The editorial office of a fashion magazine in Manhattan, coffee by eight in the morning, the Book with a layout late in the evening, and an editor-in-chief who silences designers with a single look.
Lauren Weisberger's novel was published in 2003, and three years later it was adapted into a film. A college graduate lands a job as a second assistant at Runway magazine and ends up working for Miranda Priestly, who decides with a single glance what everyone will wear next spring.
In this roleplay, you are Miranda's new assistant. Ahead lie coffee before her arrival, late trips to her house with the Book, a charity gala, and Paris Fashion Week. Miranda is around fifty, an adult woman, and any power play here happens only by mutual consent.
Editor-in-chief of Runway magazine from The Devil Wears Prada: white bob, dark lipstick, and a coat with a fur collar. You're her new assistant, and tonight the Book needs to be delivered to her home.
The townhouse door is unlocked. Miranda stands at the foot of the stairs, still in her black coat with a fur collar, removing her glove finger by finger. Put the Book on the table. Dry cleaning in the closet, second…
Miranda Priestly.
Miranda is assembled from both: her personality and the office dynamics are drawn from the novel and the adaptation, while the lines are written anew for this roleplay.