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时尚女魔头 穿普拉达的恶魔 英文原版-第51部分
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“Miranda Priestly’s office。”
“Emily! I am standing in the pouring rain on the rue de Rivoli and
my driver has vanished。 Vanished! Do you understand me? Vanished!
Find him immediately!” She was hysterical; my very first time
hearing her that way; and I wouldn’t have been surprised to learn it
was the only time。
“Miranda; just a moment。 I have his number right here。” I turned to
scan my desk for the itinerary I’d set down a moment earlier; but
all I saw were papers; old Bulletins; stacks of back issues。 Only
three or four seconds had passed; but I felt as if I were standing
right next to her; watching as the rain poured down on her Fendi fur
and caused the makeup to melt down the side of her face。 Like she
could just reach out and slap my face; tell me I’m a worthless piece
of shit with zero talent; no skill set; a plete and total loser。
There wasn’t time to talk myself down; remind myself that this was
merely a human being (theoretically) who wasn’t happy to be standing
in the rain and was taking it out on her assistant 3;600 miles away。
It’s not my fault。 It’s not my fault。 It’s not my fault。
“Ahn…dre…ah! My shoes areruined 。 Do you hear me? Are you even
listening? Find my drivernow! ”
I was at risk of some inappropriate emotion—I could feel the knot in
the back of my throat; the tightening of the muscles in the back of
my neck; but it was too early to tell if I would laugh or cry。
Either one: not good。 Emily must have sensed as much; because she
leapt out of her seat and handed me her copy of the itinerary。 She’d
even highlighted the driver’s contact numbers; three in all; one for
the car phone; his mobile phone; and his Home phone。 Naturally。
“Miranda; I’m going to need to put you on hold while I call him。 Can
I put you on hold?” I didn’t wait for a response; which I knew would
drive her crazy; and threw the call on hold。 I dialed Paris again。
The good news was the driver picked up on the first ring of the
first number I tried。 The bad news was he didn’t speak English。
Although I’d never been self…destructive before; I couldn’t help but
smash my forehead firmly into the Formica。 Three times of this; and
Emily had picked up the line at her desk。 She’d resorted to
screaming; not so much in attempt to make the driver understand her
own bad French; but simply because she was trying to impress upon
him the urgency of the current situation。 New drivers always took a
little breaking in; mostly because they foolishly believed that if
Miranda had to wait forty…five seconds to a minute extra; she’d be
all right。 This was precisely the notion of which Emily and I were
to disabuse them。
We both put our heads down a few minutes later; after Emily had
managed to insult the driver enough that he’d hightailed it back to
where he’d left Miranda three or four minutes earlier。 I wasn’t
particularly hungry for lunch anymore; a phenomenon that made me
nervous。 WasRunway rubbing off? Or was it just the adrenaline and
nerves mixing together to guarantee no appetite? That was it! The
starvation so endemic atRunway was not; in fact; self…induced; it
was merely the physiological response of bodies that were so
consistently terrified and all…around anxiety…ridden that they were
never actually hungry。 I vowed to look into this a little more and
perhaps explore the possibility that Miranda was smarter than all of
this and had deliberately created a persona so offensive on every
level that she literally scared people skinny。
“Ladies; ladies; ladies! Pick those heads up off those desks! Can
you imagine Miranda seeing you now? She wouldn’t be very happy!”
James sang from the doorway。 He had slicked back his hair using some
greasy; waxy stuff called Bed Head (“Hot name—how can you resist?”)
and was wearing some sort of skintight football jersey with the
number 69 on both the front and the back。 As always; a picture of
subtlety and understatement。
Neither of us so much as glanced at him。 The clock said it was only
four; but it felt like midnight。
“OK then; let me guess。 Mama’s been calling off the hook because she
lost an earring somewhere between the Ritz and Alain Ducasse and she
wants you to find it; even though it’s in Paris and you’re in New
York。”
I snorted。 “You think that would put us in this condition? That’s
ourjob 。 We do that every day。 Give us something difficult。”
Even Emily laughed。 “Seriously; James; not good enough。 I could find
an earring in under ten minutes in any city in the world;” she said;
all of a sudden inspired to join in for reasons I didn’t understand。
“It’d only be a challenge if she didn’t tell us what city she’d lost
it in。 But I bet even then we could do it。”
James was backing himself away from the office; a look of feigned
horror on his face。 “All right; then; ladies; you have a great day;
you hear? At least she hasn’t fucked you both up for good。 I mean;
seriously; thank god for that; right? You’re bothtooootally sane。
Yeah。 Um; have a great day 。 。 。”
“NOT SO FAST THERE; YOU PANSY!” shrieked someone very loud and very
high…pitched。 “I WANT YOU TO MARCH YOUR WAY BACK IN THERE AND TELL
THE GIRLS WHAT YOU WERE THINKING WHEN YOU PUT THAT SHMATA ON THIS
MORNING!” Nigel grabbed James by the left ear and dragged him into
the area between our desks。
“Oh; e on; Nigel;” James whined; pretending to be annoyed but
obviously delighted that Nigel was touching him。 “You know you love
this top!”
“LOVE THAT TOP? YOU THINK I LOVE THAT FRATTY; GAY…JOCK LOOK YOU’VE
GOT GOING? JAMES; YOU NEED TO RETHINK HERE; OK? OK?”
“What’s wrong with a tight football jersey? I think it looks hot。”
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
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