Even if that film snob Oscar snubs TV-to-celluloid adaptation "Sex and the City" in the lead categories, the movie will likely do well at the Golden Globes (where the TV series won eight — four for Sarah Jessica Parker, one for Kim Cattrall and three as best comedy) and in at least one crafts race at the Academy Awards. After all, costume designer Patricia Field nabbed an Oscar nom two years ago for "The Devil Wears Prada," another film full of fashion labels.

That nod for modern-day dress was a rare one at the Academy Awards. Where studio designers like eight-time Oscar champ Edith Head used to win as often for their contemporary looks as they did for their period pieces, nowadays old seems to always beat new. Indeed, Field lost that last race to Milena Canonero for "Marie Antoinette."

Field got five consecutive Emmy nods for the "Sex and the City" TV series, winning one in 2002. The show was well-known for its use of designer duds. And, as per Women's Wear Daily, the fashion industry bible says, "When it came to the clothes (for the film), they went for visual overload. The label-dropping — Chanel, Prada, Vera Wang, Carolina Herrera, Oscar de la Renta, Christian Lacroix, Vivienne Westwood and, of course, Manolo Blahnik, whom Carrie did not trade in for Christian Louboutin — is intense."

The review goes on to note that, "to the well-trained, high-fashion eye, Carrie's 81 costume changes make up perhaps the most metaphorical wardrobe in cinematic history. For half of the film she comes off as a polished, uberfashionable grown-up; the other half, she's the quirky, experimental fashion trailblazer/victim."

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