This text incorporates spoilers for Episode 10 of the second season of “And Simply Like That …”
For most individuals, moments of relaxation should not the time for polished outfits, particularly within the post-pandemic swirl of athleisure. Not so for Carrie Bradshaw and pals.
All through “And Simply Like That …,” and particularly within the newest episode, the protagonists present that even once you’re preparing for mattress, are in mattress or are merely close to a mattress, there’s nonetheless room for a plumed pajama set or high-heeled mule. And the bed room itself, as a setting, is a valued place — a venue for susceptible conversations, vital discussions or the odd snort.
Forward of Episode 10, members of the Kinds desk mentioned the memorable loungewear, tote baggage and kittens within the newest episode of the collection.
Vanessa Friedman There was so much happening on this episode, however what I can’t get out of my thoughts had been the pajamas (or, in some instances, the shortage of them). Particularly each Carrie’s Madeline-in-Paris set, with matching high-heeled mules, and Lisa Todd Wexley’s feather-trimmed silk set.
Jeremy Allen The sleepwear obsession on this present is fairly compelling, isn’t it? We had been actually given a good warning in that first sequence of the season, when all of the characters paraded into their respective bedrooms in assertion lingerie.
VF It’s true! Loungewear is a theme.
JA Like brunch, the bed room has lengthy been a car for the form of confessionals that made “Intercourse and the Metropolis” distinctive — and I’m wondering if the souped-up undergarments are supposed to underscore that.
VF Here’s a critical query for the group: Does anybody right here swan round their condo in loungewear? Or is that this a throwback to the times of Rita Hayworth and the Pavlovian fantasies these movies nonetheless recall about what precisely magnificence is?
Callie Holtermann As of late I feel most of us gravitate towards athleisure as an alternative. Which we don’t see a ton of on this collection, except Charlotte trying vaguely Lululemon-y every so often.
Katie Van Syckle It’s true. There’s little or no athleisure, which is fairly putting.
VF And nearly no sneakers so far as the attention can see. Although sadly, I’m not positive this present can single-handedly carry again the stiletto heel, a lot because the costume designers would possibly want.
CH Talking of heels, we now have to speak about Carrie’s outfit for her first-ever journey to Coney Island. It was a fairly good costuming-as-comedy second, seeing her sequined duster jacket and heeled boots so utterly out of their applicable context.
JA In the meantime, as an alternative of her regular New York-centric tote, Carrie wears one from Sweden’s Lodge Skeppsholmen (maybe she considers Coney Island an equally far-flung vacation spot?). It’s one of some internationally-themed items that I don’t fairly perceive on this episode, together with a handbag that reads “Ciao Bella” and the aforementioned Paris pajamas. (She does, nonetheless, carry a tote studying “New York, New York” to brunch later within the episode).
CH I’m additionally happy to report that after a several-episode drought, bucket hats have returned to the “And Simply Like That …” display. Rock wears a polka-dot one with their faculty uniform.
VF That appeared just like the Yayoi Kusama Louis Vuitton model of a bucket hat, although I could possibly be improper.
KVS Additionally! It seems to be like Carrie is holding the kitten!
VF Effectively, the cat loves the sneakers. I’m ready for her to be christened Manolo.
JA If it’s not Choupette, I’ll have a bone to select with the author’s room.
CH Possibly Fendi? Or Baguette?
JA One thing about this diminutive fluff ball makes me uneasy — as if it had been meant to finally emphasize Carrie’s folly of shopping for a mammoth Gramercy Park condo for a brand new life with Aidan and his children.
KVS Charlotte’s gallery has actually change into a runway, particularly the scene the place she is promoting the portray to Sam Smith.
VF Can we discuss their “I’m the sky” look? Turquoise-on-turquoise-on-turquoise.
JA Punctuated by a martini purse — which may be my favourite gag accent of the season.
CH I believed it was a enjoyable search for an artist who isn’t afraid to face out (and sometimes wears monochrome, like at last year’s Grammys).
JA Miranda, in the meantime, has adopted a kind of Brandi Carlile-meets-Bowie vibe that matches her much better than her droopy fits of yore, particularly as seen in her ocher-and-yellow jumpsuit buttoned as much as the collar that she wears to brunch. I’ve actually loved the evolution.
VF Here’s what I need to know: What are all of them going to put on to Carrie’s final supper? Will there even be a final supper, given what occurred with Aidan’s son Wyatt?
KVS Maybe a reprise of the classics? Seema in animal prints?
VF Possibly everybody must be in pajamas, and we may come full circle.
Vanessa Friedman Katie Van Syckle, Jeremy Allen and Callie Holtermann contributed reporting.
