Fans can credit Sarah Jessica Parker for Carrie Bradshaw’s viral bonnet-style hat in And Just Like That season 3.
In a Q&A with Evan Ross Katz hosted by Threads at il Buco al Mare in Amagansett, New York, on August 11, Parker, 60, recalled eyeing the hat amid “racks and racks and racks” of clothes.
“I personally love hats on Carrie. I love it,” she said, per People. “So the minute I saw that hat, I’m sure I said something similar to, ‘How do I get that on my head? How do we convince Michael Patrick [King] it’s necessary? And what scene can it go in that we can make a case in front of the court and we can say, ‘No, Michael Patrick, this is not going to be distracting, this is going to be great?’”
Parker explained that the “massive and shapeless” accessory isn’t typically worked on by hat-makers due to linen being “an enemy of shape and form.”
“I loved it. I loved it,” she said. “So I was just like, ‘We’ve got to find a place for this.’”
The voluminous hat, designed by Maryam Keyhani, features an orange gingham print and was tied with a knot in the back and white ribbon straps below the chin. When Parker was spotted filming with the accessory, users were quick to weigh in with their thoughts.
“That’s one ridiculous hat indeed,” one user wrote via TikTok, while another added, “I thought this hat was a joke 😬.”
Despite the controversy surrounding the hat online, Parker explained that she “never thought twice” about the reaction. “My hand to whatever, this is an honorable answer. And I’ll tell you that I was like, ‘This is going to be fun or interesting,’” she said.
Sarah Jessica Parker is saying goodbye to Carrie Bradshaw after news broke of And Just Like That‘s surprise conclusion. “She crossed streets, avenues, rubicons, so it seemed. She broke hearts, heels, habits. She loved, lost, won, tripped, leaped, fell short and into puddles. Aged, got wiser. She has made the hardest, worst and best decisions,” […]
Before And Just Like That season 3 came to a close, news broke that the Sex and the City reboot would be ending. Parker, who had been a part of the show since the beginning, explained that the decision to end And Just Like That was “because that’s where the story ended.”
“We could have gone on doing coffee shops. There’s a million ways to do it that are easy and familiar and fun, but feel exploitative to us. We felt this was the honorable thing to do,” she told The New York Times on August 15. “It’s very easy to stay. It’s where we’re all happy. But you have to be principled when you make these very difficult, agonizing decisions because there’s a lot of people who are affected.”
