Susan K.

Sarah Jessica Parker lives in my hood. I've seen her with her little boy, and during the day, she usually wears jeans or sweats, minimal makeup, and sneakers! When transformed into Carrie, she becomes a spirited fun fashionista with zero body fat and no fear of oddball mixes. Pat Field, the costumer of the show "Sex In the City" and now the upcoming film, told a mutual friend. "I dress the girls like gay men in New York!" Well, okay, not sure about pristine Charlotte, corporate Miranda, or Samantha, who seems more Hollywood Boulevard to me. But Carrie might fit the bill of resembling an Eighties club kid in glitter, minis, fringe, hair bands, and for the London premiere, a custom hat by famed Irish milliner Philip Treacy. It reminded me of a suspended green beetle.

Treacy, who has created toppers for couture, specifically Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel and Alexander McQueen for Givenchy, is incredibly gifted. He is adored by the English, who often wear his hats to weddings. A good deal of his more conservative styles fit UK nuptials. He's better known for his fedoras, and he astounds with his creations that recall birds of paradise, brilliant spider webs, or exotic flowers.

Treacy fits the kind of woman who wants to make a statement at the party. She's the one who walks into a room and the crowd gasps or at least whispers about her chutzpah. She creates herself into a being, something ethereal, complex. Dare to talk to her.

Beyond Sarah Jessica Parker, who played a role for the British premiere, I investigated who else, off the runway, could be considered a Philip Treacy kind of gal. The late Isabella Blow, an editor, stylist, and the woman who bought Alexander McQueen's first collection from Central St. Martin's for five thousand quid, was his muse. (Blow, who fought bipolar disorder and severe depression poisoned herself last year.)

Still, I found some other notables in my search: Iman, Grace Jones, and Debbie Harry, who generally does not wear hats, was shot once in one. Harry, better known as Blondie selected her Treacy -- a print of ex model Bianca Jagger -- from a collection he did five years ago dedicated to Andy Warhol. (See pic.) One femme fatale who never leaves home without a Treacy hat is Boy George. He could give Blondie a few pointers on the charm of it. And now there's Jessica Parker.

If I see her around town, I'll ask her what's become of that big green beetle hat. I bet it ends up in her son James Wilke's toy chest. Quite an expensive toy since Treacy's creations start at close to $200 into the thousands.

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