Meryl Streep is serving legendary professionalism and fashion excellence at 76. The press tour showcases her playful side with clever movie references, proving she's fully embracing the sequel's cultural moment while looking absolutely radiant in designer pieces worth more than most people's cars.
Sources close to the production say the original film's costume designer Patricia Field was reportedly 'not consulted' on the sequel — so Erlanger had zero guidance from fashion royalty. Still, the Judith Leiber clutch detail is being hailed as iconic-tier material that fans will obsess over for years.
Erlange prepped exactly 25 designer outfits for the global press tour (source: Page Six interview). Erlanger specifically cited Streep's Givenchy navy sequined cocoon coat from the New York premiere as her personal favorite look. The custom Judith Leiber Couture clutch was modeled after 'The Book' — the spiral-bound Runway mock-up Miranda Priestly reviews each night in the 2006 original.
Twenty years later and Streep is still winning fashion — this time with a crystal clutch that honors the film's most iconic prop. That's not just style, that's legacy maintenance.
Meryl Streep is not playing games during "The Devil Wears Prada 2" press tour, and the numbers prove it. Celebrity stylist Micaela Erlange prepped no fewer than 25 different designer outfits for the legendary actress's globe-trotting promotional run — a logistical feat that Fishman reported on in her Page Six Style interview with the stylist. The 76-year-old star has been serving looks that blend pure cinema reverence with her signature elegance.
In New York City, Streep stepped out in sleek black Celine separates cinched with four different belts that "did not look exactly the same" — Erlanger confirmed this was a clever wink to Miranda Priestly's iconic cerulean sweater monologue from the 2006 original. For those who need a refresher: that's when Andy Sachs tries to explain why she's wearing a cerulean cardigan, and Miranda shuts her down with the legendary speech about how that blue sweater represents millions of dollars and countless jobs.
Streep wearing four variations of essentially the same piece? That's not an outfit, that's a thesis statement. But the real showstopper came at the New York premiere, where Erlanger named Streep's Givenchy navy sequined cocoon coat as her personal favorite fashion moment from the entire tour.
Sequins in that silhouette on a 76-year-old woman walking carpets for a sequel to one of the most beloved films in cinema history? That's what we call aging like fine wine and dressing like you own the building. And then there's the accessory that's currently breaking the internet: a custom, crystal-covered Judith Leiber Couture clutch modeled after "The Book" — the infamous spiral-bound Runway mock-up that Miranda Priestly reviews each night.
Yes, Streep is carrying an enlarged, bedazzled version of the props that defined her character's tyranny in the first film. The woman who once told Andy to picture an outfit "with just a little black ribbon with a quintessentially British flap" is now holding a crystal representation of the very thing that made Runway magazine legendary. If this isn't full-circle storytelling, I don't know what is.
The press tour continues globally, but Erlanger has already succeeded where many stylists would crumble: she's made Meryl Streep's wardrobe feel both reverent to the source material and fresh enough to justify a sequel that fans have been demanding for two decades. Twenty years later, Miranda Priestly is still setting fashion standards — this time with 25 outfits and a crystal book clutch worth more than most people's rent.
