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Devil Wears Prada - Cerulean Top

489K views · Mar 12, 2015 · 1:52 · 0 HN recommenders · 4 mentions · discussed 2021–2026

A two-minute clip from The Devil Wears Prada in which Miranda Priestly explains how the cerulean color of a casual sweater traces back through runway designers to the bargain bin. It is a monologue about how high fashion trickles down to mass-market clothing.

Why Hacker News points people here: HN commenters cite it as shorthand for how trends and taste trickle down, and sometimes post it as a reflexive joke.

“the best movie [0] is about this”HN comment, 2024

What Hacker News said 4

Cites itrobocatAug 2021

“That is a very clichéd haute couture definition”

Cerulean monologue on trickle-down fashion

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> Style is defined at the high end to a very limited audience and derivative variations of it are built on further derivative variations as it flows down the classes That is a very clichéd haute couture definition — a la “Devil Wears Prada - Cerulean Top” this video That trickle-down definition of style is relevant perhaps within some groups of people. I think that most subcultures have their own highly independent styles, and within that you have people with their own independent riffs on the general subculture style. Do you not think that many subcultures have their own style that isn’t derivative/trickle-down?

in “A third of Stitch Fix employees quit after new CEO ends flexible work hours” · view on HN
Cites itRheingoldRiverMar 2024

“the best movie [0] is about this”

Cited as the best movie about fashion's trickle-down

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> It probably wouldn't be about this year's lipstick colors. Instead, the best movie [0] is about this. [0] this video

JokebiztosJun 2021
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> it’s a lot of fun once you know what you’re doing It's also pretty useful if you have an open mind and no idea what you're doing. I don't really "do" fashion but I'm grateful for my cerulean sweater! this video

in “Etsy to buy fashion reseller Depop for $1.63B” · view on HN
JokersyncApr 2026

“Obligatory "Cerulean Top" clip”

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"... and that possibly every thought you have ever had and will have is a product of these influences." Obligatory "Cerulean Top" clip: this video

in “Everything we like is a psyop” · view on HN