It’s hard to believe that Sarah Jessica Parker is 51. But she is.
She had her 51st birthday in March, so she’s well on the way to being 52.
We don’t know about you, but as devotees of Sex and the City, which ran from 1998 to 2004, Jan and Cyndy are in shock that “Carrie Bradshaw” is over 50!
We have been thinking about her at SoSensational because she is starring in Divorce, a new HBO series by brilliant Irish writer Sharon Horgan. The critically acclaimed series has just launched in the UK on Sky Atlantic with SJP as Frances and Thomas Haden Church as her soon-to-be ex-husband, Robert.
And very good SJP is in it, too, playing a stylish New Yorker, though this time “living” in a suburb rather than in downtown Manhattan as she did in SATC…
And very good she looks, too, though we suspect her Divorce wardrobe will be less experimental than her SATC wardrobe.
At 1.6m, or 5’ 3” (forgive us for always converting to imperial but having gone to school aeons ago, Jan and Cyndy don’t instantly “get” someone’s height if it’s in metric so need to know it in feet and inches, to know that 1.6m is not very tall ). So, SJP is petite compared to most models, but fairly average-height in the world of Showbiz, where many leading actors are less tall than you might expect.
She can carry off the kind of runway looks (that’s fashion runway, BTW, not airport runway) that most women find a tad intimidating. But is that SJP or “Carrie Bradshaw”? Actress and character blur seamlessly, which confuses us a lot, or “a very lot” to quote Lola from Charlie and Lola…
These days her real life clothing choices seem to be a little more conservative than they were on SATC. But, TBH, SJP is now 51 (or 51-and-a-half), a divorcee and a mother, so it’s not at all a surprise she is making different clothing choices. And then, of course, she is the actress and producer, Sarah Jessica Parker NOT the impecunious columnist and party-girl, Carrie. It all makes our brain hurt. But we love her current clothing choices. At 51, SJP stays youthful by updating her style constantly.
Steal her Style by updating your style or at least tweaking it.
The trick with the jeans and boyfriend jumper (a combo which looks much sexier than it sounds) is length. She has got the length of those boyfriend jeans just right (and, of course the cut). She has also got the length of that boyfriend jumper just right – long enough to cover the waistband, but not so long that it makes her legs look short. We can’t do this for you, but when you find your perfect jeans, try them with slouchy jumpers of varying lengths; one will jump out as being just right for your body proportions!
Oh, and shoes. We said the trick with the jeans and boyfriend jumper was length, which it is, but the trick with the jeans and that fabulous cobalt-blue trenchcoat is shoes. Forget Manolos and Jimmy Choos, we’re talking shoe shape, here; the heeled mary-jane looks casual while adding height, while a pretty, mid-heel, point-toe court elongates the leg and is a great trick for a petite woman of any age!
What do you think of Sarah Jessica Parker’s style?
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