Drag Queen Alexis Transforms Into Miranda Priestly

Miranda Priestly made a splash at Paris Trend Week. Or fairly, her doppelgänger did.

British make-up artist and drag queen Alexis Stone pulled off one more jaw-dropping transformation, arriving to Balenciaga’s Couture present as Meryl Streep‘s iconic character from the 2006 movie The Satan Wears Prada.

Stone turned heads on the Paris Trend Week occasion dressed head to toe because the fictional journal editor. She wore a taupe satin shirt with a pussy bow, a black pencil skirt and tan trench coat. For equipment, Stone added black tights, black pointed-toe slingback heels and black gloves.

After all, Priestly’s trademark sun shades have been additionally included, as was a reproduction of “the guide,” aka a mockup of the fictional journal the character oversees. Stone carried the prop tucked beneath her arm, because the Streep does in her inaugural scene within the movie.

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However it was Stone’s quick, grey wig and impeccable prothetic make-up that sealed the deal. The recreation of Priestly’s signature coiffure and Steep’s facial construction was a painstaking course of, all of which was documented in a YouTube video launched by the drag artist.

Within the behind-the-scenes clip, Stone fastidiously lays the prosthetic items on her face earlier than making use of make-up over prime. She places on a corset earlier than slipping into costume and attaching the wig. The video ends with Stone strolling out into the streets of Paris swarmed by photographers and onlookers who seem gobsmacked by her transformation.

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Stone has grow to be recognized for her uncanny transformations into widely known feminine celebrities. Up to now, she’s donned reasonable getups to embody megastars like Barbra Streisand, Jessica Lange and Lana Del Rey. In February 2023, she reworked into Jennifer Coolidge throughout Milan Trend Week. Utilizing make-up and prosthetics, she completely replicated the actress’ signature facial expressions and mannerisms.

Stone walked the pink carpet as Coolidge in a full Diesel outfit consisting of metallic cargo denims, an identical metallic biker jacket, a shimmering blue Diesel logo-embossed prime, pointed-toe heels and the model’s viral 1DR bag.

On the present, Stone was seated subsequent to Haley Lu Richardson, who starred within the second season of The White Lotus alongside Coolidge. Within the anthology collection, Richardson performed Portia, the non-public assistant of Coolidge’s character, Tanya McQuoid.