Vogue cover brings double Miranda Moment

Looking at the new cover of Vogue feels like seeing double: Meryl Streep and Anna Wintour are sitting side by side, portrayed by Annie Leibovitz in two different Prada looks.

The occasion is the lead-up to the theatrical debut of The Devil Wears Prada 2, the highly anticipated sequel inspired by the world of fashion, set to be released on May 1—on the eve, not coincidentally, of the Met Gala, which Wintour has overseen for decades, CE Report quotes ANSA.

“Time is precious: this meeting is the result of months of planning and considerable persistence, and it was accompanied by an extraordinary photo shoot. Leibovitz captures Anna and Meryl with Grace Coddington as stylist—a powerhouse quartet if there ever was one,” writes Chloe Malle, who took over as editor of Vogue US from Wintour last September.

She recalls in her “letter from the editor” how, 20 years ago, she attended the New York premiere of the first film in the series with her mother, Candice Bergen (her father was director Louis Malle), in which Streep—just as today—played Miranda Preston, the editor-in-chief of a fashion magazine loosely inspired by Vogue.

At the new meeting in a Manhattan hotel, both Meryl and Anna—both 76 years old and both grandmothers—arrive wearing yellow scarves, “like a pair of generals with matching insignia,” Chloe writes, wondering, “what happens when two Mirandas are in the same room?” Also present is director Greta Gerwig, who directed Meryl (Aunt March) in Little Women (2019). A declared fan of The Devil Wears Prada—referred to by Vogue as DWP2—Greta volunteered to moderate the conversation.

The two Mirandas begin by talking about coats, a recurring motif in the first film. “I like them. They cover all the sins of what’s underneath,” says Streep. “And they’re easy to try on,” Wintour echoes.

The two women at the top of their respective fields—fashion and cinema—address important issues during the conversation.

“It strikes me that women in power are expected to show their arms on TV, while men are covered in shirts, ties, or suits. In being women, there seems to be an implicit excuse: they must show their ‘smallness,’” says Meryl.

Meanwhile, Anna rejects the idea that the fashion system is “falling apart,” as suggested by the actress: “We’re evolving. We’re still here. We’re all doing our work in different ways and across multiple platforms instead of just one. We’re reaching far more people.”