Sarah Jessica Parker would 'never' wear Sex and the City clothes again: 'There's a huge separation between myself and Carrie'
SJP has made it clear that her real life is a far cry from that of Carrie Bradshaw
Despite Sarah Jessica Parker being just as stylish as her iconic Sex and the City character, she’s made it clear that the two aren’t anything alike - so much so, we’ll never see her in any of the old outfits.
From being a highlight of many Met Galas to some of her own daring styles over the years, it’s easy to assume Carrie's unique style rubbed off on SJP - and vice versa - but the Emmy winning star has insisted there’s a "huge separation" between the two.
When asked if we’d ever see her repurposing any of the clothes she’s kept from filming Sex and the City and its spin-off, And Just Like That, SJP was adamant that she’ll "never" wear it - and she never has.
She told People, "No, I don’t wear any of the wardrobe that I wore on the show ever. I have it. It’s an archive, but I never wear it. I never have."
She added that wearing any of Carrie’s costumes would be just as incredulous to her as walking around every day dressed like the witch she played in Disney’s Hocus Pocus.
She said, "There’s a huge separation between myself and Carrie Bradshaw. So it would be like walking around in Sarah Sanderson’s costume… It doesn’t seem applicable to my life."
Despite not wearing it, Sarah Jessica has previously revealed it was part of her contract that she gets to keep "every solitary thing" she wears on-screen.
She told Vogue, “I had all of the original stuff in my own storage. Furniture, clothes, everything, packed according to season and episode and scene. I kept every single solitary thing.”
In 2025, she appeared on Howard Stern’s radio show where she mentioned again how she uses her vast archive, and nodded to the cyclical nature of fashion allowing them to reuse looks for the spin-off.
"We use it every year on the show [And Just Like That]," she explained. "We keep bringing it back and we did it on the show originally. You'll change out the closet, you wear some of it again - some from ten, 15 years ago. It's really nice for the audience."
It’s only fair that people perhaps blur the boundaries between Sarah Jessica and Carrie Bradshaw - the actress played the protagonist for 27 years, spanning six seasons of the original series, two movies and three seasons of the spin-off.
While we might never see the real-life Sarah Jessica wearing any of Carrie’s clothes, it’s also possible we won’t see the character on our screens again anytime soon.
When SJP announced that season three of And Just Like That would be its last, she penned what felt like a final goodbye to Carrie.
She wrote, "Carrie Bradshaw has dominated my professional heartbeat for 27 years. I think I have loved her most of all. I know others have loved her just as I have. Been frustrated, condemned and rooted for her.
"The symphony of all those emotions has been the greatest soundtrack and most consequential companion. Therefore the most sentimental and profound gratitude and lifetime of debt. To you all… This chapter is complete."
