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To change how you do business. Let's create Smile to Business IBM. Hi, I'm Kristen Davis and I want to know, are you a Charlotte? Hello everybody. Hi everybody. Welcome to Rus Charlotte. Today we have one of my all time favorite people on the planet Earth, Molly Rogers, our incredible costume designer who worked with Pat Field from the pretty much very Beginning of the show and then also designed and just like that. And she is going to recap all the outfits of season three when we really just jumped up a whole level in terms of the fashion of the show. So please enjoy. It's. It's a fun time, you guys. Molly Rogers is with us, coming to us from the Bahamas. Ooh, we are jealous.
Molly Rogers
Thank you so much for having me again. It's so fun to talk to you.
Kristen Davis
I know. It's amazing to have you back. Thank you for joining me from your vacation. Apparently. Apparently vacating. I mean, what's happening?
Molly Rogers
I don't know. I just. By the way, I just want to say it's horrible here because I don't want anybody coming.
Kristen Davis
Well, I saw the picture you put on Instagram. Instagram. Of the traffic, which is, of course, a Sandy. Sandy path. I was just immediately filled with jealousy.
Molly Rogers
I am not going to say anything about this paradise. It is fantastic.
Kristen Davis
You're in a secret location.
Molly Rogers
I have done my homework.
Kristen Davis
Oh, good.
Molly Rogers
Looked at how jam packed that season was.
Kristen Davis
I mean, season three, we had to have you back on to revisit season three because it is incredible.
Molly Rogers
There is so much in there. And can I just say, and I don't know if this was your experience. Season three was when we started going into stores and people were like, oh, yeah, I know that show. Definitely really starting to borrow. And yeah.
Kristen Davis
Yes, I do absolutely remember that. And I feel like, you know, Sarah Jessica. This is when I think, to me, things clicked in my mind that Sarah Jessica had had these previous relationships with designers. Right. And had known them and gone to events with them. And she understood, you know, kind of the personal side of it in terms of.
Molly Rogers
Right.
Kristen Davis
How to go about that relationship and being respectful, of course, and returning everything when you were supposed to and all of that. And that was when I started trying to find, you know, who I liked number one, who. Who fit me number two, and then trying to kind of develop those relationships, whether it be through going to fashion week, to their show, or, you know, getting to know, like, the personal shopper at Prada was our close friend for a long time.
Molly Rogers
Oh, that's right.
Kristen Davis
Remember, she was fantastic.
Molly Rogers
Well, I remember. Yeah, she was great. And I remember Kevin, too. Who's there.
Kristen Davis
Yeah. Amazing. Amazing.
Molly Rogers
Well, you educated yourself so, so quickly.
Kristen Davis
Thank you.
Molly Rogers
Because that was kind of unexplored territory in a weird way for telev.
Kristen Davis
Oh, very much so. I mean, obviously, we weren't television. We were hbo.
Molly Rogers
Yeah, like, yeah, true. But I remember people we go to ask for something. And people were like, sex in the City. Is that some show about orgasm? Like, they didn't. They wanted to see it first before they played with us.
Kristen Davis
Oh, for sure. For sure. And I feel like it was also the year. This is the year that we got nominated for the Emmy, which was, like, for me, I remember everything about that so vividly. And the wow, like, the shock. Do you remember how shocked we were? And the fact that we then win it eventually, like, the next year also just still insane to think about, because no HBO comedy had ever been nominated, much less one, you know? And we always thought that the Sopranos would be the ones. And of course, they also were. But it was so wonderful that we were thought of in that way.
Molly Rogers
Exactly. So heavy hitters.
Kristen Davis
Yeah.
Molly Rogers
In it. Yeah. I just have to say.
Kristen Davis
Yeah.
Molly Rogers
Your hair.
Kristen Davis
Thank you.
Molly Rogers
And your skin is always flawless.
Kristen Davis
Thank you, baby. This is neglected hair that is very, very long. Okay. It's very, very long and slightly dead on the ends from work, so it needs some. Some love. But you're looking fantastic there on your vacay.
Molly Rogers
Well, let's just say, oh, this paradise. Not telling you my GPS location at all. Never come here. It's horrible.
Kristen Davis
I will not.
Molly Rogers
I will not.
Kristen Davis
But I'm happy that you're getting some rest because we couldn't have you on for a while because you were working. You have been busy, busy, busy, busy lady.
Molly Rogers
I have. And it was, as you can imagine, an incredible experience that you gals trained me really well for.
Kristen Davis
I'm just gonna tell everybody. So Molly was doing the Devil Wears Prada, too. She was on the Dev War is part of one with Pat. And, you know, Molly and Pat have been with us since the very, very beginning. Well, Molly was not on the pilot. She was on episode one, so, you know, episode two, I guess. Right. But that's pretty much the very beginning. 1998. And we love her desperately, people. Desperately. And as Sarah Jessica and I have many, many, many times discussed, the level of detail that you bring to everything you do is beyond. Like, we have. Neither of us have ever worked with anyone that brings the level of detail of each button. Molly has an obsession with buttons. You guys. You do buttons and tassels and trim. Okay, yeah. Trim, ribbon, tassels, buttons. She has, like, a column in the. You know, in the fitting room that I think you guys have seen the pictures on Instagram. I'll repost when we air this of. She has, like, a column where, like, buttons. Like, sheets of buttons that she got in, like, midtown, You Know, like, there's ribbon store in midtown. Molly will go and she will find all these ribbons and bring the ribbons back and make earrings out of them for you. Okay. Like, earrings.
Molly Rogers
So crafty.
Kristen Davis
No, it is crafty because it's, like, old school, you know? You also will take a dress completely apart and re. Put it together, obviously, with our wonderful Taylor, Adrian, or, you know, totally, whomever you're working.
Molly Rogers
You know, I'm sure those ribbon stores and button stores are probably not there anymore. They are losing. Losing the garment center as we speak.
Kristen Davis
That's upsetting.
Molly Rogers
And I learned detail is for winners from those control freaks. Pat. Sj. Yeah. And I guess you.
Kristen Davis
Oh, no, you taught me, babe.
Molly Rogers
You taught me attention to everything.
Kristen Davis
Yeah.
Molly Rogers
And as we know these days, that is so true. What people pay attention to.
Kristen Davis
Oh, my gosh. I mean, yeah, you were. You were.
Molly Rogers
The minutia.
Kristen Davis
The minutiae. Yeah, absolutely.
Molly Rogers
It's not pleasant.
Kristen Davis
No, the minutia is a little bit much. And as we talked about with a different. A different person who was on a couple weeks ago, the bizarre paparazzi, you know, like continual paparazzi all day long, which you guys also got on Prada, is I. I think, in some ways detrimental because you're seeing these outfits out of context. Like, I remember when we came back within, just like that, we. We knew that we had killed Big. But not everybody knew, thank goodness. We had to keep it top secret. So people were just so confused why Carrie was dressing like that. And I, I. It was so frustrating because they don't know the plot or the story. Thank goodness they don't. Right. But you're seeing just. You're being inundated all day long with the paparazzi pictures on your Instagram, and, And you're thinking, why is she wearing that? You know, and it makes no sense. Whereas if you knew the plot, it might make sense. But I feel like you've already gone through this gauntlet of judgment from the paparazzi pictures, which is really unfair because the costumes are supposed to tell a story. They're not just supposed to be great standalone outfits necessarily.
Molly Rogers
Right. They're not commercials like in the conjecture, which is what you're talking about, too, that goes on and on. Why would she wear that? I just experienced a little taste of what may be coming at me. There was a teaser release.
Kristen Davis
Oh, honey. I know.
Molly Rogers
Do you. Did it hit you, too?
Kristen Davis
Listen, I follow everything because I love you so much, and so I'm always. And I'm not. I don't even obviously text you if it's stressy, because I'm like, I know she's stressing.
Molly Rogers
I need your warnings.
Kristen Davis
Oh, maybe I should warn you. I mean, look, I also feel. I mean, what I like about if I have to try to find the silver lining of the critique that's happening continually, is that when they first see something, right? When. When Instagram, TikTok, whatever, first experiences something, they'll. They say their gut reaction, like, why would Miranda Presley be wearing, you know, what you call them? Studs. What are they called? Which? What? Valentino. Valentino. Rockstead. Thank you so much.
Molly Rogers
Yeah.
Kristen Davis
Why?
Molly Rogers
Why?
Kristen Davis
Why? And then they were like, there's this shoe. There'. Shoe. There's this shoe. And, I mean, it is a kind of a tyranny in a way. Like, I was invited to something recently, and I really just was, like, frozen. I thought, like, I don't know if everyone is going to be wearing couture gowns from the Runway or, like, a black dress to look decent and whatever, but, like, all the people, and I love them all. I love Nikki Bell. I'm all for them, and I love their point of view. But, like, it's scary, right? Am I going to be picked apart if I don't wear a couture gown from the Runway? I don't know. It's so scary. So I didn't go.
Molly Rogers
Live my life.
Kristen Davis
I know. I'm just trying to live my life.
Molly Rogers
I know.
Kristen Davis
And I wanted to support. It was for Clooney, and I wanted to support, but I didn't go because I was. I don't have an outfit that they're not going to kill me for, so I didn't go. But it's the same with these teasers, right? You put out a teaser. I thought it was fantastic. And then first they're like, she would never wear a rock stud. That was 19. Whatever. Blah, blah, blah. I don't know what year it was. 2000.
Molly Rogers
What is the message here? Yeah, right.
Kristen Davis
What is the message? But what I loved is that it did come around. Like, first they were like, no, no, no, that's terrible. Whatever. Then. And they were like, this is a better choice. This is a better choice. Which always cracks me up also. Right. And also, you're working with actors who have an opinion. And I'm not saying Meryl chose that shoe. I don't know who chose that shoe. And you don't have to tell us.
Molly Rogers
But I want to.
Kristen Davis
Okay, great. Tell us.
Molly Rogers
Tell us who chose the shoe sometimes. Well, I wasn't in the room of Course.
Kristen Davis
But, oh, no.
Molly Rogers
Sometimes you're in a room with people like marketing people who think they know better than you. And that shoe. If you want a bang and a punch for a commercial. Yeah, that's an attentive, you know, that's like a bold statement. Was it character related? No.
Kristen Davis
Got it.
Molly Rogers
So it was insisted on and both shoes, mine and theirs was shot. And then when I saw the teaser, I was. Who did that? Oh, Molly. Yeah.
Kristen Davis
That's so upsetting. You guys. This is really important because everyone wants to blame the costume designer and it's so not fair because there are so many players. The director, the actor, he has a.
Molly Rogers
Very good opinion, you know, very Frankel.
Kristen Davis
David Frankel, director. And he has a good opinion and is respectful, I believe, you know, to Molly, which is wonderful. And then the actor sometimes has opinions.
Molly Rogers
You know, certainly they have a bunion or something.
Kristen Davis
Sure. They might have. They might have some, some like real, actual walking issues. Like a serious issue. That's true. Like, there are some people that they, they cannot wear the super high heels. And then there's some people, they might be really, really good at it. I'm not going to name names right now. But then they hurt their foot in a certain shoe and that kind of hobbles them. And then you are just like trying, like one time, I know, for, for, you know, for myself, I was trying to wear those super high heels. I was like, I can still do it. Na na na na na. And then we were doing the dress for when I fall on the mattress in the art gallery. Art gallery, right. And for some reason I chose those lunatic level Louboutins that Zendaya wears. I think we just thought they look good with the dress in the room. I forgot everything that I have to do in those shoes. And then after that, I was in some pain and there was a coffee. No, it's not coffee shop. The Mario's place, you know, the bread place.
Molly Rogers
Hot fellas.
Kristen Davis
Hot fellas. Good job, Molly. Yes. Hot fellas. I'm in Hot fellas. I have to get up at one table and one walk to the other table and my feet hurt so badly that I kind of teeter totter across the room in like the saddest way.
Molly Rogers
Oh, my gosh.
Kristen Davis
Because it was like the week after or whatever, you know what I'm saying? So like I had, I had done myself in in the gallery and then I was still wearing those really high shoes because I think we had them in like every color, you know, And.
Molly Rogers
I had thought to myself, paying for it, right?
Kristen Davis
And I was like, we're just sitting in the restaurant, right? It'll be fine. But I forgot I had to go talk to the other moms.
Molly Rogers
Oh my gosh. But I have to say that I think was because of the physicality in the gallery, because you are pretty pretty, you know, stealth and good and really tall ones. Like truly, I'm.
Kristen Davis
I'm usually pretty good. It was, it was that I had to run in them and then fall and we had my stunt double, but she never did it because that's how it always happens, right? So I did it like 40 times maybe, you know, kind of cuckoo level. And I think it was pretty late at night, you know, which is our way. Before all the algorithm fed blah and the endless sea of dupes. Shopping used to feel more fun. But here's a confession. Are you a Charlotte listeners? You can find that fun feeling again on ebay. Because on ebay, it's not just shopping. It's a full on fashion pursuit. And when you find the thing that adrenaline hit is real. I went on to ebay to look for a super special vintage jacket for Charlotte to wear to the gallery. And I found the most amazing Mugler jacket. And the costume department loved it and it felt so good and I still have it at home. Like when you score that rare Adidas collab that's lived on your mood board or the Dior saddle bag that you ripped right out of a magnet in 2007 and never got over. Yeah, those. It's about the thrill and the pursuit of finding those pieces that feel like you. There's always more to discover. Ebay has millions of pre loved finds from hundreds of brands backed by ebay. Authenticity guarantee eBay things people love.
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Molly Rogers
Open your eyes. Ref.
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Molly Rogers
I think that in through their untrained eye and not just seeing like a gold grommet, they thought that has a lot of punch.
Kristen Davis
Interesting.
Molly Rogers
Gotta get a lot for our money. They didn't think that these things are translated into character. She would never.
Kristen Davis
No, probably not. No, no, no.
Molly Rogers
Wow. It's too flashy for her.
Kristen Davis
It's flashy and it's also like just slightly not current.
Molly Rogers
Yeah. But it's like things happen as you know.
Kristen Davis
Yeah. This is important to be on the record about, I think because sometimes people want to just take you to task and I feel like it's very unfair. It's very unfair. And there's some things in this episode, I mean, this, the season, I guess we're Looking at the whole season, season three, which is like the year 2000. Right. Which is kind of a long time ago, but it's also so amazing how incredibly current things really look.
Molly Rogers
Absolutely.
Kristen Davis
Which is bizarre to me. Is it because the 90s, or whatever they want to consider is the 90s is kind of back or like, is it just that they're timelessly good outfits?
Molly Rogers
I don't know. I mean, I'm looking at all your references from this jam packed season.
Kristen Davis
Yeah. It's a lot.
Molly Rogers
And I see things that are very, you know, like a lot of Cavalli on Carrie.
Kristen Davis
Oh, I know, I know. Listen, I brought. I brought my Cavalli. I. I need to show this to you guys. I'm gonna put it on the Instagram, because I brought this because I was gonna wear it. Okay. And it looks really big how I'm holding it up right now. I was gonna wear it, but when I put it, it's like a little handkerchief. I was like, I can't wear this. I was gonna wear this in honor of our podcast because I keep this in a little drawer at home. But this is a Cavalli. It's like so of the time, right? It's so cute, isn't it?
Molly Rogers
Absolutely. The fabric and the crystal, the glitter. It's like Charlotte.
Kristen Davis
I wore this on the rooftop. Remember? The baking hot.
Molly Rogers
Yeah. The cookout.
Kristen Davis
The cookout, yes. The end of the season with that iconic picture, if I do say so myself, of us laughing when our feet had sunken into the tar. Because that was the level of heat we were dealing with that day.
Molly Rogers
Oh, my gosh. Those things you remember.
Kristen Davis
It is. And also the elevators broke, and so we were walking up and down the stairs of that very tall building. Yes, yes. The days.
Molly Rogers
Really great photo, though, I have to say. It has so much of the energy of the Dynamic 4.
Kristen Davis
I agree, I agree. It's. That's why it's one of my favorite all time photos. For sure.
Molly Rogers
Everybody looks nuts. Like Kim, Kim, Kim in a two piece gingham outfit. She looks like, you know, it's fantastic. Mary Ann from Gilligan.
Kristen Davis
Yes.
Molly Rogers
What it was. Yes. How far can we push this? They're having a cookout. Gingham. Two pieces.
Kristen Davis
Yes.
Molly Rogers
Glitter Cavalli.
Kristen Davis
Glitter Cavalli. And I think I was wearing, like a short skirt and I never get up because I'm. And I'm like kind of tugging at the skirt. Like, you just know. Pat was like, wear it.
Molly Rogers
You know, you. I love when you imitate her because you sound like her.
Kristen Davis
You Know, I don't think I do it justice at all. Not at all.
Molly Rogers
I try.
Kristen Davis
Do you? It's hard. It's hard. Okay, let's start a little bit at the beginning. If you will allow me, I have my phone. Oh, fantastic.
Molly Rogers
So I can reference what you're talking about.
Kristen Davis
Of course. Of course.
Molly Rogers
I have a few stories, as you do as well.
Kristen Davis
Oh, I can't wait. I think you're gonna have stories that I don't even remember. Okay, this is the episode. It's called Where There's Smoke, and we go to Staten Island. Now, the thing that I remember, whenever we would go back to work, because this is the first episode of the season, right? And obviously, we're shooting two episodes at the same time, so I think the next one. The first one's where there's smoke, and the next one is politically incorrect with.
Molly Rogers
Right, yeah, that makes. Yeah, that makes sense.
Kristen Davis
So we would always film two at once. And I remember every year, because it was February, that we'd go back to work, but the show didn't come on till June. So we're freezing, like, rising. New York City in February is so king cold, you guys. And I am a lightweight. I'm a southerner, as is Molly. I like my hot humidity. It's like, what I live for. So I'm always freezing cold. And Pat always wanted us in furs. And I believe this was the year I never wanted to wear the fur. I always begged, please, please don't make me wear the fur. And she was like, no, it's wonderful. It's fabulous. And I had to go to Bergdorf's. I want to say to the fur department. Do you remember this? Like, it was either Bergdorf or it.
Molly Rogers
Might have been Sacks Sachs was where they would loan them out.
Kristen Davis
Got it.
Molly Rogers
Okay.
Kristen Davis
And there was a cape.
Molly Rogers
Mem.
Kristen Davis
Thank you. This was a trauma for me. All right. This was, like, up there in the trauma level, there was a chinchilla cape, and she really loved it for Charlotte. Now, look, I get it. Capes are fantastic. And it was kind of soft, but it had the little chinchilla, and it just looks like little chinchillas. And I went home that night, and I had nightmares that the chinchillas came alive and were crawling all over me. And so then I was like, pat, I can't sleep thinking about that chinchilla cape. Like, please don't make me wear it. Please don't make me. I would wear her down. I would, like, keep on begging and begging and begging and end up in the Shearling. That was, like, as far as I could get her down. And some of these pink shearlings that I wear are still on people's favorite Charlotte outfits ever.
Molly Rogers
Wow.
Kristen Davis
I know.
Molly Rogers
Okay, this. That's what you wore on the ferry.
Kristen Davis
Exactly.
Molly Rogers
Right?
Kristen Davis
Yeah. Yep.
Molly Rogers
And I think I have confused with the baseball game.
Kristen Davis
Oh, yeah, yeah. Because I have a different one there. I think every year she would get me in a pink shearling. And then there's one coming up when Sarah Jessica's pregnant and we're cold and I'm wearing a pink shearling that people put in, like, top 10 Charlotte. You know, I'll post on the Instagram. It's not in this season, but I mean, like, I think three or four seasons, she found somehow a pink shearling for me to wear, which, you know, was a good. A good compromise for me at the time.
Molly Rogers
I think of Pat's top 10 disappointments. You rejecting the chinchilla cape is probably way up there, but, I mean, that sounds like her.
Kristen Davis
I know it up there. But can I say that she's got Kim in some major furs? I mean, obviously, we also have the vintage fur, which we should touch on a bit. Carrie's vintage fur, which we have. Now.
Molly Rogers
May I speak?
Kristen Davis
Please do. Please do.
Molly Rogers
Okay. Now, I believe I am correct. At the time, I was so curious. What is that? I believe I was told it is muskrat. Have you ever heard this?
Kristen Davis
No, I have not. It's musk.
Molly Rogers
That is what I believe. Because that is morphed into. It's an opossum coat. It's not. Oh, God. I remember. I remember calling Ina's. And I believe that's what it was. Now, it was not until season three. And this picture that you have of her wearing it with. We had it for three years. It was the first thing we bought Carrie right.
Kristen Davis
At Ina's.
Molly Rogers
We did not find out that it unzipped into a short jacket until the third year.
Kristen Davis
I didn't even know this.
Molly Rogers
Yeah, it's longer. Oh, we had no idea until somebody looked at and goes, hey, this thing gets shorter. Wasn't that fabulous?
Kristen Davis
That is fabulous. But wait, did we have another piece or is this it?
Molly Rogers
That's the shorty version.
Kristen Davis
Oh, got it. Because. Yes. There's a one where it comes below her knee, Right?
Molly Rogers
Yeah.
Kristen Davis
Garden.
Molly Rogers
That is a fabulous thing.
Kristen Davis
It is. Let me ask you. It's not Pierre Cardin, Correct?
Molly Rogers
No. Yeah.
Kristen Davis
The Internet thinks it is. It's not you guys.
Molly Rogers
Yeah.
Kristen Davis
It's like a no name, isn't it?
Molly Rogers
I Don't think so.
Kristen Davis
I think Sarah thinks it's a no name.
Molly Rogers
I'm not sure about that. I mean, they have season one and two continuity books at hbo.
Kristen Davis
Oh, well, we better get them before someone is hbo. And we can't get this right before it.
Molly Rogers
Netflix. Yeah, but it's really difficult because it's all of our handwritings on Polaroids. Wait, and it's not.
Kristen Davis
You know, the Polaroid books are at HBO Digital.
Molly Rogers
Digital.
Kristen Davis
Digital copy. Got it.
Molly Rogers
Got it. One and two episode. I mean, season one and two. Got it. Yeah.
Kristen Davis
Wow, that's interesting. I mean, Sarah Jessica feels like it's a vintage no name that came from Ina, you know, in the very beginning. Right.
Molly Rogers
She could be right. I remember. You know, as you do find in vintage coats, someone's monogrammed initials in the right chest lining.
Kristen Davis
Right, Like a person.
Molly Rogers
Yeah, yeah, yeah, that would make sense. So it was definitely passed down through to Ina, but I just found that to be so interesting to find that it had a piece that came away.
Kristen Davis
It's very cool. Now look at this crazy fur that she's got. Kim in here for the fire station, I believe. And then she takes it off.
Molly Rogers
I have a little story for you if you're interested in this.
Kristen Davis
Yes.
Molly Rogers
Number one, that was a Nicole Miller dress, which I'm sure you remember. Nicole Miller.
Kristen Davis
Yes.
Molly Rogers
And I'll never forget that night. Kim insisted on taping her ankles in white gauze so she could slide down the pole easier. And if you watch that episode, you see it.
Kristen Davis
What? I must re.
Podcast Host
Watch.
Kristen Davis
I didn't even notice. Well, that's something. How did she even know that? That's so interesting.
Molly Rogers
She thought it would grease her better. But you see them if you're looking.
Kristen Davis
I'm gonna look back now. I'm gonna look back. I mean, I thought the whole thing was very bold. I had not really remembered everything that she did. And she looks so cute when she puts the little suspenders over her naked self.
Molly Rogers
Oh, yeah, yeah, that was. That's cute.
Kristen Davis
It's pretty good. It's pretty good.
Molly Rogers
Yeah.
Kristen Davis
But I think that Pat took all the furs that I wouldn't wear and just made Kim wear bigger furs.
Molly Rogers
Totally, totally. That color's too hot for Charlotte. Give it over to Samantha.
Kristen Davis
Oh, for sure, for sure. I mean, also, I think that it would swallow me and you couldn't see my head. You know what I mean, Rob?
Molly Rogers
Yeah. Yeah. It's a lot of coat.
Kristen Davis
It's a lot of coat. It's a lot of coat. She can pull it off. I think also when we see Sarah with Slattery is when we really start to see the flowers. So I was wondering if you remember how did it start? Did you realize what you were doing? Like what did.
Molly Rogers
Sarah Jessica came in that season and said, I'm into flowers. What she saw that inspired her. I don't remember the person in history that she was like, I want to bring those back. So someone went to the fancy, fancy flower pace on 14th street and just got boxes of them. And it was a really great thing to introduce. It's. It was so viral, you know.
Kristen Davis
I know. It still is. It still is. So you guys just went and bought a bunch of. Of fake flower pins or just fake flowers and so sewed them on things.
Molly Rogers
Yeah. And they were so beautiful. From that store had a such a fabulous name like Sherman and Oaks.
Kristen Davis
You know, that's fun. Did we have Niall at this time on the show as our tailor?
Molly Rogers
I think so.
Kristen Davis
I feel like we must have. Right. She was so amazing also.
Molly Rogers
Or trillion.
Kristen Davis
Oh, trillion. Trillion. So great. Oh my gosh. Trillion. We've had some.
Molly Rogers
We all. We broke all their spirits.
Kristen Davis
Oh, no. Because you guys, it. There's no harder job.
Molly Rogers
No.
Kristen Davis
I mean every single outfit for every single person has to be tailored within an inch of its life.
Molly Rogers
Absolutely. Tailoring jeans for Carrie I Burger. Burger wanted his T shirt sleeve a quarter of an inch shorter, which almost. We lost our minds.
Kristen Davis
See, it's the people you least expect. Right. Like if you look at Sarah Jessica and you were like, yes, that would be hard to find. Jeans that would fit that tiny little body. That makes sense, but.
Molly Rogers
Right.
Kristen Davis
You know, it doesn't necessarily make sense that Burger would want his T shirts. According. That. That's interesting.
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Kristen Davis
I don't know about you guys, but I love to buy gifts. I love it so much. I love it so much more than getting gifts. But the one thing that I do love, especially when it comes to my daughter, is getting matching things. I know it's such a cliche, but I love it so much. So I have the perfect, perfect brand for you. Pandora Jewelry can make their holiday unforgettable with a gift that says it all from Pandora Jewelry. A gift that tells a story and shows you know theirs that doesn't just sparkle, but speaks. From new festive charms to forever rings and personal engravings. This season, give a gift that's perfectly theirs. Whether you're shopping for a shiny surprise for your significant other, matching bracelets to celebrate your friendship or. Or a heartfelt gift for a family member. Say more this holiday season with Pandora. Shop now@pandora.net or visit your closest Pandora store.
Doug
And Doug, what a horrible call. Hey, ref.
Molly Rogers
Open your eyes. Ref.
Kristen Davis
You're really not gonna call that? Come on. Hey, ref, why don't you customize your car insurance with Liberty Mutual and save money. I don't think you get what we're doing. Sure I do. We're all just giving him advice. You guys on sports, me on saving money.
Doug
Nope, that's not it.
Kristen Davis
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Molly Rogers
Oh. Oh, that's a story.
Kristen Davis
I mean, tell us.
Molly Rogers
Okay. And then, you know, all these little tidbits. I mean, it's just what happened. I mean, no, no one any harm. But you know, his reservation jewelry was a big talking point. I remember hated it. But in order to get him to wear some of the shirts she was interested in, she had to compromise.
Kristen Davis
Got it.
Molly Rogers
But in hindsight, that was a mist. You know, in my opinion, I don't think he needed jewelry like that.
Kristen Davis
It was interesting when I watched it because obviously I know Corbett, and I obviously know that is his jewelry, but. And I also know that that's his double denim, you know?
Molly Rogers
Okay. You know him well.
Kristen Davis
I do. I mean, don't we all? Right. Because Corbin is a pretty big personality. He's not somebody who's just like, oh, yeah, I'll wear whatever you want. That's just not. John is. He has a lot of opinions and, you know, feels very much like this is who the character is or isn't.
Molly Rogers
But the thing that I liked.
Kristen Davis
Me too. I mean, you need that. And I think that in our world, from the men, you really needed that because, you know, they needed to be feeling confident and like, they could make their own statement. Right. Because it was so much our show. Right.
Molly Rogers
Yeah. We got to them. Right.
Kristen Davis
It was hard.
Molly Rogers
They wanted to be one of the divas, for sure.
Kristen Davis
And more power to them. I'm all for it, but, like, for him, when I looked back on the show, first of all, I didn't remember him having that little baby face. It really just like, oh, that little baby face. John is just something. Right. And the long hair. He is so 1 million percent the anti big. That is true. Powerful. Right. And the jewelry kind of takes it. It further.
Molly Rogers
Yes.
Kristen Davis
So from that perspective, I got it. Like, he's not New York City. He's not, you know, fashion. He's Is his own thing.
Molly Rogers
That's really important to bring up.
Kristen Davis
Yeah.
Molly Rogers
You know, but Pat, as a true New Yorker, did not understand a turquoise ring.
Kristen Davis
You know, like a huge, huge.
Molly Rogers
She was not interested. I love it.
Kristen Davis
I get it. I get it.
Molly Rogers
Right.
Kristen Davis
And then there's this one thing I want to talk about too, because it has to do with him. And I don't know if it was you guys or him, because one of the things when I look at the show, the old. Really. Because now we're in 2000, which is really right on the cusp of the 90s, right. When he comes to my wedding, which he doesn't come to. Right. Aiden doesn't come because they end up breaking up. Remember this? Right outside the wedding, but he's dressed to come to the wedding. He's wearing this massive suit. Okay. And it's brown, and it's like, not tailored. It's like kind of flowy. It's strange. What is that about?
Molly Rogers
First of all, when I saw your note about that, I was like, brown. That. That's so odd.
Kristen Davis
Right?
Molly Rogers
You know, and I think there were big discussions about this guy doesn't alter his clothes. You know, he's not turned. You know, he didn't go to a tailor. He didn't go into the store and say, you know, I thought it was something like opinions that wanted it, you know, not ill fitting.
Kristen Davis
And it really. It really was to the point where I was like, what's going on? But also at that point in time, because the season before, we've got big getting engaged to Natasha and he's also wearing a brown jacket. And I'm like, oh, the brown, like. And it's not the brown that we would use now if we did use brown. Right. It's like a black.
Molly Rogers
Pat loves chocolate suits. And they're so hard to find. Or they were then.
Kristen Davis
Right.
Molly Rogers
And whenever she saw one, she was like. Like, somebody's wearing that.
Kristen Davis
No way.
Molly Rogers
She loved them.
Kristen Davis
That's weird.
Molly Rogers
They were so sexy and chocolatey and I don't know.
Kristen Davis
Wow, that's super interesting. It's also, to me, there was like a change happening in suiting for men, but it hadn't really happened yet. Like, Tom Ford hadn't really happened yet. You know, there were things that were coming that were going to really change. Tailoring, how we looked at tailoring, what we expected. And whereas he had always been beautifully tailored because he was. He was playing like a, you know, media dude, whatever. Right? A finance dude, whatever he's supposed to be.
Molly Rogers
Yeah.
Kristen Davis
But everyone else is. You're like, huh, what are they wearing? But I kind of like that. Okay, wait, I have a question.
Molly Rogers
So funny. I need to watch that again for John's brown suit. That's hilarious.
Kristen Davis
It's like.
Molly Rogers
And then on. And just like that, we had him in a suit that didn't fit when he went to that other. Remember that?
Kristen Davis
Yes, but that was a story point. Right, but then they cut that scene, didn't they? Did they cut the scene where he. They think there's a big and tall shop on the corner, but it's gone. I think we refer to it.
Molly Rogers
We refer to it.
Kristen Davis
But he's got those short pants. But it's so funny. It's really. It's so obviously funny. Did you not think it was funny? Were you dying?
Molly Rogers
We did. We were hoping that you would see that they were short, you know?
Kristen Davis
I think you did. When he's walking down the street with her, you know, towards us. I mean, it's pretty obvious. It's pretty obvious. I mean, it is funny, you know, I don't think people also realize how tall Corbett is.
Molly Rogers
Yeah, well, you do when you see them together in a closet or, you know, for sure.
Kristen Davis
But somehow she. She's up there on those tiptoes.
Molly Rogers
He is a tall drink of water.
Kristen Davis
He is a tall drink of water and. And a sweetheart. All right.
Molly Rogers
Yeah.
Kristen Davis
I'm still trying to talk him into coming on the podcast, so if you run into him, Lisa, I will.
Molly Rogers
Yeah, I will pester him. He's so much fun.
Kristen Davis
I know, right? And we need his voice. We need his memory.
Molly Rogers
He's got great stories.
Kristen Davis
Right, Right. We need it.
Molly Rogers
Get him.
Kristen Davis
I'll do my best. I'm trying. I've been texting him, but he's not responding. All right, this is Carrie.
Molly Rogers
Oh, my God. When we dance on the dance floor. Dancing to that.
Kristen Davis
Yeah.
Molly Rogers
Beep, beep, doot, doot, doot.
Kristen Davis
I think so. Yes.
Molly Rogers
That's so great. You two are so distinctive in your dance moves. I love that scene.
Kristen Davis
I think we had that choreographer there. Do you remember how anytime it said the word dance, she'd be like, where's the choreographer? Coming. Even if it was just casual. Yeah, because it was scary. You know, we were scared. We were always scared of dancing. You know what I mean? You know, And I'm happy. I'm happy that we did. I also. I have that bag that I have on my. On my arm when I'm dancing. I think it's Celine. And it's white. It's like a white rhinestone. I should have brought that in.
Molly Rogers
Body. Cool.
Kristen Davis
Exactly. I do have it. I do. I have two of them. Because at some point. Yeah. Isn't that strange? It doesn't look anything like Seline of today. Nothing.
Molly Rogers
That's pretty impressive. I'm glad you have it. I can't wait to talk about another outfit of yours. I'm praying you have it.
Kristen Davis
Which one?
Molly Rogers
I. I'll hold. I'll hold.
Kristen Davis
We can always get it. No, no. Whatever's on your mind, Go. It's fine.
Molly Rogers
Halter dress that ties in the front.
Kristen Davis
The When? Tiffany's. Yes, of course. That's a good one. And apparently it's Versace. Is that right? I don't even remember that. No?
Molly Rogers
No.
Kristen Davis
Is it Mugler? Yeah, I thought it was Mugler, too. Sometimes the Internet has things wrong, you guys. I don't want to break anybody's spirit or anything, but Sometimes I look at the. The little captions, I'm like, no, no, that's not it. Here we go. It's a good one. It's a really good one. And I feel like we have had perfect with that. Thank you. They did great, didn't they? I think this is when I had that really nice French guy.
Molly Rogers
Guy.
Kristen Davis
What was his name? Like, Pierre maybe. He used to give me the most amazing blowout. My whole neck would be like getting pulled off my, off my shoulders in the trailer. But it was worth it, you know what I'm saying?
Molly Rogers
Wow. Like, he'd just be like, how to manipulate hair.
Kristen Davis
Big time. Big time.
Molly Rogers
That's like movie star Elizabeth Taylor.
Kristen Davis
Thanks, babe. I mean, I think what we were going for because we knew we were going to end up. This is McDougall. Charles McDougall is directing this we. Which of course, one of my all time favorites. I thought he really understood a great guy and he understood Charlotte and he understood Charlotte and Trey and he always had like such interesting, creative camera things he would do, you know, and he always came to work in that beautiful suit. So he understood fashion.
Molly Rogers
Oh, yeah. He was a cool cucumber, that one.
Kristen Davis
He really was.
Molly Rogers
Yeah.
Kristen Davis
So I think we were going for like an Audrey Hepburn esque but like modern and casual version, you know, like, not trying too hard.
Molly Rogers
Right. It looks so amazing in that dress.
Kristen Davis
Thank you, baby.
Molly Rogers
That holds up for real.
Kristen Davis
It definitely does. And I don't own it, which is really sad. But can I tell you there's some really funny details here. So number one, we have done this dress, different versions of this dress through the years. Like, do you remember?
Molly Rogers
Oh, absolutely.
Kristen Davis
The movie. I have a white version which I think is also Mugler, which I do own. That's like a wrap. It wraps around and is backless that we wore when I have that hot nanny. Do you remember that? When the hot nanny comes out in the slow mo with her bosoms nipples. Exactly. And I love that dress. That dress you could get out and wear right now, no problem.
Molly Rogers
Totally. That is a classic Charlotte silhouette. Backless halter, full skirt. It's just a no brainer.
Kristen Davis
Love it. Then I have these. I don't know if you can see them. They're some kind of strappy shoe.
Doug
Shoe.
Kristen Davis
It's white. I literally have worn that shoe in many different iterations through the years, including in. And just like that. Do you remember when you go over and over, Right. Over and over and over. We go to stock Natasha down in the. In. In Soho on the Pebbles. And I'm wearing these with that Amelia maxi.
Molly Rogers
Yeah.
Kristen Davis
Yes. The sailboat. I know. Isn't that funny? I don't even think we're intellectually doing it.
Molly Rogers
No, I think it's a part of our cell DNA.
Kristen Davis
Totally. It's a part of our cell DNA. Oh, my God, I love it. Wait, I don't even know. I'm not. I'm not really in order, but it's fun times, so I don't care.
Molly Rogers
Okay. Sorry we flipped.
Kristen Davis
No, no, I totally am glare now. For some reason I'm in episode 10, but I think that's cause I had to find the mugler. But it just reminds me that I have this Donna Karan dress that I wore. Do you remember this? The blue Donna Karan to the engagement party yesterday? I know. I still own this. It's in storage.
Molly Rogers
I remember how much you loved that dress.
Kristen Davis
I passionately.
Molly Rogers
Did you find that dress and make us get it?
Kristen Davis
I think I did, but when I look at it, I think it's a weird choice. And I think it's so interesting. Like, I don't know what was going on in my own mind other than that. But as you started the. The talking about the season, saying it was when we really did get to start really borrowing designer stuff. And I remember feeling like I couldn't fit in designer stuff because it was still very narrow in the hips, how they were cutting things.
Molly Rogers
Right.
Kristen Davis
So I was always so anxious that I wasn't going to be able to fit into it, which is actually part of how I found Prada. Because Prada is cut in a more like 1940s way, you know?
Molly Rogers
Right.
Kristen Davis
More like for. Yeah, yeah. Hips and waist and all the things. And Donna Karen is, like, so user friendly. Right. So this is Donna Karen. And it's a very cool and weird dress. And in some ways, also kind of not in some ways, when I look at it, not what Charlotte would actually be wearing to her engagement party with Trey and Bunny.
Molly Rogers
Yeah, it's very watery and soft. Chiffon.
Kristen Davis
Yeah. My Piscean self took over. And you somehow let me.
Molly Rogers
Let's say Pat was into that.
Kristen Davis
She must have been. And the thing that I do like about it is that. Is that here Charlotte is marrying into this, like, you know, bastion of preppiness, storied family.
Molly Rogers
Yeah, Right.
Kristen Davis
Like, uptight Bunny's wearing all the, you know, Chanel boxy jacket jackets and everything. And she shows up in this, which in some ways I think is great, because, like, she could have just looked like everybody else. She could have been wearing pearls. She could have been wearing Chanel. You know.
Molly Rogers
A hair ribbon.
Kristen Davis
Exactly. All the things that we do later.
Molly Rogers
Right? A dupe of Bunny.
Kristen Davis
Exactly. I love that she didn't. That we didn't.
Molly Rogers
That was. That was cool.
Kristen Davis
But I don't know if I meant it or not. You know what I mean? Isn't it. It is odd. And I kept this thing and I'm so glad and I should get it out. But I feel like I'm too old to wear it. I don't know.
Podcast Host
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Doug
The clock's running out on December deal drops at Lowe's. But there's still time to rent. Wrap up something they'll love. Shop great gifts under $50 like the Dewalt Elite Series 100 piece bit set. Plus if you order by 2pm you get same day delivery by 8pm Shop December deal drops while you can Lowe's. We help you save.
Kristen Davis
I don't know about you guys, but I love to buy gifts. I love it so much. I love it so much more than getting gifts. But the one thing that I do love, especially when it comes to my daughter, is getting matching things. I know it's such a cliche but I love it so much. So I have the perfect brand for you. Pandora jewelry can make their holiday unforgettable with a gift that says it all from Pandora Jewelry. A gift that tells a story and shows you know theirs that doesn't just sparkle but speaks. From new festive charms to forever rings and personal engravings. This season give a gift that's perfectly theirs. Whether you're shopping for a shiny surprise for your significant other Matching bracelets to celebrate your friendship or a heartfelt gift for a family member. Say more this holiday season with Pandora. Shop now@pandora.net or visit your closest Pandora store.
Doug
What a horrible call. Hey, ref. Open your eyes.
Kristen Davis
Ref. You're really not gonna call that? Come on. Hey, ref, why didn't you customize your car insurance with Liberty Mutual and save money? I don't think you get what we're doing. Sure I do. We're all just giving him advice. You guys on sports, me on saving money.
Doug
Nope, that's not it.
Kristen Davis
Only pay for what you need@libertymutual.com Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Every holiday shopper's got a list. But Ross shoppers, you've got a mission. Like a gift run that turns into a disco snow globe. Throw pillows and PJs for the whole dog included. At Ross, holiday magic isn't about spending more. It's about giving more for less. Ross, work your magic. Wait. Speaking of our silhouette, look at what I'm wearing. This might be the Versace. Look at what I'm wearing in Vera Wang with Anthony. Again, another halter. You guys were on a roll here.
Molly Rogers
That. You have beautiful shoulders. Oh, gosh. I love this. I think that's correctly identified.
Kristen Davis
Oh, yeah, I do. I do. I do. And I don't own it, sadly. It's really good. I wish I did. It's really good. It's also funny because this is so good. A tiny, tiny houndstooth, which I'm sure they probably told us would stroke. And it so didn't.
Molly Rogers
Well, wow. I love the detail of that front chest.
Kristen Davis
Me too.
Molly Rogers
So pretty.
Kristen Davis
Beautifully.
Molly Rogers
And that is very appropriate.
Kristen Davis
Very appropriate. Very appropriate. With. With Anthony and Vera Wang. Definitely. Now, let's just talk about the wedding for a second. I think you and I talked about the wedding before and many, many headlines were written. Okay. About how when I jokingly said, you know, I think Sarah Jessica's still mad at me about those bridesmaids dresses. I mean, literally, like 30 headlines, Sarah Jessica Angry with Kristen Davis.
Molly Rogers
No, you got to fill me in.
Kristen Davis
I'm joking.
Molly Rogers
Okay, so remember, tell me everything.
Kristen Davis
Okay. So I'm getting married. Charlotte's getting married. Right. In our Vera Wang. Which I have a literal stack of Polaroids of our fittings that we did. Which I will get to in a second. But what I remember. And you tell me what you remember. So here are my ladies wearing slightly different versions of a beige satin dress. Right. Like, they each. They have their own neckline, which is really adorable.
Molly Rogers
Correct. Which is really great. Great.
Kristen Davis
Really great.
Molly Rogers
Did Vera make those?
Kristen Davis
I believe so, but I'm not 100. Sure. Yeah. Either Vera or Badgley Mishka. Because my other dresses that we tried on were Badgley Mishka.
Molly Rogers
That's right.
Kristen Davis
And then I wear Badgley Mishka for Charlotte's second wedding because they are, like, lovely individuals. Anyway, the second one. I know, but what I remember about this is that there was some debate about whether or not everyone would be wearing matching bridesmaids dresses, and did they have to be this color? Because certain people did not.
Molly Rogers
Did not want to. That color.
Kristen Davis
Right.
Molly Rogers
Okay, I'm with you.
Kristen Davis
And I remember there being a lot of debates.
Molly Rogers
I remember this.
Kristen Davis
And I remember also there's been, like, a ton of debate about my wedding dress. Even though when you really look at all the. All the pictures, I mean, we had, like, 10 wedding dresses that were all amazing and could have been great, but there were so many cooks in the kitchen.
Molly Rogers
Oh, my gosh. This was. This caused a war. I believe.
Kristen Davis
I believe it did.
Molly Rogers
I believe it did. It was pretty. Pretty discussed, let's say, healthily discussed.
Kristen Davis
Healthily discussed for quite some time. I think that's the other thing is that there was a big lead up to it, right? So it gave everyone time to weigh in and then.
Molly Rogers
And spin around.
Kristen Davis
And spin around. I know. And I remember at my. At a certain point, I didn't care. I didn't care at all. I was just like, whatever. They're all great. I don't know. You know what I mean? Like, I think that the idea with Charlotte, because we all knew it would be very traditional, you know, big, whatever you would call it. Right? But, like, I have some here. I don't know if you can see where they're, like, more fitted. They're less poofy. This is the one I ended up in, which is very poofy. But then there was also the veil conversation, like, how long this veil is, like, down to the bottom of the dress. But I had to lift the veil. Cathedral. Thank you. You know the words. I had to lift the veil. You know, in that scene with her, this is a different silhouette, but also beautiful. I mean, there's so many that I could have worn, but I think there were just a lot of thoughts about.
Molly Rogers
You know, a lot of cooks in that kitchen. Now you're bringing it back.
Kristen Davis
Yeah. Here's a different veil that's quite poofy. You know, it was like, is it gonna be poofy? And then. I don't know if you remember when I Got married the second time. Michael Patrick sent down his notes, wrote that I had to be wearing a Chantilly lace veil. Do you remember this?
Molly Rogers
Vaguely.
Kristen Davis
And we were like, whoa. Why? What do you mean? And he said, because, Charlie Elizabeth Taylor wore one in one of her.
Molly Rogers
Okay.
Kristen Davis
Many weddings. And we were like, okay, but we already picked the dress. Like, maybe. Maybe we needed to know that before we picked the dress. But I think we just wore it and it was what it was. You know what I'm saying?
Molly Rogers
It was all good, buddy. Came out on the Internet after you and tried to, like, crucify, because guess what? There wasn't one.
Kristen Davis
Exactly. We could. We could create in peace. This is an adorable picture. It's a much more fitted dress. And there's Pat in the background in her bucket hat. I don't know if you can see her. She's so cute. And then I have one here somewhere. This is a tight one. I'm sure everybody was like, no, Charlotte wouldn't wear that. And I probably really wanted to wear that. There's one. This is one where I have, like, a very poofy veil on. There's one. This is one. It has a big bottom, and those are patterns. That. Tennis shoes. She is under my dress, completely covered. She's trying to pull down the lining.
Molly Rogers
What a fabulous picture. You're kidding me. I want to see that on Instagram.
Kristen Davis
I will put it on Instagram for everyone to see is. You're really cute. Just your sneakers are showing, and you would never know that there's a human being under there. She's totally in.
Molly Rogers
Okay, then I want to ask you something because your memory is so good, because it was your wedding.
Kristen Davis
Yeah.
Molly Rogers
What about the Scottish plaid treatment on Carrie's Brides? Because she was.
Kristen Davis
I love it.
Molly Rogers
What do you call them?
Kristen Davis
The bridesmaid maid of honor. Right, right, right. I love it. I didn't remember it at all, but I love it so much because you absolutely know that was Sarah Jessica. And this is a use of you with your trims. I'm sure that you were like, could be. Yes. I will get those. Those little ribbons for you.
Molly Rogers
Scottish plaid section. And find something appropriate.
Kristen Davis
And I think there's a brooch on top of it, which is also very much, very coming.
Molly Rogers
Like, reminiscent of a flower.
Kristen Davis
Yep. So. But on the belt.
Molly Rogers
Very smart. Yep.
Kristen Davis
I love it.
Molly Rogers
Yeah.
Kristen Davis
I love it so much. And there is the guy. You know, obviously, Trey's wearing his kilt, which is adorable. And then there's his cousin, or whoever he is, who's Scottish that way we can't understand anything he says. Who's also wearing a kill.
Molly Rogers
Samantha sleeps with, I believe. Right?
Kristen Davis
Yes, yes. And talks about how there is something under there, but it's easy to get off or something. I don't know. It's very trippy and funny. Very trippy and funny.
Molly Rogers
Now, how many times were you married, lady?
Kristen Davis
Just twice. What do you mean, you think there's more?
Molly Rogers
First was Trey. Yeah. Scottish?
Kristen Davis
Yeah.
Molly Rogers
Was the second one.
Kristen Davis
It's Harry.
Molly Rogers
It's Harry. There's nobody in between? No. Okay. You only got married twice. I'm very disappointed in you.
Kristen Davis
You are? You know why? We put on, like, 40 wedding dresses. So I think that's why you think I got married more. No, no. You know, Charlotte finds Harry and, you know, then. Then it's game over.
Molly Rogers
Right. With the world.
Kristen Davis
Exactly. Exactly. And remember, he was my divorce lawyer. Lawyer from Trey. That's how I meet him. Which is so perfect. Okay, now I have this picture where my producers really want to understand this necklace. Sarah has, like, just a tube top on. Very Sarah Jessica. And then she has this big, chunky. It's like a heart or a strawberry. I can't even tell what it is. What is that?
Molly Rogers
Yeah, well, you know, we got free. You know, it was still about, where can we get stuff? We don't have any money. And Kenny J. Lane showroom was very generous.
Kristen Davis
Oh, they're so nice.
Molly Rogers
Pat loved trinkets like that. She loved a horseshoe. She loved an apple. She loved a heart. She loved. Like that, to me, is so eye catching.
Kristen Davis
Yeah.
Molly Rogers
In a. In a. In a childish kind of way. Like, that's a chunky thing, but it's fun.
Kristen Davis
I mean, I think it's really fun, you know? And I also think on television they usually try to get you to have very tiny, unnoticeable accessories. Right? Yeah, exactly.
Molly Rogers
Pull the focus. Yeah.
Kristen Davis
And I think that's why it was so different. Right? And I mean, we're different in many ways, as we know. But I think that was one of the big differences. And I think for me, sometimes it took a little getting used to because I was like, that thing's so big or whatever, you know, But. But I mean, that's the. You know, the joy.
Molly Rogers
I'm very. Yeah. I'm very cautious about stuff like that. I'm. I get timid to. You know, I don't want. If it's a beautiful long earring and it's gonna swing through the whole bar scene, I'm like, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Kristen Davis
It's True. But I feel like something came over us in season three. And I mean, not so much me, because I, I, I am still playing Charlotte. But I think we were just like, Yeah, I think the newness of it all and people sending us things, we were just like, yes, we're excited. And it reminds me of this beautiful gold butterfly.
Molly Rogers
That's exactly what I was gonna bring up also. Kenny J. Lane.
Kristen Davis
Amazing.
Molly Rogers
Yeah, it's so. It just made that dress, didn't it?
Kristen Davis
And she wears this on the COVID of Time magazine in our photo shoot, doesn't she?
Molly Rogers
Oh, my gosh. I believe you're right.
Kristen Davis
I think she does. It's hanging in my closet. I should have just checked before I came.
Molly Rogers
Wow.
Kristen Davis
Because I love that it's my only picture I have hanging of us. Because I think it's so funny that it says, who needs a husband?
Molly Rogers
Interesting. I wonder if I have that magazine. I have so, so many.
Kristen Davis
You do?
Molly Rogers
I have boxes.
Kristen Davis
Where are they? Huh?
Molly Rogers
In the attic of the condo.
Kristen Davis
Oh, we should look. That would be so much fun.
Molly Rogers
So many me.
Kristen Davis
Next episode.
Molly Rogers
Yeah, you're welcome to Paul through.
Kristen Davis
Oh, that would be fun.
Molly Rogers
Craziest. Big, huge articles on all of you.
Kristen Davis
Guys and about wore it best, right? And what body shape do you have? Are you curvy? Charlotte still makes me so mad. Okay. So mad. Are you thin like Sir Jessica? I was like, you guys, Come on. I have seen recently, though, a lot of stuff on Instagram about how rough the 2000s were for women, you know, in terms of body expectations and shaming. Like, it was so intense.
Molly Rogers
It was intense. It was intense. Any kind of bathing suit scene would, Would unravel. Anybody? Anybody? Okay.
Kristen Davis
Oh, and when I agree. Oh, I know. I mean, the funny thing, Sarah Jessica has her wonderful style, but, like, when she wears those board shorts in the second season, oh, I love it so much because it's so her. Right? But if Sarah Jessica Parker can feel self conscious. Yes, anyone, Anyone can.
Molly Rogers
There is no hope for any of us.
Kristen Davis
There is no hope. There is no hope for any of us. But we were in such a pressure cooker, you know, it was really intense. And I remember, I don't know if I've told this story on the pod. I don't think I have. When we were doing the first season, when people were really confused about what the show was, right? Like, they didn't know were we like real sex on hbo, you know, in the middle of the night. They didn't know what the heck we were, Right? But people, the paparazzi at Least the fashion people in the paparazzi knew Candace Bushnell. So they knew of the article, the column, you know, the book. And I was at this event one time. I was just wearing my regular clothes. I think I was with my publicist, and we had to go by and check on another client who was at an event. So we kind of swung by after going somewhere, and I'm just in the back trying not to. You know, I'm not really there. Right. And the paparazzi are there, and they're chatting with me, and they. They're saying, what are you doing? And I was like, oh, we're working on this new show, Sex and the City, for hbo. And. And they say, oh, Sex and the City. Like. Like Candace. And. And I say, oh, yeah, yeah. It's based on. On Candace's column. And it's. This woman paparazzi says to me, well, you don't play Candace because you're not thin enough. I mean, she might have actually said, you're too heavy. I can't remember what she said. It was so mean. And I was like, no, I'm not playing Carrie. And I'm trying to be polite, and I'm like, where's my publicist? I'm going to die. And then I would see her on red carpets, and I would be so upset, and I was like, why are you like this? You're a woman.
Molly Rogers
Why are you a woman hater.
Kristen Davis
Right? And you're a paparazzi, and you're a woman paparazzi.
Molly Rogers
Yeah.
Kristen Davis
Like, come on.
Molly Rogers
Band together.
Kristen Davis
But they just be so, like, openly to your face. Do you know what I mean? Like, well, you're too heavy. You're not thin enough. You can't possibly play her. I was just like, oh, Lord. And my other thing. I don't know if I've told this story on the podcast either, but it reminds me of it.
Molly Rogers
It.
Kristen Davis
So this is when, like, weeklies were coming out, like Us Weekly people, right? There's more that have gone away, like life and Style or whatever. There were so many.
Molly Rogers
Yeah, yeah.
Kristen Davis
And every week my mother would be like, oh, blah, blah, blah, saying, blah, blah, blah. And I would just be like, mom, I don't want to know. I don't want to know. Because obviously they were just all about, you know, critiquing everything and. Or stirring up drama.
Molly Rogers
Comparisons.
Kristen Davis
Comparisons, yes. So one time I'd had something happen that I wasn't happy about. And so I was walking home, as we all do in New York, when you got to walk something off Right. So I'm walking something off and I stop at a, at a bodega to get some M&M's, and I go up to the counter to get the M and M's, and this girl behind the counter says, oh, I, I can't sell you these. And I'm like, what do you mean? She goes, yeah, you shouldn't be eating these.
Molly Rogers
Stop it.
Kristen Davis
Please give me my.
Molly Rogers
You couldn't get away with anything.
Kristen Davis
Please give me my Ms. Woman I need.
Molly Rogers
I cannot believe that story.
Kristen Davis
I know. This is what it was like, wow. Like people were invested in your thigh circumference. You know what I'm saying?
Molly Rogers
That is mind blowing.
Kristen Davis
It was scary. And I remember just like crying the rest of my walk like, why didn't I just say, like, give it to me. I'm trying to buy something in your store and why didn't I just go to the next. Next bodega? I don't know. But it, like, it hurt so much.
Molly Rogers
It threw you for a loop.
Kristen Davis
Threw me for a loop, which is how I felt a lot of the time back then. I have to say, honestly, if I'm just being honest. All right, we are gonna cut this into two episodes because Molly has a lot to say and we love to hear it. So please join us later in the week on Are youe with Charlotte to continue talking about season three with the Incredible Molly Rogers.
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Host: Kristin Davis
Guest: Molly Rogers (Costume Designer)
Date: December 22, 2025
This episode dives deep into Season 3 of Sex and the City, focusing on the pivotal role of fashion in both the show and its cultural impact. Kristin Davis (Charlotte York) is joined by legendary costume designer Molly Rogers to reminisce about memorable wardrobe choices, behind-the-scenes dynamics, personal anecdotes, and how fashion choices became part of the series' DNA. The conversation is candid, humorous, and insightful, offering fans a rare look at both the creative process and the pressures behind iconic looks.
The episode is candid, friendly, and sprinkled with industry humor. Both Kristin and Molly speak frankly yet affectionately about each other, collaborators, and the industry pressures, always with a note of optimism and nostalgia. There’s a confessional, almost slumber-party vibe to their shared stories, resonating especially with fans interested in fashion, TV production, and the women's experience in media.
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