Kristin Davis Says Sarah Jessica Parker Is 'Still Mad' About the Dress She Wore to Charlotte's Wedding onSex and the City

Mar. 15, 2025

Cynthia Nixon, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis and Kim Cattrall in ‘Sex and the City’ in 2000.Photo:HBO/Courtesy of Everett

HBO/Courtesy of Everett

Sarah Jessica Parkerapparently hated the dress Carrie had to wear at Charlotte’s (first) wedding as much as your average bridesmaid.On the most recent episode ofKristin Davis’sAre You a Charlotte?podcast, the actress andSex and the CityshowrunnerMichael Patrick Kingrecalled Parker’s intense distaste for theVera Wangdress her character wore in the show’s third season episode, “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”The 2000 episode found Davis’s character, Charlotte York, finally marrying her seemingly perfect beau, Trey MacDougal (Kyle MacLachlan), with Carrie (Parker), Miranda (Cynthia Nixon) and Samantha (Kim Cattrall) serving as bridesmaids in matching frocks.“Sarah did not want to wear beige at Charlotte’s wedding,” Davis, 59, remembered, joking that Parker is “still mad about it.”Cynthia Nixon, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis and Kim Cattrall in ‘Sex and the City’ in 2000.HBO/ Courtesy of Everett“It was one of the longest days of my life,” King, 70, said of filming the wedding scenes. “And then SJ goes and cuts up the Vera Wang dress. She hates it. She didn’t wanna wear beige so much, she cut it up and started putting tartan pieces on it because Trey was wearing a kilt. I mean it was so funny.”And indeed, in the episode Carrie, who always had a flare for unconventional styling, has tartan flourish attached to a sash at her waist at Charlotte’s wedding.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.“She was out of her mind,” Davis recalled. “At one point, she came to me and she was like, ‘I don’t understand…’ And I’m like, ‘But, it’s Charlotte’s wedding. Of course, you’d be wearing beige — matching. I mean, I don’t understand what you don’t understand.’ ”Sarah Jessica Parker in ‘Sex and the City’ in 2004.Craig Blankenhorn/HBOBut during the show’s sixth and final season, the tables were apparently turned, with King strenuously objecting to theiconic Versace “mille feuille” dressCarrie wore in her Paris hotel room. According to King, the dress — which later reappeared in Max’s rebootAnd Just Like That…— was an example of howSex and the Citycostume designerPatricia Field’s vision of the characters’ wardrobe frequently strained credibility.King recalled Field first showing him the multilayered gown: “She goes, ‘This just came from Paris. It wants to be in the show.’ And I said, ‘How would [Carrie] get that there?’ It would be like a whole, like, three trunks just to get that [from New York to Paris]. And I gave her all the logical reasons why it wouldn’t be in there.”King quickly had a change of heart, however. “I turned and as I walked across the threshold, I just got hit with reality. And I thought, ‘Yeah, it wants to be in the show,’ ” he said. “And I came back and I said, ‘Okay.’ And that was a lesson I learned, like, sometimes wardrobe is better than logic.”

Sarah Jessica Parkerapparently hated the dress Carrie had to wear at Charlotte’s (first) wedding as much as your average bridesmaid.

On the most recent episode ofKristin Davis’sAre You a Charlotte?podcast, the actress andSex and the CityshowrunnerMichael Patrick Kingrecalled Parker’s intense distaste for theVera Wangdress her character wore in the show’s third season episode, “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”

The 2000 episode found Davis’s character, Charlotte York, finally marrying her seemingly perfect beau, Trey MacDougal (Kyle MacLachlan), with Carrie (Parker), Miranda (Cynthia Nixon) and Samantha (Kim Cattrall) serving as bridesmaids in matching frocks.

“Sarah did not want to wear beige at Charlotte’s wedding,” Davis, 59, remembered, joking that Parker is “still mad about it.”

Cynthia Nixon, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis and Kim Cattrall in ‘Sex and the City’ in 2000.HBO/ Courtesy of Everett

HBO/ Courtesy of Everett

“It was one of the longest days of my life,” King, 70, said of filming the wedding scenes. “And then SJ goes and cuts up the Vera Wang dress. She hates it. She didn’t wanna wear beige so much, she cut it up and started putting tartan pieces on it because Trey was wearing a kilt. I mean it was so funny.”

And indeed, in the episode Carrie, who always had a flare for unconventional styling, has tartan flourish attached to a sash at her waist at Charlotte’s wedding.

Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.

“She was out of her mind,” Davis recalled. “At one point, she came to me and she was like, ‘I don’t understand…’ And I’m like, ‘But, it’s Charlotte’s wedding. Of course, you’d be wearing beige — matching. I mean, I don’t understand what you don’t understand.’ ”

Sarah Jessica Parker in ‘Sex and the City’ in 2004.Craig Blankenhorn/HBO

Craig Blankenhorn/HBO

But during the show’s sixth and final season, the tables were apparently turned, with King strenuously objecting to theiconic Versace “mille feuille” dressCarrie wore in her Paris hotel room. According to King, the dress — which later reappeared in Max’s rebootAnd Just Like That…— was an example of howSex and the Citycostume designerPatricia Field’s vision of the characters’ wardrobe frequently strained credibility.

King recalled Field first showing him the multilayered gown: “She goes, ‘This just came from Paris. It wants to be in the show.’ And I said, ‘How would [Carrie] get that there?’ It would be like a whole, like, three trunks just to get that [from New York to Paris]. And I gave her all the logical reasons why it wouldn’t be in there.”

King quickly had a change of heart, however. “I turned and as I walked across the threshold, I just got hit with reality. And I thought, ‘Yeah, it wants to be in the show,’ ” he said. “And I came back and I said, ‘Okay.’ And that was a lesson I learned, like, sometimes wardrobe is better than logic.”

source: people.com