Manolo's and Mayhem: A Sex And The City Origin Story Cameron Rodney

Synopsis

Journey back to the 1980s in this Sex and the City origin story, exploring the HBO backstory you never knew. Meet Carrie Bradshaw as an only child in Connecticut, navigating a close bond with her mother after her father's departure when she was just five. Discover the roots of her fashion obsession, her first sexual encounter at sixteen with Seth Bateman on a ping pong table, and her high school romance with Jeremy. Follow Carrie to Brown University, where she makes new friends and dates her first bisexual boyfriend, Alex. At nineteen, just shy of her 20th birthday, Carrie sporting a pristine white pair of skinny denims, an off the shoulder slouchy jumper, fresh Converse's and a clear PVC satchel arrives in New York City on June 11th, 1986, ready to chase her writing dreams – famously choosing Vogue over dinner because 'it fed her more.' See her standing before 1030 Fifth Avenue, the building she'll one day call home with Mr. Big . The story unveils how Carrie meets her lifelong friends: her gay best friend Stanford Blatch (or 'Stanny'), from an aristocratic family, whose bond with Carrie began in the 80s NYC club scene; the preppy, blue-blooded Charlotte York after attending Smith College in Massachusetts wearing a classic preppy look including a polo shirt, a colourful anorak (windbreaker) and a bright pair of Keds, encountered during a memorable subway ride in 1987; the feisty, stunning future lawyer Miranda Hobbes wearing a style that reflects the era's fashion trends including a cropped uptight Dorothy Hamill wedge hairdo hairstyle and white trainers with ankle socks , met in a Bloomingdale's changing room in 1989; and the oldest of the group, the dynamic Samantha Jones, bartending at CBGB's in 1986 or 1987, sporting a blonde perm and dressed in Whitesnake-esque glam rock attire from the 1980s. Witness the moments that forge their connections, leading to their iconic lunches and dinners and how a Cosmopolitan became Carrie's drink and how she started smoking. The narrative also delves into Carrie's experiences, including a one-night stand in 1988 resulting in a pregnancy and abortion (known to Samantha, who also had two). Fast forward to 1995, as a 29-year-old Carrie moves into her rent-controlled brownstone, secures her 'Sex And The City' column for the New York Star, and becomes the famous writer we know. We also glimpse the men who shaped them, like Samantha's heartbroken ex Dominic and Miranda's 'asshole' ex Eric from 1997. Plus, meet younger versions of other fan-favourite characters: Kurt Harrington, Capote Duncan, Skipper Johnson (who later dates Miranda), Amalita Amalfi, Jeremiah, Kyra Bronson, Lainey the 'Manhattan party Animal', Bobby Fine, and Barkley. This is the story of how they became a chosen family, long before cosmopolitans and columnist fame.