingly short attention spans, magazines in 2026 are feeling the pressure more than ever. In March, we were devastated to learn that <\/span><em><span>The Face <\/span><\/em><span>had shuttered, seven years after its relaunch. Earlier this month, Cond\u00e9 Nast\u2019s <\/span><em><span>Self <\/span><\/em><span>announced that it would be closing after 47 years; London\u2019s <\/span><em><span>Evening Standard <\/span><\/em><span>newspaper has merged with <\/span><em><span>The Independent, <\/span><\/em><span>and rumours about other publications are already circulating. According to the Instagram account for Cond\u00e9 Nast\u2019s Union, @condeunited, last week, the company allegedly made major cuts at <\/span><em><span>Glamour<\/span><\/em><span> and <\/span><em><span>Vanity Fair<\/span><\/em><span>. And that\u2019s all within the past two months.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"inline-img expandable dev-view-hide\" data-img=\"5ad45c0f-292b-464d-814d-b43b00cbdbfa\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/2000\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/4\/1444211.jpg\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"1.5\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Devil Wears Prada 2\" class=\"img\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/786\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/4\/1444211.jpg\" width=\"3000\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of Disney<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>In <\/span><em><span>The Devil Wears Prada 2, <\/span><\/em><span>the redundancy chat doesn\u2019t start and end in the first scene; it\u2019s the theme of the entire film. Emily Blunt\u2019s character \u2013 also called Emily \u2013 has now left the fictional <\/span><em><span>Runway <\/span><\/em><span>magazine and has done what many fashion journalists are doing nowadays: working in-house at a brand. In this case, Dior. After being made redundant, Andy turns her mind to writing a book, before being re-hired at <\/span><em><span>Runway <\/span><\/em><span>as features editor (skip to a montage of her pulling her hair out, tirelessly chasing clicks and being pressured to drive website traffic).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In one particularly haunting monologue, Nigel (Stanley Tucci), details the time, energy, manpower and money it takes to do a photoshoot, only for the image to end up being scrolled past on social media, gazed at for less than a second. He notes that while \u201cthe book\u201d (the physical magazine) still exists, no one is buying or reading it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It\u2019s all very doom and gloom, and right now, feels especially close to the bone. So, what\u2019s the happy ending to this \u2018feel-good film\u2019? Surely there\u2019s some glimmer of hope that we can glean from the fate of <\/span><em><span>Runway <\/span><\/em><span>magazine. Ah yes: you just needa billionaire to swoop in and save you and your entire team.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>I wish I could say that redundancy was the only accurate part of the movie. Sadly not. Ozempic and AI are both discussed in passing conversation, like things we\u2019ve grown used to, rather than anything to be shocked by. The cherry on top of it all is when, at the end of the film, it\u2019s revealed that Andy only got re-hired because Nigel put in a good word for her, proving that it\u2019s never how good you are, it\u2019s who you know.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Anyone who describes <\/span><em><span>The Devil Wears Prada 2 <\/span><\/em><span>as \u2018heartwarming\u2019 has either never been made redundant, has never had to consider redundancy, or simply, has a lot of money. It\u2019s a bleak and unnecessary reminder of the state of today&#8217;s fashion industry. Beyond acting as a two-hour-long advert for several major fashion houses, I don\u2019t know who this film was made for. Certainly not the fans who loved the original and now work in magazines. In 2006, a million girls decided that they would kill for that job. 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Get The Drop<\/h1>\n<div class=\"meta-row\">\n<p class=\"meta\">Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/privacy-policy\" class=\"meta-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nPrivacy policy<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"confirmation\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<p class=\"confirmation-title\">Thank you. You have been subscribed<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/privacy-policy\" class=\"meta-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nPrivacy policy<br \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article-body wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><em>Warning: spoilers ahead.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span>In 2006, <\/span><em><span>The Devil Wears Prada<\/span><\/em><span> sold us a dream. It wasn\u2019t meant to. It was meant to depict working at magazines, especially fashion magazines, as a nightmare. But instead, a million girls and gays across the world agreed that yes, we would kill for that job. So we put in the work: studied the right subjects at school and then university; spent countless hours scouring the small, tucked-away fashion section of our local Waterstones; went to the exhibitions; worked gruelling internships; and finally, twenty years later, we landed the job. Only to discover that the dream we were sold no longer exists.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In the opening scene of <\/span><em><span>The Devil Wears Prada 2, <\/span><\/em><span>Andrea Sachs (Anne Hathaway) and her entire local newspaper team are made redundant via text message. \u201cEveryone I know is going through this,\u201d grumbles one of her colleagues. The persistent threat of the \u2018death of print\u2019 has loomed over our heads for more than a decade, and yet, we\u2019ve always managed, one way or another, to kick it down the line. That being said, sometimes kicking it down the line has meant jumping ship \u2013 I personally have been made redundant from two of my three jobs in journalism.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Due to social media and increasingly short attention spans, magazines in 2026 are feeling the pressure more than ever. In March, we were devastated to learn that <\/span><em><span>The Face <\/span><\/em><span>had shuttered, seven years after its relaunch. Earlier this month, Cond\u00e9 Nast\u2019s <\/span><em><span>Self <\/span><\/em><span>announced that it would be closing after 47 years; London\u2019s <\/span><em><span>Evening Standard <\/span><\/em><span>newspaper has merged with <\/span><em><span>The Independent, <\/span><\/em><span>and rumours about other publications are already circulating. According to the Instagram account for Cond\u00e9 Nast\u2019s Union, @condeunited, last week, the company allegedly made major cuts at <\/span><em><span>Glamour<\/span><\/em><span> and <\/span><em><span>Vanity Fair<\/span><\/em><span>. And that\u2019s all within the past two months.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"inline-img expandable dev-view-hide\" data-img=\"5ad45c0f-292b-464d-814d-b43b00cbdbfa\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/2000\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/4\/1444211.jpg\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"1.5\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Devil Wears Prada 2\" class=\"img\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/786\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/4\/1444211.jpg\" width=\"3000\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of Disney<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>In <\/span><em><span>The Devil Wears Prada 2, <\/span><\/em><span>the redundancy chat doesn\u2019t start and end in the first scene; it\u2019s the theme of the entire film. Emily Blunt\u2019s character \u2013 also called Emily \u2013 has now left the fictional <\/span><em><span>Runway <\/span><\/em><span>magazine and has done what many fashion journalists are doing nowadays: working in-house at a brand. In this case, Dior. After being made redundant, Andy turns her mind to writing a book, before being re-hired at <\/span><em><span>Runway <\/span><\/em><span>as features editor (skip to a montage of her pulling her hair out, tirelessly chasing clicks and being pressured to drive website traffic).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In one particularly haunting monologue, Nigel (Stanley Tucci), details the time, energy, manpower and money it takes to do a photoshoot, only for the image to end up being scrolled past on social media, gazed at for less than a second. He notes that while \u201cthe book\u201d (the physical magazine) still exists, no one is buying or reading it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It\u2019s all very doom and gloom, and right now, feels especially close to the bone. So, what\u2019s the happy ending to this \u2018feel-good film\u2019? Surely there\u2019s some glimmer of hope that we can glean from the fate of <\/span><em><span>Runway <\/span><\/em><span>magazine. Ah yes: you just needa billionaire to swoop in and save you and your entire team.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>I wish I could say that redundancy was the only accurate part of the movie. Sadly not. Ozempic and AI are both discussed in passing conversation, like things we\u2019ve grown used to, rather than anything to be shocked by. The cherry on top of it all is when, at the end of the film, it\u2019s revealed that Andy only got re-hired because Nigel put in a good word for her, proving that it\u2019s never how good you are, it\u2019s who you know.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Anyone who describes <\/span><em><span>The Devil Wears Prada 2 <\/span><\/em><span>as \u2018heartwarming\u2019 has either never been made redundant, has never had to consider redundancy, or simply, has a lot of money. It\u2019s a bleak and unnecessary reminder of the state of today&#8217;s fashion industry. Beyond acting as a two-hour-long advert for several major fashion houses, I don\u2019t know who this film was made for. Certainly not the fans who loved the original and now work in magazines. In 2006, a million girls decided that they would kill for that job. 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