Celebrity stylist Leslie Fremar revealed that she’s the inspiration behind The Devil Wears Prada’s Emily Charlton.
Fremar opened up about learning that the character Emily was based on her while chatting with Chloe Malle during a Tuesday, April 28, episode of Vogue’s “Run-Through” podcast. “I am Emily,” she said while discussing the 2003 book by Lauren Weisberger.
She recalled hiring and working with Weisberger, 49, and telling her “a million girls would kill for the job,” which was famously turned into a quote in the 2006 movie, starring Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway and Emily Blunt.
“That was...
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