An Ultra-Rare Version Of Carrie Bradshaw’s Newspaper-Print Dress Will Go On Sale For The First Time In 23 Years

While many of us are familiar with the Dior newspaper-print dress famously worn by Carrie Bradshaw in Sex and The City (and most recently seen on Emily Ratajkowski), you may not have come across the longer version of the dress from John Galliano’s autumn/winter 2000 collection.

“The Carrie dress has popped up a few times, but I’ve never seen the gown version sell online,” Christelle McCracken, founder of My Runway Archive, tells Vogue. “It’s not been seen on anyone; the only photos you see are the dress on the runway. It’s very, very rare in that respect.”

Now, My Runway Archive, in collaboration with Netherland-based vintage store Herpium, is set to bring the Galliano newspaper-print gown to sale – with the experts believing this is the first time it’s been available to purchase since it was first released 23 years ago. McCracken came across the piece after a collector got in touch with her, having seen the Dior monogram trench coat that Cardi B wore – which was sourced from My Runway Archive – back in 2022.

“He was trying to identify the monogram coat, and found my page,” McCraken explains. “He got in touch with me and sent me 30 different [Dior] pieces via email – he’s held onto them for 15 years. I was lucky that he came to me because I previously sold something that he had to sell. He wanted to make sure that the Dior pieces went to the right person with the right knowledge.”

Other stand-out picks set to go on sale include several Dior pieces worn by Samantha in Sex And The City (who will now be returning to the small screen in the latest series of And Just Like That), from her Dior champion belt and gold dress in season five (worn during the infamous “Dirty martini? Dirty bastard!” scene) to her Swarovski-encrusted J’Adore Dior bandana in season six. The newspaper-print jeans from autumn/winter 2000, as well as two looks from autumn/winter 1998 – including the all-pink ensemble worn by Kate Moss in the ad campaign – will also be part of the 30-piece drop.

With the vintage community already abuzz about My Runway Archive and Herpium’s one-of-a-kind sale, mark your calendars for the first week of July for your chance to get hold of an ultra-rare piece of fashion history. You’ll need the bank balance to match, though. Asked how much she expects the newspaper-print gown to sell for, McCraken replies: “The only thing we have to go against is the newspaper dress on sale on 1stDibs – it’s £200,000.”