Sarah Jessica Parker has never been one fora manicureat home or at the salon.
[Nail polish] is not practical in my life given what my hands need to do every day.
Carrie’s nude nails: a history.
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Parker lights up when I ask her about this.
Executive producer Michael Patrick King agrees.
She really tries to play both sides, the high and the low, the real and the fantasy.
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So notably, she never wears nail polish.
Another reason for Carrie’s bare nail look is time management as well as episode continuity.
Aside from being the star ofSATCandAJLT, Parker is busy serving as an executive producer.
Carrie’s nude nails: a history.
We also don’t shoot in order, Parker explains.
It gets in the way of speed and economy.
And it’s a dark nail polish, which is interesting and surprising.
Director Michael Patrick King with Sarah Jessica Parker on set of theSATCmovie in 2008
It’s almost a doll’s purse.
But once again, it’s always spontaneous.
Carrie Bradshaw is spontaneous.
She decides, Im going to wear this or that.
I’m going to wear this long slip tutu to go get coffee.
And, oh, maybe I’ll put on nail polish tonight.
What’s great about the character is she is not guarded by rules.
Even rules she makes up.
Carrie went through that loss when it was winter, King says.
So one night she decided to let her fingernails live, I guess.
