THE PLOT OF THE FILM A COMEDY DRAMA DIRECTED BY DAVID FRANKEL BASED ON THE BOOK OF THE SAME NAME BY LAUREN WEISBERGER, TELLING ABOUT A GIRL WHO GOT A JOB AT ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL FASHION MAGAZINES. THE FILM ATTRACTED ATTENTION, AMONG OTHER THINGS, BY THE FACT THAT, ACCORDING TO CRITICS, ANNA WINTOUR, THE EDITOR OF VOGUE MAGAZINE, KNOWN FOR HER TOUGH LEADERSHIP STYLE, BECAME THE PROTOTYPE OF ONE OF THE MAIN CHARACTERS. THE FILM IS ONE OF THE RECORD HOLDERS FOR THE COST OF COSTUMES, WHICH AMOUNTED TO ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS. HISTORY OF CREATION • THE FILM'S DIRECTOR DAVID FRENKEL AND PRODUCER WENDY FINERMAN READ THE BOOK "THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA" IN ITS PUBLISHED FORM[1]. ITS FILM ADAPTATION WAS SUPPOSED TO BE FRENKEL'S SECOND MAJOR WORK. HE, CINEMATOGRAPHER FLORIAN BALLHOUSE AND COSTUME DESIGNER PATRICIA FIELD ALREADY HAD SERIOUS EXPERIENCE IN SHOOTING SUCH FILMS, AS THEY PARTICIPATED IN THE CREATION OF THE SERIES "SEX AND THE CITY". COSTUME DESIGN • FRANKEL, WHO WORKED WITH PATRICIA FIELD ON MIAMI RHAPSODY EVEN BEFORE HIS DEBUT SEX AND THE CITY, KNEW THAT CHOOSING GOOD COSTUMES FOR ACTORS STARRING IN A FILM ABOUT THE FASHION INDUSTRY WAS AN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TASK. "MY ROLE WAS TO RECRUIT ACTORS AND LEAVE," HE JOKED LATER. • THE DESIGNERS WHO DIDN'T WANT TO APPEAR ON SCREEN HELPED FIELD A LOT WITH THE COSTUMES. HOWEVER, THE ORIGINALLY PLANNED BUDGET OF $100,000 (ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND) WAS NOT ENOUGH, IT HAD TO BE REPLENISHED WITH THE HELP OF FRIENDS FROM THE INDUSTRY. IN THE END, THE COSTUME DESIGN COST THE FILMMAKERS $1 MILLION, WHICH MADE THE FILM ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE IN HISTORY BY THIS INDICATOR. MIRANDA'S NECKLACE ALONE WAS BOUGHT FOR $100,000. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION
