Dear SJP,
I need to tell you how much I love you. I'm a heterosexual Mom of one who has a limited budget to indulge in my clothing lust and since you came out with Bitten, I'm able to look good without spending big money.
Granted, I live in the Bay Area where there are no Steve and Barry's anywhere near me. I have to travel to Santa Maria Town Center mall to fill my little heart with contentment (and my shopping cart with clothes). Last week, I went in and bought a pair of low rise jeans that are actually long enough for my 34 1/2 inch inseam and that really great pea coat you have. I wore them tonight and got props for them.
Thank you for not being like so many celebs designing clothes only for 5'9" size four 22 year olds. It was gratifying to hear you say that you want all women, including a 41 year old size 12/14, to look good. And it's equally gratifying to see that a woman who is a size 22 and her daughter who is a size 8 can shop together happily.
But most gratifying of all was getting my Mom to shut up about how your line is for a 16 year old who is a size four and 5'9" and I'm insane to even look at your stuff. She stopped me once before from buying clothes from your line because she wouldn't stop talking long enough to hear your ad playing at the store. This time, in front of two women who were clearly size 18, as my Mom kept saying how 'fat' (read: me) women shouldn't be looking at your stuff, your voice wafted over her as she took a breath saying that Bitten is for women of all ages and all shapes and sizes. You shut her up as I haven't been able to shut her up about my size in 30 years.
(Full disclosure: my Mom is 73 years old, 5'2" and about 118 pounds. She thinks she's fat. She's fatter than she has ever been except for pregnancy but she still looks good. I think she's getting a lot of flak from her skinny younger sister. Plus Mom is starting to wear size 10 and 12 in pants which makes her too close to my size in her mind.)
Thank you, Sarah Jessica Parker, for remembering that we women want to look good but we can't all have a stylist get us a Marc Jacobs for an evening at Chuck E. Cheese with the kids. Thank you for making fun, well made clothes for a price that practically any woman can afford. Thank you for remembering that style doesn't die when you hit 40 - or be over a size 8. Thank you for making it real.
With love,
Exhausted Mommy
PS. Thanks for that article after you had your adorable son about how you didn't just 'bounce' back to your normal weight. We normal women appreciated hearing a celebrity tell the truth that your financial circumstances allowed you to hire a chef, nutritionist, trainer and a nanny who got you to be fabulous again. So many celebs are in denial about the village it takes to make them fabulous so it's good to see honesty out of one celeb.
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