Sex and the City: Where did it all go wrong?

The TV series we remember: Sarah Jessica Parker as Carrie Bradshaw in a tutu, in Manhattan. Photograph: Rex Features From the plain tutu in the show to some big ol’ couture and Dior in the second film sums up how SJP went wrong. Photograph: Allstar/WARNER BROS/Sportsphoto Ltd./Allstar How it all began, pre-airbrushing, pre-couture. Photograph: Rex Features Carrie/Big: a plotline that should have died in the 4th series. Photograph: Everett Collection / Rex Features A handsome husband doesn’t guarantee happily ever after. Photograph: c.HBO/Everett / Rex Features Aidan: the perfect boyfriend who the show admitted wasn't perfect for her. Photograph: Everett Collection / Rex Features The beginning of the end: ie, the beginning of the first film. Photograph: James Devaney/James Devaney/WireImage.com