Obliviousness, for spring? How original.In a new biography of Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, sources claim that Wintour told then managing editor Laurie Jones that she had no idea who her past assistant was that penned novel “The Devil Wears Prada.” It was only until the book was adapted for the big screen starring Meryl Streep in the allegedly Wintour-inspired role that the Vogue icon took notice.“On May 21, 2002, Women’s Wear Daily reported that ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ had sold to Doubleday for a reported 250,000.
When Anna learned about the book, she said to [managing editor Laurie] Jones, ‘I cannot remember who that girl is,’” author Amy Odell wrote in “Anna: The Biography,” via Entertainment Weekly, citing Wintour’s confusion over author Lauren Weisberger who previously worked as her assistant.Streep went on to portray Miranda Priestly, a character that production maintained was “not a direct caricature” of Wintour.
Anne Hathaway played the Weisberger insert,
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