Carrie Bradshaw’s iconic Sex and the City tutu is up for auction

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The well-known tutu as soon as worn by Sarah Jessica Parker – aka Carrie Bradshaw – in Sex and the City is being auctioned off for a jaw-dropping quantity. However, the now-iconic tulle skirt wasn’t at all times price 1000’s of {dollars}.

The oyster white, three-tier skirt with satin waistband is being auctioned by Julien’s Auctions with an estimated worth between $8,000 and $12,000. Bidding started on 11 January with a beginning bid of $2,000, and at the moment sits at $9,000. The tutu is being auctioned as a part of Julien’s “Unstoppable: Signature Styles of Iconic Women In Fashion” assortment.

For followers of the beloved HBO collection, which ran from 1997 to 2004, viewers will recognise the tutu from the opening credit, during which intercourse columnist Carrie galivants via a busy New York City road. Pairing the tiered skirt with a fundamental pink tank prime, Carrie famously will get splattered by water from a yellow taxi.

As legend goes, Sex and the City lead costume designer Patricia Field discovered the skirt whereas sifting via a five-dollar bin in Manhattan’s garment district. Series creator Darren Starr initially needed Parker to put on a blue sheath costume from Marc Jacobs’ spring 1998 runway assortment in the opening credit, however Field needed the actor to put on an merchandise that wasn’t particular to any time.

Her determination to decorate Parker in the white tutu was so pivotal for Field that she recounted it in her 2023 memoir, Pat in the City. “I imagined pairing the short, tiered tulle skirt with a small tee or tank for a look that was both contemporary and cool,” she wrote. “I also thought Sarah Jessica would be able to relate to this crazy skirt because of her background as a ballet dancer. Just as important, though, the tutu-style skirt was whimsical, adventurous, and unexpected.”

The iconic tutu made a second look in the 2008 Sex and the City movie adaptation, when Carrie enlists buddies Miranda, Samantha, and Charlotte to assist organise her closet. The author places on a trend present for her mates, as they resolve which objects she ought to hold and which of them to toss. Unsurprisingly, the tutu was a “keep”.

In 2022, Parker revealed who was in possession of the beloved tutu in a video interview for Vogue’s “Life in Looks” collection. According to Julien’s, there are a complete of 5 tutu skirts used for the collection opening credit. The skirt being auctioned is one among the unique 5 and is accompanied by a certificates of authenticity signed by Field.

“A lot of people claim they have the tutu. I think Pat has one. Michael Patrick [King] has one,” the And Just Like That star recalled, later revealing that she additionally owns one among the 5. “We just used one, so my guess is that – that sequence required a splash, that there were probably four or five or six [tutus].”

According to Parker, the whole scene was filmed in “one or two takes”.

This isn’t the first time the iconic tutu has been up for auction. Back in 2021, it was auctioned off for the first time after Field donated the piece to Housing Works. It was additionally displayed in the Museum of the City of New York’s exhibition, “This Is New York: 100 Years of the City in Art and Pop Culture,” in June 2023.

In addition to Carrie Bradshaw’s white tutu, different memorable classic objects up for sale embrace the champagne night costume worn by Paris Hilton on the cowl of her self-titled 2006 album, and a black and white Catherine Walker cocktail costume as soon as worn by Princess Diana. The Sex and the City tutu comes with copies of the Sex and the City film and season one among the unique collection DVDs.