{"id":47284,"date":"2022-01-14T20:00:40","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T20:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=47284"},"modified":"2022-01-15T13:21:39","modified_gmt":"2022-01-15T13:21:39","slug":"and-just-like-that-carrie-joker-ab-fab","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/and-just-like-that-carrie-joker-ab-fab\/","title":{"rendered":"What Do Carrie Bradshaw, Edina Monsoon and The Joker Have In Common?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_47025\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47025\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-47025\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/01\/sarah-jessica-parker_4-e1642189594226.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Sarah Jessica Parker sporting a vintage Jean Paul Gaultier look in And Just Like That\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-47025\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sarah Jessica Parker sporting a vintage Jean Paul Gaultier look in <i>And Just Like That<\/i> (Photo: Craig Blankenhorn\/HBO Max)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/and-just-like-that-weve-seen-hbo-maxs-sex-and-the-city-reboot\/\"><em>And Just Like That<\/em><\/a> has certainly inspired some style controversies. Before the show even premiered, there was a spirited debate online about a certain possibly <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2021\/07\/29\/carrie-bradshaw-wears-forever-21-now-and-fans-arent-happy\/\" target=\"_blank\">affordable dress<\/a>. Of course, the series has that in common with its predecessor, <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/sex-and-the-city-series-recap\/\"><em>Sex and the City<\/em><\/a>, and that\u2019s largely a result of its main character\u2019s eclectic sense of style. Remember Carrie\u2019s Season 3 romper? Or all the tutus? Or, good god, the dirndl? Carrie\u2019s playful, <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/and-just-like-that-episode-7-fashion-recap\/\">adventurous looks<\/a>\u2014courtesy of the original show\u2019s costume designer, downtown legend Patricia Field\u2014were one of the show\u2019s hallmarks, and despite <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/patricia-field-wont-return-sex-and-the-city\/\">Field\u2019s absence<\/a>, that remains true in <em>And Just Like That<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>But taking risks means that not everyone is going to be thrilled with every choice. When you take the kind of chances Carrie takes, you\u2019re going to inevitably make some mistakes. Case in point: the garish look she wears to meet with her publisher in the <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/and-just-like-that-episode-7-sex-and-the-widow\/\">most recent episode<\/a>. Already, in the 24 hours since the episode dropped, I\u2019ve seen plenty of reactions on Twitter. <em>Time Magazine<\/em> TV critic Judy Berman <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/judyberman\/status\/1481812350298697731\" target=\"_blank\">compared<\/a> the ensemble to the kind of thing you might see on stage at a comedy club in the late \u201990s. And yeah, there is a certain Poundstone-esque quality to the menswear-inspired look.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AndJustLikeThat?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">#AndJustLikeThat<\/a> the jokers back in action <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JNW2l71KeV\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/JNW2l71KeV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; craig bannister (@BannisterCraig) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BannisterCraig\/status\/1481756680983650304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">January 13, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Mostly, though, <em>AJLT<\/em> Twitter is likening the look to the Joker, which, given the purple blazer and polka dots seems like kind of a lazy comparison. But actually, I guess Carrie does share a certain anarchic quality with <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/robert-pattinson-zoe-kravitz-the-batman-trailer\/\">Batman<\/a>\u2019s greatest foe. He famously just wants to watch the world burn, causing chaos not so much in pursuit of power or profit, but just to amuse himself. Carrie, meanwhile, with her assorted <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/set-images-and-just-like-that\/\">hats<\/a> and fingerless gloves and statement flowers, has always basically dressed to please herself rather than impress anyone else. And Emily Nussbaum <em>did<\/em> dub her the original <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2013\/07\/29\/difficult-women\" target=\"_blank\">prestige TV anti-heroine<\/a> so\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Actually, though, the first person that came to mind when I watched this scene was another sartorially daring fashionista\u2014in her own way both comedienne and crazed clown: Edina Monsoon. Specifically, Carrie\u2019s Spring\/Summer \u201997 <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/jean-paul-gaultier-dancing-with-the-stars\/\">Jean Paul Gaultier<\/a> look reminded me of the <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/adele-vivienne-westwood-gown\/\">Vivienne Westwood<\/a> suit Jennifer Saunders\u2019s character wears to meet her own publisher in the <em>Absolutely Fabulous <\/em>movie.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_47285\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47285\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-47285\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-14-at-13-44-05-Absolutely-Fabulous-The-Movie-2016.png?w=1024\" alt=\"Jennifer Saunders, far right, wearing a Vivienne Westwood suit in &lt;i&gt;Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie&lt;\/i&gt;\" width=\"1024\" height=\"707\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-47285\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jennifer Saunders, far right, wearing a Vivienne Westwood suit in <i>Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Of course, it\u2019s not a perfect one-to-one comparison, but the color story is strikingly similar. And the fact that both characters wore these outfits to meet with their publishers about their impending book release makes me wonder if Carrie\u2019s look isn\u2019t an intentional echo of Edina\u2019s. After all, the two share a certain anarchic streak in their personal style, Edina\u2019s born of desperation, Carrie\u2019s from devil-may-care whimsy. I also seem to remember a quote from <em>Sex and the City <\/em>showrunner Michael Patrick King about being inspired by Saunders\u2019s physical comedy on <em>Ab Fab<\/em> when writing certain scenes in his own show.<\/p>\n<p>While King and co. borrowed from <em>Ab Fab<\/em>\u2019s comedic legacy, I think it\u2019s fair to say that Saunders\u2019 show benefited from the platform <em>Sex and the City <\/em>gave to Field\u2019s occasionally wild styling. In the early seasons of <em>Ab Fab<\/em>, which aired in the more minimalist early \u201990s, Edina\u2019s loud, often vulgar wardrobe was played for laughs. But when the series returned in the post-<em>SATC<\/em> 2000s, her over-the-top clothes looked less and less like a joke and more like the kind that the women on <em>Sex and the City <\/em>might wear. I mean, there is literally a blue camouflage top that <em>both<\/em> Saunders\u2019s character and Samantha Jones (<a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/where-in-the-world-in-kim-cattrall\/\">Kim Cattrall<\/a>) wore in the early 2000s.<\/p>\n<p>I suppose you could say that the two shows also have in common a regrettable inability to exit gracefully. Both keep returning in slightly less successful incarnations. It\u2019s like, to strain a metaphor, someone keeps locking them up, but they keep escaping to terrorize us again. Like the Joker, get it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29097,"featured_media":47025,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[38,17,16,3925],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.5 (Yoast SEO v20.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What Do Carrie Bradshaw, Edina Monsoon and The Joker Have In Common?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Twitter has compared Carrie\u2019s purple blazer and polka dots to the Joker. 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