While it has been suggested that the setting and Miranda Priestly were based on LOCATION@1 and PERSON@1 , PERSON@2 claims she drew not only from her own experiences but those of her friends as well .

It has been suggested that the setting and Priestly were based on LOCATION@1 and PERSON@1 , but PERSON@2 denies this , and says that PERSON@1 is given her own appearance near the end of the book .
