Sex and the City first appeared on screens in 1998 and changed our wardrobes forever. Four women – Carrie Bradshaw, Samantha Jones, Miranda Hobbes and Charlotte York – started trends, broke fashion rules and put brands we now know and love on the map.
From kickstarting the concept of high-low dressing to making every woman in the world want a pair of Manolos, the impact, courtesy of costume designer Patricia Field, was huge – and we were able to admire the four characters’ individual styles develop over the six ground-breaking seasons and two films. Now, we’ll get to explore what their 50-something style will look like in the upcoming reboot series And Just Like That (although, sadly, without Samantha) .
Regardless of the reboot, it’s safe to say that the world is still obsessed with SATC style today – and there’s a reason for that. Whether you admire Carrie’s commitment to maximalism, Samantha’s penchant for a power suit, Charlotte’s preppy pieces or Miranda’s ahead-of-its-time style, we have rounded up the pieces you need to invest in to create your very own Sex and the City wardrobe.
Carrie Bradshaw
Carrie was the very definition of a fashion icon – always one step ahead of trends, willing to give any look a go and often (to her detriment) putting clothes before anything else. At one point in the series, the writer worked out that she had spent a whopping $40,000 on shoes alone, but had nowhere to live. She almost became, in her own words, “the woman who literally lived in her shoes”.
While SATC was not the first TV series to have a focus on fashion, Patricia Field created characters – and this was particularly the case with Carrie – with unmistakable signature style.