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Another Open Letter to Desperate Fashion Publicists

Jun 12, 2008 @ 2:31pm

Dear Desperate Fashion Publicists (again),

Believe it or not, we're aware that the Sex and the City movie is now in theaters.

And even more shocking, we don't really care what the girls are wearing.

Okay, that's not quite true - we do care that Carrie rocks a lot of Vivienne Westwood and that Charlotte has a good run in some Oscar maternity dresses.

What we don't care about are the clothes you say "can help you get the SATC look!"

Because if the clothes aren't massively expensive, stamped with a Fendi or a Chanel logo, and / or equipped with a five inch stiletto heel, then no, they can't help you be "The Samantha" or "The Charlotte."

Who are, by the way, fictional characters from a biting satire. That maybe you don't want to look like. Or act like. Or think about, once you've seen the silly three-hour movie (which yes, we all did).

Also, quick note:

It's Patricia Field, not Patricia Fields. And she's really cool, but again, if she didn't design your clothes or pick out your clothes, then you can't say it's a look from her!

xoxo Fashionista.

posted by Holly

Jun 12, 2008 2:47PM

I think what was great about SATC in the beginning was they didn't have designers clamouring to get their products placed. The fashion, as designed by Pat Field, was current for the time and helped to tell the girls' stories in a unique way.
What bugged me about the movie was that designers and logos were being shoved down my throat the whole time.
Now, I could care less about the SATC 'look'.
It needs a new word for 'over'.

posted by chelsearae

Jun 12, 2008 2:49PM

Oh why is this so true, I'm glad you guys are saying it and not me!

I think Patricia Fields is the long lost sister of Mrs. Fields of the giant cookie fame...

posted by etoilee8

Jun 12, 2008 2:51PM

Meow. Saucer of milk much, fashionista girls? But I'm glad someone finally said aloud "they're fictional friggin' characters". If I hear one more girl gush about how she's "sooooo Carrie", I'm gonna have to shout it myself.

posted by stroll

Jun 12, 2008 3:23PM

Hear hear! I'm with you etoilee8 on how irritating "My life is JUST LIKE Sex and the City!" is. Because, for one thing, it's so NOT in the same way NO ONE's is, and for another thing, their lives are supposed to be kind of ridiculous, not something to aspire to. Right?

posted by guest

Jun 12, 2008 3:49PM

I just have never really gotten what there is to aspire to. Despite having almost everything, they're mostly unhappy desperate wrecks. Sure, their life looks nice, but they're usually unhappy.

Jun 12, 2008 5:06PM

I went to see SATC opening night in Manhattan. Most the girls were dressed up in their SATC finest looks.

Needless to say the theater looked like a hooker convention held on Halloween.

Jun 12, 2008 5:45PM

Haha chelsearae...agreeing with the Fashionista girls but then trying to say that Pat Field is related to Mrs. Fields when they just told you it was Patricia FIELD. Did you even read the post??

posted by sarahchivonne

Jun 12, 2008 5:53PM

yay, glad you could put it into words for me.

Although i have started to belt everything I wear now;)

posted by hipstersdontlie

Jun 12, 2008 6:45PM

Anyone remember the first season, where the girls -- especially Miranda -- looked like normal people?

Jun 12, 2008 8:40PM

Guest @ 5:06PM:

LOL. I saw it opening night in Canada - same thing! Tacky cocktail dresses with 6 inch stilletos. It was about as shameful as dressing as a klingon at a Star Trek movie opening. I was actually embarrassed to be there.

I find it really odd that people define themselves by fictional TV characters.
That really can't be an expression of anything healthy.

Jun 12, 2008 11:02PM

I am so sick of all this SATC talk. Just a bunch of miserable females in expensive clothes. I can relate to the show "girlfriends" more so than them. They occasionally talk about high end designers, and it is more like normal people. Some women are just followers and have no uniqueness. Its ok to be trndy sometimes but when your whole style is based on trends something is wrong. Hence it being trendy to be a SATC follower. Its not cute and the movie wasnt that great. Yes these are not real people and its just like me saying I relate to rainbow brite!

Jun 13, 2008 2:08AM

geeze fashionista, bitter much? sure designers might be shoving their names down our throats with all the product placement but the movie and show still has its integrity, this show isn't about miserable desperate women, it highlights points of people's lives that are dramatic and heartbreaking because that is entertainment but nonetheless the girls are never depressed because they have eachother and i think that is very close to reality

Jun 13, 2008 12:47PM

Guest at 5:45... you missed the joke.

Jun 13, 2008 2:28PM

"Hooker convention held on Halloween"

"Tacky cocktail dresses with 6 inch stilletos. It was about as shameful as dressing as a klingon at a Star Trek movie opening"

Hahahahaha! Group hug! Thank god I wasn't the only person having those thoughts!

Jun 13, 2008 4:05PM

This post annoys me.

posted by DAgnesCapone

Jun 16, 2008 10:00PM

This post was grossly pretentious, if you ask me. And besides, I doubt the film is even really intended for women who actually lead these sort of lives. A woman who is given a wedding gown by Vivienne Westwood personally isn't going out on a Saturday night to watch a movie about it. I mean, come on.

It's the open-mouthed admiration of middle class soccer moms and gay men with thinning hairlines that the producers are after. Obviously.

To put it in perspective, how many VOGUE employees do you think were at the premier? Precisely.

Jun 17, 2008 1:45PM

honey, VOGUE employees are just like us. normal human beings. spread the word!