The Intercourse and the Metropolis reboot, And Simply Like That, has obtained combined opinions from followers, with some despairing on the present’s makes an attempt to shoehorn in each difficulty of the second into every episode, and others merely thrilled to see their favorite girls again on display screen (effectively, not all of them — Kim Cattrall who performs Samantha Jones famously has not returned to the present, citing feuds with castmasts and “profession development” as the explanations). However one factor that’s remained fixed from the unique sequence is simply how nice its style moments will be.
The unique Intercourse and the Metropolis sequence revolutionised how we noticed girls’s sexuality on TV. It additionally supplied escapism within the type of style to viewers who additionally questioned how Carrie Bradshaw (performed by Sarah Jessica Parker) may afford so many $400 (£295) pairs of sneakers.
Because of Patricia Area’s iconic costume design, style was pivotal to every of the 4 principal characters of the present: Carrie, Miranda (Cynthia Nixon), Charlotte (Kristin Davis) and Samantha. It expressed their personalities in ways in which phrases couldn’t.
Although Area was unable to return to decorate the ladies for And Simply Like That, as she was busy capturing Emily in Paris, her ex assistant Molly Rogers and Danny Santiago have adopted in her sartorial footsteps to hit the identical notes and make sure the costume continues to be as lust-worthy as ever, making small nods to the style that made the unique sequence so memorable.
From Carrie’s iconic hangover poncho to her tulle skirts and Charlotte’s pink tweed, listed here are all of the methods And Simply Like That pays homage to the style of its youthful counterpart.
The mille-feuille Versace gown
Carrie wears the Versace gown in episode eight of AJLT (left) and within the Paris episodes of SATC (proper)
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Who may neglect Carrie’s beautiful dusky teal Versace gown? The robe first seems within the closing Intercourse and the Metropolis sequence when Carrie joins “the Russian” Aleksandr Petrovsky in Paris. Within the penultimate episode An American Woman In Paris (Half Une), Carrie is “all dressed up and no Petrovsky to go” as her artist boyfriend stays late at a museum assembly leaving Carrie to go to sleep in her “mille-feuille” gown alone of their resort room.
The gown was resurrected in episode eight of And Simply Like That, the place Carrie is seen cleansing out her wardrobe. Talking of the fabulous frock she says: “I’ve solely worn her twice, as soon as in Paris and as soon as only for enjoyable – I sat at that window and ate an entire factor of Jiffy Pop.” The tip of the episode sees Carrie sitting on her residence windowsill sporting the Versace robe and as soon as once more consuming the American popcorn snack, marking the third time she’s worn it.
The Single & Fabulous? poncho
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Carrie’s knitted Mexican-style poncho first appeared when the columnist attends her notorious New York Journal shoot. The night time earlier than, Carrie and the women had gone on an enormous night time out following one in all quite a few break ups with Huge “4 single girlfriends discovered themselves with out a relationship at the very same time” — and slept by means of her alarm for the shoot the next morning.
When the difficulty comes out, Carrie finds herself on the duvet, smoking and with out make-up with the duvet line: Single and fabulous?
The poncho made a reappearance 20 years later when it was sported by Charlotte’s 15-year-old daughter Lily, who helps Carrie archive her wardrobe and hiding out at her residence following a disagreement together with her mum about her secret Instagram account.
The ‘Heidi’ gown
Carrie first wore her ‘Heidi’ outfit throughout a picnic scene within the second season of SATC
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The “Heidi” gown makes its first look within the second season as Carrie, Samantha, Miranda and Charlotte go to a park for a picnic. Right here, we get to peep the “single and fabulous” poncho as soon as once more as Carrie removes it when she sits all the way down to reveal her “Heidi” gown beneath.
The gown made a reappearance within the eighth episode of And Simply Like That, with Carrie holding it out to indicate her good friend Seema Patel (Sarita Choudhury) as she continues to wash out her closet and revisit a few of her favorite style moments.
The runway look
The staff behind And Simply Like That’s costumes alerted us all after episode 4 dropped that we might have missed just a few key objects mendacity on Carrie’s mattress: her season 4 runway outfit.
The episode (Season 4, Episode 2: The Actual Me) noticed Carrie stroll — and journey — down the runway in a Dolce and Gabbana trench coat and bejewelled underwear changing into “style highway kill” when Heidi Klum stepped over her. The coat and its leopard print lining will be seen sitting subsequent to Carrie on the mattress.
Charlotte’s pink tweed
Charlotte has at all times been a fan of pink tweed. Left, in AJLT and proper, in SATC
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It’s no secret that Charlotte is a fan of each pink and tweed — she wore the color and material individually and collectively all through the Intercourse and the Metropolis sequence.
In And Simply Like That’s second episode, Charlotte wears a St. John tweed empire-waist midi gown, just like the pink tweed jacket, skirt and matching bag she wore within the unique sequence. 20 years on, her look is extra elevated as she’s accessorised it with Cartier’s Panthère de Cartier watch and a Louis Vuitton Capucines bag.
The pearl hat
“Some outfits take a lifetime to be taken someplace particular,” Carrie muses within the penultimate episode of the ultimate Intercourse and the Metropolis season. The outfit in query is her striped monochrome high and skirt that she wears as she arrives in Paris. When she steps out of the automobile in entrance of Hôtel Plaza Athénée, Carrie has accessorised her look with this pearl-adorned hat and sparkly black jacket.
The reboot nods to the hat however switches out the pearls for a monochromatic twisted scarf.
Miranda’s crimson appears
Miranda in crimson in AJLT (left) and within the second SATC film (proper)
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Pink is Miranda’s color, it simply appears so putting on her — she even wore crimson for her wedding ceremony to Steve. So when she wore this crimson jumpsuit in episode three of And Simply Like That, we knew she was on to a winner.
The jumpsuit reminded us of Miranda’s different crimson appears, notably this burgundy gown by RM by Roland Mouret she wears within the second Intercourse and the Metropolis movie.
Fendi’s purple baguette
It was a nasty day that bought worse for Carrie when she first clutched the purple sequin Fendi bag. After working into Huge’s ex Natasha at lunch, she was mugged at gunpoint, with the theif taking her bag — “It’s a baguette!” — and her Manolo Blahniks.
20 years later, Fendi has re-released the bag from its Autumn/Winter 1999 assortment to coincide with its look within the new sequence. The bag has appeared in a number of episodes of And Simply Like That and retails for $4,300 (£3,247).
The tulle skirt
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Carrie has had a love affair with tulle skirts for almost 25 years, one of the vital memorable being the tulle skirt she wears within the unique Intercourse and the Metropolis title sequence.
Nonetheless, the maxi tulle skirt she wears in episode 4 of And Simply Like That is extra harking back to the ruffled white skirt look she wore in the direction of the top of the ultimate sequence of the present, on a date with Petrovsky which ended with him killing a mouse with a frying pan. Stylish certainly. The costume designers introduced again the identical white boots to finish the look within the new sequence.
The outsized hat
Carrie is aware of being correctly dressed means overlaying all bases — from head to toe. Whereas we thought her outsized hat section peaked within the second Intercourse and the Metropolis film together with her crumpled Yohji Yamamoto hat, she introduced again the pattern for the rebooted sequence.
After discovering her “favorite sunhat” in storage, Carrie wears the hat whereas viewing flats with Seema. As to why she’s sporting so many hats this season, Santiago advised Marie Claire Australia: “Carrie’s simply actually feeling hats, it’s one thing we have been actually into.”
The flowers and the Manolos
Flowers and Manolos, two of Carrie’s favorite issues as seen in AJLT (left) and SATC (center and proper)
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Outsized flower pins have been Carrie’s factor in the course of the Intercourse and the Metropolis sequence, so it’s good to see that she’s stayed true to her sartorial roots for And Simply Like That.
The blue flower brooch she’s seen sporting within the rebooted sequence made its first look in season three of Intercourse and the Metropolis. She’s relationship “the politician” Invoice Kelley (John Slattery) and he’s simply posed the entire … “princess and the pee” scenario. Carrie wears the blue flower pinned to a fur jacket as she talks about her sexual predicament with Charlotte, Samantha and Miranda.
The sapphire-coloured Manolos that Carrie wore to marry Mr Huge additionally made a triumphant (and tragic) return within the reboot. The blue Manolo Blahnik sneakers function closely within the first Intercourse and the Metropolis film, as this was the one pair of sneakers left in Carrie and Huge’s “heaven on Fifth” residence — which was finally the place they bought again collectively. They then function within the couple’s re-proposal as Huge will get down on one knee and slips one onto Carrie’s foot. The sneakers returned within the first episode of And Simply Like That, with Carrie sporting them to Lily’s piano rehearsal after which getting them moist when she arrives dwelling to Huge — *spoiler* — having a coronary heart assault.
The studded belt
The studded belt makes a reappearance within the new sequence
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Carrie’s thrifted studded belt made its first look within the first Intercourse and the Metropolis movie the place it was worn a number of instances — from when she and massive first seen their new residence to when she was out purchasing in a pink mini gown.
The belt, which now lives in Parker’s closet, was reused a decade on within the new rebooted sequence in one of many first episodes.
Carrie’s fits
Carrie’s purple swimsuit in AJLT (left) could possibly be a homage to the swimsuit she wore within the first SATC movie (proper)
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Nobody wears a swimsuit fairly like Carrie does — who may neglect her black tailor-made swimsuit and headdress she wore for Stanford’s wedding ceremony?
Within the new sequence, she wears a Jean Paul Gaultier look from Spring/Summer time 1997, which could possibly be a homage to the Thomas Quick white swimsuit she wears within the first Intercourse and the Metropolis movie.
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