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Refinery29
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Refinery29
From 'Head In The Clouds' Hat To 'Carrie On The Prairie' Dress, And Just Like That Season 3 Fashion Is Full Of Easter Eggs
In the third season of the Sex and the City sequel series, And Just Like That, the quippy humor and hijinks-filled storylines feel like throwbacks to the OG show. See: Carrie's (Sarah Jessica Parker) wisecrack to Miranda (Cynthia Nixon) in the premiere — 'I don't know which is worse… that you slept with a nun, or that you slept with a tourist.' Or: Carrie's visit to Virginia, which brings to mind Season 4's Episode 9 in which Carrie goes to the country home of Aidan (John Corbett) in Suffern, New York. This season, as Carrie faces the uncertainty of a long-distance relationship with Aidan, she tries to move forward — and out of her comfort zone. Having left her longtime Upper East Side haven for a Greek Revival house in Gramercy, she tries her hand at writing historical fiction. Reflecting these changes, Carrie's always-discussion-starting fashion breaks new ground, while also revisiting the past. Ahead, And Just Like That 's costume designers, Molly Rogers and Danny Santiago, discuss some of their favorite looks from the season so far. Carrie's Victorian Sensibility Carrie opens the season by writing vintage postcards to Aidan, who is living in Virginia. Her circa-1840 house complements the old time-y pastime — along with her romantic, rose-adorned jacket-and-dress set from London designer Simone Rocha's ethereal Spring 2024 collection, which nods back to Carrie's former signature look. 'We got excited because it kind of moved the needle on the tutu… we thought that was a more adult [take on the] look,' says Rogers. The puff-sleeves, full skirt, and corsetry also hint at Carrie's late-1800s-referential wardrobe evolution to come as she attempts to write a period novel. Inspired by the avant-garde John Galliano's Maison Margiela 2024 Artisanal collection, Rogers and Santiago imagined Carrie's sartorial interpretation of the horse-and-carriage era. In episode two, she wears a Donna Karan beige bodysuit and white Mary Jane pumps by Paula Votteler with a raw-hem Margiela denim skirt with Victorian bustle-style draping. In episode five, for a truce/brainstorm dinner with her neighbor Duncan Reeves (Jonathan Cake), Carrie further explores period dressing in vintage khaki riding jodhpurs and an off-the-shoulder Jean Paul Gaultier top. 'She's thinking about her novel that's looking back at this time,' says Santiago. 'So some of her fashion decisions are based on her research.' Carrie's Controversial Hat Along with sky-high Manolo Blahnik heels and Fendi baguettes, statement headwear has long been Carrie's calling card. Outdoing herself again, she kicks off Season 3 with a sculptural, pink gingham hat by Maryam Keyhani paired with a vintage Ossie Clark dress with an inverted basque waistline and pannier-like skirt silhouette. 'We wanted something that felt very light, airy, fresh, and playful,' says Santiago, about aligning the look with the summer day in the park setting. 'There is a nod to that [late-19th-century] period, especially the hat. She's in her inspiration period right now.' But Carrie's whimsical hat — aptly-named ' Head in the Clouds ' by the brand — seems to have caused even more discussion than her up-in-the-air relationship status with Aidan, with many poking fun of the look, which surprised Rogers. 'I'm shocked that at this point that people even bat an eye at Carrie in some wackadoodle great hat,' says Rogers.'Do you want us to put her in a canvas sun hat? The alternative is not Carrie cool.' Carrie's Travel Outfit In episode four, Carrie wrangles a speaking gig that's conveniently located in Virginia near Aidan's farm, where she's hoping to stay on an extended visit. Carrie dresses as only Carrie would for treks through sprawling airports and waits in rental car lines: head-to-toe Vivienne Westwood. 'We've had historical costume moments with Westwood all through the original series,' says Rogers, adding that the team also wanted to honor the legendary designer who died as they were prepping for the season. After pairing Westwood's Victoriana-meets-punk Panther dress with a chevron cardigan, Rogers and Santiago decided to go all-in with the British designer. 'I think it's the only time Carrie has worn one designer head-to-toe,' says Rogers. 'That's a big Easter egg.' Carrie somehow fits all her travel essentials into a circular Orb tote from the brand, and dashes to the car in strappy, five-inch brown platform sandals that would not be conducive to a mile-long walk (or ATV drive that she later takes) through the countryside. 'The strappy shoes used to be [Parker's] favorite shoe in the entire world,' says Rogers, who unearthed the Westwood heels from the SATC costume archive. 'After she had filmed in them for a week, she said, 'I never want to see those again. They were so painful.'' Carrie's 'Carrie On The Prairie' Dress es After Aidan finally invites her to stay at his farm, Carrie, who lost her luggage, swaps out her Westwood outfit for Aidan's son Homer's (Corbin Drew Ross) baseball uniform — paired with her Westwood heels, naturally — to get new clothes. After inquiring about nearby retail options, she heads to Daisy's Dress Shop, which apparently only carries floral maxi dresses and nightgown-like frocks. After purchasing a few styles, Carrie refers to her new look as 'Carrie on the Prairie.' Even though their prep coincided with the Nap Dress craze and cottagecore trend, with plenty of current options available for the costume designers to pull, Santiago says the costume designers decided to go 'the vintage route' to avoid associating any one brand with the episode that pokes fun at the fashion available in Aidan's rural home. 'Please don't say 'Summer's Eve,'' says Carrie, referencing the floral fashion in the brand's cringe-y '80s commercials. In the end, her '70s-inspired dress — with flowy sleeves, ruffles, and pink florals on chevron stripes — walked the fine line of looking unexpectedly cool in that Carrie way while still providing comedic relief necessary for the episode that sees Aidan struggling to parent his son Wyatt (Logan Souza). 'There were so many jokes written for that scene,' says Rogers. 'But honestly, in the end, it looked like something that came out of Saks or Zimmermann.' Carrie's Offscreen Shoe Outfits Carrie does not believe in a shoe-free home and insists on stomping across her hardwood floors in various heels in episode five. This, much to the consternation of her downstairs neighbor, Duncan, who's suffering from a case of writer's block. 'We were hoarding shoes from day one,' says Rogers of the envy-inducing montage of shoe close-ups. 'We were calling everyone and saying, 'Send us your best shoe. Make sure it's the latest and greatest, and it has to be, not clunky, but it has to make noise.'' If you play the montage in slo-mo and use your imagination, maybe you'll catch some of the full looks that only Carrie would wear at home. If you ask the costume designers? 'There's the day-glow Rene Caovilla heels with the Isabela Capeto charm dress,' says Rogers. 'I bought it in the Hamptons with SJ.' The outfit combos also include: Aquazurra yellow slingbacks with a vintage pink dress, Rene Caovilla pink crystal bow-adorned heels with a Bob Mackie opera coat, a Missoni crochet dress and white Manolo Blahnik thigh-high boots, Maskit overalls and turquoise Alexander McQueen western-style heels, Ralph Lauren Polo boxer shorts lined with vintage crinoline and customized Gucci patent Mary Jane pumps, and sweatpants with red sock booties that were designed by Rogers and Santiago for Parker's SJP Collection. Despite knowing that these looks would not appear in full onscreen, Santiago and Rogers felt it was important to create them regardless for the purpose of storytelling. 'They wanted us not to put these outfits together,' says Santiago. 'We ended up styling every single one of those shoes and made outfits to go with them.'
Fox News
22-05-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
Ex-Biden DOJ official slams Democratic Party for 'lying to everyone,' blasting cabinet over Hur report
A former Department of Justice official, Xochitl Hinojosa, called out members of the Democratic Party on Tuesday for "lying to everybody" about former President Joe Biden when it came to Robert Hur's report, which was dismissed as "gratuitous" at the time. "I was at the Justice Department at the time when we released the Hur report, and he was, the entire White House infrastructure at the time, was calling the report gratuitous, and said that Rob Hur should have never called him 'a well-meaning elderly man with a poor memory.' And every Democratic pundit, many reporters, were out there saying that it was inappropriate for Rob Hur to say that. And the reality is, the whole reason why he put that in is because it was his whole reason not to prosecute," Hinojosa, who worked as the Director of Public affairs at the DOJ, said during CNN's "NewsNight." Audio from Hur's interview with Biden was released on Friday, and showed the former president struggling with words and key memories during the interview. Axios reporter Alex Thompson was on the panel as well to discuss the reporting about the former president from his new book, "Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again," which he published with CNN host Jake Tapper. "So it's really infuriating to hear this happening in the Spring of 2024, around the time that the Hur report was released and certain aspects in Alex and Jake's reporting really talk about the timeframe being Fall of 2023, whenever he did his interview with Rob Hur, as well as early 2024, when was the release of the report. And so it's just, it's really frustrating, I think as a Democratic Party, hearing now that they were lying to everybody, and not only were they lying to everybody, but they were bashing their own cabinet when it came to the Hur report," Hinojosa added. Biden officials such as Karine Jean-Pierre and Ian Sams, as well as former Vice President Kamala Harris and former DHS Secretary Mayorkas, deemed the Hur report "gratuitous" after it was released, because Hur declined to charge the former president over the mishandling of classified documents due to his memory lapses. "The reality is, that report, that part of the report does not live in reality. It just doesn't, it is gratuitous," Jean-Pierre said at the time, responding to a question about Biden's memory. "It is unacceptable and it does not live in reality." Democratic Reps. Ro Khanna, Jamie Raskin, and Daniel Goldman also deemed the report unnecessary and gratuitous at the time. Audio from the interview showed that Biden admitted he kept documents about Afghanistan for "posterity's sake." When asked about a classified document on Afghanistan found at his lake house, Biden said at first he wasn't sure how the document got there, but then admitted, "I guess I wanted to hang on to it for posterity's sake."
Auto Car
15-05-2025
- Automotive
- Auto Car
Toyota bZ4X Touring is rugged electric wagon you can take off road
Toyota has revealed a stretched, off-road focused variant of its bZ4X electric SUV, that brings more space and more power. The bZ4X Touring will arrive in the UK next spring, and – as the name suggests - it is a off-tarmac estate version of the three-year-old EV, which adds 140mm in length, 20mm in height, and a host of rugged design elements. Clearly a sibling of the new Subaru Trailseeker - which both use the same e-TNGA platform – the Touring gets more boot space than its standard SUV sibling, increased by 148 litres (or 33%) to 600 litres. This takes it above the likes of the similarly sized Volkswagen ID 5 and BYD Sealion 7 to make it one of the most cavernous on the electric car market. What's more, thanks to Subaru's push for the Trailseeker to feature two identical motors on either axle for better off-road balance (going against Toyota's previous philosophy of a bigger rear motor) the new Touring outputs 376bhp, up from the SUV's 338bhp. This cements it as the most powerful electric Toyota available. A 221bhp single-motor setup is also offered. Power for that is drawn from a new 74.4kWh (net) battery, up from the recently updated car's 73.1kWh pack. A range figure has yet to be given, but the standard car offers up to 318 miles in its most efficient form. Visually, the Touring is more of a rugged proposition to the standard SUV. While adopting the new front-end look of the recently updated bZ4X SUV, the coupé adopts the Trailseeker's thicker rear light bar and chunkier rear bumper. It also gains roof rails, blackened wheel arches and an exclusive Brilliant Bronze paint job. Inside, the Touring adopts the same interior as the recently updated bZ4X, which features a new centre console and 14.0-inch infotainment screen. For the Touring, a City Moss colour has been added.
