Granted, I tend to think almost everyone has slightly less glamorous instincts than Sharon Stone does. In my head, she pops into Rite-Aid for some TheraFlu while wearing diamonds and a riotous Cavalli print. And Sharon was getting an award for being Sharon, so that also might inspire her to kick up the level a little bit. So this headline isn’t entirely fair — and to be clear, I actually think what SJP is wearing up there is quite business-elegant, with the right touch of dazzle.

So my reaction is twofold, methinks: One, the once-and-current Carrie Bradshaw always feels like she should ALSO be a total fancy-pants, and I often forget that SJP herself is not that way. And two, while I like the above outfit…

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… THIS one says nothing so much as, “We have a meeting with our estate planners.”

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