Recently, I confessed one of my most private secrets… that I have always enjoyed “Pride & Prejudice” in the original and in all of it’s various and glorious forms. However, I have done something that some of my biker buddies might find amusing….
I enjoyed the movie “the Devil Wears Prada”. Now, my daughters and my wife shot out and watched it the first day it came out in the theaters… and I — only reluctantly — viewed it after it came out on DVD… and only after it had dropped in price. Hey, but I loved it…. and I have watched it… well.. more times than I would like to admit.
Why did I enjoy a movie that so clearly appeals to women?
Because — although it is about fashion and the fashion industry — it is really speaks to how many businesses are run… and a lot about the people who run them. I think most people have worked for a goal obsessed, career dominated and self absorbed boss. These are not ‘people persons’… but they are useful people none-the-less… they keep America running.
So — for me — this movie began a journey that helped reduce the gap in my mind from the world I live in… and the world that the fashion industry serves…. and in some sense… manages. I did a little background work on the folks who are allegedly portrayed 
in the movie… Anna Wintour the very successful executive editor of Vogue Magazine and Lauren Weisberger who wrote the original “Devil Wears Prada”.
By the way, Lauren has written a second book I plan to get my hands on called “Everyone Worth Knowing” about the public relations industry in New York. From what I have read so far… whew!… Lauren skewers this industry a bit as well…. actually, I think the movie DWP was very kind and supportive of the fashion industry compared to the book.
In any event, check out the Vogue site… style.com and see if you find an appreciation as I did for the ‘clackers.’
Roger Freberg
PS… Unlike the Pope, I can’t by Prada… their men’s shoes on-line go only to size 9 or so… what can I say… Italians must have small feet?