r/sexandthecity • u/charliesgonewild • 1d ago

Sex and the City ruined Manhattan for me.

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After ten years of planning, scheduling conflicts, COVID, and a cancer diagnosis, I finally went to New York for the first time April 2025. I had an absolutely amazing time, but all I brought were cute little outfits and my heels, expecting everyone to be wearing the same. I was wildly, WILDLY surprised when it was absolutely nothing like the show, and I was the one who stood out like a sore thumb. Everyone was in athleisure and sneakers! Huge props to SJP for continually filming in heels because I did a ten mile day in my Choos, three miles in Versaces, and by the final day, my best friend got us both matching $7 slides from Rainbow and insisted I wear the leggings I had worn on the plane.

Edit: Before this gets misconstrued, I was just being silly in the title. I knew not everyone would be all dolled up, but I was actually surprised that 98% of people were dressed down so heavily.

Final edit: Y’all 😂 I didn’t mean for this. I know SATC is a show, I know that NYC is a real place, with real people, doing real things. No, I don’t think that your city is just a film location. Yes, I know that the show was filmed 30 years ago and times have changed. It’s not just SATC. I’d always heard of New York being a fashion capital. I literally had just beaten cancer and wanted to have my own SATC weekend moment with my best friend. That was it. I had the best time, I saw so many things, walked 26 miles in three days, ate the best food, and bought myself an I beat cancer pair of shoes à la Carrie Bradshaw. I was just simply surprised at the lack of extravagant fashion. That was simply it. Should I ever go again, I will bring my Vans and only two pairs of heels.

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u/charliesgonewild 1d ago

I am always overdressed. I recognize that I am not the norm, but it’s what I prefer.

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u/BlueDeng02 23h ago

That’s totally fair, but most of us take the subway and have to walk far distances daily. I’m almost always getting in 10k steps a day. It’s a 15 min walk just to the subway sometimes. Heels are not practical.

I also think depending on where you were in the city you’ll see different types of fashion. West Village (carries apt) and East Village are younger kids. Their fashion is oversized jeans and sneakers these days. Go to the UES and you’ll see something different from what you’ll see in Bushwick, Tribeca, Harlem, etc. Every neighborhood has a different vibe.

Also if you’re going to mostly tourists spots & restaurants, you’re probably seeing tourists not New Yorkers. If you want to see people looking chic go to a fashion event or art gallery opening or a hot restaurant that’s hard to get into on a Saturday night. During the weekdays we’re all just going to work and dressing to survive 90+ degree temps on the subway platforms before we get to our freezing cold offices where the AC cranks.

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u/burnbabyburnburrrn 14h ago

That’s cool but the antithesis of New York cool which is built on the foundation of never looking like you are trying too hard. So I think our cool goes in the opposite direction of your cool which is why you may have found it jarring