Florals? For Spring? Still Groundbreaking: The Edit Inspired by The Devil Wears Prada 2

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Style, The Edit, Trends
June 4, 2026

Let the record show that Miranda Priestly was wrong.

Not about everything — the woman had impeccable taste and zero tolerance for mediocrity, two qualities we deeply respect. But on the subject of florals? Wrong. Demonstrably, repeatedly, joyfully wrong.

At the 2026 Oscars, Anne Hathaway stood at the podium in a strapless floral Valentino gown, turned to Anna Wintour, and asked: “Anna, just curious — what do you think of my dress tonight?” The entire room understood the reference. Meryl Streep herself showed up to the Devil Wears Prada 2 press tour in a floral Chanel shirt — an oversized botanical print featuring yellow roses, blue buds, and vibrant red flowers, from Chanel’s Spring/Summer 2026 Pre-Collection. Miranda Priestly, wearing florals. For spring. Groundbreaking.

The Devil Wears Prada 2 premiered May 1st, and fashion has not stopped talking since. Searches for “florals for spring groundbreaking gif” are up 350% according to Google Trends. The quote has gone from iconic to omnipresent — and in doing so, it has done something unexpected: it has made florals feel genuinely exciting again.

We are leaning in.

Why Florals Feel Different Right Now

Florals have always been a spring and summer staple — but there is a difference between wearing florals because it is April and wearing florals because you mean it. The Devil Wears Prada 2 moment has done something interesting to the cultural conversation around the print: it has made it an act of intention rather than an act of habit.

The sequel explores what great style looks like once you have fully grown into it — Andy’s wardrobe now “lives at the corner of practical and fabulous,” while Miranda’s evolved from 2000s glamour to a quieter, more contemporary lens. The florals that are having a moment right now reflect that same evolution. Less predictable garden party, more considered statement. Less matching set from the drugstore, more the kind of print that makes someone stop and ask where you got it.

The film is already being credited with bringing throwback trends back to the spotlight — retro prints and statement accessories chief among them. The floral edit for summer 2026 is not about following the trend. It is about wearing the print the way it deserves to be worn: with full commitment and zero apology.

Florals Have Always Been the Move

Long before Miranda dismissed them, florals were quietly doing some of the most iconic work in cinema and television. The print has a habit of showing up at exactly the right moment on exactly the right woman.

Brittany Murphy in Uptown Girls — a sequined floral gown that felt like a fever dream and a masterpiece simultaneously. Carrie Bradshaw in Sex and the City — the ruffled floral slip dress that moved through a scene like it had somewhere important to be. Jennifer Garner in 13 Going on 30 — a sweet floral mini that managed to be both entirely of its era and completely timeless.

None of these women were playing it safe. They were wearing exactly what they meant to wear. That is the thing about a really good floral — it has never been the predictable choice. It has always been the choice of women who knew what they were doing.

Six Brands Doing Florals Right

01 Farm Rio — Florals as a Philosophy

If any brand was born for this cultural moment, it is Farm Rio. The Brazilian label has been making the case for bold, joyful, unapologetically vibrant florals since 1997 — long before a fictional editor declared them groundbreaking. Their prints are not subtle and were never meant to be. They are the kind of florals that make you feel like you are already somewhere warm and beautiful, even if you are standing in a parking lot in June.

Farm Rio’s summer collection leans into oversized botanical prints, tropical florals in saturated color, and dresses that require no accessories because they are already the whole outfit. This is the brand that answers Miranda’s dismissal not with a rebuttal but with a runway — an entire world where florals are not the safe choice but the only choice.

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02 Reformation — Florals with a Conscience

Reformation does florals the way they do everything: with a quiet confidence that does not need to announce itself. Their summer dress collection is built around elegance, wearability, and timelessness — silhouettes that feel sophisticated without trying, in fabrics that are genuinely worth knowing about.

Reformation uses TENCEL™ Lyocell, linen, and FSC certified viscose — materials chosen as carefully as the prints themselves. Their floral dresses in linen and TENCEL™ for summer 2026 are the ones you reach for on the days that need to look effortless and actually be effortless — the farmers market that turns into lunch that turns into an afternoon you did not plan for. The Sol Linen Dress and the Aqualune Dress are the two we keep coming back to.

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03 Dôen — Florals as a Love Letter

Nobody writes a floral like Dôen. For summer 2026, the brand is leaning into intricacy at an all-time high — sweet embroidery, lace inserts, and the return of beloved best-sellers, all united in their focus on quality natural fabrics and enduring designs that continue to feel contemporary well beyond the trend cycle.

Dôen’s florals are literary in a way that is hard to explain and immediately recognizable when you see them. They reference a kind of romance that is specific and earned — not the generic floral of a trend report but something that feels like it was drawn for a particular woman in a particular light. Their dresses are crafted in cotton voile, ramie, and silk, designed for year-round wear and special occasions alike. The Ischia and the Quinn are the pieces that sell out first and for good reason.

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04 Réalisation Par — Florals That Make a Room Turn

The Fleur in Stealing Beauty is the kind of dress you slip into and feel instantly sun-kissed — bias-cut to skim just right, in a floral print that is nostalgic yet modern, made for market mornings, olive tree picnics, and golden afternoons. That is how Réalisation Par writes about their own clothes, and it tells you everything you need to know about the brand.

Réalisation Par makes florals for the woman who does not need the print to be subtle. Their silk dresses — the Julia in Rouge Fleur, the Juliet, the Eva in Passion — are unapologetically sexy in the way that a really good floral always is when it is worn by someone who means it. The Alba is described as the Monica Bellucci of dresses — feminine, sexy, and in perfect time with the woman’s body. We are not going to argue with that.

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05 Anthropologie — Florals for Every Version of the Day

Anthropologie has always understood that florals work best when they feel personal rather than prescribed. Their approach is more romantic than tropical, more watercolor than botanical illustration — the kind of floral that feels like it came from a very good vintage find rather than a trend cycle.

This summer they are doing florals in the most wearable possible way: linen dresses with delicate prints for the days that call for something easy, statement pieces with larger blooms for the days that call for something more. The range is the point — an Anthropologie floral works at a farmers market and at a dinner party, which is exactly the energy this moment calls for. The Moon Flower collection in particular is having its moment.

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06 Cou Cou Intimates — Florals From the Inside Out

The floral trend does not stop at the dress. Cou Cou Intimates makes the case that the print works just as well — maybe better — as the first layer you put on in the morning. Their floral sets are sweet without being precious, delicate without being fragile, and the kind of thing that makes getting dressed feel like a whole considered act from the inside out. The most intimate argument for florals we have seen this season.

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Miranda’s Actual Legacy: Making Florals Worth Talking About

Here is the thing about the “florals for spring? groundbreaking” line that gets lost in the gif cycle: Miranda was not wrong because florals are inherently interesting. She was wrong because she was not paying attention to who was wearing them and how.

In the sequel, Miranda’s own wardrobe has evolved toward quiet luxury — razor-sharp tailoring, floor-sweeping coats, elegant midi skirts reworked with a fresher contemporary lens. She grew. The florals she once dismissed grew too. And the women wearing them — the ones who wear them with intention, with the right cut, with actual conviction — are proving her wrong one print at a time.

Florals for spring? For summer? For wherever you are going next?

Still groundbreaking. Especially now.