EXT. NYC STREET -- DAY -- LATER -- SUMMER 39

Carrie is walking down the street with STANFORD.

CARRIE (V.O.)

Later that day, I met my friend

Stanford for our weekly quick lunch

and gossip session... Also known

as "dish then dash."

A.

STANFORD

According to a certain trashy tome,

you are marrying John James

Preston.

CARRIE

Rumor has it.

STANFORD

Just one question: Does Big know?

CARRIE

(laughs; then)

Where are we eating?

STANFORD

Anywhere you like... and you know

the rule -- the person on Page Six

pays for lunch.

Carrie laughs. TWO WOMEN spot her and scream. She and

Stanford REACT as the women GUSH.

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INT. RESTAURANT -- LATER -- SUMMER 40

Carrie and Stanford are mid-meal. Three GAY MALE friends (3O-

40) stand at their table and gush.

CARRIE (V.O.)

It seemed everywhere I went...

people I knew were excited and

available to come to the wedding.

A WAITRESS (23) places a check on the table. Stanford looks

at it, then leans in to waitress.

STANFORD

You forgot to charge us for the

gaggle of gays.

EXT. STREET -- LATER -- SUMMER 41

Carrie and Stanford are walking by a nail salon as BITSY VON

MUFFLING, socialite, comes running out -- Mid-pedicure. She

is barefoot with foam pads stuck between her painted toes.

BITSY

Carrie Bradshaw Preston! Carrie

Bradshaw Preston!

Carrie and Stanford stop -- turn around. Bitsy gushes.

BITSY (CONT'D)

Mazel tov! Saw you on Page Six!

September? October? When?

(beat; realizes feet)

Look! Will you look! I got so

excited -- no shoes. I'm standing

barefoot on a New York sidewalk

probably getting trichinoses.

She hurries away, turning back to CALL as she goes.

BITSY (CONT'D)

We're at the same address --

different floor. Just send it --

they'll get us the invite.

She waves, goes back inside. Carrie looks stunned.

CARRIE (V.O.)

The shocking thing was not the

plethora of empty autumn social

calenders but knowledge that

everyone does indeed read Page Six.

A.

41A INT. VOGUE OFFICES/RECEPTION AREA -- DAY -- SUMMER 41A

Carrie opens the glass door and walks into the Vogue offices.

CARRIE (V.O.)

Even people you didn't expect, like

my Vogue editor, Enid.

42 INT. VOGUE OFFICES/ENID'S OFFICE -- LATER 42

Carrie is with ENID (60) her stunning, icy Vogue editor.

ENID

We're putting together our annual

"Age" issue -- and we'd like you to

do forty.

CARRIE

Great. Who am I interviewing?

ENID

No. You. You are forty. I want you

to be featured in the magazine as

the forty year old -- and here's

the brilliant twist -- bride.

CARRIE

Wait -- I would be in the magazine?

35.

ENID

In bridal couture. It's a once in a

lifetime opportunity - so spare me

a week of faux soul-searching and

just say yes.

CARRIE

Enid -- I'm so very flattered but--

ENID

Carrie. Vogue designers, Vogue

photographers, Vogue airbrushing.

(Beat)

Nod your head: yes.

Carrie smiles and nods.

ENID (CONT'D)

Thank-you. It will be a sensation.

We're calling it: "The Last Single

Girl."

CARRIE

Well, I'm hardly the last single

girl.

ENID

No, but forty is the last age you

can see a woman photographed in a

wedding gown without the unintended

Diane Arbus subtext.

CARRIE

I thought the issue was "great

style at every age."

ENID

Style yes... bride no.

CARRIE

(smiles; then)

Enid -- I have no idea -- were you

ever married?

ENID

Briefly. In 1975. I wore Halston.

Creme. One shoulder Grecian with a

low-cut bodice to the waistline for

a dramatic flair. The fabric in the

sleeves formed oval draping on the

sides. Stunning. My future husband

and I saw it on a trip to Paris and

he fell in love with it.

(MORE)

A.

ENID (CONT'D)

Insisted I be married in it. So I

was. We had quite a beautiful

party.

CARRIE

(smiles; then delicately)

Why didn't the marriage work out?

ENID

Did you not hear me say my husband

fell in love with my gown?

(beat; off Carrie's nod)

Has your fiancée expressed any

interest in what you'll be wearing?

CARRIE

None at all.

ENID

Then you may have a shot.

36.

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