"I Can't Wear It Again": Sarah Jessica Parker Reveals Why She Never Touches Carrie Bradshaw's Clothe

Sarah Jessica Parker owns one of the most valuable fashion archives in the world. She has every single outfit Carrie Bradshaw ever wore on and the City. She has the Manolos. She has the Fendi Baguette. She has the tutu. She has the wedding dress. She has the closet. But here is the thing. She never wears any of it. And on Thursday, October 1, 2026, on the red carpet of the New York City Ballet's 2026 Fall Fashion Gala, she finally explained why. The 61-year-old actress, who serves as the gala's founding chair, spoke with People about her legendary wardrobe. And her reasoning was both practical and poetic. She said, and I quote: "There's only one of them". She continued, "Because in most cases there's only one of them, or I've already worn them on screen". She then delivered the comparison that has everyone talking. She said, "So it would be like walking around in Sarah Sanderson's costume". Sarah Sanderson. Her character from Hocus Pocus. The witch with the red gown and the purple cloak and the wild blonde hair. That is the perfect way to describe it. Wearing Carrie Bradshaw's clothes in real life would be like wearing a costume. It would be like pretending to be someone you're not. Because Carrie Bradshaw is not Sarah Jessica Parker. Carrie is a character. A beloved character. A character that belongs to the world. And SJP understands that. But let's talk about how she ended up with all of these clothes in the first place. Because this did not happen by accident. When and the City first began in 1998, Sarah Jessica Parker's lawyer gave her some very specific advice. He told her to put a clause in her contract that would allow her to keep every single piece of clothing she wore on screen. She revealed this in a 2025 interview with Wonderland Magazine. She said, "I've kept her archive since the very beginning. I have all of Carrie's outfits since the pilot". And she added, "But that's the one thing I've had in my contract". Think about that. Before the show was a hit, before the fashion became iconic, before anyone knew that Carrie Bradshaw would become a style legend, SJP's lawyer was already protecting her legacy. She did not have to steal anything. She did not have to beg. It was all written into her contract. And she has kept it ever since. Her archive is not just clothes. It includes everything. Costumes from all six seasons of and the City. Both movies. And And Just Like That.... She also kept the furniture. She told Howard Stern that she has a temperature-regulated closet to store everything properly. That is how serious she is about preserving these pieces. She is not hoarding them. She is curating them. She is protecting them. She has said that she would be open to a fashion exhibition celebrating Carrie Bradshaw's most iconic looks. But she has one stipulation. She said, "I would say we have 78% of everything that I've ever worn on the show". She explained the absences: "The absences are from designers who rightfully wanted i