Does the Devil [Really] Wear Prada?

Did you know that the original budget for costumes alone for the movie The Devil Wears Prada was $100,000 only to find out that the most expensive item costs just that?!  They had to raise the budget to more than a million just for the clothes.  What a dream!

Ok, so I don't particularly like the movie The Devil Wears Prada.  It's kind of like when you see a car wreck or a dead animal on the road.  You don't want to look, but you look anyway.  It was a typical Sunday afternoon.  My dad had made some really yummy food.  Fillet Mignon with bacon wrapped around it, baked beans and broccoli cheese rice.  I think my mouth is filling with saliva just talking about it, but i digress.  I turned on the tube to watch the usual Sunday afternoon movies that are on every week, and i stress every week.  The Devil Wears Prada happened to be on AGAIN.  I told myself, "Self, there has to something better on TV."  There wasn't, so I watched it AGAIN.  It's not really the movie that I dislike, or the actors or story.  It's more the fact that I cannot dress like those women.  I mean if I had a budget of $100,000 of course I would spend $1,000,000; and no I that is not a typo.  I secretly envy the women that carry themselves in beautiful garments and it kills me that I can't.  I would spend a lot of money on clothes.  I like clothes.  I like dressing for the occasion.  I like all things clothes, but I don't do any of it because I do not have that kind of money.

I could buy Chanel, Prada, Calvin Klein.  While I admire those designers and looking through fashion magazines, I like keeping a distance between this obsession of mine.  I am not really a "material girl" like Madonna.  I'm not a lot of things like Madonna!  Although my mom would tell you to take a look in my closet and see things differently.  I appreciate clothes and shoes and handbags, but I would never let those things get in the way of who I really am.  This society we live in is under the power of Hollywood telling us we need more, more MORE!!  We need the best things, the pretty things, the expensive things.  What's wrong with Target, Kohl's, or dare I say Wal-Mart.  And it's not just because I work there.  Sometimes Wal-Mart has some nice things at nice prices.  Don't get me wrong, if you shop at stores that have pricier items, or you have a lot of clothes, it's not a bad thing.  It's only bad if that's all you care about.  There's more to life that clothes.  Did I really just say that? Me?! Wow!  This must be what growing up feels like. Hmmm...

"That's all."

Jennifer Nicole