Andy (Andrea Sachs) is an aspiring journalist who just graduated from Northwestern University and is looking for a job. Although Andy lacks the knowledge and passion for the fashion Industry she lands a job as the assistant for the infamous Miranda Priestly, the editor-in-chief of the Runway magazine, a job that “millions of girls would kill for”
At first Andy struggles to get along with her gossipy fashion-crazed co-workers, especially Mirandas senior assistant, Emily Charlton.
After an incident were Andy unintentionally giggles at the “ridiculousness of fashion” involving a dress and accessories, Miranda berates her and teaches her a lesson about fashion and its impact in front of all her co-workers...
Andy approaches Mirandas art director Nigel to help her learn the rules and ropes of the world of fashion. Andy then starts dressing more professional, stylish, and in with the fashion, to start showing effort for her position as Mirandas fashion assistant and even starts accommodating to all of Miranda’s whims and fancies.
As Andy starts focusing on her job and Miranda's needs problems start arising in Andys personal relationships with friends and her boyfriend, Nate, who finds it annoying that Andy spends too much time at work.
Miranda notices Andys changed of appearance, attitude towards fashion, and commitment and begins to give her more responsibility and complicated tasks to handle. Slowly but surely, Andy becomes more glamorous and begins aligning herself, unwittingly at first, to the Runway philosophy.
Emily, meanwhile, is consumed with the thought of attending Paris Fashion Week as Miranda's assistant, and starts to lose her health by attempting extreme diets. At a charity benefit, Emily fails to provide information about a guest making his way to meet Miranda. Andy manages to save Miranda from embarrassment and is rewarded by being asked to replace Emily as Miranda's assistant at Fashion Week in Paris.
Miranda tells Andy to inform Emily that she will not be going to Paris, but when Andy calls Emily, Emily is hit by a car and ends up in the hospital. Andy then tells the recovering Emily the news and Emily is infuriated.
In Paris, Andy learns from Miranda herself about her impending divorce. Later that night, Nigel tells Andy that he has accepted a job as creative director with rising designer James Holt. Further
Andy spends the night with an attractive young writer, Christian Thompson, who reveals to her that Miranda is set to be replaced by Jacqueline Follet as editor of Runway. Feeling bad for Miranda in her current situation, Andy attempts to warn her but does not manage to get through.
At a luncheon later that day, however, Miranda announces Jacqueline as the new creative director to Holt, leaving Andy and Nigel stunned. Later in the car, Miranda explains to Andy that she already knew of the plot to replace her and sacrificed Nigel instead to keep her own job.
When Andy seems repulsed, Miranda points out that Andy did the same with Emily by stepping over her and agreeing to go to Paris. When they stop, Andy gets out and throws her cell phone into the fountain of the Place de la Concorde, leaving Miranda, Runway, and fashion behind.
Sometime later, Andy meets up with Nate and apologizes. They eventually reconcile as Nate finds a new job as a sous chef in Boston.
Andy is interviewed and accepted to work at a major New York publication company. The editor recounts how he called Runway for a reference, and was told by Miranda herself that while Andy was one of the biggest disappointments she ever had as an assistant he would be an idiot not to hire her.
While passing the Runway office building in the afternoon, Andy sees Miranda get into a car and waves. Miranda does not acknowledge or wave back, but smiles to herself once she is seated in the car.
The Devil Wears Prada summary:
The film begins with Andrea “Andy” Sachs an aspiring journalist who just graduated from from Northwestern University and Is looking for a job. Although Andy lacks the knowledge and passion for the fashion Industry she lands a job as the assistant for the infamous Miranda Priestly, the editor-in-chief of the Runway magazine, a job that “millions of girls would kill for”. Andy isn’t to sure of working there since she doesn’t want to put up with Miranda’s excessive demands and treatment but plans on tolerating it for at least a year in hopes of getting good reviews for future jobs as a reporter or writer. At first Andy struggles to get along with her gossipy fashion-crazed co-workers, especially Mirandas senior assistant, Emily Charlton. After an incident were Andy unintentionally giggles at the “ridiculousness of fashion” involving a dress and accessories, Miranda berates her and teaches her a lesson in front of all her co-workers, Andy approaches the Mirandas art director Nigel to help her learn the rules and ropes of the world of fashion. Andy then starts dressing more professional, stylish, and in with the fashion, to start showing effort for her position as Mirandas fashion assistant and even starts accommodating to all of Miranda’s whims and fancies. As Andy starts focusing to her job first and miranda’s needs problems start arising in Andys personal relationships with friends and her boyfriend, Nate, who finds it annoying that Andy spends too much time at work. Miranda notices Andys changed of appearance, attitude towards fashion, and commitment and begins to give her more responsibility and complicated tasks to handle. Slowly but surely, Andy becomes more glamorous and begins aligning herself, unwittingly at first, to the Runway philosophy. She gradually begins to outperform Emily at her job. Emily, meanwhile, is consumed with the thought of attending Paris Fashion Week as Miranda's assistant, and starts to lose her health by attempting extreme diets. At a charity benefit, she fails to provide information about a guest making his way to meet Miranda. Andy manages to save Miranda from embarrassment and is rewarded by being asked to replace Emily as Miranda's assistant at Fashion Week. Miranda tells Andy to inform Emily that she will not be going to Paris, but when Andy calls Emily, Emily is hit by a car and ends up in the hospital. Andy then tells the recovering Emily the news and Emily is infuriated. When Andy tells Nate the news, he is angered that she has become what she once ridiculed and they break up.
In Paris, Andy learns from Miranda herself about her impending divorce. Later that night, Nigel tells Andy that he has accepted a job as creative director with rising designer James Holt. Further, Andy spends the night with an attractive young writer, Christian Thompson, who reveals to her that Miranda is set to be replaced by Jacqueline Follet as editor of Runway. Feeling bad for Miranda in her current situation, Andy attempts to warn her but does not manage to get through.
At a luncheon later that day, however, Miranda announces Jacqueline as the new creative director to Holt, leaving Andy and Nigel stunned. Later in the car, Miranda explains to Andy that she already knew of the plot to replace her and sacrificed Nigel instead to keep her own job. When Andy seems repulsed, Miranda points out that Andy did the same with Emily by stepping over her and agreeing to go to Paris. When they stop, Andy gets out and throws her cell phone into the fountain of the Place de la Concorde, leaving Miranda, Runway, and fashion behind.
Sometime later, Andy meets up with Nate and apologizes. They eventually reconcile as Nate finds a new job as a sous chef in Boston. The same day, Andy is interviewed and accepted to work at a major New York publication company. The editor recounts how he called Runway for a reference, and was told by Miranda herself that while Andy was one of the biggest disappointments she ever had as an assistant he would be an idiot not to hire her. Andy then calls Emily and reconciles with her by offering her the dresses she obtained at Paris. While passing the Runway office building in the afternoon, Andy sees Miranda get into a car and waves. Miranda does not acknowledge or wave back, but smiles to herself once she is seated in the car.
Andrea "Andy" Sachs is an aspiring journalist who gets a job as a fashion assistant for the famous Miranda Priestly, editor in chief of the runway magazine, who struggles to balance her job in the fashion Industry and her Personal life.
