NEVER apperception the plot. Back “Sex and the Burghal 2” arrives in theaters on May 27, arrangement of women will be advantageous as much, if not more, absorption to the clothes — appropriate bottomward to Carrie Bradshaw’s $800 heels.
Those of us who affliction to pay the hire or, say, eat cannot allow to airing in her Christian Louboutins.
But as it turns out, abounding of the fashions in “Sex and the City” are achievable, alike if you’re scrimping in the city.
The blur has yet to hit theaters and already wallet-friendly versions of its sartorial extravagances are in stores. Take Carrie’s bright Louboutin pumps. Finding a brace of the gold shoes is such an affliction that you ability as able-bodied be an Argonaut on the adventure for the Golden Fleece. And alike if you did acquisition a brace in your size, you would be out several hundred dollars.
Alternatively, you can appointment Asos.com, which is alms glitter-dusted gold pumps aggressive by “Sex and the Burghal 2” for $59.18. You can’t alike buy bisected a Louboutin for that.
Or accede the about $800 lavender Loca pumps covered with studs by Brian Atwood, additionally beat by Carrie in the film. Steve Madden has agnate pumps that at $109.95 are so abundant cheaper, you can buy them for yourself and six of your accompany and still absorb less.
Being frugal, however, does not beggarly consistently abnegating the absolute thing. Some of the clothes in the blur are beneath cher than you may think.
A cottony bandage dress beat in the Arabian arid by the appearance Samantha Jones — allotment of the Keith Haring for House of Field accouterment accumulating — is $120 at Patricia Field’s Manhattan boutique, at 302 Bowery and at Patriciafield.com. (The shop, endemic by Ms. Field, the apparel artist for the “Sex and the City” television alternation as able-bodied as the films, additionally sells accessories from the new movie.)
Cheery, cupcake-dappled aprons beat in the cine by the appearance Charlotte York-Goldenblatt and her babe are $32 for adults and $24 for accouchement at Anthropologie stores.
And several Halston Heritage cocktail dresses apparent on Carrie — including a amorous white V-neck ($325), a acceptable one-shoulder cape dress ($325) and a cottony dejected pleated cardinal ($435) — are for auction at the brand of Bloomingdale’s and Bergdorf Goodman. (Sarah Jessica Parker, who plays Carrie, is arch artistic administrator of Halston Heritage.)
The white Halston dress is arresting in the film’s affiche and trailer, but if $325 seems steep, it is accessible to acquisition agnate abbreviate white styles for less. RevolveClothing.com has a dress by Twisted Heart for $149. Dillard’s has one by XOXO for $49. And Alloy.com has a adaptation for $34.90 to $36.90.
Ever back the alpha of the television alternation in 1998, the characters in “Sex and the City” accept been adorned with a hodgepodge of abreast and best fashions alleged by Ms. Field.
While boarding a even for Athens aftermost month, she aggregate her admired Manhattan haunts to beat for clothes: the best boutique Frock, which she brand for its aboriginal 1990s artist pieces (“very ‘Dynasty,’ ” she said, abandoning the television series); Century 21 (“the prices are fabulous, the alternative is international”); and the assignment chain, Ina.
“That’s area I begin Carrie’s fur covering in the alpha of the series,” Ms. Field said.
Another way to absorb beneath is to opt for hardly altered versions of the frocks and baubles in “Sex and the Burghal 2.” For example, at $7,250 Samantha’s big gold Wendy Brandes earrings, alleged “Cleopatra,” amount added than a cruise to Cairo. But Ms. Brandes additionally sells the earrings in argent for $450 — by no agency cheap, but beneath than a admission on EgyptAir.
If you’re agog on the fashions in the Middle Eastern allocation of the new film, you may demand to analysis out VictoriasSecret.com. Ms. Field, who employs jumpsuits and abounding best dresses in the film, describes the attending as “glamour in the desert.” Victoria’s Secret is abounding with agnate styles in an arrangement of colors. And for $40 to $80 you charge not anguish whether you’ll be in the affection to don harem pants afresh abutting summer.
Fans on a account may additionally demand to appointment the Web armpit Sexandthecitymovie.com/closet. The armpit is so new that I had already completed this cavalcade back it appeared, alms bargain fashions that do not bout those in the blur yet aim to accommodate some of the flavor.
Of course, the best way to compression pennies on “Sex and the Burghal 2” fashions ultimately may be to participate in the acutely amaranthine movie-related promotions from brands as assorted as Macy’s and HP. Skyy Vodka, for one, has a challenge in which admirers can win a cruise to New York Burghal and a arcade bacchanalia with Ms. Field, who has additionally brash a “Sex and the Burghal 2” vodka bottle. (You can access the challenge at Skyy.com.)
Before administration yourself like Samantha or Miranda, though, bethink that some of what Ms. Field puts on the awning is but a flash to the admirers — like the dress with the astronomic annual that Carrie wore at the alpha of the aboriginal movie. Ms. Field said the dress was a callback to the accepted annual pins beat in the series, a way to say instantly to the show’s fans, “We’re back!”
“It was ‘I brought you a bigger and bigger flower,’ ” Ms. Field said. “It wasn’t serious. It was a joke.”
Her appearance admonition is straightforward: anticipate of yourself on a stage, and dress for the role you ambition to play. There are no rules, save that the action of accepting dressed should never be stressful.
“I accomplish myself a cosmo, about-face on music,” Ms. Field said. “I smoke a cigarette. I relax. I accomplish it an agreeable experience, a artistic one.”
“Put yourself in that mood,” she advised, “and you’re activity to attending nice.”
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