On Tuesday, Depop will unveil its latest exclusive shop with “Sex and the City” creator Candace Bushnell.
The collaboration features more than 20 pieces on Depop from Bushnell’s personal wardrobe and spans decades of the designer fashions worn by her during events, appearances and everyday life in New York.
Famously, the journalist’s column in The New York Observer was adapted by her into the anthology book series “Sex and the City,” which became the basis of the fan-favorite TV show from 1998 until 2004 — with later spin-offs including movies and the reboot sequel miniseries “And Just Like That…”
“I partnered with Depop because I believe beautiful things deserve more than one life,” Bushnell told WWD. “While I don’t shop secondhand often, these pieces have been to Milan, to Vogue events, to a Miss Universe pageant in China — they have more to give. Depop understands that. They’re not treating resale like an afterthought. There’s real curation happening there, real taste and that’s what made it feel right.”
Notable pieces available for purchase include Manolo Blahnik metallic pumps, a vintage 1999 Prada red slipdress with sequin details, a Dolce & Gabbana leopard print corset top, a vintage fall 1997 Dolce & Gabbana burgundy pinstripe coat and more.
“These are all my personal pieces,” she continued. “A Michael Kors dress from the early ’80s that I found marked down 80 percent at Bergdorf’s and wore to every good party I could get myself to. A Pamela Dennis I grabbed at Barneys in a panic before a premiere I attended with Kim Cattrall that fit perfectly off the rack. A Missoni from the ‘90s I wore to an Elton John AIDS Foundation event. A Dolce & Gabbana coat from Milan with a leopard lining that I wore everywhere. They’re the clothes I actually lived in.”
Moreover, the famous author noted that she sees fashion and writing as similar, with the “details” making something more real and said the pieces hold memories that are hard to explain but easy to feel — “It’s never just a coat. It’s the cranberry Dolce coat with the leopard lining, the one that made you feel like you had a secret. When I think about these pieces, I think about where I was, who I was at the time. The Prada dress that’s already lived a more glamorous life than most.”
The Depop Candace Bushnell shop launches on Tuesday at 3 p.m. at depop.com/candacebushnell.
