Sex and the City Fashion
After watching the Sex and the City movie the other week, I (and probably every other female in the audience) instantly had lemmings for almost every outfit and accessory that was featured at some point in the movie. And since there were over 300 outfit changes between the four of them and almost all of the outfits worn made purely up of premium designer items, there was little hope for people like me with small wallets to be able to adopt and emulate these pieces into our own wardrobes.
The stand out fashion items in the movie for me were all the versatile accessories that Carrie wore. I have managed to track down a couple of items that I was in love with during the film.
Carrie’s Vintage Studded Belt
In a huge amount of scenes and teamed with many different outfits is a vintage black pyramid studded belt, which Carrie manages to wear matching almost everything and without looking all “punk rocker” instead very sophisticated and just giving an edge to some girly outfits.
Here it is teamed with a gorgeous vintage green coat and dress, eiffel tower bag, as well as Dior gladiator heels which are seen countless times in the movie as well.
This belt is a vintage piece but due to popular demand, Patricia Field has decided to make an exact replica which is now available to pre-order on her website.
You can also get her Eiffel Tower bag here. I think it is absolutely adorable, but don’t think I can pull the look off myself. Maybe after a styling session with Patricia but otherwise I think not.
I am EXTREMELY tempted to buy this belt and think it looks absolutely awesome every time it is worn in the movie. My only concern is that in a couple of months there will probably be knock offs available EVERYWHERE and it will no longer have so much appeal to me.. Might have to see if I am still in love next pay day!
Dior Gladiator Heels
As I have already mentioned and you can see in the above photos, throughout the movie Carrie wears and AMAZING pair of gladiator heels in a variety of scenes and with many different outfits, each equally as fabulous and enviable as the last!
If you have a spare $770 US, head over to eLuxury to pick up a pair of these babies! Unforunately for me I have just been made redundant so there is no way in the world I could justify buying them (could I ever?? Probably…) but never fear, it is not all bad news, with a much cheaper but equally fabulous version being sold in Wittner.
The Wittner ‘Vixen’ gladiator heels are available from their website here. I just bought these lovely shoes last week, and am wearing them out tonight, so will hopefully give you a verdict on comfiness and some real life photos soon! I must say they do look much nicer in person than they do on the website (pic shown below). Even on first glance you can see how similar they are to the above Dior ones, and they are made of a wonderful soft leather.
ETA – Here are some photos of the Vixens! Apologies for the cruddy bedroom shots but until I get my tripod will have to do!
Verdict – sass and bide BLACK RATS
The sass and bide “black rats” leggings have been hotly anticipated since appearing on their recent runway shows.They are being sold as “the skinny jean meets leggings”.
I have always been a strong believer of the “leggings are NOT PANTS” mentality, but even i could picture myself in these!
After spying pictures such as this ->
I couldn’t help but develop an unhealthy yearning for these babies!
Soon after seeing them and beginning to fall in love mycatwalk.com.au had them on preorder and i was straight on the site ordering away!
The following days and weeks was a rollercoaster ride of anticipation and also worry, as more and more information on the black rats unfolded on the vogue forums.
My lust for the leggings started to fade as we realised these were not really the “leather look” we had been hoping for but more of a satiny
swimsuit material. I decided to wait for their arrival before making my own mind up about them.
Finally they arrived in my office mailbox yesterday, and i had to resist the temptation to run to the bathroom then and there to try them on!
But sensibility prevailed and i waited until i got home so i could try them on with heels and all the appropriate trimmings (as well as having the safety of my own mirror at home and not having to worry about people walking in on me!)
Now bear in mind i am 5′2″ and although in my opinion i have pretty skinny legs I am still a large size 10 so ordered a M/L knowing how small s&b pants can be!
All things considered i knew i wouldn’t look as good as the models on the runway or Bryanboy but i still had high hopes they would be effortlessly chic and rock star sexy.
First impressions were that they are gorgeously soft material, a really soft almost microfibre material, with a satiny sheen and a hell of a lot of ruching.
Popped them on and had the obligatory 12 inches of excess material on the legs due to being a shortie. They felt heavenly on, and i spent a couple of minutes fixing up the distirbution of the ruching and tucking under the excess length. Popped on my heels and posed in the mirror.
Hmm, they looked ok.. but not as fabulous as i had hoped. They felt AMAZING on and the material was so comfortable.
Side view was pretty good, seemed to lengthen my legs out and the detailing on the sides looked cool.
Front on they were “ok” but it just looked like too much ruching and appeared to be widening my legs. I ordered the M/L and felt a little bit like i was drowning in the material, there was just so much of it and down towards the bottom of my legs they were not tight at all and there was just heaps of material and i didnt know what to do with it!!
I took a couple of photos and the flash really reflects of the material, but instead of appearing leathery like the runway rats, mine looked more like they were made of satin.
So i stayed in them for about 5 minutes umming and ahhing trying to make them look ultra hot, but it just didn’t happen for me…
Considered exchanging for the S/M size instead but eventually i decided the $170 would be better spent towards the Tom Fords i have my eye on.
So my VERDICT??
The Black Rats are HOT HOT HOT if you are 6 foot tall and with a body like a whip. Or even if you are not a whip but i really think you need the height and long legs to carry these off.
I’d advise the shorter kids like me to try the Kova and T ‘Oxy’ leggings which come for a little bit cheaper as well.
What are your thoughts??
