She showed up, dressed up, and served a full fashion moment — head-to-toe.
When the film is called The Devil Wears Prada 2, you show up dressed accordingly — and Simone Ashley did not come to play. The British actress made a jaw-dropping entrance at the world premiere of the highly anticipated sequel Monday evening at Lincoln Center in New York City, stepping out in a complete Prada look that felt less like a styling choice and more like a love letter to the franchise itself. Fashion girlie behavior, and we are fully here for it.
Simone’s Custom Prada Moment
Ashley arrived draped in a custom chartreuse satin gown that commanded every camera in the room the moment she stepped onto the carpet. The strapless silhouette cinched beautifully at the waist before sweeping into a dramatic high-low design — a daring thigh-high hemline up front with a floor-grazing train trailing elegantly behind her. It was equal parts editorial and ethereal, the kind of look that makes you stop mid-scroll and send it to the group chat without a single caption.
Grounding the ensemble were metallic slingback pumps — also Prada, naturally — featuring a pointed toe and the brand’s signature triangular logo centered on the vamp. Silver, sleek, and entirely intentional. Every single detail was considered. The color story alone — chartreuse meeting silver — was a bold, unexpected pairing that somehow felt completely inevitable on Ashley. That is the mark of a woman who truly understands fashion.
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A Week of Serious Shoe Moments
But Ashley’s fashion showcase didn’t start and end at the premiere. In the days leading up to the Lincoln Center event, the actress cycled through five distinct footwear looks in a single Friday afternoon in New York City — a feat that could only be described as a shoe lover’s wildest fever dream. Her rotation included Christian Louboutin Miss Z sandals, Puma Speedcat sneakers, Dior Initials pumps, Jimmy Choo Love pumps, and Fidan Novruzova Tall Iman boots. Five looks, one day, zero repeats, and not a single miss in the bunch. Ashley is clearly treating the entire press circuit as her personal runway — and honestly, she should.
This level of intentionality in dressing during a press run is not accidental. It signals a woman who is not just promoting a project but making a statement about where she stands in the cultural conversation around fashion. Ashley is operating at a different altitude right now, and her wardrobe is keeping pace.
Who Is Amari?
In The Devil Wears Prada 2, Ashley steps into the role of Amari, the current first assistant to the formidable Miranda Priestly — the iconic character that turned Meryl Streep’s performance into legend. It is a high-stakes fictional position inside the cutthroat world of high fashion publishing, and Ashley has spoken candidly about approaching the role with openness and deep absorption. She has described herself as a sponge on set, soaking in everything around her to fully inhabit the character. That kind of intentional, grounded energy tracks — you can feel it both in how she performs and in how she shows up off-screen.
The Sequel Two Decades in the Making
Director David Frankel returns to helm the long-awaited follow-up to the 2006 cultural phenomenon The Devil Wears Prada, itself based on Lauren Weisberger’s beloved bestselling novel. The sequel picks up roughly 20 years after the events of the original, finding Anne Hathaway‘s Andy Sachs back inside the glossy world of Runway — this time as a features editor, far removed from her chaotic early days fetching coffee and navigating Miranda’s impossible demands. Streep reprises her legendary, icy role alongside Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci, who return as sharp-tongued Emily Charlton and the effortlessly charming Nigel Kipling, respectively.
A New Designer Takes the Reins
Costume designer Molly Rogers steps into the role previously held by the legendary Patricia Field, whose work on the original film became just as iconic as the story itself. Field’s costuming turned The Devil Wears Prada into a full fashion education — cerulean speeches included. Rogers now carries the considerable, exciting weight of dressing some of fiction’s most talked-about style personalities for a brand new era of audiences who grew up watching the first film on repeat.
The Devil Wears Prada 2 arrives in theaters May 1. Consider your plans made.
Source: Footwear News
