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Urban History – To what extent how do the urbanism theories applied on movie, â€Å"The Devil Wears Prada† in terms of creating the XXXXX Parima Introduction When we hear the name of the movie, The Devil Wears Prada, it may triggers you to imagine about the glory of the fashion industry. The story takes place in an urban city, New York where the heterogeneity and the trend of fashion is always created. The main characters in this movie, Andrea Sachs is a journalist who had just graduated from university and started working as the second assistant of the authoritative CEO of â€Å"Runway Fashion Magazine†, Miranda Priestly. The story mainly happens in between the two protagonists in the company with the theme of consumerism in the†¦show more content†¦Runway, the name of the fashion magazine company she works with, has transformed Andreas identity through out the story. This can be seen in the scene when Andrea asks Nigel, who is the Miranda’s fashion assistant to change her image after Miranda criticized on her look. After Nigel transform her, this change impact on her career and self-esteem. Since she changes the way she dresses, her personality is also changed. This had a strong influence to improve the relationships with her manager, Miranda. She is the representation of the capitalism’s ideal beauty myth, accepted the transformation of the protagonist. Another evidence showing that fashion gives a change on protagonists identity and personality is the saying of protagonist’s boyfriend, Nate. He prefers the way the main protagonist had been before the transformation. Since the accentuation of the protagonist’s apparel was shifted in the new community is changed, she become the ‘Runway girl’. From the aforementioned ideas above, it is well described that the film illustrates us the enormous influence on fashion to change ones identity. 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