2000s in fashion mix designer and fast fashion clothing. People were more concerned with looking the part and fitting into a certain style tribe than who was making the clothes. "Sex and the City" impacted how women cared about fashion and how they shopped. The show depicted women as empowered consumers, each with their own independent styles that shopped based on what they wanted, not what they were told to wear. The main characters became fashion icons, inspiring window displays, fashion lines, magazines, and women globally. Carrie Bradshaw, the main character, is credited for making Manolo Blahnik a household name from her obsession
The Carrie Diaries favorable reviews. Joel Ryan of the "Los Angeles Times" gave the novel a positive review, calling it "[a]n addictive, ingenious origin story", while asserting that the brilliance of the book is that "sex is really beside the point." Sabrina Rojas Weiss of MTV's Hollywood Crush also gave it a positive review, stating, "All that plot is great and keeps you glued to the page until the end, but what sticks with you later are Carrie's internal musings." Meeta Agrawal of "Entertainment Weekly" rated the book A− and wrote, "It would have been easy to write a coming-of-age story about Carrie