Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, and Emily Blunt make the premiere a fashion moment
The after-party stole the night, as Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, and Emily Blunt turned quick changes into the real fashion headline of the Prada reunion.
Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, and Emily Blunt did more than revive a beloved film franchise at Lincoln Center. They turned the New York premiere of The Devil Wears Prada 2 into a polished, high-gloss reunion in which the after-party looks carried the sharpest fashion message of the night.
The world premiere unfolded on Monday, April 20, 2026, in Manhattan, with Disney+ and Hulu livestreaming the event beginning at 5:30 pm ET, 2:30 pm PT. The film opens in theaters on May 1, and the return of Hathaway, Streep, Blunt, and Stanley Tucci gave the evening the charge of a 20-years-later sequel to a true fashion-era defining hit. Kenneth Branagh, Simone Ashley, Lucy Liu, Pauline Chalamet, BJ Novak, Rachel Bloom, Caleb Hearon, Helen J Shen, Tracie Thoms, and Tibor Feldman joined the premiere lineup, extending the sense that this was not just a movie launch, but a full-cast style event.
On the carpet, Hathaway wore custom Louis Vuitton, Streep chose Givenchy by Sarah Burton, and Blunt arrived in Schiaparelli, setting a standard of severe glamour before the real storytelling began. The production itself carried a philanthropic note as well, with the clothes, jewelry, bags, and shoes featured in the film set to be donated to the Committee to Protect Journalists.
The after-party was where the night turned from premiere dressing into something more revealing. Hathaway changed into a second Louis Vuitton look, a Resort 2026 mini dress with a metallic gradient that moved from moss green to charcoal gray to salmon pink, then grounded it with black tights, pointed pumps, and Bulgari jewelry. It was the kind of look that understands the current appetite for compact silhouettes and engineered shine, a dress built to read instantly in a room and on a screen.
Streep, meanwhile, made the smartest move of the night: she re-wore a tiger-print Gucci coat she had already debuted en route to the premiere, pairing it with black straight-leg trousers and satin pumps. The choice felt less like nostalgia than authority. Blunt followed with a Balmain Fall 2026 look, proving that the most compelling evening dressing right now is not a single red-carpet gesture, but the confidence to shift gears after the photographs. In a season of sequels, the second look delivered the most convincing plot twist.
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