Florals for spring? Groundbreaking. But a charity auction of Miranda Priestly's actual wardrobe? That, dear reader, is the stuff of sartorialsartorial (adjective): of or relating to a tailor, clothing, or style of dress. legend. Christie's has joined forces with 20th Century Studios to send the screen-worn fashion of The Devil Wears Prada 2 straight to the auction block, with bidding open online from September 1 to September 15, 2026.

The sale — conceived and championed by Meryl Streep herself, who also spearheaded the costume charity auction after the original film — will funnel its proceeds to the Committee to Protect Journalists and the Council of Fashion Designers of America. In other words, the very institutions the Runway universe pretends to both adore and terrorize.

The Lots: Cerulean, Schiaparelli and a Stain With Provenance

The catalogue reads like a fever dream of fashion provenanceprovenance (noun): the place or source from which something comes; the documented origin and history of an object.. Among the headline lots: the Gabriela Hearst Niki dress Anne Hathaway's Andy Sachs wears — and accidentally stains — on her Hamptons excursion, offered complete with the stain, at an estimate of $3,000 to $4,000. Streep's Dries Van Noten tassel jacket, worn during a Runway staff meeting, is pegged at $4,000 to $6,000, as is the black-and-white Schiaparelli jacket her Priestly wears with characteristic, withering precision.

Stanley Tucci's Dolce & Gabbana three-piece suit, cheetah neck scarf included, carries a $2,000 to $3,000 estimate; Lady Gaga's feathered Bad Binch TongTong by Terrence Zhou maxi dress from the "Runway" music video with Doechii lands at $3,000 to $4,000; and Lucy Liu's Elie Saab minidress with Maison Skorpios boots is estimated at $2,000 to $3,000. Emily Blunt's Elsa Peretti Bone Cuff — a piece that retails for a staggering $107,000 — also crosses the block, alongside a signed prototype pair of red Valentino Garavani Rockstud pumps worn by Streep in the trailer. And for the democrat among us: a classic J.Crew cerulean sweater, estimated at a mere $100 to $200. Because cerulean, as Priestly so memorably lectured, is never just blue.

A Fashion Week Charity Coup

The online sale is only the overture. A free public exhibition runs September 8 through 13 at Christie's New York at 20 Rockefeller Plaza — a hallowedhallowed (adjective): honored as holy or venerable; revered. address, fittingly — alongside "Handbags Online: The September Edit." Then, on September 10, amid the swirl of New York Fashion Week, Christie's, the CFDA and CPJ will host an invitation-only cocktail party and live charity auction, with Rachel Koffsky Parker, Christie's International Head of Handbags, wielding the gavel for the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund.

It is a canny piece of largesselargesse (noun): generosity in giving money or gifts, especially on a lavish scale. for a film that has already stormed past $540 million at the global box office. For collectors, it is a chance to own a fragment of cinema's most inimitableinimitable (adjective): so good or unusual as to be impossible to copy; unique. fictional masthead. For everyone else, it is confirmation that the Priestly industrial complex remains, two decades on, entirely unstoppable.

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Sources: Vogue, WWD, Hypebeast.