White tulle peeked out of the five-dollar sale bin like the frothy crest of a wave in a sea of throwaways. I pulled and out came a chic white tutu. loved it immediately. I knew she’d relate to it because she had a background as a ballet dancer. But just as important, the tutu style was whimsical, adventurous and unexpected — just like this new show I’d been hired to work on called Sex And The City. The trouble was, the boss did not understand it. The creator and producer of the show Darren Starr has great instincts, but when he saw the look I put together for the all-important opening sequence — tiered white tutu, body-conscious pink tank top, neutral strappy high-heeled sandals — he questioned my choice. ‘I don’t get it,’ he said. ‘Who’s going to understand this girl, in New York, in a tutu?’ Luckily, I had Sarah Jessica on my side. For a show about sophisticated, honest and contemporary women in the city, she fiercely believed the clothes were just as important as the writing or acting.
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