One of the best ways to observe and analyze the history of the female fashion in the digitalized era is media. Considering numerous television series that are so popular in the US, it is possible to identify easily the fashion tendencies and their direct connection to the peculiarities of the particular decade or even year. This paper is thus going to discuss on the fashion of the 2000’s through the American television series “Sex and the City”, namely its 6th season shot in 2003-2004.
“Sex and the City” was produced by the network HBO. The main characters throughout all the six seasons (as well as the two feature films) are four attractive single women in their mid-thirties/forties. Carrie, the narrator, can be considered the epicenter of the story because the audience perceives what is going on through her perspective. Nevertheless, the other three characters (Samantha, Miranda, and Charlotte) make the equally huge contribution to the plot. Each character is unique and all the types of the female audiences can relate to one girl or another.
The 6th season of “Sex and the City” is the final one and it brings the logical end to the characters’ searches of love, happiness and harmony. It makes wise conclusions of what was going on in the lives of each character, and the audience is truly touched by the beautiful and vivid ending. Carrie finally reunites with Big – this happens in Paris and is considered one of the most romantic clips throughout all of the seasons.
Charlotte marries her long-term boyfriend, and the couple decides to adopt the child. Miranda marries the father of her child, and the couple moves to Brooklyn. Finally, Samantha whose destiny in the 6th season is the most unexpected one, fights with the breast cancer and is luckily supported by her young boyfriend.
When a young adult, I liked the program a lot mostly because of the adorable characters, the humorous atmosphere of the whole show, and the beautiful image on the screen including faces and the inimitable style of each character. In spite of the difficulties demonstrated to the audience, Carrie, Miranda, Samantha, and Charlotte live a life every girl wants to live so that is what attracted me most of all.
Clothes worn by the characters inspired me and hundreds of women all over the world to be braver and more creative in one’s style. I adored Carrie’s style, and tried to copy her low-rise jeans demonstrating her slim figure together with different belly shirts. Miniskirts that were so typical for the 2000’s also used to be a part of my style. When I had red hair just like Miranda’s one, I was inspired by her brownish ponchos that make the look brighter.
As for the accessories, I adored Carrie wearing aviator shades, and, of course, I bought those as soon as I saw them. I liked playful hoop earrings and newsboy caps worn together by Carrie but I never really tried them on me – still, such tandem is a direct association with the 2000’s fashion.
Charlotte’s “first lady” dresses and suits inspired me for the choice of clothes for the official events. In fact, I even bought the blue trench coat that looked exactly like the one she wore in one of the episodes of the 6th season. Samantha’s style never inspired me much, and the reason for that might be her particular character that has nothing to do with mine.
“Sex and the City” can be fairly called the television series that played a vital role in my life, and I think that the style exposed by the characters could never be repeated by the future shows on television aimed at the female audiences.
Works Cited
“Sex and the City”. HBO. New York City. 2003-2004. Television.
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Akass, Kim. “A Fond Farewell”. The Guardian, 29 January 2004. Web. 27 Jul. 2016.
