The Devil Wears Prada: Shoe Drama Sparks Real-World Firestorm

0:00It's April 23rd. Welcome in. This is Entertainment and Celebrity News, where pop culture meets AI. I'm Cory with the story. The Devil wears Prada 2 trailer drops some bold looks, but Miranda Priestly's red and gold Valentino Rockstedt, he'll stole the spotlight and not in. A good way. Fans lit up social media, calling them too flashy for the ice queen editor. Costume designer Molly Rogers jumped in on Vogue's podcast to set the record straight, saying those shoes weren't her pick at all. She explained she was often Milan prepping other scenes when the crew slipped the heels on Meryl Streep without her input. Rogers has selected a different pair, and she joked about her voodoo doll pins from afar. Turns out, it was all part of a planned product placement from Valentino's marketing team. The backlash hit hard, because Miranda's style has always been sleek and severe. No chunky studs in sight from the original flick. But fashion heads recognize the Rockstedt's as a throwback to Valentino's Fall 2010 collection by Pichuoli and Chiori, freshened up by Alessandro, Michael, Lately.

1:05Valentino's head of marketing called it a viral win, with the teas are racking up hundreds of millions of views fast. Plus, Rogers noted the late Mr. Valentino himself offered to hook Meryl up back when he spotted her on holiday in Italy. This shoe drama's got everyone buzzing as the movie gears up, proving even fictional fashion bosses can spark real world firestorms.