“She loves an accessory, but there’s a fearless thing with her. Less worried about what anybody thinks.”
Wintour also spoke about the two films and insisted she doesn’t mind the comparison because it’s an “honour” to be played by Streep. She told the publication: “First of all, I’d like to say it’s such an honour to be played by Meryl, however distant Miranda is from myself.
Meryl Streep says her character, Miranda Priestly, has a simpler style in the sequel for The Devil Wears Prada, with less emphasis on hair and accessories. Photo / Getty Images
“Who wouldn’t think that that wasn’t the most extraordinary gift?”
The Devil Wears Prada 2 reunites Streep with her co-stars Anne Hathaway and Emily Blunt, who return as Andy Sachs and Emily Charlton respectively.
Blunt returned to a red bob for her role but she’s admitted she had to wear a wig for the shoot because dyeing her hair would have been too much hassle.
She previously told Vogue: “You see a flash of it [the red hair] and people know it’s her [the character]. But it was a wig – that kind of red is too hard to maintain!”
Hathaway’s character Andy is seen sporting a fashion-focused wardrobe in the second film and the actor admitted she needed a story to explain how a reporter working these days could afford designer gear – revealing she came up with the idea Andy must be a fan of thrift stores.
She told the publication: “I made it an actual story point in the film that we had to explain how somebody who, working as a writer in these times, could have a fabulous wardrobe.
“I pitched that Andy went on to do investigative journalism, travelled the world for 15 years … and when you’ve had an education at a place like [fictional magazine] Runway, you know what to do when you see a consignment shop. So she’s been thrifting for the better part of 20 years.”