Anne Hathaway Concludes Her ‘Devil Wears Prada 2’ Run With a Familiar Coat

Reported by Vogue.

Anne Hathaway just pulled off the ultimate full-circle fashion moment. While wrapping her press tour for The Devil Wears Prada 2, the actor showed up on The Jimmy Fallon Show in a green leopard-trimmed coat that wasn't just inspired by the original 2006 film—it was the actual coat. The piece, which featured in Andy Sachs' career-defining makeover montage set to Madonna's "Vogue," has officially returned, and it still hits.

For those who need the refresher: that coat appeared during one of cinema's most iconic style sequences, when Andy transformed from chaotic intern to Runway-ready professional. Costume designer Patricia Field selected it specifically for its visual impact. "I loved it because of the color," Field told EW. "It was the first thing that you saw, it was striking… when she's walking in these streets that are gray and gritty, she popped." Hathaway paired it with oversized sunglasses, white gloves, and delicate pumps—a retro-chic flex that defined early-2000s aspirational dressing.

The Nostalgia Play That Actually Works

What makes this moment genuinely clever is how Hathaway sourced the piece. According to stylist Erin Walsh, the actor bought back the coat at auction—turning what could've been a derivative callback into something deeply intentional. "Annie wanted to wrap the tour up with this nod to the film," Walsh explained. "Since it was the last moment of the tour, it felt like such a special piece." It's the kind of detail that separates genuine fandom from forced nostalgia marketing.

The coat isn't the only fashion callback that's surfaced during this promotional cycle. Both Hathaway and Meryl Streep have worn cerulean sweaters—a direct reference to that career-defining line about Andy's first-day outfit ("It's not blue, it's not lapis—it's cerulean"). There's been plenty of red and Prada throughout the tour too, all serving the larger narrative of honoring what made the original film a cultural touchstone. But reviving an actual costume from nearly two decades ago? That's not just marketing—it's a statement about what that film meant, and what it still means to the people who made it. The coat remains effortlessly modern, which says everything about why Devil Wears Prada still matters to fashion. Sometimes the most powerful style moment isn't about what's new—it's about what never got old in the first place.

Read the original at Vogue.