She may have made Manolos a household name, but what you might not know about Sarah Jessica Parker is that she grew up with seven brothers and sisters, and thus with a fashion philosophy more hand-me-down than downtown chic. Now, following the lead of seemingly everey other style icon, Parker has created a fashion collection, Bitten-this time it’s for discount apparel megastore Steve & Barry’s-with the the tag line, “Fashion isn’t a luxury, it’s a right.” Designed to reflect Parker’s own wardrobe, the nearly 500 pieces that comprise Bitten-from knit tops and cashmere sweaters to jeans, sleepwear, shoes, bags and belts-are all under $20. Sure, shopping for your Saturday night outfit acouple of aisles over from Coors sweatshirts and WWE jackets might not seem very Sex and the City, but we think Carrie Bradshaw would get a kick out of it.
(NEW YORK) Glamour’s June cover girl and fashion-plate Sarah Jessica Parker dishes with New York Times writer Bob Morris about her new under-$20 fashion line Bitten, and her preference for sandals over Manolos. Here’s a few topics that SJP tackles in the interview.
On life post-Sex in the City: “I’ll go to the market, and women will say to me: ‘Let me see your shoes.’ And then I show them I’m wearing flip-flops. I say, ‘I’m old now. I can’t run around in heels when I go to the market for my son’s yogurt.’”
The next Ghesquière?
On her well-priced basics: “They’re not setting a trend. We’re not Balenciaga. They’re well-made clothes that feel of-the-moment.”
Modesty is the best policy-On not naming the line after herself: “I was embarressed to. I don’t want the line to be about me. I’m not pretending these are clothes from my closet. Or that this is Carrie Bradshaw.”
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