Sarah Jessica Parker keeps Carrie Bradshaw’s wardrobe archived, but none of those famous outfits have made their way into her everyday rotation. After decades of fashion headlines, the clothes now have a strictly preservation-only job.
“No, I don’t wear any of the wardrobe that I wore on the show ever,” Parker told People. “I have it. It’s an archive, but I never wear it. I never have.”
That may disappoint anyone imagining Parker casually shopping in one of Carrie’s more elaborate ensembles. For the actor, however, the distinction between herself and the character remains too strong.
Why Parker will not wear Carrie’s clothes
Parker said the pieces feel like costumes because viewers already associate them with a specific character and story. Wearing them in ordinary life would be much like borrowing the wardrobe of another role.
“There’s a huge separation between myself and Carrie Bradshaw,” she explained. “So it would be like walking around in Sarah Sanderson’s costume.”
The comparison refers to Sarah Sanderson, the witch Parker played in Hocus Pocus. While Carrie’s wardrobe may be more practical than a 17th-century Salem costume, Parker sees both collections as belonging to the screen rather than her own closet.
“It doesn’t seem applicable to my life,” she added.
How long did Parker play Carrie Bradshaw?
Parker first played the New York columnist in HBO’s Sex and the City, which ran from 1998 to 2004. She later returned for two feature films and the sequel series And Just Like That…, which aired from 2021 to 2025.
When the spin-off ended, Parker marked the close of her long association with Carrie in an emotional social media post. She said the character had “dominated my professional heartbeat for 27 years” and added, “I think I have loved her most of all.”
Parker also acknowledged the complicated relationship audiences had with Carrie over the years.
“I know others have loved her just as I have. Been frustrated, condemned and rooted for her,” she wrote. “The symphony of all those emotions has been the greatest soundtrack and most consequential companion.”
Calling her gratitude both “sentimental and profound,” Parker said she felt a “lifetime of debt” to viewers who stayed with the character.
“This chapter is complete,” she wrote. Parker described And Just Like That… as a “joy, adventure” and “the greatest kind of hard work,” crediting the production’s team of 380 people and the actors who joined the series.
Carrie’s story may be over, but the wardrobe survives in an archive. Apparently, even fictional fashion history deserves careful storage and a firm no-borrowing policy.
