femininity is defined by popular culture‚ fashion is marketed in makeover films as a method through which women can achieve success interpersonally‚ romantically‚ and professionally (Ferriss‚ 2008‚ p. 42). Upon impressing Miranda with her new look Andy gets invited to Paris fashion week by Miranda which symbolizes Andy’s acceptance into the fashion industry upon conforming to societal constructs of femininity. This professional opportunity extended to Andy correlates with the notion that to advance professionally
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fashion magazine‚ provides the satisfaction of vicarious payback. Its portrait of Miranda Priestly‚ the imperious editor of a glossy rag called Runway‚ is a collage of unforgiven slights and unforgotten grudges‚ glued to the page with pure‚ righteous venom. Ms. Weisberger’s moral was simple‚ and hard to dispute: Nobody‚ however glamorous‚ successful or celebrated‚ has the right to treat another person the way Miranda treats her assistants‚ in particular the narrator‚ an eager Ivy Leaguer named Andy
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Prada Review Jeff Kunkel West Texas A&M Miranda Priestly uses a task style of leadership. Task style “refers to the extent to which the manager initiates and organizes work activity and defines the way works is to be done.” (Powell‚ 2011) Miranda definitely is a leader that defines how the actions of her subordinates should be. She tells them what to do and expects them to handle the tasks regardless of their welfare. Miranda Priestly is a transactional leader. “Transactional leaders
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as a student but is unable to secure a job in journalism‚ had to settle for a job that is related creatively to her choice of expertise. Andrea (Andy) is assigned as the assistant to Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep)‚ who is the editor in chief of Runway magazine based in the busy lives of Manhattan. The tasks Miranda assigns her – range from finding and fetching only vaguely described pants to scoring the latest unpublished Harry Potter manuscript within a very limited time frame. All
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demanding fashion magazine editor Miranda Priestly‚ played by Meryl steep. Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci co-star in support of two leads‚ as catty co-assistant Emily Charlton‚ and critical yet supportive Art Director Nigel. Andrea "Andy" Sachs (Anne Hathaway) is an aspiring journalist fresh out of North-western Uni. Despite that she knows a little about the fashion industry‚ she lands the job “A million girls would kill for”: junior personal assistant to Miranda Priestly (Meryl Steep)‚ the icy editor-in-chief
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fresh out of graduating from university in hopes of finding a job to help reach her dream of becoming a journalist in New York City. However she is sent to Miranda Priestly – the chief editor of Runway‚ a fashion magazine‚ for an interview as an assistant. She reluctantly gives it a shot in knowledge that a year of being an assistant for Miranda would open opportunities for her to become a journalist anywhere she pleased. Although Andrea lacked in experience and knowledge about the fashion industry
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serious one. Andy clears an interview for the job “a million girls would kill for” at fashion magazine Runway‚ not as a journalist but rather the second assistant to the unkind and merciless editor-in- chief‚ Miranda Priestly. Andy accepts the job under the impressions that in an year’s time‚ Miranda would help her persue her dream of becoming a journalist. However‚ Andy soon realises that the position she holds has no professional value and that her position primarily catered to Miranda’s personal needs
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Historical‚ Social‚ Professional and Contemporary Contexts Essay In 1904 German sociologist and philosopher Georg Simmel put forward a theory that there was a “dualism” effect in fashion or as later coined by the press‚ a “trickle down” theory. What Simmel was suggesting was that lower status groups emulate the fashions of higher status groups and in turn higher status groups move onto new styles so as to differentiate themselves from lower groups (Jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk‚ 2014).
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Kors was born Karl Anderson‚ Jr.[3] on Long Island‚ New York‚ the son of Joan Hamburger‚ a former model‚ and her first husband‚ Karl Anderson‚ a college student.[4][5] His mother got remarried to Bill Kors when he was five. Since he was getting a new last name‚ his mother told him that he could choose a new first name as well; he chose to become Michael David Kors.[5] He grew up in Merrick‚ New York and graduated from John F. Kennedy High School in Bellmore‚ New York. Kors’ mother is Jewish and his
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and making them look like bad people. Andrea‚ also known as Andy‚ works as a secretary at the magazine Runway. She works for the great Miranda Priestly‚ the chief editor at Runway‚ and doesn’t really care about the job. Andy is unwilling to change her appearance even if pressured by her colleagues. She is pushed to the edge of her job many times by her boss Miranda and thinks about quitting. She gets help from the art director Nigel and a few other people as she eventually transforms into another
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