That blue sweater scene in The Devil Wears Prada is not about fashion.
It is about systems.
Miranda breaks it down for Andy.
You think you chose something basic. You think you opted out. But what you are wearing was decided years ago by people upstream. Runways. Boardrooms. Buyers. Chains of influence. You did not choose it first. You received it last.
I realized AI is moving the exact same way.
Women over 45 keep saying they feel behind.
Like it belongs to younger people.
Like it is optional.
Like they missed the moment.
But AI is already shaping how work gets done.
Who gets hired.
Who gets supported.
Who gets left carrying what never should have been manual.
You are not outside of it.
You are already wearing that cerulean, blue sweater.
You just got it from the clearance rack instead of the runway.
That is the part nobody says out loud.
That is why it feels like shame instead of access.
That is why it feels like catching up instead of stepping in.
That's all.