t's possible that there are people who have never seen an episode of Sex and the City. People who have ignored all six seasons, which ran from 1998 to 2004. There are those who don't care about Carrie's love-life or Samantha's sex-life, or never saw the artistic need for Sex and the City. That's not to say that these people are all extreme conservatives who can't keep up with the times – sexual openness, even in artificial flavours, just isn't for everyone.

It's safe to say, though, that certain people, specifically women, are influenced by the show's other prominent component without even knowing it, and without even having to have ever seen the show – some may have had an inexplicable craving to spend all of their savings on a pair of Manolo Blahniks, while others shamelessly added a giant flower embellishment to their attire. Fashion could be said to have been just as influential as sex in the show that clearly focused mainly on the latter. Sex and fashion together are a strong combination, which works when put together with four strong women.

The fashion of Sex and the City functions as an invisible force – like some sort of ideological energy, designer labels were so effortlessly incorporated into the show. Although, admittedly, it sometimes got a little too extreme to be totally realistic – like when in one episode when Miranda was sporting Jean Paul Gaultier as pajamas. While fashionistas might pick up on the extent of how fashion-oriented the show is, it might only reach the subconscious of less fashion-educated women, leaving them longing for a Birkin bag or something of the like (or the expenditure).

As explosive as the designer-usage was in the show, prepare yourselves, because the film will be an atomic bomb in comparison.

Is this brainwash? Perhaps, but many would agree that it's the sweetest kind. If you look at the glass half full, from a fashion-connoisseur's point of view, SATC's fashion costumer did a fantastic job – just ignore the fact that she created a fantasyland where not-so-rich women are clad with runway styles, which are magically worn with monetary ease. It was likely assumed that viewers would catch on that this isn't the norm and it is, after all, a TV show (and plus, the extravagant clothes make the show all the more interesting and attractive to watch). That's where the show's costume designer, Patricia Field comes in.

With all the obligatory luxe labels in tow, uber-stylist Field went all-out in the show, taking risks and dressing the girls in an unapologetically impractical and genuinely stunning array of dresses, boots, pants, swimsuits and, yes, stilettos. A showstopper like this could mean that there's a potential of another Oscar nod coming her way. Field won her first and only Oscar two years ago for her costume design in The Devil Wears Prada; the win shocked many since it's usually the period designers that steal the spotlight (last year, the tradition continued where it left off when she lost out to Milena Canonero for Marie Antoinette). She also got five consecutive Emmy nods, striking a win in 2002 for SATC.