Will the Real Emily From The Devil Wears Prada Please Stand Up?

In 2003, when the book was first released, Fremar worked in the fashion department at Vogue. She recalled getting a surprising call from Anna Wintour’s office. “I immediately felt anxious,” Fremar said, “because Anna never asked assistants into her office.” She was shocked when Anna asked her, “Who is Lauren Weisberger?” Fremar explained that Weisberger had been a junior assistant for only about eight months. Anna then told her, “Well, she wrote a book about us, and you come off even worse than I do.” Fremar received an advance copy of the book, and she remembers it being even harsher than the final published version. “At the time, it felt like a real betrayal,” she said.








