The Devil Wears Prada

Author: Lauren Weisberger & Gu Hongli
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Prada! Armani! Versace! It's an increasingly glamorous era. Fashion is close at hand. But do you really want to squeeze into that dizzying circle? The debut novelist Weisberger wrote such an office story and became famous overnight. This book sharply exposes the truth of fashion life and the fashion world, revealing the multifaceted nature of fashion, especially the reality and vulnerability of people in the face of fashion. It was on the New York Times bestseller list for 6 months and published in 27 countries. It will be adapted into a Hollywood blockbuster by renowned director David Frankel.
A report stated, the most popular brand is Estée Lauder, the most bourgeois brand is CK, and the most professional brand is Clinique. From the media to shopping malls to our bodies and faces, we are filled with the intoxicating scent of confusion. Suddenly, fashion is close at hand. Have you ever felt a strange sense of exhilaration when indulging in fashion, enduring the painful sting of spending money? Have you been proud of finally developing the expert eyes that can instantly recognize brands and materials with just a glance? We are ordinary people. Fashion is ordinary to us. If one day, you are honorably elevated to the () of fashion's highest platform, surrounded by the opulent and tender embrace of the world's top brands, how will you fare?
The debut novelist Weisberger wrote such an office story and became famous overnight. This book was on the New York Times bestseller list for 6 months and published in 27 countries. In the novel, the life of the small-town girl Andrea changes after graduating from college in the United States, working at , a prestigious fashion magazine. She is the assistant to the editor-in-chief, Miranda, a tyrant who indulges in countless luxury brands and is the most influential woman in the fashion world, her name alone intimidating thousands of girls. Andrea must keep her phone on at all times and remain perpetually anxious. In just ten months, she realizes she can no longer maintain intimate relationships with her boyfriend Alex or any of her family. Their disappointment drives her to the brink of madness. In that place where everyone seems to suffer from neurotic anorexia, anything related to rationality and logic becomes indefinitely ineffective. Finally, at a fashion show in Paris, an unknown assistant speaks out against the great legend of the fashion world, saying something earth-shattering.
Distance is beauty—this seems reasonable. The first kiss with fashion isn't as sweet as it might seem. For us in this modern era with limited living space, fashion indeed represents value, confidence, or dreams. However, to be honest, when I first received the proofs, I thought this book would be even more intoxicating, expecting to find an excited and restless heart amidst the of brands like Gucci, Chanel, and Polo. Yet this book has a strange magic that makes you grow calmer the more you read it. The further you delve into the story of the fashion woman, the more calmly you can examine your own soul. It sharply exposes the truth of fashion life and the fashion world, revealing the multifaceted nature of fashion, especially the reality and vulnerability of people in the face of fashion.
No, none of this really matters to you, I remind myself constantly. This is just a part of that world, and that world is not the place you aspire to be. Prada! Armani! Versace! Day doesn't understand the darkness of night. This is truly an increasingly glamorous era, as the media bombards us with distorted portrayals of fashion's splendor, and we desperately chase after images of unrestrained pursuit. The figures in the fashion world have long been shrouded in a frenzied aura of demonization, much like the villainess Miranda in this book. Do you want to squeeze into such a dizzying circle? Or do you want to keep being yourself?
Whatever the case, fashion is both heaven and hell. In a way, fashion is like a face mask—it ultimately cannot change muscle weakness. A healthy lifestyle is still best left in your own hands. We are ordinary people. Fashion is ordinary to us.