Sarah Jessica Parker surprised fans by attending the launch of fast fashion outlet Primark in New York despite her high end fashion-forward status.
For years, the Sex and the City star SJP played the ultimate fashionista whose obsession with her Manolo Blahniks got her into financial trouble.
Carrie’s impressive wardrobe filled with rails of unaffordable designer gear and her aspirational looks had viewers drooling – and Sarah herself is just as stylish.
Fans of the star likely wouldn’t expect to see Sarah or her on-screen alter ego in a branch of the budget store, but on Thursday that is exactly what happened.
Sarah, 61, celebrated the opening of the fashion retailer in the Big Apple, where she perused a rack of affordable sweatshirts with her pal Andy Cohen.
The duo were among many stars attending the launch of Primark’s new storefront in the city ahead of the store’s official May 8 opening.
It comes just days after Sarah pulled another Carrie faux pas, by skipping the most fashionable event of the year, the Met Gala.
Sarah Jessica Parker surprised fans by attending the launch of fast fashion outlet Primark in New York despite her high end fashion-forward status (pictured with Andy Cohen)
For years, the Sex and the City star Sarah played the ultimate fashionista whose obsession with her Manolo Blahniks got her into financial trouble
Yet Sarah was smiling just as wide at Primark as she has at the Met Gala, mingling with other fashionable stars celebrating the arrival of the affordable retailer.
It’s a store that Carrie may not have given a second thought, but with clothing priced considerably cheaper than her go-to designer wear, one that would have been a relief to her wallet.
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Carrie infamously had financial struggles on the show, with her credit card being embarrassingly declined at Dolce & Gabbana.
Her priorities clearly were in her wardrobe.
Carrie’s closet was full of expensive shoes, including red bottom Louboutins, her favorite Manolo Blahniks, and Jimmy Choo heels. In fact, the Vogue writer infamously spent $40,000 on fabulous footwear, which her friend Miranda Hobbes (played by Cynthia Nixon) calculated.
The chic New Yorker also wore enviable designers Christian Dior, Vivienne Westwood and Dolce & Gabbana. At least her clothing withstood the test of time and proves equally popular with Gen Z today, which would make it easy to re-sell now. Her bag brands were just as illustrious, including Fendi, Dior and Louis Vuitton.
Of course, her maxed out credit card money wasn’t just spent on designer duds – she had a stunning apartment, although it was rent stabilized and $750 a month.
Other expenses included exclusively taking cabs, lavish dinners out, regular catch-up brunch on the weekend, and cocktails with her friends, as well as her seemingly endless supply of cigarettes.
Sarah, however, is much more sensible when it comes to her own spending habits, even when she was trying to make it as an actress at age 18.
Fashionista Carrie loved Manolo Blahniks and maxed out a credit card funding her designer clothing obsession
However the budget-friendly shop would have been a relief to Carrie’s wallet, as she famously was in credit card debt
In real life, Sarah has been open about having to budget her way through New York when she first moved to the big city
The new Primark will be opening on May 8
Sarah and Cohen perused a rack of trendy clothing
One could only wonder what Bradshaw would have to say about Primark in her column
‘I moved out when I turned 18, I had a little money in the bank from Square Pegs but not a big amount. I knew exactly how much money I had in the bank and I took it out like very judiciously,’ she recently said on the Call Her Daddy podcast.
‘I tried to get by on $40 for three days, because I just didn’t know for sure. I knew I would work, but the investment that 10 auditions for the one job or the 20,’ she said.
Those days of pinching pennies are now behind her after she found smash success as the star of Sex and the City.
The show – which starred Sarah, Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis, and Kim Cattrall – followed the lives of fashionable 30-something year old women living in New York City.
The original show ran from 1998-2004, and a spin-off series, And Just Like That, along with two films followed.
