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Shoes and the City
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Shoes,
Glorious Shoes
Carrie: It's really hard to walk in
a single woman's shoes—that's why you sometimes need really special shoes.
Years ago, Sex and the City's Carrie Bradshaw led a shoe revolution; she
gave shoe fanatics worldwide not only a voice, but also the courage to bring
their well-soled selves out from behind boxes and boxes of former shame.
Spoiled by six seasons of incredible footwear, we headed into the movie
screening with high hopes.
We were not disappointed. "I wear the Dior Extreme a lot in the movie, and
those I just love," says Sarah Jessica Parker. This brown pair is the
Python version and she wears a black pair as well.
Strap
Happy
Stanford: Ooo, Gucci and Dolce and
Dior... Carrie: Oh my!
The movie takes place over the course of a year, so viewers get to see
everything from sandals to sandals over socks to peep-toes to booties. Of
choosing brands, costume designer Pat Field said, "It's really about the
piece, how it incorporates into the scene and with the character herself."
This Proenza Schouler
pair fit right in as Carrie returns books to the library.
Sandals
Over Socks? Carrie Can!
Carrie's answering machine: I'm not
home, but my shoes are. Leave them a message.
Shoes have always played a starring role in the series. Think back to the
episode in which Carrie splurged on a pair of Christian Louboutins to wear on
her last date with Big before he moved to Napa. During the date, Carrie gets
the call that Miranda's in labor, so she and Big, via horse-drawn carriage,
race to the hospital, where Miranda's water breaks all over Carrie's lovely
shoes. Thankfully, there are always more shoes in the closet, like this Dior
Extreme Python which Carrie wears with over-the-knee argyle socks.
Through
Thick and Thin Carrie: I realized I was in the throes of an
existential crisis. One that not even the sight of this season's Dolce &
Gabbana strappy sandals could lift me out of.
Carries fashion picks tend to reflect her mood, so it's no surprise that
Carrie's feeling a bit down in this October scene wearing black from hat to Alaia-booted
toes. In the best of times and worst, Carrie's shoes have been there. Well,
except when she got mugged in season three and the thief took off with the
strappy pink Manolos, the ones she bought for "half off at a sample
sale!"
Snow
Boots
Carrie: I've spent forty thousand
dollars on shoes and I have no place to live? I will literally be the old woman
who lived in her shoes!
Snow shoes for the average woman are a bit different than the pair of Sigerson Morrison
booties Carrie wears during fashion week. Hopefully this pair is
weatherproof, as we know how much sentimental value her footwear holds. When
Aidan's dog, Pete, gnawed on a pair of Manolos in an old episode, it was
"not good," as Carrie might say.
Fresh
Wardrobe Perspective
Carrie (referring to the politician
she dated): I figured we made a good match. I was adept at fashion; he was
adept at politics. And really, what's the difference? They're both about
recycling shop-worn ideas and making them seem fresh and inspiring.
Costume designer Pat Field is also a recycling master—one need only look at the
way she reimagines Carrie's Dior Extreme
sandal, here again for the third time.
Shoes
as Symbols Carrie : I tried the trapeze yesterday for that
piece that I'm writing.
Charlotte : I could never! I have the most terrible fear of heights.
Carrie : Well, I do not. You've seen my shoes.
Leave it to Pat Field to create a new shoe by putting mesh around a Dior pump.
The decision to broaden Carrie's label collection was a conscientious decision
by the movie's director and writer, the incomparable Michael Patrick King.
"In the series, Carrie was all about Manolo, which is still a mystical
word for the audience, but we didn't want them to think that Carrie holds onto
one label," explains King. "And we decided she should be in a lot of
labels, but the Manolo does have a big part." One blue style, in
particular, is the shoe of the movie, custom-made by Mr. Blahnik.
"I love what Manolo made for the movie," says Sarah Jessica Parker.
"It's a beautiful shoe."
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