Invite: I recreated a movie poster with the iconic devil heel for my invitation. Then kept the rest of the invite simple. I added "Attendance is Not Optional" for a little Miranda Priestly humor.
Decor: I went with a color scheme of black, white, and red. I set out a black tablecloth with white and black plates and a red "runway" down the center. For the centerpiece, I borrowed a Prada wallet and a Louis Vuitton handbag from a friend along with the boxes they came in. I added a vase of white roses (a favorite of Miranda's) and used my Cricut to cut a large red heel to match the invitation.
I also recreated Miranda's Runway binder to add to the centerpiece. I bought a large spiral notebook from Michaels (I couldn't find white), printed the original cover from the movie to place on the front, and added post-it tabs along the sides and top like the book in the movie.
I folded red paper napkins to look like pleated dresses. These were easy to make - I just fan folded the napkin and tied a blue ribbon around the waist to secure it. Then folded the top half inward to look like a strapless dress.
For place cards, I created Runway magazine covers for each guest. I used ChatGPT to help with these. I added fun details about each guest for taglines and asked ChatGPT to glam up the photo I uploaded of each girl. They were fun to read and laugh at for sure.
The same friend who loaned me the wallet also had bags, so I used them on and above my beverage table for added fun.
I always design themed wine labels. For the red wine, I called it Miranda's Couture Cab with an image of Miranda and a background of fashion logos. For the white wine, I called it Andy's Cerulean Chardonnay and added an image of Andy in her not-so-glamorous cerulean sweater.
For wine charms, I found images of the main characters that I printed out and cut to adhere to the wine glass stems. I had a pre-fashion Andy Sachs and a glammed up Andy, but the others were all single characters.
Menu: I started with an appetizer of a mini bowl (dollar store purchase) of corn chowder and a strip of grilled cheese. This was to represent Andy's choice of food in the cafeteria her first day at Runway, and Nate's special grilled cheese he makes Andy that night.
For the main dish, I served ravioli that I toasted in the oven. I purchased fresh ravioli from Costco for this. The directions said to boil it, but since I wanted it slow-toasted to go with Miranda's famous quote of "moving at a glacial pace," I looked up some online directions for toasting and tried it out...they were delicious this way!
Photoshopped a Prada logo to add a bowl of "Prada Parm" for added fun.
I served a Cesar Salad as well tying it in with another famous Miranda quote from the movie.
And of course breadsticks because we all need carbs in our life!
I incorporated another fun Emily quote for my dessert, but instead of a cube of cheese, it was a cube of cheesecake. Three different flavors came in the package (from Target). They were chocolate, raspberry, and New York.
I served coffee with dessert for those interested. Andy makes so many coffee trips in the movie and it always has to be piping hot for Miranda.
Favor: I absolutely loved my favors for this party, and they were so simple to put together. I purchased these mini purse favor bags from Amazon. They come with the satin fabric to tie and were perfect for this theme. I filled each purse with a little tissue paper and some mini chocolate bars.
This was a super fun party. All the girls dressed up in some form, and I played the movie in the background, so it made for some fun conversations throughout the dinner.
