does the Devil Wears Prada novel based on true story?

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To avoid libel, the author's answer is no. However, it's an open secret that the book is about Anna Wintour, fashion magazine Vogue's editor:
Weisberger denies that Miranda Priestly is modeled on Wintour, saying in the publicity material for the book that her antics and demands are partially fictional and partially a composite of actual experiences she and her friends had in their first jobs. But others familiar with Wintour, who makes a walk-on appearance near the end of the novel (and in fact is later described as having a bitter rivalry with Miranda), say there are specific similarities between life and art:

Both serve as trustees of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Both have trouble remembering the names of people who work for them.
Both are known for a fashion quirk: Miranda for her scarf and Anna for often wearing sunglasses indoors.
Both are native Londoners who never attended college.
Both have distanced themselves from at least part of their family background.
Both are "size-zero" thin.
Both have two children by a previous husband.
Both have new or old male companionship who are Texan natives.
Other characters are reportedly modeled on real people at Vogue — Nigel on André Leon Talley, and Miranda-hating travel writer Judith Mason, who makes a brief appearance on the telephone, is a disguised version of food writer Jeffrey Steingarten (who likewise supposedly stutters a lot).

Those familiar with the offices of Condé Nast, which publishes Vogue, say Weisberger has much of the setting right in her fictional Elias-Clark, down to the layout and culture of the cafeteria (the huge salad bar and tiny "Carb Corner" reflecting staffers' aversion to eating any food that might cause the slightest weight gain), the use of company ID cards to track employees' whereabouts and the sterile décor of Wintour's office.

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does the Devil Wears Prada novel based on true story?

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Lead character Miranda Priestly is apparently based on the real-life experience of the author of the novel 'The Devil wears Prada' -Lauren Weisberger, while she was working for American Vogue magazine under its daunting editor-in-chief Anna Wintour.

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Yes

Answer 7

The author based it on her experiences as an intern at Vogue.

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Yes.

Answer 9

No, no one could be that horriable to work for...and no one could possiably put up with all that crud for so long...I thought the book was a big whine fest...I hope the movie was a lot better.

Answer 10

i believe it was kind of based on the editor at Vogue magazine!!