Loved it on-screen? Now you can buy it.

NEW YORK - It doesn't matter if you loved or hated the infamous big flower dress that made a grand entrance in the opening scene of the "Sex and the City" movie. And it's really OK if you never craved a Carrie necklace or tutu of your very own. The most important thing about these pieces, and others designed by "Sex" costumer Patricia Field (left), is that they provoked a response. Through her Emmy Award-winning work on the HBO series, along with her costume design for "The Devil Wears Prada" and "Ugly Betty," Field has been able to get people - all kinds of people - talking about fashion.

Now she wants to sell these clothes to the country's Carrie Bradshaw wannabes. Starting Tuesday, Field will appear on HSN for five days selling a 50-piece limited edition collection called Patricia Field's Destination Style New York. The collection, which ranges from $35 to $200, was designed with her frequent collaborator David Dalrymple. The gravel-voiced fashion guru sat down for an interview during Fashion Week to talk about the collection, Sarah Jessica Parker, and her love of TV. - CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

When you first started designing for "Sex and the City" was there a woman or a particular concept that inspired you to create the iconic Carrie Bradshaw look?
The closest thing for me, in terms of inspiration for Carrie, is Holly Golightly [Audrey Hepburn's character in the film "Breakfast at Tiffany's"]. Not that Carrie is exactly Holly Golightly, but that was inspiration for me. But my inspiration for the movie was that these characters were already established, we already knew them. Four or five years had passed. So in my mind, I had to figure out what had happened to these four girls during this time period. They're not different women, but things do change. I made up little stories in my mind. Charlotte is married, no longer works. She's happy. For some reason, Jacqueline Onassis came into my mind. So I loosely followed Jackie O for Charlotte. Cynthia Nixon had lost 15 pounds. Her hair had grown in. She looked so upper class. That inspired me. It all came within the actress. It was all organic. You can't impose artificial things on people, especially for these women.

So it sounds like part of it comes from your imagination, the other part from the actresses?
The actor is extremely important in this formula. The actor has to feel comfortable. They're not models, they're actors.

Did you and Sarah Jessica Parker have an instant rapport when it came to fashion?
We met each other on the set of "Miami Rhapsody." We got to know each other and liked each other immediately. By the time "Sex and the City" came along, we trusted each other. We're very different. She's very classy, an American classic. I'm much more theatrical. But the trust in one another allowed us to work together where we could both participate and make a hybrid.

So you think it was your differences that helped create the success of the show's fashion?
Yes, but with the trust. Because without the trust it never would have worked. Then what happened was the dynamic of our relationship became infectious, and all the other girls fell in. She started looking fabulous right away. The other ones who didn't know me needed that adjustment period to see my work. But then they all wanted me to create these looks for them.

How did you translate those looks into the HSN collection?
David calls this collection our greatest hits. And one of our greatest is "Sex and the City." So it's partially "Sex and the City," and partially our collection. It was some iconic pieces from my shop as well. From the beginning, we wanted it to be a dress collection. I wanted it to be focused. I always use dresses when I do shows because they're easy to fit. Trying to get a pair of pants to fit a woman is a nightmare. A collection of dresses is very old school, but it's so long ago that it's all new. We wanted to break the mold of a department store collection and have a focus.

Is that why you did this collection for them and not a department store, so you could dictate what you created?
Absolutely. We wanted it to feel like you were riffling through Carrie Bradshaw's closet. There was another draw for me. Because I'm in TV, and love TV, I always like doing new things in TV.