{"id":47034,"date":"2022-01-13T14:04:18","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T14:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/?post_type=articles&p=47034"},"modified":"2022-01-13T14:53:19","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T14:53:19","slug":"and-just-like-that-gabriela-hearst-carrie-blanket","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/and-just-like-that-gabriela-hearst-carrie-blanket\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018And Just Like That\u2019: I Can\u2019t Stop Thinking About Carrie\u2019s Weird Old Lady Blanket"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sarah Jessica Parker with a Gabriela Hearst wrap in And Just Like That<\/i> (Photo: Craig Blankenhorn\/HBO Max)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It\u2019s funny the things you notice on TV. Little details like what a character is eating or reading or wearing can grab your attention and refuse to let go. On HBO Max\u2019s And Just Like That<\/em><\/a>, it\u2019s often the fashion, and that\u2019s by design. Like its predecessor Sex and the City<\/em><\/a>, a major part of the show\u2019s appeal is its characters\u2019 rarefied and often over-the-top sense of style. Part of the reason we watch is to see what Carrie and her friends will wear and how they\u2019ll accessorize it. Whole careers have been made chronicling every single outfit the characters wore on the original series, and GRAZIA is continuing that tradition with our weekly fashion recaps<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Over a couple of recent episodes, I actually found myself taken with a particular accessory. For some reason, Carrie\u2019s multicolored knit blanket just stood out to me. I mean, that\u2019s the point, obviously. One of the cardinal rules of writing about film and TV is to always remember that almost nothing is unintentional. Everything you see onscreen was chosen by someone and is there for a reason. So, obviously this funfetti-esque throw was selected precisely because it is eye-catching.<\/p>\n

I think the item in question appears for the first time in Episode 5<\/a>, \u201cTragically Hip.\u201d You know, the one where New York fashionista socialite about town party girl Carrie Bradshaw has a hip replacement or whatever. You can just see its fluffy tassels peeping out of the giant carryall Carrie has brought with her to the hospital while she and Miranda are waiting in the lobby. Later in the same episode, it appears on Carrie\u2019s desk chair while she\u2019s Zooming, high on painkillers, with her podcast co-hosts. Then in Episode 6, it gets its biggest moment in the spotlight thus far: draped over Carrie\u2019s lap as she settles in with a book\u2014Gabriel Krauze\u2019s acclaimed autobiographical novel Who They Was<\/em><\/a>, if you want to know\u2014in the cozy Upper East Side apartment<\/a> into which she\u2019s retreated in the aftermath of her husband\u2019s death.<\/p>\n

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Sarah Jessica Parker filming And Just Like That<\/i> with Carrie’s Gabriela Hearst wrap (Photo: Jason Howard\/Bauer-Griffin\/GC Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Maybe it was because it has been particularly cold and bleak recently here in New York, but I found myself randomly googling this random cozy-looking, cheerful blanket. I mean, I say \u201cblanket\u201d because that\u2019s what I assumed it was. To my eye, it looked like the kind of funky knit throw that you might find at a flea market or church bazaar; not quite the sort of think you\u2019d find draped over the Conners\u2019 couch, but a not-too-distant cousin. And this may have been part of its appeal. For all her glamor, Carrie was always comparatively down to earth. There was room in her sartorial purview for both one-of-a-kind designer pieces and<\/em> thrift store finds. You could imagine her picking up a playful t-shirt or something on St. Marks or a hand-made shawl that caught her eye at a street fair. I assumed this \u201cblanket\u201d was something along those lines.<\/p>\n

Oh, how wrong I was. Turns out, it was not a funky hand-made blanket that someone\u2019s grandma knitted, but a $2,650 Gabriela Hearst<\/a> cashmere wrap<\/a>. (And I should note that when I mentioned writing about this, my colleague Hannah Militano immediately<\/em> identified it.)<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know why I was surprised. The version of Carrie in And Just Like That<\/em> is stupendously rich, and has been for years. Of course<\/em>, her funky, old-lady-looking blanket is actually a prohibitively expensive piece. That checks out. And yet, there\u2019s just something oddly\u2026unseemly<\/em> about the way Carrie uses such a rarefied, luxury item so carelessly. She is literally sitting <\/em>on it in that Zoom scene. It brings to mind something I frequently wonder about wealth, luxury, etc.: If you can afford everything, how can you value anything<\/em>? (And here, once again, I have to wonder if I\u2019m allowed to say this kind of thing on a fashion website\u2026) When treasure becomes quotidian, can you actually treasure<\/em> anything?<\/p>\n

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Sarah Jessica Parker wearing the controversial labeless dress in And Just Like That<\/i> (Photo: Craig Blankenhorn \/ HBO Max)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In a way, this is all kind of the inverse of this summer\u2019s minor brouhaha<\/a> over the \u201csecondhand<\/a>\u201d dress Carrie wore in Episode 3, which bore a striking resemblance to one that could be purchased by just about any old unwashed nobody at Forever 21. Fans were borderline apoplectic that the character might deem such an affordable garment stylish enough to wear in public. (Obviously, there\u2019s a conversation to be had about fast fashion and its effects on the economy, the environment, laborers, etc., but I\u2019m skeptical of how much that was on fans\u2019 minds, or Carrie\u2019s, if I\u2019m honest.) Meanwhile, here I am having some kind of existential crisis over the same fictional person using a nearly-$3,000 shawl as a seat cushion.<\/p>\n

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