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时尚女魔头 穿普拉达的恶魔 英文原版-第11部分
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spontaneous applause。
Not quite。 “Calling in” the skirts was my very first lesson inRunway
ridiculousness; although I do have to say that the process was as
efficient as a military operation。 Either Emily or myself would
notify the fashion assistants—about eight in all; who each
maintained contacts within a specified list of designers and stores。
The assistants would immediately begin calling all of their public
relations contacts at the various design houses and; if appropriate;
at upscale Manhattan stores and tell them that Miranda Priestly—yes;
Miranda Priestly; and yes; it was indeed for herpersonal use—was
looking for a particular item。 Within minutes; every PR account exec
and assistant working at Michael Kors; Gucci; Prada; Versace; Fendi;
Armani; Chanel; Barney’s; Chloé; Calvin Klein; Bergdorf; Roberto
Cavalli; and Saks would be messengering over (or; in some cases;
hand…delivering) every skirt they had in stock that Miranda Priestly
could conceivably find attractive。 I watched the process unfold like
a highly choreographed ballet; each player knowing exactly where and
when and how their next step would occur。 While this near…daily
activity unfolded; Emily sent me to pick up a few other things that
we’d need to send with the skirt that night。
“Your car will be waiting for you on Fifty…eighth Street;” she said
while working two phone lines and scribbling instructions for me on
a piece ofRunway stationery。 She paused briefly to toss me a Cell
Phone and said; “Here; take this in case I need to reach you or you
have any questions。 Never turn it off。 Always answer it。” I took the
phone and the paper and headed down to the 58th Street side of the
building; wondering how I was ever going to find “my car。” Or even;
really; what that meant。 I had barely stepped on the sidewalk and
looked meekly around before a squat; gray…haired man gumming a pipe
approached。
“You Priestly’s new girl?” he croaked through tobacco…stained lips;
never removing the mahogany…colored pipe。 I nodded。 “I’m Rich。 The
dispatcher。 You wanna car; you talka to me。 Got it; blondie?” I
nodded again and ducked into the backseat of a black Cadillac sedan。
He slammed the door shut and waved。
“Where you going; miss?” the driver asked; pulling me back to the
present。 I realized I had no idea and pulled the piece of paper from
my pocket。
First stop: Tommy Hilfiger’s studio at 355 West 57th St。; 6th Floor。
Ask for Leanne。 She’ll give you everything we need。
I gave the driver the address and stared out the window。 It was one
o’clock on a frigid winter afternoon; I was twenty…three years old;
and I was riding in the backseat of a chauffeured sedan; on my way
to Tommy Hilfiger’s studio。 And I was positively starving。 It took
nearly forty…five minutes to go the fifteen blocks during the
midtown lunch hour; my first glimpse of real city gridlock。 The
driver told me he’d circle the block until I came out again; and off
I went to Tommy’s studio。 When I asked for Leanne at the
receptionist’s desk on the sixth floor; an adorable girl not a day
older than eighteen came bounding down the stairs。
“Hi!” she called; stretching out the “I” sound for a few seconds。
“You must be Andrea; Miranda’s new assistant。 We sure do love her
around here; so wele to the team!” She grinned。 I grinned。 She
pulled a massive plastic bag out from underneath a table and
immediately spilled its contents on the floor。 “Here we have
Caroline’s favorite jeans in three colors; and we threw in some baby
T’s; too。 And Cassidy just adores Tommy’s khaki skirts—we gave them
to her in olive and stone。” Jean skirts; denim jackets; even a few
pair of socks came flying out of the bag; and all I could do was
stare: there were enough clothes to constitute four or more total
preteen wardrobes。Who the hell are Cassidy and Caroline? I wondered;
staring at the loot。 What self…respecting person wears Tommy
Hilfiger jeans—in three different colors; no less?
I must’ve looked thoroughly confused; because Leanne quite purposely
turned her back while repacking the clothes and said; “I just know
Miranda’s daughters will love this stuff。 We’ve been dressing them
for years; and Tommy insists on picking the clothes out for them
himself。” I shot her a grateful look and threw the bag over my
shoulder。
“Good luck!” she called as the elevator doors closed; a genuine
smile taking up most of her face。 “You’re lucky to have such an
awesome job!” Before she could say it; I found myself mentally
finishing the sentence—a million girls would die for it。And for that
moment; having just seen a famous designer’s studio and in
possession of thousands of dollars worth of clothes; I thought she
was right。
Once I got the hang of things; the rest of the day flew。 I debated
for a few minutes whether anyone would be mad if I took a minute to
pick up a sandwich; but I had no choice。 I hadn’t eaten anything
since my croissant at seven this morning; and it was nearly two。 I
asked the driver to pull over at a deli and decided at the last
minute to get him one; too。 His jaw dropped when I handed him the
turkey and honey mustard; and I wondered if I had made him
unfortable。
“I just figured you were hungry; too;” I said。 “You know; driving
around all day; you probably don’t have much time for lunch。”
“Thank you; miss; I appreciate it。 It’s just that I’ve been driving
around Elias…Clark girls for twelve years; and they are not so nice。
You are very nice;” he said in a thick but indeterminate accent;
looking at me in the rearview mirror。 I smiled at him and felt a
momentary flash of foreboding。 But then the moment passed and we
each munched our turkey wraps while sitting in gridlock and
listening to his favorite CD; which sounded to me like little more
than a woman shrieking the same thing over and over in an unknown
language; the whole thing set to sitar music。
Emily’s next written instruction was to pick up a pair of white
shorts that Miranda desperately needed for tennis。 I figured we’d be
headed to Polo; but she had written Chanel。 Chanel made white tennis
shorts? The driver took me to the private salon; where an older
saleswoman whose facelift had left her eyes looking like slits
handed me a pair of white cotton…Lycra hot pants; size zero; pinned
to a silk hanger and draped in a velvet garment bag。 I looked at the
shorts; which appeared as though they wouldn’t fit a six…year…old;
and looked back to the woman。
“Um; do you really think Miranda will wear these?” I asked
tentatively; convinced the woman could open that pit…bull mouth of
hers and consume me whole。 She glared at me。
“Well; I should hope so; miss; considering they’re custom measured
and cut; according to her exact specifications;” she snarled as she
handed the minishorts over。 “Tell her Mr。 Kopelman sends his
best。”Sure; lady。 Whoever that is。
My next stop was what Emily wrote as “way downtown;” J&R puter
World near City Hall。 Seemed it was the only store in the entire
city that sold Warriors of the West; a puter game that Miranda
wanted to purchase for Oscar and Annette de la Renta’s son; Moises。
By the time I made it downtown an hour later; I’d realized that the
Cell Phone could make long…distance calls; and I was happily dialing
my parents and telling them how great the job was。
“Um; Dad? Hi; it’s Andy。 Guess where I am now? Yes; of course I’m at
work; but that happens to be in the backseat of a chauffeured car
cruising around Manhattan。 I’ve already been to Tommy Hilfiger and
Chanel; and after I buy this puter game; I’m on my way to Oscar
de la Renta’s apartment on Park Avenue to drop all the stuff off。
No; it’s not for him! Miranda’s in the DR and Annette’s flying there
to meet them all tonight。 On a private plane; yes! Dad! It stands
for the Dominican Republic; of course!”
He sounded wary but pleased that I was so happy; and I came to
decide that I was hired as college…educated messenger。 Which was
absolutely fine with me。 After leaving the bag of Tommy clothes; the
hot pants; and the puter game with a very distinguished…looking
doorman in a very plush Park Avenue lobby (so this is what people
mean when they talk about Park Avenue!); I headed back to the
Elias…Clark building。 When I walked into my office area; Emily was
sitting Indian…style on the floor; wrapping presents in plain white
paper with white ribbons。 She was surrounded by mountains of
red…and…white boxes; all identical in shape; hundreds; perhaps
thousands; scattered between our desks and overflowing into
Miranda’s office。 Emily was unaware that I was watching her; and I
saw that it took her only two minutes to wrap each individual box
perfectly and an additional fifteen seconds to tie on a white satin
ribbon。 She moved efficiently; not wasting a single second; piling
the wrapped white boxes in new mountains behind her。 The wrapped
pile grew and grew; but the unwrapped pile didn’t shrink。 I
estimated that she could be at it for the next four days and still
not finish。
I called her name over the eighties CD she had playing from her
puter。 “Um; Emily? Hi; I’m back。”
She turned toward me and for a brief moment appeared to have no idea
who I was。 pletely blank。 But then my new…girl status came
rushing back。 “How’d it go?” she asked quickly。 “Did you get
everything on the list?”
I nodded。
“Even the video game? When I called; ther
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