"I was looking for a $7 dress to go with my $300 shoes," Carrie memorably tells us in an early episode of Sex and the City [1], because a closet full of Manolos she may have, but Bradshaw knows something about thrifty fashion. That aesthetic is expertly carried through in And Just Like That [2] via costumers Molly Rogers and Danny Santiago, and if ever there was a high-low style moment to post alongside a primer on the subject, it's Carrie's look in episode four of the new series.
True to form, Carrie reemerges from her downtown brownstone, swathed in a tulle skirt and a rainbow-striped off-the-shoulder tee. It's a classic Carrie look, down to the glittering purple Fendi Baguette — a limited re-edition of the beloved piece from the 1999-2000 collection she carried on the original show — tucked under her arm and the sustainable "New York or Nowhere" tote thrown over her shoulder. In fact, if you dreamed up an outfit for Carrie in this next chapter [3], you might have landed on something just like this — an evolution of the tulle skirt she famously wears in the opening credits of SATC, paired with an understated T-shirt, white booties (which you may recognize from the the final season of the original series [4]), and two bags — one for function and one for fashion. Because two things can be true: Carrie Bradshaw is something of a show pony and she's also a very busy New Yorker who needs a place to stash her stuff while on the go.
Here, we shopped the high-low moment, including the iconic $4,300 Fendi. Now, you don't have to do the searching for that $45 tote to pair with it, either. Shop both pieces, if you're so inclined, below.