Red Carpet: Prada Sequel
- The 'Devil Wears Prada 2' premiere delivered headline looks, with Wisdom Kaye praised across fashion coverage. (x.com) - Rihanna arrived wearing a Vivienne Westwood corset and a custom Givenchy piece on the carpet. (x.com) - Coverage framed Meryl Streep’s styling as meta-dressing, blending character callbacks with modern couture references. (x.com)
The red carpet for *The Devil Wears Prada 2* turned the film’s New York premiere into a fashion event of its own on April 20 at Lincoln Center. (disneyplus.com) Disney+ and Hulu livestreamed the world premiere beginning at 5:30 p.m. Eastern, with Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, Stanley Tucci, Kenneth Branagh, Simone Ashley, Caleb Hearon and Helen J. Shen on the carpet. (disneyplus.com) The sequel opens in theaters on May 1, 2026, almost 20 years after the first film, and the premiere doubled as the final major stop on a press tour that had already gone through Shanghai, Tokyo and Mexico City. (disneyplus.com) (abcnews.com) Fashion coverage focused on clothes that nodded to the movie’s fashion-magazine universe instead of treating the carpet like a standard cast photo line. WWD described a mix of “power suits” and “devil-inspired couture” outside Lincoln Center. (wwd.com) Streep’s look drew the clearest callback. She wore a red leather Givenchy cape by Sarah Burton with black opera gloves and oversized sunglasses, and her stylist Micaela Erlanger told *Marie Claire* the approach was “meta dressing,” not a straight Miranda Priestly costume. (wwd.com) (marieclaire.com) Hathaway leaned into the film’s tone from the other side, wearing a custom red satin Louis Vuitton gown with horn-like points at the neckline. Blunt arrived in a Schiaparelli spring 2026 haute couture look with a torn tulle skirt and Mikimoto jewelry. (wwd.com) The carpet also pulled in guests beyond the main cast. ABC News’ photo roundup and the Disney+ replay page both showed appearances by Lady Gaga, while Getty’s event gallery listed fashion creator Wisdom Kaye among the attendees photographed at the April 20 premiere. (abcnews.com) (disneyplus.com) (gettyimages.com) The event’s fashion angle was built into the production itself. WWD reported during the livestream that the cast’s premiere looks would be donated the next day to the Committee to Protect Journalists. (wwd.com) By the time the carpet ended, the premiere had done two jobs at once: launch a sequel opening May 1 and revive the movie’s old argument that fashion is never just clothes. (disneyplus.com) (marieclaire.com)
