Carrie Bradshaw & The Cosmo

For many young women, Sex & the City represents what being a young, successful women means. The four women on the show live and work in New York City. The plot follows the women through terrible dates and fights between friends. The star of the show is Carrie Bradshaw, a writer played by Sarah Jessica Parker. Her signature drink is the Cosmopolitan. As the show increased in popularity over the years, the drink did as well. Although the show went off the air a few years ago, girlfriends will still get together to watch Sex & the City DVD's. Women were so excited that a show was around that was from a women's point of view. Before SATC, a women's view was rarely accurately portrayed. Carrie was an inspiration to all women because she was successful and glamourous and also had flaws. She represented a real woman.

Now, although the show is over, Cosmopolitans mean Carrie Bradshaw to many women. They take on the characteristics of the quirky character. The drink is hip and sophisticated and women feel so when they drink them. James Bond made the martini popular, but the girls of SATC made them classy for women.