As the author behind the Sex and the City series, 4 Blondes and Lipstick Jungle, you are no stranger to fashion. In a few words, tell us why fashion is so important to you and your work.
New York City is one of the fashion capitals of the world so if you live in New York, fashion is an essential part of the fabric of life here. We still have what we call “the garment district” in New York, where at one time, actual clothes were manufactured. That doesn’t exist anymore but New York is one of the places people still come to make it in fashion. That being said, even when I was a small kid, I was interested in fashion. Back then, in the 1960’s, your mother would sew your clothes from Butterick patterns, and I remember doing consulting on my clothes from an early age. And later on, my mother and I spent a lot of time clothes shopping—mostly at Loehman’s, the discount designer store. I bought my first pair of hot pants there, and I was the first one to wear hot pants to school in the eighth grade.
