Gird your loins! Excitement is at an all-time high for The Devil Wears Prada 2, the forthcoming sequel of the 2006 hit movie starring Anne Hathaway and Meryl Streep.
Earlier this morning in Tokyo, the two stars hit the red carpet for the film’s first Asia premiere—and naturally, they brought their finest fashions out for the affair. It is, after all, a high-fashion movie: The stakes are high, so Streep donned Matthieu Blazy’s Chanel, while Hathaway donned a strapless, ruffle-skirted gown from Valentino’s spring 2026 couture collectsion (complete with Rockstud heels). “I’m aware of the eyeballs on it,” says stylist Erin Walsh, who is dressing Hathaway for the global press tour. “But I feel like I’ve been training my whole life to do this. There’s always pressure: It’s what we do and what we love.”
Walsh and Hathaway’s fashion collaborations date back to 2019, so the duo were bound to bring out yet another epic wardrobe for the whirlwind DWP2 tour. It helps that the stylist also has a personal connection to the film: When the first Devil Wears Prada came out back in 2006, Walsh was working at Vogue for the legendary sittings editor Phyllis Posnick, so she is well-versed in the glamorous magazine world that both films are set in. “It was like watching a documentary,” says Walsh. “All of the assistants at the office were talking about it—and all of the bosses, too.”
Flash-forward to a decade later, and now Walsh is tasked with cultivating another memorable array of sequel looks for Hathaway that feel chic, bold, yet still undeniably modern, too. “It’s been an exercise of joy—having the opportunity to tie in layers of Andy [Sachs] with Annie, and playing with all of the different designers,” says Walsh, who also dressed Hathaway in Valentino for her campy Oscars skit with Vogue’s Anna Wintour. “Being backstage at the Oscars with Annie and Anna as they were rehearsing their lines, I was like, ‘Is this real?’”
Walsh and Hathaway’s press tour first kicked off in Mexico City last week, when the star emerged wearing two distinctive statement looks. The first was a black fringed Schiaparelli dress with a sculptural gold belt. “Being at Frida Kahlo’s house, we wanted to honor that fashion-as-art idea,” says Walsh. “That felt really important. I liked the idea of starting in black to ground it.” It is a timely sentiment given the upcoming Met Gala theme.
Hathaway followed that up with a red sequined Stella McCartney frock, with leather thigh-high boots—an homage to the leather Chanel boots her character Andy wears in the first film, of course. “I wanted to honor the first film, and what Pat Field did with the costumes—it was just such a great example of fashion storytelling, and really being unafraid to go to magical and unexpected places with it,” says Walsh. “But we also wanted to look at how Annie’s character has evolved 20 years later. Taking things to a new place and time through the colors, proportions, and textures.”
What can you expect from Hathaway as the press tour continues on throughout the month? For Walsh, it will be less about embracing strict method dressing, and more about sparking joy through exuberant clothes. “If there’s one word for the whole tour, it’s ‘supernova,’” says Walsh. “If you look at all the major houses that have these new [designers] leading them, there’s this idea of leaning into joy, and clothes that make you feel like the supernova version of yourself. It’s going to be joyful, irreverent, empowering, confident—and strong.”
There will be, however, a little cheeky method dressing to take in. “We have to deliver! You will see some special colors, which fans will remember being of importance,” says Walsh. (Hint hint: Cerulean blue.) Andy’s professional-journalist wardrobe will also peak through on the red carpet. “You'll see just clever takes on suiting, both masculine and feminine,” says Walsh. “The idea of Andy, 20 years later, being a journalist—[I had a good sense] of what serves her life, and the wearable elements that inform her wardrobe.”
Meanwhile, Walsh is facing an unexpected challenge in the midst of crafting her DWP2 magic. The stylist is also dressing Hathaway for her upcoming Mother Mary press tour smack-dab in the middle of DWP2’s global premieres (Mother Mary is less office siren, more diva-pop star energy). “We’ll have to differentiate that whole week in the middle [of the tour,]” says Walsh. Naturally, she is up for the challenge, and Hathaway trusts her every step of the way. “It’s just been so fun. We speak the same language, so it just makes everything fun and simpatico,” says Walsh. You know that scene in the original DWP when Miranda purrs, “why is no one rea-dyyyy?” Walsh is clearly ready.
