LIKE MANY OF us working in magazines and reporting on style, fashion and jewelry, Amanda Priestly is navigating the changes that have taken place in publishing over almost 20 years. That is how long since the cult favorite film, The Devil Wears Prada (2006), based on Lauren Weisberger’s book, first appeared on movie screens with Meryl Streep in the role of the terrifying and sharp-tongued EIC of the fictionalized fashion magazine Runway. Streep reprises her role as Miranda Priestly alongside fellow actresses Anne Hathaway as Andy Sachs and Emily Blunt as Emily Charlton, all of whom have been spotted on the streets of New York in high fashion outfits, designer jewelry and accessories while shooting scenes from the sequel Devil Wears Prada 2 (once again written by Aline Brosh McKenna and directed by David Frankel).
I have watched the original film more times than I can count and am awaiting the day The Devil Wears Prada 2 hits theaters. In the meantime, getting some glimpses of Streep, Hathaway, Blunt and newcomers Simone Ashley, Pauline Chalamet and Lucy Liu shooting scenes will have to tide me and other fans over until the film opens in May 2026, which will then be two decades after the first movie came out.
To paraphrase what the Puck news site first reported on the sequel’s storyline: Miranda is nearing the end of her career and faces the decline of traditional magazine publishing, which forces her to go head to head with her former assistant Emily Charlton, who is now a high-powered executive at a luxury group, whose advertising dollars Priestly desperately needs.
One of the memorable lines Miranda throws out in the original film — “by all means, move at a glacial pace” — is possibly what I am doing reporting about the jewelry Streep is wearing in different scenes being filmed.
So here is what we have seen so far: a range of Briony Raymond essentials, including bold chains, on-the-lobe earrings and diamond band rings, along with Cartier Tank Française watches. She also wears hoop earrings and a wide bracelet in one scene with Stanley Tucci, who also returns to the sequel.
PHOTO COURTESY OF SHUTTERSTOCK | PHOTOS OF JEWELRY COURTESY OF BRIONY RAYMOND
This is one of my favorite looks so far that suits the character of Miranda so well: a pale gray blazer and midi skirt suit with a Briony Raymond white gold Jumbo Cobalt Necklace and yellow gold Slim Sloan Ring. It is here she also wear hoop earrings, a stainless steel Cartier Tank Française small model watch and a wide bracelet. I am dying to find out whose loaned this and if it is a modern designer or a vintage piece.
PHOTO COURTESY OF SHUTTERSTOCK | PHOTOS OF JEWELRY COURTESY OF BRIONY RAYMOND
In this scene, Streep is in a Sa Su Phi camel coat, white shirt and navy pants and wearing Briony Raymond’s yellow gold Jumbo Cobalt chain, yellow gold Jumbo Sloan Dome Earrings, and Slim Sloan diamond ring and yellow gold watch.
PHOTO OF WHITE GOLD SLIM SLOAN DIAMOND RING COURTESY OF BRIONY RAYMOND
With a purple shirt, leather skirt and camel coat, Streep wears what look to be gold and diamond earrings from an unknown source and a Briony Raymond white gold Slim Sloan Diamond Ring.
And here are Miranda and Nigel in the fictional arrival at the MET Gala in the film with Miranda wearing a pair of ruby and diamond front-facing earrings. Hopefully I can update this post once I find out whose earrings these are. But they are definitely in keeping with the character and the event in the scene.
And for all you jewelry enthusiasts who aren’t familiar with one of the original necklaces Streep wears as Miranda in the first film. here is the intel on the historical piece:
PHOTO COURTESY OF SHUTTERSTOCK
The Egyptian Revival necklace pictured above was made by Hancocks & Co. and gifted by King Edward VII to his mistress Lillie Langtry. Hancocks purchased it back for their archives when it came on the auction block from a private owner in 2003. The necklace is circa 1870s and features a serpent’s head clasp suspending a winged enamel scarab, a large faience scarab, a carved carnelian shell, and tassels of coral drops, ram’s heads, turquoise cabochons and carved moonstones. The jewelers lent it for the 2006 film. It traveled around the globe in an exhibit and is now back in London, where it remains in its original box.
Who else can’t wait to see the film, which captures the spirit of jewelry we are seeing today as well as a dramatic but insightful look into the world of high fashion and the publishing industry?
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