The Devil Wears Prada
Jennie Garrett
English 102
Ms. Breen
Essay #3 The Devil Wears Prada is one of my favorite movies. The movie is about a girl named Andy who comes to New York and gets a job as the assistant to one of the cities biggest magazine editors named Miranda Priestly. The scene I watched and analyzed was called “This Stuff.” During the scene Miranda Priestly was picking out a belt for a dress. She had two turquoise belts in her hand and her helper said they were both so similar. Andy laughed and said they both look so different and how she is still learning about this stuff. Ms. Priestly gets a little upset by Andy calling it this stuff and goes on a rant about how its not just stuff and how every little detail counts. The claim being made in the scene is that fashion and clothes have everything to do with us. That just a color we wear can represent millions of dollars and every little detail on an outfit defines it. The audience of the scene is obviously Andy, but it is also everyone one else in the room with them. Ms. Priestly isn’t just talking to Andy, she is talking to all her other assistants too and they even back her up with their actions and the um hums that they say after she is done. The claim is that fashion and clothes have everything to do with us. We wear the clothes we pick out to make a statement. Andy’s is that she doesn’t really care and fashion and that it doesn’t define her, when in reality it does. She is serious and doesn’t care about what she puts on. Andy has no clue that the blue she is wearing is really called cerulean, which represents millions of dollars. Ms. Priestly says that Andy thinks she is exempt from the fashion world, but she is wearing a sweater that was selected for her from the people in the room. My interpretation of this is that we choose what we wear, but it is what other perceives it as is what really matters, so they actually decide how you wear it. Every little detail of an outfit defines it and makes it different.
English 102
Ms. Breen
Essay #3 The Devil Wears Prada is one of my favorite movies. The movie is about a girl named Andy who comes to New York and gets a job as the assistant to one of the cities biggest magazine editors named Miranda Priestly. The scene I watched and analyzed was called “This Stuff.” During the scene Miranda Priestly was picking out a belt for a dress. She had two turquoise belts in her hand and her helper said they were both so similar. Andy laughed and said they both look so different and how she is still learning about this stuff. Ms. Priestly gets a little upset by Andy calling it this stuff and goes on a rant about how its not just stuff and how every little detail counts. The claim being made in the scene is that fashion and clothes have everything to do with us. That just a color we wear can represent millions of dollars and every little detail on an outfit defines it. The audience of the scene is obviously Andy, but it is also everyone one else in the room with them. Ms. Priestly isn’t just talking to Andy, she is talking to all her other assistants too and they even back her up with their actions and the um hums that they say after she is done. The claim is that fashion and clothes have everything to do with us. We wear the clothes we pick out to make a statement. Andy’s is that she doesn’t really care and fashion and that it doesn’t define her, when in reality it does. She is serious and doesn’t care about what she puts on. Andy has no clue that the blue she is wearing is really called cerulean, which represents millions of dollars. Ms. Priestly says that Andy thinks she is exempt from the fashion world, but she is wearing a sweater that was selected for her from the people in the room. My interpretation of this is that we choose what we wear, but it is what other perceives it as is what really matters, so they actually decide how you wear it. Every little detail of an outfit defines it and makes it different.