Stories from the set

The film is based on Lauren Weisberger's novel The Devil Wears Prada (2003).

In the Russian dub, Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep) is voiced by the editor-in-chief of the fashion magazine L'Officiel Russia, Evelina Khromchenko.

Besides Meryl Streep, Helen Mirren and Kim Basinger were also considered for the role of Miranda Priestly.

To prepare for the role, Anne Hathaway worked for a week at an auction house as an assistant.

The character of Miranda Priestly is based on Anna Wintour, the editor-in-chief of Vogue magazine.

During filming, Anne Hathaway actually went from a size 44 down to a size 42.

On the very first day of filming, Meryl Streep told Anne Hathaway that she was absolutely perfect for the role and that she was very glad they would be working together, and after a short pause she added that those were the last nice words Hathaway would hear from her during the making of the film. And that is exactly how it turned out in reality.

Many of the dresses were borrowed from famous designers, but even so, costume designer Patricia Field spent over $1 million on costumes. Thus "The Devil Wears Prada" became the film with the largest amount ever spent on costumes in the history of cinema.

After filming was completed, all the costumes shown in the film were sold at auction as part of a fundraising campaign for women suffering from breast cancer. Anne Hathaway bought herself a green dress. Meryl Streep bought the sunglasses that she later wore on screen as Donna in Phyllida Lloyd's musical "Mamma Mia!" (2008).

Production designer Jess Gonchor sneaked into the Vogue offices to take a peek at editor-in-chief Anna Wintour's office. It is said that after the film was released, Wintour demanded that her office be renovated.