The Devil Wears Prada managed to make a brand like Prada and a person like Anna Wintour even more famous and iconic than before. I mean what else would we expect from a movie starring Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway and Emily Blunt, just to name a few of the iconic performances of the movie?

The movie shed light on something we had all heard rumors about previously: an extremely toxic work environment within the fashion industry, at a very major magazine. It also highlighted the misogynistic standards women in power are subject to throughout their careers.  

But Meryl Streep is so phenomenal in her role that her final words couldn’t be truer: “Everybody wants to be us”. And by us she means powerful, confident women that change the world.

The movie is undoubtedly the most famous fashion film of all time, and there’s a reason why: a combination of amazing outfits and the perfect one liners that have managed to actually change fashion.

Here are the top fashion lessons we learned from Miranda Priestly herself:

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Shoes first

Miranda’s elevator eyes at Andy jumpstarted her makeover: changing her shoes from whatever those were, to some to-die-for heels given to her by the ever fashionable Nigel.

There’s a reason why this works: shoes change the way you walk, and the way you walk changes how people see you. 

The right pair of shoes, heels, flats or sneakers can give you a killer confidence every day. I mean, even when Andy ditches the glamorous fashion looks by the end of the movie, she doesn’t seem to be able to let go of a killer pair of heels.