When Kim Cattrall agreed to a cameo in And Just Like That…, she did so on a variety of provisions. Namely, that she wouldn’t should movie with any of her former castmates, but additionally that her character’s look can be architected by Sex and the City’s authentic costume designer, Patricia Field. (Perhaps she had seen what had happened to Carrie… or maybe she had learn the present’s present wardrobers say “No. F***ing. Way” to dressing her return.)
Anyway, Catrall arrived on display for all of three minutes, at the back of a cab, sporting a silver lamé trench and a purple gown, carrying a lime-green Fendi bag, with a stack of bangles, costume rings and a glittery iPhone case – as fabulously garish as something she wore within the franchise’s first run. But it was by no means the cinch-waisted energy fits, sequined trouser units or extravagant solar hats that made Samantha most compelling. It was the uncommon events she wore all-black, when she was at her most potent: a type of Madame X introduced into the twenty first century. Not not like Margot Robbie, who, with that exact swoop of a Samantha Jones bob, was photographed final evening in Paris sporting a corset prime, a low-slung skirt and strappy Jude heels, with an Alaïa Le Teckel bag, for dinner together with her dad and mom and husband.