Sex and the City’s costume designer Patricia Field says no to fashion cutbacks

Asked if she was going to apply a cost-conscious approach to costuming Carrie (Parker), Samantha (Kim Cattrall), Charlotte (Kristin Davis) and Miranda (Cynthia Nixon) in these times of economic instability, the flame-haired fashion guru offered a big fat no. “I wouldn’t do it,” she revealed, adding: “Of course the four girls are going to be fabulous and flamboyant – otherwise what is the point? I want to do it the other way. I’d be like: ‘Forget your troubles.’ I don’t use the recession as a reference for my creativity.”

Such talk comes at odds with that of Parker who suggested that it would be “inappropriate” for Carrie to appear recession-proof. “Carrie will have been affected and she’s not an idiot,” explained Parker, who has just become a new mum to surrogate born twin daughters Marion Loretta Elwell and Tabitha Hodge. “She’s gonna have to change from thinking about indulgence.”

So who to believe? Parker admitted last month that she had yet to see a finished script for the movie, however as star and producer, you’ve got to think she’s more in the know than Field. Maybe the costumier simply hasn’t gotten the memo to cut back. Either way, it all makes for a rather interesting conflict for Field off the back of her work on fellow fashion flick, Confessions of a Shopaholic which was widely criticised for glamorising reckless spending and addiction to shopping in this tough financial climate.

But is it credible that Carrie and the gang would sensibly navigate the credit crunch and if they do, what is Sex and the City without its designer labels? We can’t quite see Samantha rummaging through the clear-out bin in JC Penny.

[via Ireland Online]

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