Over the weekend I went and saw Sex and the City 2 for the second time and picked up on a trend that really hasn’t been written about since the movie’s release.

The train.

I can see you wracking your brains – weren’t they in the Middle East? I know you think you didn’t see any trains. You didn’t even see Carrie emerge from the subway in New York.

And you’d be right. But that isn’t the kind of train we are talking about.

This train is all about the skirt; the dress; the wafting shirt thing Carrie wears over pants. Think about it. Think about the outfits Carrie dons in the film. If they were not mid thigh, they were grazing the ground.

Even the movie poster was in on the act.

My favourite outfit from the film is the purple, black and grey full skirt that Carrie wears at the market. Obviously hooped, the shirt is shorter in the front and longer in the back, skimming the ground – most noticeable when Carrie turns when Aidan calls to her after their initial meeting.
    
Then there is the orange Halston dress when the New Yorker magazine is read and Carrie walks on the beach, holding the folds of the skirt off the sand.

What about the sheer shirt/dress combo over skinny Capri jeans at the karaoke bar? The comfy looking tee shirt dress she wears upon her return home and Big isn’t there, complete with wet hair and forlorn face.

And finally, the green dress, with ruffled train, that curls around the corner of the couch as she exits the bedroom and finally sees Carrie and Big together on that couch, dress and train elegantly placed just so.

The frocks are fun and flirty, not so formal and graceful as a train might usually be, and should definitely be something you add to your wish list for the coming season. Go and see SATC2 again and be on the lookout. The train is coming.

You might also like to read my SATC2 review and a post I wrote about SATC2 style.