Meryl Streep’s Anna Wintour Reunion Has Fans Talking

Meryl Streep and Emily Blunt reunited with Anna Wintour at “The Devil Wears Prada 2” wardrobe auction at Christie’s in New York City last week.

Fans have long speculated that Streep’s formidable character, Miranda Priestly, is based on the fashion icon, but the actress has clarified that she wasn’t trying to imitate Wintour.

However, she said Wintour’s reputation initially drew her to the role.

Meryl Streep, alongside co-star Emily Blunt, reunited with fashion powerhouse Dame Anna Wintour at Christie’s in New York City for a charity wardrobe auction featuring pieces from “The Devil Wears Prada 2.”

The 77-year-old actress teamed up with the luxury auction house to sell costumes, jewelry, accessories, and experiences connected to the high-fashion film.

She kicked off the evening with her usual charm, taking to the stage to urge collectors to open their wallets for a worthy cause.

“I hope you all wore your deepest-pocketed pants, and you’re in the most generous spirit,” Streep said. “In the sense of fun, let’s spend it before they all take it away.”

Fans Ask Who Holds The Power: Meryl, Miranda Or Anna

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The latest encounter between Streep and Wintour has revived chatter about the real-life inspiration behind Miranda Priestly. On social media, users weighed in on seeing the Hollywood legend and fashion powerhouse together.

In an Instagram post about the pair’s appearance at the auction, one fan joked, “Who now has the power, lol Miranda or Anna or Meryl?”

Another found humor in Wintour continuing to embrace the movie two decades after its release, writing, “Watching Anna pretend she’s in on the joke even 20 years later is so funny to me.”

Others questioned whether Wintour had previously disliked being associated with the film. One fan pushed back on that perception, pointing to her more recent willingness to engage with “The Devil Wears Prada” and its legacy.

Prada Auction Supports Fashion Designers And Press Freedom

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The auction lineup included standout pieces such as a signed Annie Leibovitz Vogue cover photo featuring Streep and Wintour, designer jewelry, and a Dries van Noten jacket Streep wore in the film.

Proceeds were designated to benefit both the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA), a fitting partnership given the franchise’s exploration of fashion, media, and journalism.

The online sale ran through September 15 on Christie’s platform.

“Please join us as we celebrate truth and beauty, beauty and truth!” Streep said in a statement, per W Magazine. “The Devil Wears Prada spectacular global auction of shoes, bags, gowns, and glamorous experiences, live via Christie’s, to benefit the Committee to Protect Journalists, and the Council of Fashion Designers of America! Get your gorgeous on in time for fall and bid up big!”

Meryl Streep Says Her Miranda Priestly Is ‘My Own Creation’

In the comedy-drama, Streep plays Miranda Priestly, the icy and demanding editor-in-chief of the fictional high-fashion magazine Runway.

Wintour is widely considered the inspiration behind the character, but Streep has explained that she wasn’t looking to model her performance on the fashion icon.

“I was not interested in replicating her; I wanted to make my own person,” she said in an interview with E! News ahead of the sequel’s premiere earlier this year.

She continued, “And as I have gotten to know her over the years, I feel like—my Miranda is fully formed. And to the degree that she has evolved or changed or degraded, in some way, it’s my own creation.”

Anna Wintour’s Reputation Helped Draw Meryl Streep To Prada

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The original movie was based on Lauren Weisberger’s 2003 novel of the same name. Streep also clarified that the sequel’s script was fictional, not based on Wintour’s life.

“Certainly this script has no relation to Anna Wintour, because it’s just all made up. It isn’t based on anything,” she said.

However, the “Mamma Mia!” actress shared that Wintour’s reputation was a major factor in drawing her to the role.

“It interested me that Anna Wintour was expected to be smilier, nicer, sweeter,” she told IndieWire in 2016. “I thought, ‘Well, hell, what is her job? What does she have to do? What are her deadlines? What do we have very little time for, even though the dress and heels have to have the outward accouterments of being appealing, womanly?’”

“Right in the beginning, reading the script,” she continued, “I thought, ‘Nobody’s seen this before, and the girls are going to like this!’”