The Devil Wears Prada 2

Two decades after leaving her position as an assistant at Runway magazine, Andrea "Andy" Sachs has become a respected reporter in NYC. However, her entire newsroom is abruptly laid off by text during an awards gala. Meanwhile, Miranda Priestly, Andy's old Runway boss, is under fire for failing to vet a puff piece about a brand that uses sweatshop labor.

To improve the magazine's respectability, Irv Ravitz, the owner of Runway's parent company Elias-Clarke and Miranda's boss, hires Andy as the features editor without Miranda's consent, to her annoyance. An uncharacteristically listless Miranda has trouble navigating modern fashion media. Although some of her tyrannical office behaviors remain, HR complaints have blunted her imperiousness. On the other hand, she enjoys a comfortable relationship with her husband, Stuart.

Miranda's right-hand man Nigel explains that nobody reads Runway's print edition anymore and the brand has been forced to embrace online clickbait and cheaply-made short-form content to maintain profit and relationships with advertisers. One key advertiser is Dior, which employs Andy's former co-worker Emily. Emily leverages the controversy over the Runway puff piece to secure her own, which Miranda assigns to Andy. During the interview, Emily and Andy argue about how modern fashion raises prices and shuts out middle-class consumers.

After writing serious articles that gain minimal traction, Andy rescues her standing at Runway by brokering a coveted interview with Sasha Barnes, the reclusive divorcée of a Silicon Valley billionaire. Irv promises to make Miranda global head of content at Elias-Clarke, but dies from a heart attack on his 75th birthday before he can make the promotion official. His son, Jay, takes over Elias-Clarke publications, but lacks Irv's sentimental attachment to either fashion or Runway. He puts Miranda's promotion on hold while bringing in management consultants to recommend cost cuts. To Andy's surprise, Miranda bears with it. Meanwhile, Andy's relationship with her new boyfriend Peter sours when she unintentionally insults his job as an apartment renovator while fretting she may lose her own position. Considering her options, Andy explores writing a tell-all book about Miranda with a publisher, who offers her a lucrative contract, but Andy is conflicted.

During Milan Fashion Week, Nigel throws what may be his last big Runway gala, starring Lady Gaga. Andy devises a plan to save Runway by convincing a wealthy patron to buy it from Jay. The patron is Benji, Sasha's ex-husband and Emily's current boyfriend. Andy and Emily reveal the plan to Miranda, who is furious because she knows Emily plans to take over Runway and fire Miranda, to which Emily concedes. Miranda admits that she pushed Emily out of fashion journalism because Emily lacks creative vision. Miranda tries to take the loss with grace, but while talking to Benji, she is alarmed by his vision of an AI-driven world.

To prevent Benji and Emily from destroying Runway, Miranda directs Andy to find a competing buyer. Andy convinces Sasha to buy not just Runway but all of Elias-Clarke, and Jay accepts her offer, pulling out of his deal with Benji. Miranda realizes she has taken Nigel for granted over the years. To make amends, she invites him to deliver the gala's keynote speech instead of her, so she and Andy can finalize the deal with Sasha, who gives Miranda the promotion Irv promised her.

As the Runway staff return to New York, Miranda admits to Andy that the latter's idealism inspired her to fight back. She also reveals that she knows about Andy's tell-all book plans and encourages her to write it, including the negative aspects of Miranda's life. Andy reconciles with Peter and a defeated Emily, who has broken up with Benji. Nigel reveals he was the one who prompted Irv to rehire Andy, as he has always liked her. Miranda gives Andy a nicer office and returns to work with a renewed imperiousness.