Last week Cosmopolitan magazine hosted a preview screening of The Devil Wears Prada and the Daily What was lucky enough to be invited along. To someone who has spent a large part of his career working on magazines, movies about the publishing industry always seemed way too glamorous and unbelievable. Which begs the question: is The Devil Wears Prada an accurate portrayal of life on a fashion magazine? Well apart from the fact that the offices of the fictional magazine, Runway, are way too nice, there are some striking parallels between fact and fiction. For one thing, Meryl Streep’s portrayal of the fictional editor, Miranda Priestly, was chillingly like many editors I have met over the years – some of whom were in the audience that night.
David Meagher was the fashion editor of The Australian Financial Review magazine for seven years. He has written extensively on fashion and design for a number of publications. His bestselling book It's not Etiquette: A Guide to Modern Manners was published last year and he is also the author of the forthcoming collection of interviews with designers, Fashion Speak to be published by Random House Australia next year. David will be giving What's What the insider fashion news, updated daily.
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