The latest sartorial saga from the set: fans aghast at the sight of Carrie Bradshaw wearing—gasp—fast fashion. Sarah Jessica Parker was photographed in character this week in New York with what appears to be a paisley Forever 21 maxi dress layered over a blue oxford shirt. Yes, she paired it with a Gucci x Balenciaga "Hourglass" bag and Terry DeHavilland platform sandals but fans couldn't help but wonder why the noted designer devotee, a woman who found herself teetering on the edge of financial ruin but with a $40,000 Manolo Blahnik collection, is wearing a mall brand.
The merits of the outfit itself are also up for debate. "The look in question just...isn't good," Mic wrote this week. "It's all too busy and discombobulated, and not in the artistically intentional way [Patricia Field] used to style Carrie." The outfit is reminding some spiraling fans that Sex and the City's rebel-genius costume designer, Patricia Field—mastermind of Carrie's opening-credits tutu and hits like the Dior newspaper dress—is not working on the reboot. It's an absence that is, frankly, almost as glaring as that of Kim Cattrall as Samantha. Field told WWD she was already committed to season-two of Emily in Paris; Molly Rogers, who worked in Field's store and with her on SATC, has taken over.
In a post-pandemic New York, during a movement for racial and social justice, Carrie and company should be wearing clothes that are not only ethical and sustainable but inclusive and thoughtful; not just Fendi baguettes but Telfar bags. Cue the clicking of Carrie's computer keys at the end of each retro episode. Now it's our turn to wonder: The fashion world outside of Sex and the City is changing—but will Sex and the City change with it?
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