This article was originally published on January 22nd, 2016.When you were watching Sex and the City — either as a full-fledged grown-up or as a tween (once your parents went to sleep, duh) — did you ever stop and wonder if the fashion moments were actually legit? Sure, we recently learned that the sex scenes were, in fact, real. But did someone on the writing team really buy Vogue instead of dinner because it "fed her more?"
Though there's no proof that any of the farfetched fashion or shopping scenes actually happened IRL (Darren Star, we're looking to your for answers), we think these 12 scenes definitely couldhave. From Samantha Jones dropping Lucy Liu's name at Barneys (it's called using your connections, right?) to Charlotte's super-quick wedding dress search (because when it's the one, you just know), click through to see some of the most ludicrous fashion moments we're hoping were anything but fiction.
When Carrie reads a Vogue excerpt about an Oscar de la Renta dress to Aleksandr and he goes out and gets it for her from his "friend Oscar" the next day.
When Carrie pulls a Jennifer Lawrence and eats it in Dior.
When Carrie loses her necklace in Paris but then magically finds it in a hole at the bottom of her clutch.
When Miranda got non-Sapphire adult braces— way before they were seen on the Hood By Air runway.
When Carrie was held up by gunpoint, and corrected a thug for calling her purse a bag instead of a baguette seconds before he robbed her for her "fuckin' Blahniks."
When Samantha drops Lucy Liu's name to bypass the five-year waiting list for a Birkin.
When Carrie loses her shoes at her friend's apartment, and her friend "shoe-shames" her and refuses to pay to replace them. For the record, they cost $485 (the cheapest these days start at $595).
When Samantha wore the same Matthew Williamson dress as Miley Cyrus, because she was "50-fucking-two" and "gonna rock [it]" anyway.
When Charlotte's wedding dress search took about five dresses and 10 minutes.
When Miranda was feeling lonely on New Year's Eve, so she called Carrie to keep her company, and Carrie chose to trek through the snow in stilettos all the way to Chinatown.
When this entire episode happened.
When a pair of Manolos brought these two back together.
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