Carrie Bradshaw is back! just like that”

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“And just like that” Sarah Jessica Parker will be back on our screens this upcoming year as fashion icon, Carrie Bradshaw (in a pair of Louis Vuitton stilettos and a powder-pink tulle dress). Over the past 30 years, the Sex and The City star has astounded viewers with her high-fashion and later this year, she will be giving us another glimpse into her NYC wardrobe. As fans patiently wait for the premier of “And Just Like That” season two, we can question that over the last 30 years Carrie has seduced us with her fashion, but which designer dressed her the best? Viewers will say that as Bradshaw enters her late 50s, her fashion has remained timeless and iconic. Carrie has introduced us to some of the biggest designers in the industry and has taught us that heels can be styled with anything. Designers such as Christian Dior to the late Vivienne Westwood have had the honour to style the infamous NYC columnist. From her personal wardrobe to Vogue fashion shoots, Carrie owns some of the biggest fashion staples throughout the last three decades.

In my opinion, the 90s were one of the best years of Carrie’s fashion journey. She showed us that even after being the most heartbroken during this time, she could use fashion as her coping mechanism, still looking iconic in her lowest moments. In the mid 90s, she stunned viewers when she wore the Dolce and Gabbana hand painted floral maxi dress. This was one of the most stunning fashion pieces that Dolce and Gabbana ever created. The fact the dress was hand painted emphasises it was really one- of-a-kind and Bradshaw wore this dress seamlessly. Even though Dolce and Gabbana created such an astonishing piece, it was not the best. Picture this, the 2000s and fashion was emerging from low rise jeans to layered tank-tops and blue eyeliner. The screenwriter of Sex and The City had broken Carrie and Big up (again) and Bradshaw was feeling somewhat philosophical. She stepped out of her brown-stone NYC apartment, in black Louis Vuitton stilettos and the most breath-taking midi dress in the fashion industry. It was the black and white newspaper dress from John Galliano’s AW00 collection at Dior. It became the definition of what the 2000s were supposed to be like, a time where single, metropolitan women could have it all.

As the iconic series came to an end after season 6, two sequel films came into light, which got viewers obsessed with Bradshaw and her NYC life- once again. The first film featured wedding dresses designed for Bradshaw to wear in an issue of Vogue magazine. Carrie couldn’t have described the ivory Vivienne Westwood dress better- “A dress so special, it could bring a wedding tear from even the most unbelieving of women”. This wedding dress was one-ofa-kind, and Bradshaw wore it like she was the luckiest woman in the world. After the recent news of Vivienne Westwood’s passing, this dress has once again taken over the media. Some of the biggest names in the fashion industry thanking Vivienne for creating such a masterpiece of a wedding dress. The official Instagram for “And Just Like That” posted a picture of this astonishing dress and wrote “Thankyou Vivienne!!! You were such a big part of our fashion lives! Rest in peace punk sistah x”

It is safe to say that whilst Bradshaw looked stunning in every outfit she wore, Vivienne Westwood’s wedding dress was truly a vision. It took over the fashion world and continues to do so. We can expect new fashion in season 2 of “And Just like That”, but as it stands currently, Vivienne Westwood takes the title of styling Bradshaw the best- fit for her NYC fairy-tale ending.

By Lily-may Broadhead