Sarah Jessica Parker decodes her showstopping Gingham Hat moment from And Just Like That… season 3 premiere

Sarah Jessica Parker has never been afraid of making a dramatic fashion statement—on camera or in real life. And as the And Just Like That… season 3 premiere aired Thursday, May 29, the 60-year-old star once again demonstrated that when it comes to Carrie Bradshaw, there is always space for one more head-turning addition.The watercooler moment arrived in the guise of an oversized gingham hat—the "cloud hat"–constructed by Maryam Keyhani. The ridiculously floppy piece quickly made headlines, flopping over Carrie's head in the pilot and sparking a whirlwind of fashion opinion online.During an interview with USA Today, Parker made public that the hat was not a styling team choice—she chose it herself."I spotted the hat and I wanted it on my head," she said.

"At this point, there is no pretend faking around. We just kind of slap things on my head and take pictures, and hope Michael Patrick [King, executive producer] is welcoming to the concept."Parker paired the dramatic hat with a striped summer dress, but felt the look was missing something—until the hat completed the ensemble.Once you have set all these hats on your head, you feel like it lacks its punctuation mark," she clarified.

"So there was that hat. It was going to be a beautiful summer day, and it just seemed like the end period in the sentence. I adored it, and [King] did too.The Emmy-winning star also joked that over the years, King has grown increasingly tolerant of her penchant for extravagant headwear.“I feel we’ve really worn him down,” she laughed. “His eyes have adapted to large-scale things on heads now, so he’s pretty generous about how often they can appear.”King himself admitted that he was aware that the look would create buzz—and embraced it. The hat, to his mind, was not merely an accent but the show's unofficial "crowning moment," capturing Carrie Bradshaw's unapologetic theatrics with impeccable precision."You can't close a fashion scene without a final crowning moment," he said.As And Just Like That… keeps mixing tender storylines with style-forward visuals, Parker's gingham hat moment reminds viewers that Carrie Bradshaw is not only a character—she's a style institution. And with season 3 now in progress, viewers can anticipate a whole lot more punctuation points to be revealed.