The Devil Wears Prada (2006)

Rebecca Mader: Jocelyn

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• Jocelyn : [holding up two belts]  It's a tough call. They're so different.

  [Andy snickers; everyone in the room stops and stares at her] 

  Miranda Priestly : Something funny?

  Andy Sachs : No... No, no, nothing's... you know, it's just... both those belts look exactly the same to me. You know, I'm still learning about this stuff and, uh...

  Miranda Priestly : "This stuff"? Oh. Okay. I see. You think this has nothing to do with you. You go to your closet and you select, I don't know, that lumpy blue sweater, for instance, because you're trying to tell the world that you take yourself too seriously to care about what you put on your back. But what you don't know is that that sweater is not just blue, it's not turquoise, it's not lapis, it's actually cerulean. And you're also blithely unaware of the fact that in 2002, Oscar de la Renta did a collection of cerulean gowns. And then I think it was Yves Saint Laurent, wasn't it, who showed cerulean military jackets?

  [turns to an outfit she is styling] 

  Miranda Priestly : I think we need a jacket here.

  [Nigel nods, leaves the room] 

  Miranda Priestly : And then cerulean quickly showed up in the collections of eight different designers. And then it, uh, filtered down through the department stores, and then trickled on down into some tragic Casual Corner where you, no doubt, fished it out of some clearance bin. However, that blue represents millions of dollars and countless jobs. And it's sort of comical how you think that you've made a choice that exempts you from the fashion industry when, in fact, you're wearing the sweater that was selected for you by the people in this room... from a pile of "stuff".

• Jocelyn : [at a board meeting over the April issue]  Well... they're showing a lot of florals right now, so I was thinking...

  Miranda Priestly : Florals? For spring? Groundbreaking.

• Miranda Priestly : No. And I've seen all this before.

  Jocelyn : Theyskens is trying to reinvent the drop waist, so actually it's...

  Miranda Priestly : Where are all the other dresses?

  Lucia : We have some right here.

  Nigel : Stand, watch, and listen.

  Jocelyn : And I think it can be very interesting...

  Miranda Priestly : No. No, I just - it's just baffling to me. Why is it so impossible to put together a decent runthrough? You people have had hours and hours to prepare. It's just so confusing to me. Where are the advertisers?

  Jocelyn : We have some pieces from Banana Republic.

  Miranda Priestly : We need more, don't we? Oh. This is - this might be - What do you think of...

  Nigel : Yeah. Well, you know me. Give me a full ballerina skirt and a hint of saloon and I'm on board.

  Miranda Priestly : But do you think it's too much like...

  Nigel : Like the Lacroix from July? I thought that, but no, not with the right accessories. It should work.

  Miranda Priestly : Where are the belts for this dre - Why is no one ready?

  Lucia : Here. It's a tough call. They're so different.

  [holds up two belts that are practically the same]