All About Carrie Bradshaw’s Wedding Dress on “SATC” — and the Gown She Almost Wore Instead

Carrie’s iconic wedding dress was pulled from Vivienne Westwood’s Fall/Winter 2007 collection

She wouldn’t be Carrie Bradshaw if she didn’t wear an unforgettable wedding gown!

For Sex and the City: The Movie, released in May 2008, Carrie (played by Sarah Jessica Parker) donned an ivory Vivienne Westwood ballgown for her first attempt down the aisle with Mr. Big (Chris Noth) at the New York Public Library. Though Mr. Big ultimately gets cold feet and leaves her at the altar, Carrie’s wedding look is one of the most iconic fashion moments from the series.

The strapless corset gown with a pointed bust and tiered skirt inspired brides everywhere, with a cocktail version of the dress selling out within hours in 2009, per Glamour. Over 15 years after Carrie was left at the altar, she rewore the dress for a happier occasion in And Just Like That. This time pairing it with a teal cape, teal shoes and a birdcage veil, Carrie wore the gown to the Met Gala during season 2.

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“It was very special to have it back in our possession for a brief period and to figure out how it helped tell this story now," Parker told PEOPLE of wearing the dress again in 2023.

From the designer to the bold accessories she wore with it, here’s everything to know about Carrie Bradshaw’s wedding dress from Sex and the City: The Movie.

Carrie’s dress was designed by Vivienne Westwood

Carrie’s wedding dress originally appeared in the Vivienne Westwood Gold Label’s Fall/Winter 2007 collection titled "Wake Up Cave Girl," per Vogue UK. Brigitte Stepputtis, head of couture at Vivienne Westwood, told the outlet in June 2023 that the gown “was inspired by the diamond cutting technique.”

Often referred to as the “cloud dress,” the ivory gown was altered to suit the character of Carrie. In the film, Carrie receives the gown along with a note from Westwood. The note reads, “Dear Carrie, I saw your photo from the Vogue shoot. This dress belongs to you! Love, Vivienne Westwood."

In 2018, Westwood released a collection of pieces that were inspired by Carrie’s wedding gown to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Sex and the City: The Movie, per Marie Claire.

The strapless gown was crafted from two types of fabric

Carrie’s ballgown was referred to as the “cloud dress” at the time because of its unique skirt shape, which resembled a puffy cloud. To create the voluminous skirt, the dress was crafted from multiple fabrics and separated into two tiers. The top half of the gown featured a gold-backed ivory silk duchess satin, while the lower half was made of ivory silk Radzimir taffeta.

The dress featured a pointed bust and a cinched waist

The corseted bodice included a pointed bust and a cinched waist, signature design elements of Westwood. The sweetheart neckline of the bodice was exaggerated by the pointed bust, which then narrowed at the waist before flowing into a drop waist skirt.

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Carrie completed her wedding look with bold accessories

In true Carrie fashion, her bridal accessories were just as iconic as her wedding gown itself. The champagne veil she wore was accompanied by her “something blue,” a vintage bird of paradise headpiece that featured teal feathers and a taxidermy bird.

In a 2022 video for Vogue, Parker shared that she saw the headpiece and “thought it was magnificent.” She and the wardrobe team chose to run with the idea and didn’t approve it with director Michael Patrick King before shooting the wedding scene.

“We knew how we felt about it, and like many things ... we couldn’t throw ourselves in front of the court and make a really reasoned argument. We had every possibility of losing the case,” she said. “Didn’t share or discuss with Michael Patrick King in advance, which was, you know, not fair, it was a little bit of an ambush, and when I came to set, he was like, ‘Why is there a bird on your head?’ And I was like, ‘Look at the bird. You would’ve made the same decision.’ ”

Parker continued, “Of course, you know, he argued against, and he wins a lot, for good reason. There’s a whole thing that’s happening always in his head. He knows stuff that I don’t know often, which I don’t want to know. But we won, and then, of course, he put it in. I think later on, she was like, ‘I had a bird on my head!’ ”

Carrie’s dramatic bridal look also included a crystal brooch and snakeskin cage heels, which fans caught a glimpse of when she ran to confront Mr. Big in the street after he failed to show up for their wedding.

Carrie almost wore a black wedding dress

Carrie’s wedding look is one of the most memorable fashion moments from Sex and the City, but it almost didn’t happen. Speaking with Access Hollywood in March 2023, costume designer Patricia Field revealed she originally wanted Carrie to wear Charlotte’s bridesmaid dress, a black Zac Posen gown.

“I think I was inspired by her relationship, up and down and topsy turvy, with Mr. Big,” Field said about her idea to put Carrie in a black dress. “In a way, it was like it became a mourning dress.”

While Carrie may not have ended up in a black wedding gown, Parker did sport one for her own wedding to husband Matthew Broderick in May 1997.

Carrie rewore the Vivienne Westwood dress in And Just Like That

For the season 2 premiere of And Just Like That, Carrie slipped back into her Vivienne Westwood wedding gown for a night at the Met Gala. While she once again accessorized with the bird fascinator, she repurposed the look with a teal cape, matching pumps and a birdcage veil.

Parker told PEOPLE in June 2023 that it was a journey to get the gown back in time to shoot the scene.

“We weren't entirely certain that we could get the dress back,” she said. “It was in London and unearthing it was complicated — getting it through customs in time and then making sure was this, in fact, the original dress? The color looked different.”

Parker also shared that she and King tried to give the dress “a new life,” but it was “terrifying to put it on” more than a decade later.

“It was really incredible and fun and thank goodness it fit!” she told PEOPLE.

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