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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Hadley Freeman

Sex and the City: Where did it all go wrong?

Sex and the City: Saex and the City 1
The TV series we remember: Sarah Jessica Parker as Carrie Bradshaw in a tutu, in Manhattan. Photograph: Rex Features/Rex Features
Sex and the City: SEX AND THE CITY 2
From the plain tutu in the show to some big ol’ couture and Dior in the second film sums up how SJP went wrong. Photograph: Allstar/WARNER BROS/Sportsphoto Ltd./Allstar
Sex and the City: Sex and the City 3
How it all began, pre-airbrushing, pre-couture. Photograph: Rex Features/Rex Features
Sex and the City: SEX AND THE CITY 4
Carrie/Big: a plotline that should have died in the 4th series. Photograph: Everett Collection / Rex Features/Everett Collection / Rex Features
Sex and the City: Sex and the City 5
A handsome husband doesn’t guarantee happily ever after. Photograph: c.HBO/Everett / Rex Features/c.HBO/Everett / Rex Features
Sex and the City: SEX AND THE CITY 6
Aidan: the perfect boyfriend who the show admitted wasn't perfect for her. Photograph: Everett Collection / Rex Features/Everett Collection / Rex Features
Sex and the City: Sex and the City 7
The beginning of the end: ie, the beginning of the first film. Photograph: James Devaney/James Devaney/WireImage.com
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