In the first episode of And Just Like That season 3, Sarah Jessica Parker’s Carrie already made headlines. Not only did she seemingly rekindle with Aidan (John Corbett) after their five-year break agreement, but she made a fashion risk that left the internet scratching their heads.
In one scene, Carrie is walking through Washington Square Park with her friend Seema (Sarita Choudhury) wearing a cream-colored dress from Ossie Clark and a billowing gingham hat designed by Maryam Keyhani. On the internet, viewers were quick to criticize it. “Who in their right mind would walk around NYC wearing this hat?? (Or any other city 😆)” wrote one X user. “On last night’s season premiere of And Just Like That, Carrie wore a ‘hat’ that made me question reality,” wrote another user.
“I saw the hat and wanted it on my head,” Parker said in defense of the hat choice to USA Today. “At this point, there’s no pretend dilly-dallying around. We pretty much just put stuff on my head and photograph it, and hope that Michael Patrick [King, executive producer of the show] is hospitable to the idea.”
Luckily, he agreed. “It’s like, ‘Hey, everybody, we’re back!” he told the outlet of the look. “I’ve learned over the years that sometimes logic is not as good as a hat. It makes people say, ‘I love it. I hate it. Oh, my God, what was she thinking?'”
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The Gingham Hat
Image Credit: Craig Blankenhorn/HBO Parker had a vision to wear this Maryam Keyhani hat and really went for it. It’s camp at its finest.
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LTW’s Necklace
Image Credit: Craig Blankenhorn/HBO Also in episode 1, viewers couldn’t exactly get behind the oversized ball necklace Nicole Ari Parker’s character Lisa Todd Wexley wore. “And Just Like That Season 3 is strange…Between the clown bonnet and woven string light necklace I’m lost,” wrote one X user.
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Her Smoking Look
Image Credit: Craig Blankenhorn/Max In season 1, Carrie left fans scratching their heads with a scene of her smoking in a pink Batsheva housedress, babushka-style headscarf, and elbow-length purple latex gloves.
Luckily, it all had an explanation. In a convo with Seema, she explained that the look is to avoid any cigarette smoke or smell from coming into her apartment.
“I smoked in here one night and then everything smelled like a cigarette and I was right back there, wanting to smoke morning, noon, and while I was sleeping,” she told her friend, per Vogue. “Now, I allow myself one a day in a walk around the block, with like three kerchiefs on my head and Playtex kitchen gloves. I just can’t risk having that smell on my hair and my hands.”
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Heels to Paint
Image Credit: Craig Blankenhorn/HBO Carrie and Steve (David Eigenberg) shared a sweet moment together when they volunteered to paint houses in season 1. One thing that fans couldn’t get behind, though? Why would Carrie go paint in these massive silver platform heels?
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Boho Time
Image Credit: Craig Blankenhorn/HBO When season 1 was filming, AJLT got backlash when fans speculated that Parker wore this Boho dress seemingly from Forever 21 in one of the scenes.
As it turns out, not only was the dress not from the fast fashion brand, but the look was all carefully planned.
“The message from [show creator] Michael Patrick King was ‘Put Carrie in something that she would be kind of embarrassed to wear while bumping into Natasha [Big’s ex-wife] at the coffee place,'” costume designer Molly Rogers told InStyle. “For me, that was that long summer dress, and SJ wanted to put a tiger shirt underneath it. It was very Coachella in a way; I didn’t really find it to be a very Carrie outfit. That’s why I thought it worked.”
They also revealed the dress was vintage. “That was something that I purchased probably about five years ago,” fellow designer Danny Santiago said. “It had no label in it, and I think I paid $5 or $6 at a thrift shop.”
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This Sheer Moment
Image Credit: Craig Blankenhorn/HBO While this look didn’t get as much attention as any Carrie look did in the show, this look from Lisette (Katerina Tannenbaum) was certainly a choice. Together with these oversized brown boots, Lisette wore these pink hot pants, a bright blue bra and a sheer dress on top.
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Tulle Time
Image Credit: Craig Blankenhorn/HBO We all know that Carrie has a flair for drama, but this white tulle skirt paired with this striped colorful shirt wasn’t exactly the cohesive look viewers were looking for.
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The Pigeon Clutch
Image Credit: Craig Blankenhorn/HBO In season 2, one of the show’s most controversial moments was Carrie’s pigeon clutch in episode 2. The bag, which is 3D-printed by JW Anderson, accessorized Carrie’s gray jumpsuit.
“We brought it in, they loaned us one, and Sarah Jessica was like, ‘Gimme that bag!'” Molly Rogers told Entertainment Weekly. “She was totally into it. It’s painted beautifully.”
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Blizzard Ready
Image Credit: Craig Blankenhorn In the sixth episode of season 2, Carrie left viewers gasping when she faced a blizzard in this massive Moncler by Valentino’s Pierpaolo Piccioli coat. It’s probably the most dramatic look of hers to date, but it sure would insulate her from the cold!
“I, too, gasped when I saw that coat,” wrote Callie Holtermann for the New York Times. “You’re telling me she had that in her closet earlier this season when she supposedly had nothing to wear to the Met Gala? When Rihanna herself arrived at the Met in 2021 wearing a Balenciaga puffer gown with a giant train?”
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Journey to the Met
Image Credit: Craig Blankenhorn You know an outfit is good for the Met Gala when you need your husband to help you, right?
In the Met Gala episode in season 2, Lisa Todd Wexley (Nicole Ari Parker) wore this flowy red custom Valentino dress paired with a dramatic Philip Treacy headpiece with red petals. We could barely see LTW’s face, she couldn’t get into a car, and her husband Herbert (Christopher Jackson) needed to help her with the train. Was all the hastle worth it?
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