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Sarah Jessica Parker's fury at being duped into wearing frock to Sex And The City's NYC premiere worn TWICE already
Updated 17:51pm on 3 Jun 2008
It is a moment that fashion-forward Carrie of Sex And The City would have found mortifying.
Actress Sarah Jessica Parker had taken great care to pick the perfect dress for the New York premiere of the long-awaited Sex And The City.
But days later, it was revealed the designer of the couture gown hadn't been quite so prudent - and had loaned out the dress she wore on her big day, not once but TWICE to other celebrities including Hollywood bad girl Lindsay Lohan.
Third-hand: Sarah Jessica Parker wowed New York in her silver strapless Nina Ricci gown - only to discover it had been worn TWICE already by other celebrities
After wowing New York on the red carpet in the floor-length metallic, pleated prom gown, Sarah Jessica Parker, 43, found herself distinctly behind the times thanks to designer Olivier Theyskens, who had been less than candid about exactly where his dress had been.
Despite being assured by designer Theyskens that the dress had only been seen previously in magazine shoots, Miss Parker was shocked to discover that the strapless Nina Ricci gown was worn on TWO previous occasions.
Third time unlucky: From left, Lindsay Lohan, Lauren Santo Domingo, and Sarah Jessica Parker in the Nina Ricci dress which she was assured hadn't been photographed previously
Earlier in the month the dress was worn by stunning heiress Lauren Santo Domingo to the high-profile fashion event, the Met's Costume Institute Gala on May 5th.
Santo Domingo walked the red carpet with the dress' designer, Theyskens, which was attended by a who's who of the world's of fashion and celebrity.
And even worse, Parker, who has made a name for herself due to her individual style discovered that young Hollywood starlet Lindsay Lohan wore the gown in an advertising campaign for Disney which she shot soon after leaving rehab.
However, in response to the fashion faux pas, Parker took a considered view. She told the New York Times: 'Look, my affection for the dress hasn't changed,' she said.
'But what they did was so short-sighted. It's just unethical and disappointing that they would allow the dress to be worn again.
“ didn’t say, ‘Well, actually I just escorted Lauren down the red carpet at the Met,’ said Parker.
She added: 'I just wish it had been handled differently and they had been straight about it.'
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It's no secret that most of these film and TV people rarely buy a stitch of their own clothing and borrow from designers in exchange for the coverage. If she wanted to be absolutely certain she was wearing something truly unique she could have had a couture gown made for her AND PAID FOR IT. They can cost anything between ten and a hundred thousand pounds each. It's a truly beautiful gown and all three ladies looked stunning in it. They're very lucky to have got the chance
- Lmd, London, 04/06/2008 22:53
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This just proves what a shallow person she is and is willing to be seen as. Anyone with an ounce of dignity, at a time when people all over the world are wondering if they will still be able to feed their families in a week, would have reacted by laughing it off or saying that they loved the dress too much not follow the Zeitgeist by "recycling". I never liked her, but now I loathe her and I agree she is the most unsexy woman in the world and the shallowest.
- Alexandra, London, 04/06/2008 20:27
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My heart goes out to SJP, the trauma that girl must have gone through realising that she wasn't the only one wearing that dress. Hello, has she never bought clothes of the high street and then watched half the town do the same?
Get a life will ya'.
- Linda B, Glasgow Scotland, 03/06/2008 13:18
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