“Intercourse and the Metropolis” is again, and we will’t assist however marvel… no, not if Carrie and Mr. Huge keep collectively or what happened to Samantha — but when Carrie’s nonetheless, in spite of everything these years, sporting her signature nameplate necklace.
Costume designers Molly Rogers and Danny Santiago remained tight-lipped about whether or not Carrie (performed by Sarah Jessica Parker) would revive a few of her most notable appears to be like in “And Simply Like That…,” a 10-episode sequel to the unique “SATC” sequence debuting Thursday on HBO Max. However they admitted that they did pluck a couple of previous favorites from Parker’s archive, which the star mentioned incorporates “each single solitary factor” she wore on the long-lasting present.
“We had a bit catalog at the back of our heads [of items] followers would in all probability like to see once more, just like the Roger Belt,” Rogers advised The Publish, referring to the studded cincher Carrie wore within the first film that she additionally rocks within the reboot. “It was actually enjoyable to seek out particular [moments] to showcase these archive items, however we tried to make use of them very rigorously and actually give them ‘a second.’”
Rogers labored with the legendary costume designer Patricia Subject throughout the present’s unique run, from 1998 to 2004, with Santiago becoming a member of their crew for the flicks that got here later. That gave the pair an intimacy with the three principal characters and stars Parker, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis, permitting for a type of artistic spontaneity when it got here to the costumes.
“We didn’t restrict ourselves to simply working with high-end designers,” Santiago mentioned. “We labored with unknown designers, we labored with classic, we labored with craftsmen — we introduced in parts from throughout … It actually made [the dressing room] such an open area to do something you need actually and to give you creativity with no limitation.”
That meant loads of surprises, too: Miranda in clogs! Carrie with a canvas tote bag! “We needed to maneuver ahead [with the characters’ styles],” she mentioned. “The present has a special identify, and it’s a special time, post-COVID.” Santiago added: “Numerous issues have occurred of their lives, and so they’ve advanced.” Right here’s a sneak peek on the main women’ appears to be like, then and now.
Carrie Bradshaw
The primary time Carrie Bradshaw (Parker) appeared on-screen in 1998, she sported a $5 tutu, tank high and strappy sandals. That iconoclasm hasn’t light 25 years later.
“Carrie continues to be mixing excessive and low: that’s her DNA,” mentioned Rogers. “She’s an explorer and experimenter.”
That experimental type has gotten extra exuberant prior to now 25 years, with Carrie buying and selling in Season 1’s slinky slip attire worn with furs and stilettos for a extra magpie look, full with jaunty hats, wealthy textiles and a number of purses worn directly.
Take the character’s first look within the present: in a classic beige Claude Montana jumpsuit, floral Dries Van Noten jacket, feathered straw aviator hat and two crossbody purses worn one on high of the opposite.
“It’s one thing [the character has] executed prior to now,” Santiago mentioned when requested concerning the “double baggage.” He and Rogers had pulled a classic chain-metal Paco Rabanne purse for the outfit throughout the becoming when Parker noticed a bit turquoise bag with a turtle closure. “We weren’t intending for anybody to put on it — it was one thing we have been perhaps going to make use of the strap for — however we grabbed it and we favored the mixture of it [with the more high-end Rabanne],” he mentioned.
That spontaneity led to a number of different key outfits within the new sequence, resembling a extensively papped striped sweater worn with a full ballerina skirt — the crinoline of a classic ballgown that the 2 designers took aside — which echoed not solely Carrie’s famed tutu from the opening credits, but in addition the inexperienced tulle underskirt she wore within the final episode of the unique sequence, when she acquired again along with Huge. After which there’s a fairly silk ensemble worn with an outsized white jacket and the blue floral brooch that Carrie donned regularly in Season 3.
“All of it occurred actually organically within the becoming room,” Rogers mentioned of these little “nods” to the unique sequence. “You’d have a slouchy jacket, and it will simply type of occur that that may be like a pleasant second for a flower there.”
Miranda Hobbes
The flame-haired feminist has come a good distance from her early butch energy fits to the beautiful paisley-print attire and chandelier earrings she sports activities within the films, as she went from company Manhattan lawyer to Brooklyn mother working for a scrappier agency. But when actress Cynthia Nixon confirmed as much as her fittings with a smooth silver ‘do, it opened an entire new strategy to the character’s type.
“You recognize, if you go to silver hair, you’re certain of your self,” Rogers mentioned. “You’re assured, you’re not hiding your true hair colour and also you’re going with the move and feeling good. So, I believe in work and in your private life, you may costume a bit extra relaxed and never so suited.”
Meaning chunky clogs, softer go well with jackets in brilliant colours and graphic print attire from indie designers like Dries Van Noten and Altuzarra — in addition to a floaty caftan from South Korean model H’s Cupboard, picked up at Park Slope boutique Min-k.
With Miranda, it was extra about bringing her look updated with hip, new designers. “We had such a much bigger outreach [with this new show], due to the Web and Instagram that we have been in a position to uncover new designers and folks that we actually have been excited to work with and incorporate into [the girls’] kinds.”
Charlotte York Goldenblatt
Within the unique sequence, Charlotte (performed by Kristin Davis) had one of the vital dramatic character arcs, experiencing divorce, a spiritual conversion, a miscarriage and adoption — earlier than getting pregnant within the first film. But the previous artwork gallerist turned Higher East Aspect mommy stayed true to her blue-blood trend tastes, sticking with candy sweater units, prissy polka-dot prints and Burberry checks all through “SATC’s” six seasons.
“Charlotte has stayed the identical in her type outlook,” mentioned Rogers of the character’s consistency. “She’s nonetheless within the Higher East Aspect, she has a household and he or she attire in that lane.”
The 2 designers managed to subtly tweak her wardrobe, nonetheless, making it much more luxurious, as befitting her pampered existence, with even fuller midi-length skirts, puff-sleeved blouses and floral attire festooned with ruffles and pussy bows, in addition to a mini Burberry bag for her canine’s poop — a element that appeared to channel the whimsy of Rogers’ mentor, Patricia Subject, who gave Rogers a bit of recommendation earlier than she took cost of the costumes for the present.
“She mentioned to attempt to preserve the whimsy and the enjoyable of it,” Rogers mentioned. “And don’t get too critical, that the whole lot can be nice.”
