The Devil wears Prada

The movie "The devil wears Prada" is based on the novel by Lauren Weisberger.
Andrea gets hired at a fashion magazine named "Runaway". She is junior assitant of the editor, Miranda Priestly who asks her to do impossible tasks, like getting her the not-yet-publish Harry Potter book for her daughters, and other picky favors.

Andrea adapts to the fashion world, she loses weight and starts wearing expensive clothes. Her days depend on Miranda's wishes... even her weekends! Andrea's relationships  with her friends and her boyfriend start to break little by little.

I thought it was a very fun chick-flick. Miranda's character reminds me of Anna Wintour, Vogue Magazine's editor in the US. I've done some research and I've found that Lauren Wiesberger is a former assitant of Anna. She wrote the book after working at Vogue and doing a writing workshop.

Coco before Chanel

I have recently seen Coco Before Chanel. This biographic film narrates the story of young Gabrielle who starts from the bottom of society, but ends at the very top.

It is a french movie made in 2009. The film starts with Gabrielle living in an orphanage. When she grows up, she works in a cabaret singing songs like "Coco" (which means reserved woman), from where she gets her nickname. She learns the art of sewing with the nuns and with her aunts during summer.

From a laison wih Baron Balsan she enters the top of French Society. At this point, she starts designing hats for Balsan's acquaintances and becomes more and more popular.

Her lover, Boy Chapel, encourages her to start a business and lends her money to open it. And so she does, becoming one of the finest designers in Paris.

The photography of the film is warm and comfortable. I also thought it was quite poetic because it uses images and icons to symbolize and foreshadow up-comming events. For example, everytime it rains, something bad happens.