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Sarah Jessica Parker Says She’s ‘Never’ Worn Her Archived ‘Sex and the City’ Wardrobe: ‘There’s a Huge Separation Between Myself and Carrie Bradshaw’
Confirmed
In Short: Sarah Jessica Parker’s comments about her 'Sex and the City' wardrobe align with her previous statements, emphasizing a clear separation between her personal life and her iconic character, Carrie Bradshaw.
At the New York City Ballet 2026 Fall Gala on October 1, Sarah Jessica Parker told People why she keeps a boundary between her personal wardrobe and the iconic pieces from her role as Carrie Bradshaw.
"I don’t wear any of the wardrobe that I wore on the show ever," Parker said, explaining that the pieces are often one-of-a-kind or have already been extensively used on screen.
"There’s just a huge separation between myself and Carrie Bradshaw. It would be like walking around in Sarah Sanderson’s costume," she said, drawing a parallel to her character from Hocus Pocus.
Parker’s comments contrast with a statement she made in 2025, where she said she occasionally pulled from Carrie’s archive for personal use, but emphasized that it was rare.
"What would the circumstances and the environment be that I would be wearing this, and would it be okay and safe, or would it be destroyed? I’m very judicious about that," Parker explained at the time.
"I have no interest in integrating my life into Carrie’s or making her more familiar," she added last year.
For six seasons of Sex and the City and more, Carrie Bradshaw’s wardrobe became as iconic as the character herself, with pieces from Manolo Blahnik heels to Fendi bags and Betsey Johnson dresses.
"It just—it doesn’t seem applicable to my life," she said, emphasizing the distinction between her personal style and Carrie’s.
At the ballet gala, Sarah Jessica turned to an Irish designer for her outfit, wearing a pretty pink dress by Simone Rocha, with a few alterations made to the dress, adding sleeves in the same pretty embroidered fabric.
Parker’s co-star Cynthia Nixon recently revealed that a third of her wardrobe today is from her character Miranda Hobbs’s closet, on Sex and the City, which wrapped in February 2004 after six seasons.
"I was invited to a birthday party in England, and we were already nearby, so I pulled from the archive," Parker said, admitting that it doesn’t happen all the time.
"It’s not every day," she said of the archive that has amassed since 1998 and the first episode of Sex and the City.
Background
Sarah Jessica Parker told People she never wears her 'Sex and the City' wardrobe, emphasizing a separation between herself and her iconic character, Carrie Bradshaw.
Sex and the City is an American romantic comedy-drama television series created by Darren Star for HBO, based on the newspaper column and 1996 book by Candace Bushnell. It premiered in the United States on June 6, 1998, and concluded on February 22, 2004, with 94 episodes broadcast over six seasons.
What's confirmed
- On October 1, at the New York City Ballet 2026 Fall Gala, the actress told People why she keeps a boundary between the two closets.
- “I don’t wear any of the wardrobe that I wore on the show ever,” Parker said.
- “‘Cause it’s pieces that are, in many cases...there’s only one of them, or I’ve already asked a lot of them on screen,” she explained.
- “There’s just a huge separation between myself and Carrie Bradshaw. It would be like walking around in Sarah Sanderson’s costume,” she said of her iconic character from Hocus Pocus.
- “What would the circumstances and the environment be that I would be wearing this, and would it be okay and safe, or would it be destroyed. I’m very judicious about that,” Parker said at the time.
- “I have no interest in integrating my life into Carrie’s or making her more familiar,” Parker said last year.
- For six seasons of Sex and the City and more, Carrie Bradshaw’s wardrobe became as iconic as the character herself.
- From Manolo Blahnik heels to Fendi bags and Betsey Johnson dresses, Carrie’s closet helped establish her as one of television’s most influential and fashionable characters.
- But despite having access to the archive herself, Sarah Jessica Parker has historically drawn a pretty firm line between her own wardrobe and Carrie’s.
- One such occasion was a birthday party in England where she “just did it.” Over the years, Parker continued to inhabit Carrie through And Just Like That..., where the character’s relationship with fashion remained central to the story.
- Speaking on the New York City Ballet Fashion Gala red carpet, Sarah Jessica explained why she doesn’t wear her famous character’s clothes in real life.
- SJP explained that while she has many of the clothes ‘in archive,’ there are a few reasons that she doesn't bring them out events.
What's still developing
- She said she is “very thoughtful” overall when it comes to those moments when she raids Bradshaw’s closet.
- It’s not the kind of thing you could go to the Duane Reade in,” she joked of the accessory she wears for her role set in the early 1880s in New York City, adding, “The gloves are great.
- On a recent Thursday afternoon at SJP Collection, a tiny, pink, candle-scented shoe boutique in Manhattan’s West Village, the store’s owner, the fifty-eight-year-old actress Sarah Jessica Parker, was working the floor.
- After the surprise reveal on August 1 that And Just Like That… would wrap production after its current third season, Parker wrote a lengthy tribute to Carrie on her Instagram, looking back on nearly 30 years playing the character.
- “She broke hearts, heels, habits,” Parker wrote.
- Aside from her relationships, her friendships, and her writing, Carrie’s wardrobe became what defined her character—right down to the enviable shoe collection.
- She has made the hardest, worst, and best decisions.” She added that Carrie “Traveled near and far for the new, the vintage, friends and love.