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时尚女魔头 穿普拉达的恶魔 英文原版-第47部分

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  Emily and I nodded in quiet alliance with James。 It may not have 
  been exactly tasteful; but he did look incredibly hip。 And besides; 
  it was kind of tough to be taking fashion advice from a man who was; 
  at that precise moment; wearing zebra…print boot…cut jeans and a 
  black V…neck sweater with a keyhole cut out in the back to reveal 
  rippling back muscles。 The whole ensemble was topped off with a 
  floppy straw hat and a touch (subtle; I’ll give him that!) of kohl 
  eyeliner。

  “BABY BOY; fashion IS NOT FOR advertising YOUR FAVE SEX ACTS ON YOUR 
  SHIRT。 UNH…UNH; NO IT’S NOT! YOU WANNA SHOW A LITTLE SKIN? THAT’S 
  HOT! YOU WANNA SHOW SOME OF THOSE TIGHT; YOUNG CURVES OF 
  YOURS?THAT’S HOT。 CLOTHING IS NOT FOR TELLING THE WORLD WHAT 
  POSITION YOU PREFER; BOYFRIEND。 NOW DO YOU UNDERSTAND?”

  “But; Nigel!” A look of defeat was carefully constructed to disguise 
  how pleased he was to be the center of Nigel’s attention。

  “DON’T ‘NIGEL’ ME; HONEY。 GO TALK TO JEFFY AND TELL HIM I SENT YOU。 
  TELL HIM TO GIVE YOU THE NEW CALVIN TANK WE CALLED IN FOR THE MIAMI 
  SHOOT。 IT’S THE ONE THAT GORGEOUS BLACK MODEL—OH MY; HE’S AS TASTY 
  AS A THICK; CHOCOLATE MILKSHAKE—IS ASSIGNED TO WEAR。 GO ON NOW; 
  SHOO。 BUT BE SURE TO E BACK HERE AND SHOW ME WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE!”

  James scampered off like a recently fed bunny rabbit; and Nigel 
  turned to look at us。 “HAVE YOU PUT IN HER CLOTHING ORDER YET?” he 
  asked no one in particular。

  “No; she won’t choose until she has the look…books;” Emily answered; 
  looking bored。 “She said she’ll do it when she gets back。”

  “WELL; JUST BE SURE TO LET ME KNOW AHEAD OF TIME SO I CAN CLEAR MY 
  SCHEDULE FOR THAT PARTY!” He took off in the direction of the 
  Closet; probably to try to catch a glimpse of James changing。

  I’d already lived through one round of Miranda wardrobe ordering; 
  and it hadn’t been pretty。 When at the shows; she went from runway 
  to runway; sketchbook in hand; preparing herself to e back to the 
  States and tell New York society what they would be wearing—and 
  middle America what they’d like to be wearing—via the only runway 
  that actually mattered。 Little did I know that Miranda was also 
  paying particular attention to the outfits cruising down the runways 
  because it was her first glance at what she herself would be wearing 
  in the uping months。

  A couple weeks after returning to the office; Miranda had handed 
  Emily a list of designers whose look…books she’d like to see。 As the 
  usual suspects rushed to get their books put together for her—their 
  runway photographs often weren’t even developed; never mind 
  airbrushed and bound; before she demanded to see them—everyone 
  atRunway was put on alert that the books would be arriving。 Nigel 
  would need to be ready; of course; to help her flip through them all 
  and select her personal outfits。 An accessories editor should be on 
  hand to choose bags and shoes; and perhaps an extra fashion editor 
  to ensure that everyone was in agreement—especially if the order 
  included something big; like a fur coat or an evening gown。 When the 
  various houses had finally pieced together the different items she’d 
  requested; Miranda’s personal tailor would e toRunway for a few 
  days to fit everything。 Jeffy would pletely empty out the Closet; 
  and no one would really be able to get any work done at all; since 
  Miranda and her tailor would be holed up in there for hours on end。 
  On the first go…round of fittings; I’d walked by the Closet just in 
  time to hear Nigel shouting; “MIRANDA PRIESTLY! TAKE THAT RAG OFF 
  THIS SECOND。 THAT DRESS MAKES YOU LOOK LIKE A SLUT! A MON WHORE!” 
  I’d stood outside with my ear pressed to the door—literally risking 
  life and limb if it were to swing open—and waited for her to upbraid 
  him in that special way of hers; but all I heard was a quiet murmur 
  of agreement and the rustling of the fabric as she removed the 
  dress。

  Now that I had been there long enough; it seemed as though the honor 
  of ordering Miranda’s clothes would fall to me。 Four times a year; 
  like clockwork; she flipped through look…books like they were her 
  own personal catalogs and selected Alexander McQueen suits and 
  Balenciaga pants like they were T…shirts from L。L。Bean。 A yellow 
  sticky on this pair of Fendi pencil pants; another placed squarely 
  over the Chanel skirt suit; a third with a big “NO” plastered across 
  the matching silk top。 Flip; stick; flip; stick; on and on it went; 
  until she had selected a full season’s wardrobe directly from the 
  runway; clothes that had most likely not yet even been made。

  I’d watched as Emily had faxed Miranda’s choices to the different 
  designers; omitting any size or color preference; since anyone worth 
  their Manolos knew what would work for Miranda Priestly。 Of course; 
  merely being made to the correct size wasn’t enough—when the clothes 
  did arrive at the magazine; they’d need to be cut and tucked to make 
  them appear custom…made。 Only when the entire wardrobe was 
  pletely ordered; shipped; snipped; and delivered expressly to her 
  bedroom closet by chauffeured limousine would Miranda relinquish 
  last season’s clothes and heaps of Yves and Celine and Helmut Lang 
  would find their way—in garbage bags—back to the office。 Most were 
  only four or six months old; stuff that had been worn once or twice 
  or; most often; not at all。 Everything was still so incredibly 
  stylish; so ludicrously hip; that it wasn’t yet available in most 
  stores; but once it was last season; it was about as likely to show 
  up on Miranda as a pair of pleather pants from Target’s new Massimo 
  line。

  Occasionally I’d find a tank top or an oversize jacket I could keep; 
  but the fact that everything was in a size zero was a bit of a 
  problem。 Mostly we distributed the clothes to anyone with preteen 
  daughters; the only ones who had a shot in hell of actually fitting 
  into the stuff。 I pictured little girls with bodies like little boys 
  strutting around in Prada lipstick skirts and slinky Dolce and 
  Gabbana dresses with spaghetti straps。 If there was something really 
  dynamite; really expensive; I’d pull it from the garbage bag and 
  stash it under my desk until I could smuggle it Home safely。 A few 
  quick clicks on ebay or perhaps a little visit to one of the upscale 
  consignment shops on Madison Avenue; and my salary all of a sudden 
  wasn’t so depressing。 Not stealing; I rationalized; simply utilizing 
  what was available to me。

  Miranda called six more times between the hours of six and nine in 
  the evening—midnight to threeA 。M。 her time—to have us connect her 
  to various people who were already in Paris。 I fielded them 
  listlessly; uneventfully; until I went to gather my things and try 
  to sneak out for the night before the phone rang again。 It wasn’t 
  until I was climbing exhaustedly into my coat that I caught a 
  glimpse of the note that I’d stuck to my monitor just so this very 
  thing wouldn’t happen: CALL A; 3:30P。M。 TODAY。 My head felt like it 
  was swimming; my contacts had long before dried to tiny; hard shards 
  covering my eyes; and at this point my head started to throb。 No 
  sharp pains; just that nebulous; dull kind of ache where you can’t 
  pinpoint the center but you know it will build and build in a slow; 
  burning intensity until you either manage to pass out or your head 
  just explodes。 In the frenzy of all the calls that had produced such 
  anxiety; such panic; from across an ocean; I had forgotten to take 
  the thirty seconds out of my day and call Alex when he’d asked me 
  to。 Simply up and forgotten to do something so simple for someone 
  who never seemed to need anything from me。

  I sat down in the now darkened and silent office and picked up the 
  phone that was still a little wet from my sweaty hands during 
  Miranda’s last call a few minutes earlier。 His Home line rang and 
  rang until the machine picked up; but he answered on the first ring 
  when I tried his Cell Phone。

  “Hi;” he said; knowing it was me from the caller ID。 “How was your 
  day?”

  “Whatever; usual。 Alex; I’m so sorry I didn’t call you at 
  three…thirty。 I can’t even get into it—it’s just that things were so 
  crazy here; she just kept calling and—”

  “Hey; forget it。 Not a big deal。 Listen; now’s not really a great 
  time for me。 Can I call you tomorrow?” He sounded distracted; his 
  voice taking on that faraway quality of someone talking from an 
  international payphone on the beach of a tiny village across the 
  world。

  “Um; sure。 But is everything OK? Will you just quickly tell me what 
  you wanted to talk about before? I’ve been really worried that 
  everything’s not OK。”

  He was quiet for a moment and then said; “Yeah; well it doesn’t seem 
  like you were all that worried。 I ask you one time to call me at a 
  time that’s convenient for me—not to mention that your boss isn’t 
  even in the country right now—and you can’t manage to do that until 
  six hours after the fact。 Not really a sign of someone who’s 
  genuinely concerned; you know?” He stated all of this with no 
  sarcasm; no disapproval; just a simple summary of the facts。

  I was twisting the phone cord around my finger until it cut off the 
  circulation entirely; making the knuckle bulge out and the tip turn 
  white; there was also a brief; metallic taste of blood in my mouth; 
  the first realization that I had been gnawing on the inside of my 
  bottom lip。

  “Alex; it’s not that I forgot to call;” I lied openly; trying to 
  extricate myself from his nonaccusatory accusation。 “I simply didn’t 
  have a single second free; and since it sounded like something 
  serious; I didn’t want to call just to have to hang up again。 I 
  mean; she must have called me two dozen times just this afternoon; 
  and each one is an absolute emergency。 Emily took off at five and 
  left me all alone with that phone; and Miranda just didn’t stop。 She 
  just kept calling and calling and calling; and every time I went to 
  call you; it’d be her again on the other line。 I; uh; you know?”

  My rapid…fire list of excuses sounded pathetic even to me; but I 
  couldn’t stop。 He knew I had just forgotten; and so did I。 Not 
  because I didn’t care or wasn’t concerned; but because all things 
  non…Miranda somehow ceased to be relevant the moment I arrived at 
  work。 In some ways I still didn’t understand and certainly couldn’t 
  explain—never mind ask anyone else to understand—how the outside 
  world just melted into nonexistence; that the only thing remaining 
  when everything el
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