8 Fabulous Life Lessons We Learned from Carrie Bradshaw

Sarah Jessica Parker unveiled her new shoe collaboration for Tome today, and that got us thinking back to the many memorable fashion moments she had as Carrie Bradshaw on Sex and the City. After all, she did once play a Vogue contributing editor on the show—and then there’s her more recent cameo as EIC of Vogue.com on Glee. Here we’ve cherry-picked the key lessons we learned from television’s favorite columnist that still resonate in our hearts (and our closets) to this day.

The power of the nineties slip dress has never been this important.

Carrie Bradshaw Sex and the City Style

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A good Mary Jane is the stuff that fashion dreams are made of.

Carrie Bradshaw Sex and the City Style

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Make a statement with your exit.

Carrie Bradshaw Sex and the City Style

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Technology can be chic. Especially when it’s wrapped in a pashmina.

Carrie Bradshaw Sex and the City Style

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A dramatic moment calls for de la Renta.

Carrie Bradshaw Sex and the City Style

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More swans. Always.

Carrie Bradshaw Sex and the City Style

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Don’t mock the clothes. Ever. Especially if it’s a Roberto Cavalli fringed and shredded top.

Carrie Bradshaw Sex and the City Style

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True love is Manolo Blahnik.

Carrie Bradshaw Sex and the City Style

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Sarah Jessica Parker answers all of our 73 questions: