Nina Nina Ricci designer Olivier Theyskens flat-out lied to Sarah Jessica Parker. Her dress was not an original — the horror!!

The Sex & The City star wore his dress (above) to the New York premiere of the film this week and she and her stylist asked if anyone had ever wore the dress before and been photographed in it. Theyskens assured Parker no on both accounts. Well, he lied – twice!

Parker was surprised, then, to learn the morning after the premiere that the silver pleated Ricci dress had already been worn on a red-carpet—by Lauren (Davis) Santo Domingo at the Met ball, on May 5. Santo Domingo went to the Met with Theyskens.

Parker spoke to The New York Times,

“In the big picture, this is not important, but there is a relationship between the entertainment industry and fashion. We’ve watched sales dwindle and we’ve watched people be less inclined to spend money on clothes.”

To Parker, these are reasons for companies to take particular care with their relationships.

“Look, my affection for the dress hasn’t changed, but what they did was so short-sighted. It’s just unethical and disappointing that they would allow the dress to be worn again.

He didn’t say, ‘Well, actually I just escorted Lauren down the red carpet at the Met.’ I just wish it had been handled differently and they had been straight about it.”

source: Where have I seen that dress before? [ny times]