Two days out from the Golden Globes, I call Jessica Paster, the Hollywood stylist with the (incredible) Instagram alias: @highheelprncess. She is in a fitting. There are “50 dresses Alice!” on the rail before her. They are yet to narrow down options for Emily Blunt. Paster is not worried in the slightest.
“Emily is a red-carpet veteran!” This tracks. Paster has been working with Blunt since she received her first Golden Globe nomination back in 2007 for Gideon’s Daughter, having called the star’s publicist every day since The Devil Wears Prada was released a year earlier, begging for a shot with the actor responsible for inimitable lines about cheese cubes. Fortuitously, the pair bumped into each other at Chateau Marmont and Paster, a truly plucky red-carpet dresser, marched up to Blunt and uttered the equally legendary line: “You’re going to get nominated for a Golden Globe and I’m going to dress you.” When the nom came in as predicted, Blunt made the call. They have been “fashion sisters” ever since.
So, a rail of 50 dresses does not faze this “girl gang of love” (Paster is brilliantly West Hollywood, and goes to a SoulCycle class to clear her head before every major awards ceremony). Blunt is the decisive one. With the press tour for The Devil Wears Prada 2 looming, she chose not to nod to her character in martial arts film The Smashing Machine, for which she is nominated for a 2026 Golden Globe, but rather to go fashion. A custom white Louis Vuitton column dress with a caped overlay spoke to her. “We wanted to go understated chic,” shares Paster. It was both perfect for a now eight-time Golden Globe nominee to assume her spot on the red carpet, and had just enough subtle hints about what we can expect when everyone’s favourite first assistant makes her comeback in the sequel.
“We had our first meeting with designers for the tour yesterday,” teases Paster (yes, her schedule is unfathomable.) “It was a lot of fun. No one knew the first film would become such a fashion bible of a movie, so the second time around, we can really play.” Gird your loins. Blunt’s Tiffany & Co. jewellery on the Golden Globes red carpet, including button earrings, an archive bracelet and a healthy dose of diamonds, shows the big brands are buying into the next round of promo.
Paster is prepared for the fever dream of a press trail that awaits them. “We know each other’s personalities so well, and we’ve worked together during the great times and the not so good points – that’s what makes a good relationship.” Any secrets to longevity to share? “Always pull the custom looks,” quips the stylist, a Hollywood veteran in her own right. That Louis Vuitton number shows this tactic is working out well.
This article was originally published on Vogue.com.
