Sarah Jessica Parker’s Ballet Look Had Ribbons Everywhere—Even Her Ponytail

Sarah Jessica Parker and Carrie Bradshaw have shared plenty of fashion DNA over the years. Her latest look might be one of the clearest examples yet.

For the New York City Ballet’s annual Fall Fashion Gala at Lincoln Center, Parker wore a custom Simone Rocha dress that came with no shortage of bows. The sheer, ankle-length design was scattered with tiny embroidered flowers and finished with rows of baby pink ribbon threaded through silver eyelets.

Long ties fell from her shoulders and sides, trailing past the hem as she walked. Parker leaned further into the whimsy with an intricately detailed white bag and sparkling pointed-toe shoes by Roger Vivier.

And she didn’t stop at the dress. Her hair was pulled into an extra-long ponytail that fell nearly to her knees, with sections bound in matching pink ribbon all the way down.

Apparently, the abundance of bows was very much intentional. “I love a good ribbon,” Parker told The New York Times at the gala. “In fact, we asked for extra ribbon.”

There’s also a satisfying Carrie Bradshaw connection here. In the final season of And Just Like That…, Carrie wore a sheer Simone Rocha gown from the designer’s spring/summer 2024 collection while wandering around her Gramercy Park home.

This time, though, Rocha wasn’t just dressing Parker. The designer created costumes for dancers performing an original pas de deux choreographed by New York City Ballet resident choreographer Justin Peck during the gala.

In other words, Parker took Carrie’s Simone Rocha dress out of the townhouse and brought it somewhere it could really be in the spotlight.