The Devil Wears Prada offers career survival tips

---By Shanzi Chen Translated by Sho Huang

Thanks to this movie's name, it's not hard to determine what it's all about. "The Devil Wears Prada" is based on the popular book written by Lauren Weisberger, who drew on her experience working at Vogue as editor and the executive editor's assistant. Set inside the fashion media industry, the film tells the story of how a naive young woman working for a bossy editor still manages to find her own direction.

As we quickly find out, Runway is a top New York fashion magazine that attracts plenty of young female employees. Andy (Anne Hathaway) scores a job as assistant for one of the top editors, Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep) who--not surprisingly--wears Prada and treats her underlings like dirt.

For Andy, it becomes a constant struggle for survival in this field. In the beginning, she is bullied by a more experienced assistant, before completely transforming herself to her editor's liking with glamorous outfits and accessories. Finally making it to the top, at the expense of losing her friends and herself, leads to Andy's introspection about the meaning of it all.

The movie presents two different perspectives on life from Andy and Miranda. There is no definite right or wrong shown here. Andy is eager to please Miranda, who happens to be ruthless and cynical, while Miranda seems to have everything at her expense but, yet, is lonely and unhappy.

Anne Hathaway first gained notice while playing silly-girl roles and it's obvious that she's worked hard to improve her acting in this film. However, her real-life and film roles appear to overlap as she tries to get on veteran actress Meryl Streep's good side. Nevertheless, Streep appears to be happy to give her a pointer or two on acting.

Whether you're male or female, this is a story that you can relate to, thanks to the interpretation of this plot and connections that both Hathaway and Streep make to their audience.