‘Sex And The City’ Legacy And Impact On Pop Culture

I couldnt help but wonder, how did four single women on a tv show changed the way we think, live, and love?

Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon, and Kim Cattrall are among the film's stars.

Since the show, based on the book by Candace Bushell, first aired in 1998, a lot has changed, and several of the show's lines now appear obsolete.

However, there is still a lot of affection for SATC. Here's how it's still affecting people. Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon, and Kim Cattrall are among the film's stars.

Since the show, based on the book by Candace Bushell, first aired in 1998, a lot has changed, and several of the show's lines now appear obsolete.

However, there is still a lot of affection for SATC. Here's how it's still affecting people.

Sex and the City relieved some of the pressure and reminded me to focus on myself. The show's emphasis on individualism was arguably best exemplified by the protagonists' lives, which were so distinctive and distinct that personality traits could be discerned even from dress choices or apartment decor. These ladies looked the part.

It was innovative at the time, with four women chatting candidly about their love (and sex) lives with a lot of NSFW situations on film.

Aside from the fashion, the show's key characters were also susceptible. The character arcs were such that we would witness one of them reach the pinnacle of success just to be brought back down to earth at the end of the episode. We learned to laugh at life's absurdities via the humor, and we learned to embrace our own flaws through Carrie, Miranda, Samantha, and Charlotte's flaws.

Carrie is the one that hooks us in the most, asking a total of 92 questions throughout the series. These open-ended thought-starters, which covered everything from religion to social position to parenthood, echoed our own experiences and helped us prepare for what was to come.

The Sex and the City costumes are so legendary that they're almost another character in and of themselves.

However, as this photograph taken during the New York premiere of the first episode illustrates, styles have evolved dramatically since we first saw the famous foursome. Then there were the accessories: Carrie's name necklace started a fashion trend that is still going strong today (as well as proving a pivotal plot point).

And her love of shoes was so strong that Mr Big, played by Chris Noth, proposed to her with a shoe rather than a ring.

Plus the script was excelent. They're just as funny and meaningful today as they were back in the day.

Here are a few which are just about safe enough for us to publish.

• "Maybe we can be each other's soul mates," Charlotte, on female friendship

• "The fact is, sometimes it's really hard to walk in a single woman's shoes. That's why we need really special ones now and then to make the walk a little more fun," Carrie, on singledom and shoes

• "Sexy is what I get them to try to see me as after I win them over with my personality," Miranda's dating tactics

• "Maybe some women are not meant to be tamed. Maybe they are supposed to run wild until they find someone just as wild to run with," Carrie, speaking about her on-off relationship with Mr Big

• "The most exciting, challenging and significant relationship of all is the one you have with yourself," Carrie on valuing yourself

• "He's just not that into you," Carrie's one-time boyfriend Berger, giving Miranda some home truths in a phrase that later inspired a book and a film of the same name

• "I love you... but I love me more. I've been in a relationship with myself for 49 years and that's the one I need to work on," Samantha setting out her priorities