'And Just Like That' costume designers say the Carrie Bradshaw dress that fans criticized as fast fashion was a $5 secondhand item
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Armani Syed
Dec 24, 2021, 20:13 IST
Sarah Jessica Parker seen on the set of "And Just Like That" the follow up series to "Sex and the City" in Central Park in New York City.(Photo by James Devaney/GC Images
The costume designers behind "And Just Like That" say Carrie Bradshaw's viral maxi dress cost $5.
Images of the dress circulated in August during filming and fans mistook it for a Forever 21 piece.
Molly Rogers and Danny Santiago told the publication's Hannah Southwick in an interview published on Thursday that the item came from Santiago's "personal archive of secondhand finds" and didn't have a label.
The Instagram account further reported that the dress was paired with a blue button-up shirt, Terry de Havilland sandals, and a Gucci x Balenciaga "Hourglass" bag.
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"He bought it many years ago for $5 or $6," Rogers told Page Six of the dress from Santiago's personal archive on Thursday. "We later learned that Forever 21 did have a [very similar] dress, but knocked off something from an Indian designer."
She added: "Given how long Danny had the dress, we think it was probably from the original designer."
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Some fans said they felt the fast-fashion piece seemed out of character for the sartorial snob, with Chelsea Fairless and Lauren Garroni, the pair behind the Instagram account @everyoutfitonsatc, highlighting the inconsistency in a post on August 6 that has over 55,000 likes at the time of writing.
They wrote: "We were slightly skeptical of this theory from the beginning, because we can't imagine a world where SJP would see a Forever 21 dress hanging on a rack and not run screaming in the opposite direction."
"Coming out of the pandemic, I was feeling like I didn't want to consume much," she said, noting that they were more selective in their approach.
Rogers added: "We were being very picky and going for the recycled, vintage look of it all and sprinkling in the modern."
Rogers and Santiago and representatives for Forever 21 did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.
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