Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, and Emily Blunt have all left their mark in Hollywood and the movie world in their own unique ways. However, in the year 2006, they all combined their efforts and flawlessly co-starred in the blockbuster the Devil Wears Prada. In this hit comedy-drama, Hathaway stars as Andy Sachs, a quirky graduate student looking for a job in journalism. Luckily, she lands a job that “a million girls would kill for;” a job at Runway magazine (the Devil Wears Prada). Once Andy steps into the Runway building, it is apparent that her fashion sense and style is lacking when compared to the other women in the office. The implied disgust of her style becomes explicit once the first assistant, Emily, played by Blunt, scorns her
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After the Paris trip, Andy ultimately quits Runway because she sees how the fashion world is altering her mind and how she is falling victim to the stereotypes of women who work in the fashion world. Sadly, not everyone can escape the pressures of being skinny as easily as Andy, and in recent years, there has been a rise in eating disorders from these outside pressures. Now, what is this biggest outside pressure with the strongest influence? The media.
Every single day, women walk by magazine stands that display models on the covers. However, these models are not the average, everyday women, “for instance, a recent content analysis of 10 women’s magazines… showed that 95% of the models in fashion magazines were lean; in fitness magazines, 55% were lean and 36% were muscular” (Knobloch-Westerwick et. 80). Another “content analysis of 69 American women magazines revealed that 94% [of magazines] displayed an image of a thin-idealized model or celebrity on the cover” (Harper et. 649). In other words, about 94% of the magazines on display advertise these uncommonly thin models. This lack of variety in body-shapes promotes extreme thinness in women because that is the body type being plastered across America. It also made it appear as that these absurdly thin bodies were the “prevailing norm for women” (649). However, these bodies are not the “norm,” which is what a lot of women fail to
After the Paris trip, Andy ultimately quits Runway because she sees how the fashion world is altering her mind and how she is falling victim to the stereotypes of women who work in the fashion world. Sadly, not everyone can escape the pressures of being skinny as easily as Andy, and in recent years, there has been a rise in eating disorders from these outside pressures. Now, what is this biggest outside pressure with the strongest influence? The media.
Every single day, women walk by magazine stands that display models on the covers. However, these models are not the average, everyday women, “for instance, a recent content analysis of 10 women’s magazines… showed that 95% of the models in fashion magazines were lean; in fitness magazines, 55% were lean and 36% were muscular” (Knobloch-Westerwick et. 80). Another “content analysis of 69 American women magazines revealed that 94% [of magazines] displayed an image of a thin-idealized model or celebrity on the cover” (Harper et. 649). In other words, about 94% of the magazines on display advertise these uncommonly thin models. This lack of variety in body-shapes promotes extreme thinness in women because that is the body type being plastered across America. It also made it appear as that these absurdly thin bodies were the “prevailing norm for women” (649). However, these bodies are not the “norm,” which is what a lot of women fail to