Carrie Bradshaw’s tutu and clingy top ensemble perfectly encapsulated the central conflict of SexAndTheCity: Can you be both fairy princess heroine AND a modern sexpot? rkgar writes
Sex and the City aired its first episode on June 6, 1998. In honor of the occasion, we’re taking a look back at 20 years of SATC. Read all the Cut’s anniversary coverage here.
So who was this avatar, this Alice we followed down the rabbit hole? As ever, fashion offers clues: For that opening sequence, Patricia Field put Sarah Jessica Parker in the now-historic outfit of pink tank top and white tutu — an ensemble rich in cultural resonance. In her weekly tutu scene, Parker conjured a modern-day version of this paradox. Carrie was by far the most sylph-like of the SATC ladies — the thinnest of figure and also the “airiest” and most Romantic of temperament, the one most desperately searching for true love.
While Samantha openly and unsentimentally pursued erotic pleasure, Carrie longed for a prince to whisk her away: the rich, handsome, and elusive Mr. Big or the rich, handsome, and elusive Aleksandr Petrovsky . She lived life through the prism of a fairy tale — of Cinderella or really any of the other Romantic ballet plots. It was therefore perfect that every week, Carrie greeted us in a ballerina costume topped with a clingy tank top that showed off her breasts.
It’s a dense little scene: the bus ad is visible proof of Carrie’s success and cosmopolitanism. She is a famous, sexy writer. But the encounter of “real” Carrie and “bus” Carrie ends in mishap. The very thing that demonstrates professional success besmirches and humiliates the woman. Bus Carrie ruins walking Carrie. She may know — and write about — good sex but she can barely get down the street without incident.
And what did she happen to be wearing this fateful night? Why, another tutu. Yes, in that classic final episode, Carrie suits up one last time as a ballerina princess — in a flaring tulle tutu of a skirt. Only this time the tutu is no longer virginal white but mermaid green. And rather than showcase her legs, it is long enough to cover them. No need any longer to advertise her wares: Carrie Bradshaw is — finally — off the market.
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