A nostalgic nod to Sex and the City style—corsage included.
Carrie Bradshaw’s fashion legacy continues to echo through a new generation of It-girls—and Aimee Lou Wood just stepped directly into the conversation, quite literally, in a pair of heels worthy of a Fifth Avenue strut.
At a White Lotus screening in Los Angeles last night, the Sex Education star served a knowing wink to fashion obsessives with a head-to-toe look that felt pulled straight from a 2001 episode of Sex and the City—yet styled with the crisp, offbeat elegance that’s fast becoming Wood’s signature.
Anchoring the ensemble? Jimmy Choo’s leopard-print Leo pumps—a cult silhouette instantly recognizable to diehard Bradshaw fans as the pair worn by Sarah Jessica Parker in the opening credits of Sex and the City. The brand has recently reissued the style, along with a curated edit of archival heels spanning its late-’90s to early-2000s heyday, in a move that feels both deeply nostalgic and right on time.
Wood paired the throwback Choos with a whisper-soft, translucent Tory Burch skirt and an Annie’s Ibiza bustier, layered beneath an oversized Tory Burch corsage. The corsage—a flourished callback to Carrie’s era-defining penchant for “a flower, always”—felt like a deliberate homage: romantic, whimsical, and entirely in on the joke.
“It was a trip down memory lane, remembering all of the fun I had in my Jimmy Choos, and the feelings they gave me in my 20s,” said Sandra Choi, Jimmy Choo’s creative director, reflecting on the reissue capsule. “But I also wanted it to be more than just ‘I lost my Choo,’” she added, referencing the now-iconic moment when Carrie’s feathered sandal was lost to a Staten Island Ferry grate in season three. “There’s so much more to our legacy.”
Indeed, it’s not just nostalgia that makes this fashion moment resonate—it’s the way Wood, like Bradshaw before her, uses clothes as a narrative device. Each element of her look offered commentary: on femininity, on vintage glamour, on the kind of woman who isn’t afraid to mix leopard print with florals and sheer skirts with structured corsets.
Later that evening, Wood reportedly changed into sharp McQueen tailoring—an outfit that, as fate would have it, would’ve paired beautifully with those same Choos. One suspects Carrie herself would approve.
If the red carpet has taught us anything this season, it’s that Sex and the City isn’t just having a moment—it’s having a revival, refracted through the wardrobes of women who grew up watching, dreaming, and yes, maybe even losing a heel or two along the way.
