The transcription discusses the history and influence of Vogue magazine, highlighting its origins in 1892 as a publication documenting the lifestyles of the upper class and covering society events, fashion trends, cultural activities, etiquette, and social conduct. The magazine catered to the social elite and those aspiring to join that class. The Gilded Age in late 19th-century New York City, characterized by industrial wealth and social change due to the Industrial Revolution, set the stage for Vogue's creation. The magazine's coverage of elite gossip and lifestyle made it unique at the time. The transcription also touches on personal reflections about "The Devil Wears Prada" movie, nostalgia about past trends and games, and anticipation for the sequel. The speaker shares thoughts on characters in the film, hopes for the sequel's originality, and plans to discuss the movie further on TikTok after its release.

For over a century, one fashion magazine has held the power on what the world is influenced to wear. It has made supermodels famous, turned designers into millionaires, and allegedly inspired the most terrifying fictional boss in film history. But what started as small New York society gossip paper, somehow became one of the most powerful fashion magazines on earth. The story behind Vogue magazine is a bit more chaotic than you might think. This is historically unsupervised. Okay, y'all, get ready for some GCT about Vogue magazine.

The timing of this just felt so right, because The Devil Wears Prada 2 is coming out, and I did record this episode ahead of time, however, by the time this is released, it will be the week that the movie is coming out, so it's kind of perfect timing. So obviously because of that, I haven't seen the new film yet, but I can promise you, whenever it comes out, I will probably be one of the first in line.

I think my mom and I both will be. We really both love the first Devil Wears Prada movie, but I might as well take this opportunity to talk about the first movie at least, because I can, and I have free will to do whatever I want. But I'm really having a hard time with the fact that the movie literally came out 20 years ago. I mean, if I didn't feel old before, this is just like, all these 20-year anniversaries are just catching up to me.

Like, the other day I watched the Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary, it was alright. I have a lot to say about it, but I won't bore you to tears with it. I just wish that we could have gotten some really juicy details about set, and maybe seen some of the old cast members, but it's okay. The music was top-notch. She still sounds so great, but I definitely would have killed for a Hannah Montana reunion concert. Sue me.

I think a lot of people would probably agree with me on that. But the fact is, all of these things are coming out this year for their 20th anniversary, and it's just making me feel really old. Because what do you mean the Devil Wears Prada has been out for 20 years? I mean, that just flew by. I think talking about the history of Oak Magazine might help cure my nostalgia, but probably not because I just miss the days where I could wake up and turn on some Disney Channel in the morning while I eat my cereal, and then turn on my computer and play some computer games like Webkinz.

Maybe if I'm feeling fun, go over to my friend's house and pull out our Nintendo DS and play some Mario Kart. I think, looking back on it now, our Nintendo DS and the Wii Sports and all the Wii games were totally our iPad kid thing. We may not have been iPad kids, but we were Nintendo DS kids, and I'm totally okay with that. It was still fun and social, so I think it's acceptable, right? I don't know.

Maybe. But one of my favorite games on the DS was definitely Style Savvy. If you were a fan of Style Savvy, please hit me up and let me know what you think about it. I had so much fun designing clothes for that game. I thought that I was like an expert designer. If I looked at those same clothes nowadays, I would probably think that I was insane, but it was still fun to play anyway. Also, the Imagine games, those were fun, too.

Let me know in the comments what your favorite Imagine game was. My personal favorite was Fashion Designer New York, so it just feels right that I am discussing the topic of fashion on top of Devil Wears Prada. I know I kind of went off topic there for a minute, but I'll get back to the movie. So, I was watching it the other day, and I was really thinking on it, and let me know if you agree with me, but I feel like Andy's boyfriend in the film is the real villain.

We're all supposed to believe that Miranda Priestly is the villain in this film, and I would just have to disagree. I think it's Andy's boyfriend. He's so unsupportive of her dreams, and he's not willing to just help her out for a little bit, at least for a few years while she works for Miranda Priestly and gets some experience under her belt. I just don't see the problem with it, but I guess that's just me. I feel like he definitely could have been a little more supportive, because her job was hard, and he knew that, and he just kept wanting her to quit, but whatever.

It's fine. Out of all the characters in that movie, Nigel, who is played by Stanley Tucci, is probably my favorite. He deserves the world and more, and I really am hoping that in The Devil Wears Prada 2, he gets the redemption arc that he deserves, and if he doesn't, I'm probably walking out the theater. I might riot if he doesn't get the ending that he deserves, and I think you should, too. But I'm really hoping that the second movie is just as good as the first.

Maybe not just as good, but at least close enough, because oftentimes, I feel like sequels just are so bad in comparison to the original, and it's hard, because we kind of live in a world of movies where everybody's trying to redo the last movie that they did or come up with a sequel instead of coming up with original ideas, and I just have a really hard time with that, because it feels like originality in the film industry is just going downhill, and it makes me sad.

So I'm hoping that this movie will be at least somewhat original. I know it's a sequel, but I hope that it has at least some original ideas, so I guess we'll have to find out. The movie comes out the week this episode will air, so I can't wait to see what it's all about. Maybe I'll discuss it a little more on my TikTok after I've seen the movie, because then the episode will be out, and it will be fair game at that point.

So you don't have to worry about any spoilers of the second film today, because I recorded this like two months in advance. So just to kind of recap, if you didn't already know this, which I'm sure if you're listening to my podcast, then you're probably fitting into the target audience that I am reaching for, and you probably already know that The Devil Wears Prada, the film with Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, is supposed to be about... It's allegedly supposed to be about Anna Wintour, who was the editor-in-chief of Vogue, and we'll eventually talk about her throughout this episode, but I thought that I would just give a little background in case you didn't know this.

So that's kind of why I decided today to talk about the history of Vogue magazine, because it's been around for so long, and there's a lot to unpack with it, a lot of crazy stories. I mean, you can't be a major magazine like that and not have crazy stories to dive into, so there's a lot that we can talk about today. It's very juicy. This is the first episode of my series Velvet and Vanity, where I'll talk about fashion throughout the years, how makeup has changed throughout the years, just kind of how these things have affected the decades, and all the fun, fun stuff.

So anyway, I'll quit my little chit-chat, and we can dive right into the late 19th century of Vogue magazine. So let's set up the stage. This is the late 19th century New York City, the very beginning of Vogue magazine. So this is the Gilded Age. The Gilded Age was basically a time when industrial wealth created an entirely new class of millionaires. This is the time of creation, where people were coming up with, and it was the industrial movement, which obviously left people with lots and lots of money, because they created a lot of the inventions that we use today.

So this is the late 19th century, 1890s New York City. They're experiencing lots of social change at the time, because of the Industrial Revolution. This is where you're going to get the Cornelius Vanderbilt dynasty, which is a huge, huge family, even still today in society. These were social circles that dominated the elite society. These millionaires would literally have social events and extravagant balls all the time, and they would host them for not only status displays, but social competition as well.

Who's more rich than the other guy? It was basically just a game of who has more money than the other, and let's show it off, because I mean, when you're a millionaire, what else do you do with your money? Because they always had these special social events, this created an appetite for society reporting, kind of like gossip columns before they became gossip columns. It was the perfect opportunity to say, hey, I got to go to this wealthy person's party.

Let me tell you what happened and who was talking to who. Society reporting consisted of coverage on who attended the events, what they wore, who was rising or falling in the rigid hierarchy of high society, and it was like a safe space for gossip. Now, apparently they already had publications covering society life, but nothing combined the elite gossip, etiquette, fashion advice up until the creation of Vogue. This was their opportunity to be a little controversial when talking about the elite wealthy.

So, in 1892, Arthur Baldwin, Jr., who was an American businessman with connections to New York social elite, founded Vogue. I mean, I knew Vogue was old, but I didn't realize that Vogue was 1892 old. He envisioned the publication as a weekly magazine that documented the lifestyle of the upper class, the lifestyles of the rich and famous, if you will. The magazine would cover society events, fashion trends among the wealthy women, cultural activities such as the theater and opera, etiquette, and proper social conduct.