在蘿倫．溫斯柏格的首本小說《穿著Prada的惡魔》中，藉由一個剛畢業並進入時尚雜誌出版社的新鮮人Andrea Sach作為主角，並透過她的敘述來呈現時尚工作者的工作困境。雖然外表總是時髦又光鮮亮麗，但時尚工作者實際上在工作環境中承受著極大的壓力。而這壓力是源自於職場對她們的服裝以及身體的嚴格規範。我認為此書中時尚工作者的生活值得關注，因為她們因職場對服裝及身體的規範所遇到的困境，其他的年輕職業婦女也正面臨著。此論文首先介紹時尚工業的發展史，它如何引領年輕婦女踏入職場，以及時尚與媒體的密切關係。第一章主要探討Andrea面臨Runway時尚雜誌出版社對其員工的服裝及身體規範所產生的掙扎，並分析在這個過程中Andrea如何發現她的身體自主權。第二章探究Andrea的同事們為了在時尚工業中生存而對時尚規範全心投入。第三章則藉由探索Runway的運作以及呈現出其讀者的不同反應，我主張時尚工業其實是仰賴媒體將美的意識形態傳播給消費者，並對閱聽者造成不同程度的影響。最後，我點出時尚雜誌內隱含的訊息其實來自於商業考量。如何解讀這些訊息將決定讀者們對她們的身體及外貌的觀點，並影響她們為了用自己的方式呈現外表而如何與時尚規範協商。

Through the narrative of Andrea Sach, a graduate who starts her first job in fashion magazines publishing, Lauren Weisberger presents the difficult working lives of fashion workers in her first novel—The Devil Wears Prada. Although always appearing glamorously and stylishly, these fashion workers actually endure much pressure in their working environment. The pressure comes from the strict regulations on dress and disciplines on the body. I regard the lives of fashion workers in the novel as an issue worth to discuss because their difficulties caused by regulations on dress and body are shared by other young career women, too. The thesis begins with the development of fashion industry, how it helped young women step into public working environment, and its close relationship with mass media. The first chapter discusses Andrea’s struggle with the regulations on dress and body in Runway magazine publishing, and analyzes the process of discovering her bodily autonomy. The second chapter explores Andrea’s colleagues’ devotion to fashion rules in order to survive in fashion industry. In the third chapter, by investigating the operation of Runway and presenting its readers’ various responses, I reveal how fashion industry relies on media to disseminate beauty ideology to consumers, and to what extent readers are influenced by such ideology. Finally, I point out the messages implied in fashion magazines are actually based on commercial consideration. How to interpret the messages in fashion magazines determines readers’ perspectives on their own appearances and bodies, and affects how they negotiate with fashion rules in order to present themselves in their own ways.

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