Carrie Bradshaw Goes Cottagecore?
Just as Joan Didion slouched toward Bethlehem, I dragged my melted brain toward my screen for And Just Like That … season three, episode four. I have to admit, the misplaced nostalgia is starting to get to me. These outfits feel like costumes, while the ensembles we saw in SATC were clothes. Pat Field drew from the world around her, funneling her vision into the show that introduced us to Charlotte, Miranda, and Carrie. But in the reboot, there is no sense of a real world even as reference — only make-believe scenarios and make-believe people in make-believe costumes.
However, I’ll give this series one thing, and it’s that this episode was … kind of good?! It was the best-dressed, best-written episode of the entire season, and perhaps that is because it was written by the director Michael Patrick King himself. Maybe there is some good left in this series after all.
Carrie
It’s so crazy to see Carrie wearing Aidan’s son’s clothing and looking more like Carrie than she’s ever looked in this show. I cannot believe she asked “What’s an ATV?” and then they put her on one, patted her on the back, and let her off-road that glorified scooter into town (800 deaths on average and 100,000 emergency department visits annually, yet you put the girl in heels, a blowout, and a gripping fear of nature on one? Okay!) The baseball ringer tee, the capri-length sweats, the heels, and the gorgeous Vivienne Westwood brown leather bag are all so quintessentially old Carrie it nearly made me want to cry. And you know what? I liked the milkmaid cottagecore dress she got from the sister-wives store.
Lisa Todd Wexley
Well, well, well, another statement necklace on LTW. Some people go to Pilates to work on their core, relieve their back pain, and get strong arms. Not LTW. She’s on that reformer working her neck. She’s got some jewelry that looks like heavy machinery to wear!
Miranda
Folks, we’ve won. Miranda is out of the clown suit and into a power suit. The blue pinstripes were the perfect outfit for her to wear while getting memed.
Charlotte
Ms. Reformed Wasp traded out her signature massive belt for an apron and a pearl necklace. How Nara Smith of her! This is an ideal look to wear when your daughter’s boyfriend comes out as poly at your family dinner.
Seema
Devastatingly good power dress, devastatingly good face card. I’m so happy we have her to look forward to each week.
Highlight of the week
Let this sister wife live in peace. Look at how blissed out she is in her little sunflower hat.
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