Which Queens studio housed the Runway office sets for The Devil Wears Prada 2?

The Runway office sets for The Devil Wears Prada 2 were housed at Kaufman Astoria Studios in Queens.

The sequel reunited production designer Jess Gonchor with the fictional magazine’s offices. Rather than film inside a real fashion publisher’s headquarters, the crew rebuilt Runway on a soundstage, allowing the designers to control every desk, corridor, workstation, and magazine-world detail.

Gonchor told Architectural Digest that the sequel’s office set was about eight times larger than the original production’s version. That expansion reflects the story’s broader view of Runway: the camera can move beyond Miranda Priestly’s office and show a full, functioning editorial workplace.

A common mix-up is confusing the studio interiors with the real New York building used for Elias-Clarke’s exterior and lobby. Kaufman Astoria Studios supplied the constructed Runway interiors; 1221 Avenue of the Americas supplied the recognizable corporate-building location.