92 Thoughts I Had While Rewatching The Devil Wears Prada

Inexplicably, I’ve never publicly had thoughts about the The Devil Wears Prada—but that hideous oversight ends today. In anticipation of The Devil Wears Prada 2 hitting theaters in just one short week, I’m throwing it back to the original 2006 film, and honestly, watching this film slightly hungover on a Friday moning with an onion bagel in hand (IYKYK) may just be the optimal way to view it.

Below, find quite literally every thought I had while rewatching The Devil Wears Prada:

1. KT Tunstall’s “Suddenly I See”!
2. Let’s absolutely go.
3. This getting-ready sequence really does remind me of when I worked in the New York Vogue office and would stumble out of bed, throw on whatever, eat some random bullshit for breakfast, and wage war with the C train to get to work on time.
4. God, these montage shoes are so fab (I mean, except for Andy’s).
5. Andy does have the superior montage boyfriend, though.
6. A brown briefcase with black shoes…oh, diva.
7. Hey, it’s Emily! Miranda’s first assistant!
8. I mean, the concept of interviewing at a publication and not knowing who their editor-in-chief is gives me hives.
9. Google existed in 2006!
10. Emily said “A million girls would kill for this job”! Everybody drink.
11. Nigel sighted 🙂
12. And he’s yelling “Gird your loins”!
13. These clogs that some Runway assistant is changing out of in favor of heels are very Emma-coded.
14. Then again, I have been known to wear Crocs to the Vogue office (heeled ones from the Simone Rocha collab! I’m not a monster!).
15. Miranda planning to stay at a party for exactly 15 minutes is a vibe.
16. Not too much on the “deeply unattractive” female paratroopers, now.
17. Not this Gwyneth baby weight drive-by!
18. God, the softness of Meryl Streep’s voice as she delivers lethal barbs is really compelling.
19. Never forget that Streep modeled this character after Mike Nichols and Clint Eastwood!
20. A little tip from me to any aspiring journalists who may be reading this: never say “Basically, it’s this or Auto Universe” in an interview.
21. It seems to work out for Andy, though, because she’s got the job.
22. I want to read Andy’s piece on the janitors’ union!
23. Very “Kate Hudson wanting to write about Tajikistan in How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days”-core.
24. Of course Andy’s gay bestie knows who Miranda Priestly is.
25. “A million girls would kill for that job”-counter up to two already.
26. “Has she died or something?” LOL.
27. Is it crazy that I think working at TV Guide sounds fine?
28. At least compared to Andy’s job!
29. Man, a mean British voice on the other end of the phone really disincentivizes one to call repeatedly.
30. I think about Emily coldly saying “Deal with it” to a panicked Andy so often.
31. God, this Miranda smile is terrifying.
32. I’m remembering something my mom told me before I started one of my first jobs: “Never ask your boss for an explanation. Go to your desk, call your friends, look things up online, and figure it out.”
33. She was right!
34. Is Starbucks paying for their name-checks by the word?
35. Then again, I guess they did have the undisputed cultural monopoly on fashion-girlie coffee in the early aughts.
36. “Do the coat” also plays in my head on a loop.
37. This movie may or may not be how I learned what a run-through is.
38. Hey, Gisele!
39. This size-six slander…man, they really would not have known what to do with my size-18 ass.
40. Andy being like, “You think my clothes are hideous, I get it”…I mean, it’s not really a matter of opinion, babe.
41. “A million girls would kill for that job” utterance number three!
42. CERULEAN TIME!
43. Okay, I also didn’t know much about fashion when I started at Vogue, but I will say I had the good sense not to laugh in meetings.
44. You know what, Andy? You got owned! Handle it like a grown-up!
45. Then again, she’s getting a sympathy Jarlsberg grilled cheese made for her by a hot man, so I get it.
46. Aw, Andy’s finally learned to dial Demarchelier!
47. Okay, am I a craven careerist if I think Andy was an idiot to go into her Broadway show while Miranda still hadn’t found a flight?
48. As Miranda says furiously: “This is your job!”
49. “Hire the smart, fat girl.” Brutalissima.
50. God, this get-your-shit-together speech from Nigel rocks.
51. Unrelated: not to kick Andy when she’s down, but this nude sweater blends into her skin tone in a not-so-chic way.
52. It’s Nigel to the rescue with designer samples, though!
53. God, this Chanel-boots reveal is so good.
54. Giving your friends expensive freebies really is a major perk of working in fashion (although I’m fairly sure said freebies went harder in 2006).
55. Man, James Holt’s jawline is not playing around.
56. “You still don’t get it, do you? Her opinion is the only one that matters.” Or, put another way, wake up, Six!
57. Oop, Andy’s being promoted to deliverer of The Book.
58. Not Miranda’s devilish little twins beckoning her upstairs so she can see their mom fighting with her husband!
59. Ugh, not Miranda pleading to be understood…I hate to hear a diva down.
60. Starbucks name-checked again?
61. I do feel like the word “coffee” would have worked just as well.
62. Andy actually pulling off this Harry Potter book coup (and delivering/destroying Miranda’s steak in between) is fairly impressive.
63. Then again, the job of an assistant to a powerful person is to pull off such miracles!
64. But also, never let a Shitty Media Man help you out of a jam, Andy…you’ll live to regret it.
65. I know Christian is famously the Mentalist and all, but I’m simply not into him.
66. Miranda looking shamefaced is so unnatural.
67. Dean & Deluca, I miss you!
68. Nate, grow up. Why would Andy quit now after all the hell she’s been through, when she’s finally starting to figure things out?
69. “Florals? For spring? Groundbreaking.” A classic for a reason.
70. My Vogue and ex-Vogue group chat is addicted to saying “Thank God somebody came to work today” whenever one of us says or does something good.
71. Oh, poor Emily and her unfortunate luck to become “an incubus of viral plague.”
72. I unironically think “Just deal with it, you have to be here” to myself every time I’m stuck in a work obligation I’d like to leave, and honestly, it helps!
73. Whom up greeting Ambassador Franklin and the woman that he left his wife for, Rebecca?
74. This newsboy cap is nutso, but Andy’s kind of working it.
75. Emily 🙁
76. Aw, I miss walking slowly through the New York night during my professional and interpersonal crises.
77. Emily!!!!!! 🙁 🙁 🙁
78. This shot of the scarves falling all over the street after Emily’s car accident really is quite beautiful.
79. Oop, a newly single Andy has landed in Paris.
80. Time for some (limited) celebrity cameos!
81. Time for the ultimate humbling of Miranda, and time for me to once again marvel at Streep’s jaw-dropping acting talent.
82. Never forget how Streep utterly transformed her from the character in the book!
83. Aw, happy Nigel.
84. And Andy’s lost weight!
85. …Yay?
86. The hatred that I have in my heart for Christian could power a medium-sized city.
87. “I’m not your baby.” Tell him, Andy!
88. Oh, sweet Nigel, passed over once again and barely even surprised.
89. “Because of the list.” God, Miranda is such a Tony Soprano-level baller.
90. I want to toss a Sidekick into a Parisian fountain so badly.
91. And she gave Andy a glowing recommendation in the end! Sort of!
92. And that’s a wrap on The Devil Wears Prada! We lived, we laughed, we learned, we saw our workplaces satirized, and now it’s time to count down the seconds until the sequel.