Disney's Fashionista Film "Cruella" is Its Take on "Devil Wears Prada" With a Hint of "The Empire Strikes Back."

 By Laura Medina

Disney's backstory for "Cruella" is a fashionista's and stylisto's wet dream.

The screenwriter for "Cruella" is the same person who wrote "The Devil Wears Prada."

Set in the early Seventies, where Ziggy Stardust, ELO, and T. Rex reign radio with Sex Pistols punk rock surging up, it's about the established Olde Guard being usurp by the New Guard, a.k.a. avant-garde.

The main enemy, the Baroness played by Emma Thompson, represents early Fifties Dior in taffeta whereas the young and upcoming Cruella resembles Vivian Westwood, punk rock haute couture.

The recession cheap chic of Cruella's punk rock couture represents today's sustainability of upcycling, recycling, and repurposing of old clothes and leftover fabrics (Cruella re-doing The Baroness' 1965 red gown from a thrift show, is very Vivian Westwood) then making something new of them.

Cruella's wardrobe also represents today's popularity in vegan faux leather.

Don't want to give everything away, but talent and drive are hereditary.

To be fair, in "Cruella," early Seventies London is already populated by multi-ethnic Brits from the empire's former colonies, due to British Empire's overwhelming British culture as home and familiarity.  In other words, they're British, as Indian cuisine is British.

To be fair, Cruella adores the scruffy under dogs of mutts while the movie does explains her hatred of Dalmatians.