Elsewhere in the film, beyond the fictional fashion magazine’s offices, the sartorial spectrum widens. There’s Nate (Adrian Grenier), chef boyfriend to protagonist Andy Sachs (Anne Hathaway), who is cool but firmly of his time—which is to say, he’s no Carmy Berzatto in IYKYK tees and selvedge denim. Nate is pure mid-aughts casual: bootcut jeans, flannels, zip-up hoodies, and ringer T-shirts. There’s nothing particularly considered about it, and that’s the point. He embodies the everyman (albeit one handsome everyman) of the era, the guy for whom clothes are an afterthought. Nate is critical of his girlfriend’s foray, in her role as a reluctant Runway assistant, into the fashion world. He is also seemingly clueless about the sway that the industry has on its target audience: “Why do women need so many bags?” he quips, groaningly. “You have one. You put all your junk in it, and that’s it. You’re done.” Andy’s chef boyfriend Nate (Adrian Grenier) positioned himself as the anti-fashion everyman. ©20thCentFox/Courtesy Everett Collection The film’s other romantic foil, the journalist Christian Thompson (Simon Baker), …