Meryl Don't Wear No Prada.

Just in case you were wondering why the book/movie is titled Devil Wears Prada and not Devil Wears Dolce & Gabbana or Devil Wears Calvin Klein, I found this wonderful quote that puts it all into perspective:
"Because, at $490 for a signature nylon and leather hobo purse, $590 for beaded leather sandals and $2,895 for a tweed skirt suit, Prada equals incomparable prestige. If you want to be a fashionista who invokes confidence, not flash or glitz, Prada is the name to wear. When you wear Prada, you feel intelligent and exclusive because only a very small group will recognize what you are wearing. It's not one of those designers that screams money with lots of logos all over their designs."
I don't know whether to laugh or cry at this one. See I get the confidence and exclusivity part but did someone say you feel intelligent when you wear Prada??? A tweed skirt that could feed an entire village? Not so intelligent in my opinion.

You know what's really ironic? Meryl doesn't even wear Prada in the movie! Patricia Field who dressed Meryl for the role admitted that because Meryl isn't a size 0, 2 or 4 they couldn't use sample pieces and the movie budget wouldn't allow for custom made, so she had to turn to Donna Karan (who actually dresses real women) pieces from the 80's. Which she found at a warehouse in New Jersey. Tragic.
Maybe they should have named the movie "Devil Wears What Fits Her".