Meryl Streep's Miranda Priestly from The Devil Wears Prada taught most of us never to look down at the fashion industry. Her verbal dressing down of Anne Hathaway's Andy, while she explains how her "unfashionable" purple sweater came into being, is one of the best bits of acting and sensible storytelling ever put to film.
While an understanding of the high-stakes world of high-end fashion will help you sink your teeth into Phantom Thread with ease, there is more to the movie than meets the eye. For, an exploration of the world of fashion is the least of this movie's concerns. At....