Red has asserted itself as the chromatic through-line of The Devil Wears Prada 2 promotional circuit, and no one has claimed the shade with quite the authority of Emily Blunt.
Fresh from their New York City engagements, the actor and her co-stars descended upon London for the European premiere of the long-awaited sequel. Where they commanded Lincoln Center earlier in the week, today they brought equivalent glamour to Leicester Square—though Blunt, specifically, arrived with architectural ambition.
She walked the red carpet as a vision in saturated scarlet: a custom Balenciaga pantsuit whose sculptural fitted bodice cascaded into a dramatic long train. The strapless neckline curved upward with almost calligraphic precision, directing attention toward the chunky Mikimoto pearl necklace dotted with diamonds that encircled her throat. Blunt has previously reached for the Japanese jewelry house, having worn striking pearl-and-diamond pieces from its Les Pétales Place Vendôme Rosés collection to the film’s world premiere.
Slim-fit red trousers grounded the voluminous top, while pointy red V-cut pumps—also Balenciaga—extended the monochrome proposition to its logical extreme. After posing alongside her co-stars, Blunt assumed a solo position before the evening’s most theatrical installation: a giant statue of the iconic red DWPD pump, its heel rendered as a devil’s staff.
The press tour’s chromatic consistency has been notable. Anne Hathaway wore a Louis Vuitton by Nicolas Ghesquière gown to the world premiere, while Meryl Streep appeared in a red cape dress from Sarah Burton’s Givenchy Fall/Winter 2026 ready-to-wear collection. Now, it is Emily Charlton’s moment—both on screen and on the carpet. The supporting character who once demanded “two copies of the unpublished manuscript” has assumed center stage, dressed in the full authority of Balenciaga’s sculptural excess.
The message is unmissable: red as power, red as warning, red as the color of a woman who has learned precisely how to command a room.
