Celebrity Style – Sarah Jessica Parker

As 2009 came to a close last week, I was constantly reminded by television and web sites that it was also the end of a decade. I began to think of all the things that have changed over the past year in fashion, and then tried to go back 10 years to what has changed. While fads like animal print everything, parachute pants, and gaucho pants came and went I was trying to remember celebrity style icons that were still looked as fashion-forward women today just as much as they were in 2000.

One prominent celebrity fashion influence over the decade is Sex and the City’s Carrie Bradshaw, which is reflected in Sarah Jessica Parker. After SATC hit the air in 1998 it continued to be a hit on HBO till 2004. During the 6 seasons that Sarah Jessica Parker starred on the show, she evolved to celebrity style status through the clever styling of Patricia Field. SJP and Carrie Bradshaw brought high-end fashion designers into our living rooms and even modeled funky fashion on the everyday street. Although SATC ended in 2004, SJP continued to make her mark throughout the decade with fashion campaigns for the Gap, and the creation of her own fashion label Bitten along with several perfume lines. Appearing in Elle, Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar and W Magazine there was no shortage of SJP’s style in the industry.

Then when we thought her near decade reign was over, SATC movie was released in 2008 causing Jimmy Choo and Manolo Blahnik shoe crazes all over again. SJP was attending press junkets in fabulous outfits inspired by SATC and has shown continuous evolution over the past decade and will continue so as the next SATC movie debuts in 2010.

To me, Sarah Jessica Parker has continuously evolved her style over the past few years and will still be on the fashion celebrity radar for many more years to come because of her genuine charm and adventurous style. Definitely looking forward to 2010 to see what fashion items SJP will inspire me with.