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“That sweater wasn’t just blue, or turquoise, or lapis lazuli—it was actually sky blue“.
We all remember Meryl Streep’s iconic monologue in 2006 The queen wears pradaher character Miranda Priestley scolds her assistant Andrea (Anne Hathaway) for laughing at her during a walkthrough. Andy’s sky-blue cable-knit jumper (Miranda calls it “the blocky blue sweater”) has since become one of the most recognizable costumes in film (curated by the great Patricia Field)…so much so that Streep The Stephen Colbert Show During the promotion last night The Devil Wears Prada 2.
Streep’s new sky-blue cashmere sweater is custom-made by J.Crew, designed by Olympia Gayot and styled by Micaela Erlanger. “This monologue is so smart and funny – it reminds you that something that feels personal is actually part of a larger story, which is why The queen wears prada Still resonates,” Gayot said in a press release today. “At J.Crew, we’ve been obsessed with color since 1983, so enter Sky Blue –this Sky Blue – For Mikaela, honor is as important as a wink. Cashmere feels right: royal, a little self-aware. “
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But the sweater also sparked a major debate: What yes Sky blue, anyway? Merriam-Webster describes this hue as “a blue similar to the sky,” so it’s not as deep as cobalt or as greenish-blue as turquoise. Likewise, when Pantone selected cerulean as its first color of the year in 2000, it called it a “calm, restful cerulean” that represented the serenity and serenity of the new millennium.
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