Up for auction (for a good cause) is Carrie Bradshaw’s tulle skirt

Few things are as certain as the presence of a tulle skirt in the wardrobe, pardon!, walk-in closet of Carrie Bradshaw. Specifically, the flounced model, at a height just above the knee, which the protagonist of Sex and the City makes dance in the famous theme song.

Paired with her baby pink top, the cloud effect skirt has become one of the costumes, or maybe we would dare to say one of the most iconic garments ever. So sought after and desired that Patricia Field, the costume designer who gave body and life to Carrie’s style, decided to donate it to Housing Works – a non-profit organization based in New York – to be auctioned next week at the annual fundraising event Fashion for Action. The proceeds will in fact be destined to the activities of the organization, committed to fighting AIDS and helping the homeless.

A beautiful and good fate that of the famous tutu skirt became famous a bit by chance as Field a Page Six: “I was in some showroom and I saw a basket of pieces for about $ 5 each or something. I don’t remember for sure. But I grabbed that tulle skirt and thought, “Let’s get it. We’ll see””. The positive reaction of Sarah Jessica Parker he did not wait. “She liked it right away. Sarah Jessica knows about fashion and is not afraid to wear something unusual. We thought, let’s combine it with a t-shirt or a top, something classic ».

If the look immediately broke into the heart of the actress, a little less happened with the producers who were initially not convinced of the choice, considered too much uncoventional for the opening of the famous series. “They wanted to play it safe, but Sarah Jessica and I really felt like she should wear something original for the theme song, because if the series had been successful, that look at the opening would have had to last over time. It couldn’t have been a fashionable item from the fall of 1990. “

When it is said to hit the mark.

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