Did you hear the news? It’s time to sharpen your pencils and get out your planners because we are heading back to the office of Runway Magazine. That’s right — there’s a sequel to The Devil Wears Prada in the works, with both Meryl Streep and Emily Blunt already announced to reprise their iconic roles. The cult favourite 2006 film, which follows Anne Hathaway’s Andrea “Andy” Sachs as she steps into the coveted position of Junior Assistant to Editor-in-Chief Miranda Priestly (Streep), is a hilarious and at times all too real look at what it means to work in fashion media. And based on a 2003 novel by Lauren Weisberger, former personal assistant to Anna Wintour herself, it makes sense that the drama is rooted in some reality. Though I still find myself pondering how Andy even attained such a desired role, and moaning with friends about how disrespectful and ungrateful she was to work with the Anna Wintour — sorry, Miranda Priestly — the film truly captures a snapshot in time of a thriving magazine industry, full of pop culture references and fashion nods that encapsulate the 2000s in all their problematic grim and vibrant glory.

So what will the sequel cover? All we know for now is that Streep will be returning as Priestley, thank goodness, and will star opposite Blunt’s Emily Charlton, the EIC’s former senior assistant who worked with Andy and has since, presumably, risen in ranks as a luxury group executive with advertisers that Priestley now desperately needs. Commenting on the decline of print media and the struggling climate of magazine publishing, the storyline will no doubt include new pop culture references and discuss all of our modern day media moments. So what will be covered? From influencers taking over the Met Gala to designers getting canceled and all the celebrity beauty brands over saturating the market, here are our bets.

Who would Priestly be without a little dig at the TikTok influencers taking over the industry? No matter your beliefs on social media stars attending the biggest events of the fashion calendar, the topic is hot and people are heated. We could totally see Streep rolling her eyes as she accepts this new digital age.

Disclaimer: We adore Emma Chamberlain.

Picture this: Kim Kardashian plays a fictionalised version of herself. The icon has been venturing into acting, and we would love to see her embody a socialite-slash-businesswoman who shows up to an event wearing a (torn) fashion archival piece. We all know Priestly would have something to say about it.

Another Met Gala moment we’d love to see addressed is AOC’s “Tax the Rich” dress — and the debate it sparked all over the internet. Was it a bold and crucial statement at one of the most expensive events of the year? Or a tone deaf effort that lacked self awareness and acknowledgement of one’s own privilege? What would Priestly think?

Between the racist accusations against Dolce & Gabbana’s 2018 video ad (you know the one, where a Chinese model struggles to eat Italian food with chopsticks…) and the outburst of confusion and concern regarding Balenciaga’s children-in-bondage campaign, the past half a decade or so seen some brands and designers losing sales, customers, and magazine advertising space. And thank you to accounts such as Diet Prada, it’s easier than ever to be informed. But if Runway is struggling, will Priestly hold her morals or succumb to the financial stress and turn a blind eye to the offensive and problematic campaigns of her advertisers?

If you could summarise the summer of 2024 in one colour, it would undeniably be Brat Green, inspired by Charli XCX’s genius marketing campaign behind her new album of the same name. Suddenly, we’ve been tinted neon—and while some of us aren’t mad about it, we wonder how Miranda would feel about the look. One thing we’re sure of, though: Ms. Priestly is SO Julia. Maybe it’s time to retire your cerulean blue belts, ladies and gents…

When talking beauty, a lot has changed in the industry since Miranda first stepped in as Editor-in-Chief of Runway. Influencers and their oftentimes eponymous brands have taken the shelves by storm—and what we once thought to be a trend seems to have actually materialised into a new marketing era. But would Miranda swim in this wave and make room in her beauty bag for influencer-endorsed makeup products? One might say Rhode Beauty is quite Miranda-coded — chic, minimal, avant-garde. We cannot wait to see.