| This paper examines the portrayal of the female fashion editor-in-chief characters in the movie The Devil Wears Prada and the documentary The September Issue. It compares Miranda Priestly, fictional editor of Runway magazine, and Anna Wintour, real-life editor-in-chief of Vogue, and places these two characters in historical context by comparing them to fashion editors-in-chief featured in other movies dating from 1940-1989. It also examines how these portrayals compare with media portraits of female journalists in general, and the possible effects of these images. |
