When The Devil Wears Prada premiered in theaters in 2006, George W. Bush was president, Twitter was about to go live, and skull-and-bones-print scarves were trending. And as we learned from the movie, Jarlsberg was the kind of fancy cheese your chef boyfriend would not allow you to toss out just to make a point about the harsh working conditions at a fashion magazine. “There’s about eight dollars’ worth of Jarlsberg in there!” Adrian Grenier’s Nate says to Anne Hathaway’s Andy as she almost drops his grilled-cheese sandwich while complaining about the infamous “cerulean” speech.
It was a simpler time, back before Anna Wintour realized it was smart to embrace the film that helped turn her into a global icon. And back when you could still buy a leather designer handbag for less than $1,000. Now, Wintour is sharing the cover of Vogue with her onscreen counterpart, Meryl Streep, and Prada’s smallest bags start around $1,300.
