Patricia Field Talks About The Fashion Of Sex And The City 2

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Whether on the streets or high-rises of New York or the deserts of Morocco, one indelible component of the Sex and the City phenomenon is the work of costume designer Patricia Field. The Oscar nominee and two-time Emmy Award winner, who worked on both the TV series and the first Sex and the City film, designed and selected a huge variety of looks for Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte, and Miranda in Warner Bros.' and New Line Cinema's upcoming sequel Sex and the City 2 as they move half way across the world on their adventure.

In the following interview, Field discusses her work in the second movie and tells why her involvement in the iconic TV and film series "was and still is an experience of a lifetime."


Has being involved in Sex and the City all these years been a fun ride?

Patricia Field: It's something that you can't even imagine unless you live through it—and it happened to me; I had this experience. It has been going on now for not quite 15 years, from the TV show and then a movie and now another movie. And it has evolved. We're kind of like family, in a way, and making this movie is like when you get together with your family on the holidays. You get to see everybody and catch up. I mean, it's kind of like Star Wars for women all over the world. It's unimaginable.

Wherever I go in the world, people come up to me and tell me all their experiences with Sex and the City. It doesn't matter if it's China or South America, wherever I am, all the women say the same thing. It's kind of a worldwide exclusive club of billions of females, and they all tell me the same thing. They get together with their girlfriends; they go for cocktails; they get dressed up; they get a limo; they go out; they go to the movies—it's part of their social world. And it's so fantastic to hear that. The reality is that I, as well as everybody that is visible from Sex and the City, have connected with billions of people. It's an amazing experience. And that's the most thrilling thing to me about having worked on this project, and how it has unfolded.


Are there more expectations now in wardrobe, with all these women watching all over the world?

Field: People always ask me, "Oh, how are you going to outdo yourself next?" So, there is some pressure because of the anticipation. But that is not my reality at all. If I had some kind of consciousness of the people's expectations, it would freeze me up, make me miserable, and not allow me to be creative and have fun with it. I would be worrying about what everybody thinks, and that is not part of the process for me.

One of the most important things for me, the first thing that I could bite down into, is the script. I get a huge part of my inspiration from the script. And I had a lot of fun with this last movie, I'll tell you, because it took us away on a magic vacation. It also allowed me to step up a level. The girls are going away to this magical place. I know my experience in life, if I'm going some really special place, I get my clothes together. It's the fantasy of it, and this script had that. So, for me, it was especially fun to do because I could use that as a jumping board to really make it gorgeous. I didn't have to worry about reality so much, but I could stay in the fantasy of a woman going on this fantastical vacation.


Can you talk about the family aspect of working on Sex and the City 2?

Field: At this point, after 15 years, it's definitely a family. But as in all families, you earn your credibility. So, now, after this time, our relationships have been developed based on experience with one another. And, as with all families, there's a certain closeness.

The show was a hit, so from the beginning we were doing something right. But then, as time goes on, it just becomes like a family. I mean, Michael Patrick King or the four women, they know me. I know them. If we don't trust each other by now, it would have never happened. So, it does make things go more smoothly. Just as with a family, you know your brother, you know your sister, you know your aunt—you know them and their history.

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