Meryl Streep's fashion shout‑out

Meryl Streep’s line about the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer community and fashion is spreading online after a Tokyo interview tied to *The Devil Wears Prada 2*. (gmanetwork.com) GMA Network reported on April 12, 2026, that Filipino creator Mimiyuuuh asked Streep and Anne Hathaway about the film’s support from LGBTQ viewers, and Streep replied, “There would be no fashion in the world without the LGBT community.” Hathaway added that the sequel also owes that audience “so much.” (gmanetwork.com) The clip surfaced as 20th Century Studios pushes the sequel toward its May 1, 2026 theatrical release. The studio says David Frankel directed the new film, Aline Brosh McKenna wrote it, and Streep, Hathaway, Emily Blunt, and Stanley Tucci all return. (20thcenturystudios.com) That timing helps explain the reaction. *The Devil Wears Prada* has spent 20 years as a fashion movie, a workplace comedy, and a camp favorite with many queer fans, with Stanley Tucci’s Nigel remaining one of its most cited characters. (deadline.com, afterellen.com) Streep’s remark also lands in a real industry history. Fashion’s modern runway, editorial, styling, and design worlds have long been shaped by gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer creatives, even as those workers have often faced stigma or erasure. (britannica.com, fashionunited.com) The original film came out in 2006 and turned Miranda Priestly into one of Streep’s signature roles. The sequel arrives nearly 20 years later, with Disney and 20th Century Studios positioning it as a return to Runway magazine and a changed media business. (20thcenturystudios.com, variety.com) For now, the viral moment is less about plot than recognition: Streep used a sequel press stop in Tokyo to credit the audience and the community that helped turn a 2006 studio comedy into a lasting pop-culture property. (gmanetwork.com, 20thcenturystudios.com)