“I think it’s so important for us to be able to choose. Everybody is different, everybody’s figure is different and so people should do what they want. To have choice gives people control and that is empowering.”

Parker shuns the idea that women should wear clothes or make-up to face the world: “I don’t own any red lipstick and I don’t look to an outfit to make me feel powerful. You have to find that from an acceptance of yourself.”

She cites Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn as women who have inspired her - not for being fashion icons but for being smart, strong women whose performances and career choices Parker has long admired.

You heard it here first: fashion is ready to welcome you just as you are. We think Carrie would approve.

This is the one piece of style advice Sarah Jessica Parker lives by