Sometimes reunions sneak up on you and then feel instantly right. Meryl Streep and Emily Blunt turned up together for a clothing auction tied to The Devil Wears Prada 2, months after the sequel came out, and I'd bet good money the wardrobe was the whole show. This franchise always got that fashion is a character, not set dressing.

And a clothing auction is exactly the kind of thing I love seeing studios do, because nobody puts together a fashion auction for a movie they've quietly forgotten. Someone decided these clothes earned a victory lap. If you've seen any Devil Wears Prada project you already know the clothes were never an afterthought. Miranda Priestly doesn't raise her voice, she just wears something that makes everyone else in the room feel underdressed. That's a costume department doing real work.

The reunion itself is what got everyone talking, and fair enough. Blunt's Emily Charlton sneering her way through the original's Runway offices is still one of the great supporting performances in any comedy, and the fact that these two showed up for something like this together, months after release, tells you they're not done enjoying this world. Reunions like this can feel contractual. This one doesn't.

What I love is what it says about how the movie's being treated. The original earned that kind of afterlife too. Patricia Field's work on the 2006 film still gets referenced, still copied, still showing up in think pieces about the cerulean sweater monologue, which I'll argue is one of the best-written speeches in any comedy this century. Nobody's pretending they invented that ground.

There's also just the simple pleasure of Streep showing up for something fun. She's Meryl Streep. She could arrive at an auction in a bathrobe and the bids would still climb. That she keeps showing up for this material, that she clearly likes Miranda Priestly, says a lot about why the character became iconic instead of a punchline.

No word yet on whether more Devil Wears Prada is coming, and honestly I'd be fine either way. Some stories deserve one perfect movie. This one got a second act and now a very glamorous estate sale, and maybe that's the right amount.

If you followed the auction, I want to hear about it. And if you haven't caught up with the sequel yet, it's out there somewhere, looking at you like a belt that doesn't match your shoes.