"As the film's costume designer, Molly Rogers, tells Bustle, she pitched CBK as a reference early on, citing the late Calvin Klein publicist's "really sleek and clean" look as a kind of timeless uniform. "Because she's always either going to be right behind Miranda or right next to her, and I didn't want anything pulling focus," Rogers says."
"However, the ultra-minimalist route wasn't quite a fit for Runway' s resident trendsetter. As Rogers explains: "It was boring on her, she's young, she's beautiful. And I was like, 'This isn't working for me. I think I'm wrong.'""
"The costume designer - who previously won an Emmy for her work on Sex and the City - reversed course, pulling "younger and fun" pieces from labels like Monse and Thom Browne. "She's just legs," Rogers notes of Ashley's statuesque beauty, "and it just needed to have some injection of energy. And I'm glad that [director David Frankel and screenwriter Aline Brosh McKenna] allowed me to explore what my knee-jerk reaction was, which was just real clean Americana. And I'm glad we had the time to pivot.""
"While Amari may not have sported CBK's go-to pieces - think polished button-ups, jeans, pencil skirts - in the end, she absolutely channeled the style icon's sophisticated essence. As Ashley previously told Bustle: "She's very confident and knows what she's doing, and has such an educated opinion in her workspace. [McKenna] and I were like, 'She's that it-girl in the office.' I think we wanted to create a character that was slightly mysterious,""
Amari emerges as a standout character with confident, effortlessly chic outfits in The Devil Wears Prada 2. The costume designer initially referenced Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, using her sleek, clean look as a timeless uniform because Amari stays close to Miranda and the styling should not distract. The minimalist approach felt too dull for a young, beautiful trendsetter, so the designer shifted toward younger, fun pieces from labels such as Monse and Thom Browne. The final direction emphasized clean Americana with added energy, aligning with the character’s mysterious, it-girl presence in the office.
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