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ter that perhaps foreshadowed her own career in footwear.
“it was a rainy February day and very few of us showed up,” parker de- scribes of arriving at Madeleine Gal- lay on sunset plaza for a trunk show with Blahnik; the then-emerging, now- iconic designer behind the eponymous high-end shoe brand. “We were able to sort of make our own [shoes] based on the materials that he had. i purchased more pairs than i could afford,” parker admits. “i had a green american ex- press card that i was entirely respon- sible for paying off and i used that. it was out of my league and foolish to have done it, but they were very spe- cial to me and i treated them as such,” she says.
From then to now, this January, parker will return as Frances duFresne in the second season of hBo’s Di- vorce. in reality, she’s been married to Matthew Broderick for 20 years, and the pair have three children, 15-year- old James Wilkie, and eight-year-old twins, tabitha and loretta. on her cur- rent style, parker opts for practicality. “i live in a state and city that has sea- sons, and i’m running around, and i’m on a subway, and i’m dropping kids off, and i’m running to a meeting. My style is really about what feels good and comfortable; what allows me to get from [point] a to B in the winter months, you know, stepping over snow and ice.”
parker also churns out best-selling fragrances, sits on the new york City
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