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{{short description|American costume designer, stylist and fashion designer}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2023}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Patricia Field
| image              = Life Ball 2009 (arrivals) Patricia Field and The Blonds - cropped.jpg
| caption            = Field at [[Life Ball]] 2009
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1942|2|12}}
| birth_place        = [[New York City, New York]], U.S.
| occupation         = Costume and fashion designer
| alma_mater         = [[New York University]]
| website            = {{URL|http://patriciafield.com}}
}}

'''Patricia Field''' (born February 12, 1942)<ref name=":4">{{Cite book|last1=Alford|first1=Holly Price|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jbmFBwAAQBAJ|title=Who's Who in Fashion|last2=Stegemeyer|first2=Anne|date=2014-09-25|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA|isbn=978-1-60901-969-3|pages=142}}</ref> is an American [[costume designer]], [[Wardrobe stylist|stylist]], and [[fashion designer]] working in [[New York City]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite magazine|last=Kratofil|first=Colleen|date=December 9, 2021|title=Former SATC Stylist Patricia Field Talks to And Just Like That... Costume Designer 'All the Time'|url=https://people.com/style/patricia-field-talks-sex-and-the-city-reboot-and-emily-in-paris/|access-date=2022-02-04|magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]] }}</ref>

==Early life==
Field was born in New York City to an [[Armenians|Armenian]] father and a [[Greeks|Greek]] mother, who emigrated from [[Plomari]], [[Lesbos]].<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{cite web|last=Ferguson |first=Niall |url=http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/06/05/style/Fpat.php |title=Patricia Field background |work=[[International Herald Tribune]] |access-date=2013-12-05}}</ref> She was raised in [[Queens]], where her family owned a drycleaning store; her father died when she was 8 years old. She studied government and philosophy at [[New York University]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Schulman|first=Michael|date=2015-12-26|title=Patricia Field Hangs Up Her Retail Wig|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/27/fashion/patricia-field-hangs-up-her-retail-wig.html|access-date=2022-02-04|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

==Fashion career==
With her then-partner Jo-Ann Salvucci, Field opened her first boutique, Pants Pub, in 1966 on [[Washington Place]] in [[Greenwich Village]].<ref name=":0"/> The shop, later renamed to the eponymous Patricia Field, moved in 1971 to 8th Street, then to [[West Broadway]], and finally to 306 [[Bowery]] in [[NoHo, Manhattan|NoHo]],<ref name=":3" /> where Field owned the property. She sold it in 2016 to concentrate on costume designing for television and film.<ref name=":0"/> In 2018 she opened the ARTFashion Gallery on the [[Lower East Side]], which sells art and hand-painted original clothing and accessories by a selected group of artists.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-06-08|title=Patricia Field Opens Her New ArtFashion Gallery in NYC|url=https://cools.com/patricia-field-artfashion|access-date=2022-02-04|website=COOLS}}</ref>

Field is credited with originating the fashion for [[leggings]] in the 1970s.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|date=May 26, 2010|title=Patricia Field|url=https://www.vogue.it/people-are-talking-about/l-ossessione-del-giorno/2010/05/patricia-field|access-date=2022-02-04|website=Vogue.it|language=it|quote=a fashion visionary, who invented the modern legging back in the 70's}}</ref><ref name=Tampa>{{cite news |first=Cynthia |last=Robins |url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1999/09/14/dressing-women-on-the-edge/ |title=Dressing women on the edge |newspaper=[[Tampa Bay Times]] |date=September 29, 2005|orig-date=September 14, 1999 |access-date=April 9, 2023}}</ref> Her stores were popular with the [[transgender]]<ref name=":0"/> and [[Underground culture|underground]] communities;<ref name=memoir>{{cite news |first=Ruth |last=La Ferla |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/09/style/pat-field-memoir-costume-designer-memoir-emily-in-the-paris.html |title=Pat Field's New Hustle |work=The New York Times |date=February 9, 2023|access-date=April 9, 2023 }}</ref> she became known for what she calls "freaky fashion".<ref name=BBC>{{cite web |first=Ellie Violet |last=Bramley |url=https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20230217-the-iconic-outfits-that-cause-outrage |title=The Collection: The iconic outfits that cause outrage |website=BBC Culture |date=February 17, 2023 |access-date=April 9, 2023 }}</ref>

Her design influences include [[John Galliano]], [[Diane von Furstenberg]], and [[Thierry Mugler]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Chung|first=Skii|year=2012|title=Patricia Field Hates The Word Fashionista|url=http://popspoken.com/fashion/2012/10/3-quick-questions-with-legendary-fashion-stylist-patricia-field|journal=Popspoken|access-date=2014-08-09|archive-date=2014-08-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811072454/http://popspoken.com/fashion/2012/10/3-quick-questions-with-legendary-fashion-stylist-patricia-field|url-status=dead}}</ref> She was a mentor for fashion designer [[Hushidar Mortezaie]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=May 31, 2017 |title=Silk Road Super, Hushidar Mortezaie |url=http://jdeedmagazine.com/silk-road-super-hushidar-mortezaie/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180228212656/https://www.jdeedmagazine.com/silk-road-super-hushidar-mortezaie |archive-date=February 28, 2018 |access-date=2022-02-02 |website=Jdeed magazine}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web|last=Pashaie|first=Natalie|date=2018-08-30|title='Occupy Me' explores thought-provoking clothing, systems of control|url=https://dailytrojan.com/2018/08/30/occupy-me-explores-thought-provoking-clothing-systems-of-control/|access-date=2022-02-03|website=[[Daily Trojan]]|publisher=University of Southern California}}</ref>

==Costuming==
Field was the costume designer for the 1987 film ''[[Lady Beware]]'' and the TV series ''[[Crime Story (American TV series)|Crime Story]]''. After she met [[Sarah Jessica Parker]] during the filming of 1995's ''[[Miami Rhapsody]]'', they became friends and Field was engaged to design the costumes for the TV series ''[[Sex and the City]]''.<ref name=":0"/> The show became well known for its fashions,<ref name=Tampa/><ref name=":6">{{Cite web|date=2021-12-28|title=The Cultural Moments That Defined 2021|url=https://seattlemedium.com/the-cultural-moments-that-defined-2021/|access-date=2022-02-16|website=[[The Seattle Medium]]}}</ref> particularly for their individuality and unexpectedness.<ref name=BBC/> For her work on ''Sex and the City'', Field was nominated for five [[Emmy award|Emmy Awards]], with one win, and nominated for six [[Costume Designers Guild]] awards, with four wins. She is one out of six honorees of the 2008 Real Time Film Festival.{{citation needed|date=April 2023}} She returned as costume designer for the 2008 movie ''[[Sex and the City (film)|Sex and the City]]'' and its 2010 sequel ''[[Sex and the City 2]]''.<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":7" /> She briefly returned to the series reboot ''[[And Just Like That…]]'' to style [[Kim Cattrall]] for her cameo as [[Samantha Jones (Sex and the City)|Samantha Jones]] in the season 2 finale.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Diaz|first=Adriana|date=2023-11-09|title=Why 'Sex and the City' Costume Designer Patricia Field Returned Just to Style Kim Cattrall|url=https://nypost.com/2023/11/09/entertainment/sex-and-the-city-costume-designer-returned-for-kim-cattrall/|website=[[New York Post]]}}</ref>

After the successes of the ''Sex and the City'' costumes, Field was in high demand for new projects in television and film.<ref name=":0" />  Her other television credits include ''[[Hope & Faith]]'', ''[[Kath & Kim (American TV series)|Kath & Kim]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|last=FitzSimons|first=Amanda|date=2008-10-06|title=Force Field: Patricia Field Laughs It Up|url=https://wwd.com/eye/people/force-field-patricia-field-laughs-it-up-1828953/|access-date=2022-02-16|website=WWD}}</ref><ref name=":8">{{Cite web|date=September 10, 2008|title=Patricia Field lets women of all sizes slip into something "Sex"-y|url=https://www.denverpost.com/2008/09/10/patricia-field-lets-women-of-all-sizes-slip-into-something-sex-y/|access-date=2022-02-16|website=[[The Denver Post]]|issn=1930-2193}}</ref> ''[[Ugly Betty]]'',<ref name=BBC/><ref>{{Cite web|last=Marcus|first=Bennett|title=Patricia Field Isn't That Sad That Ugly Betty Is Over|url=https://www.thecut.com/2010/04/patricia_field.html|access-date=2022-02-04|website=The Cut|date=April 16, 2010 }}</ref><ref name=":8" /> ''[[Younger (TV series)|Younger]]'' on [[TV Land]],<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-10-24|title=Catching Up With the Anonymous Real-World Publishing Figure Behind TV's Younger|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/tv-show-younger-publishing-inside-scoop|access-date=2022-02-16|website=Vogue}}</ref> season 11 of ''[[Murphy Brown (season 11)|Murphy Brown]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|last=McNamara|first=Mary|date=2018-09-20|title=How do you dress a resurrected icon like Murphy Brown? Very carefully|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-ca-st-murphy-brown-style-20180920-story.html|access-date=2022-02-16|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|issn=0458-3035}}</ref> and ''[[Emily in Paris]]''.<ref name=BBC/><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":7">{{Cite web|last=Cordero|first=Rosy|date=May 25, 2021|title='Sex and the City' costume designer Patricia Field explains why she's not taking part in the revival|url=https://ew.com/tv/sex-and-the-city-costume-designer-patricia-field-emily-in-paris/|access-date=2022-02-16|website=EW.com}}</ref> In 2011, she designed most of the outfits for the characters in a Taiwan television drama called ''[[Material Queen]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-11-28|title=A Look at the Spectactular Fashion in Material Queen|url=https://koalasplayground.com/2011/11/28/a-look-at-the-spectacular-fashion-in-material-queen/}}</ref>

In film, her credits include ''[[The Devil Wears Prada (film)|The Devil Wears Prada]]'',<ref name=BBC/> for which she was nominated for the  [[Academy Award for Best Costume Design]], and ''[[Second Act (film)|Second Act]]'' (2018).<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-12-20|title=Review: Jennifer Lopez doesn't go anywhere new in the harmless, charming 'Second Act'|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-second-act-review-20181220-story.html|access-date=2022-02-16|website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> In the Asian market, she created the fashion behind the 2010 Chinese feature film ''[[Go Lala Go!]]'' ({{zh|s=杜拉拉升职记}}).<ref>{{Cite web|last=Tsui|first=Clarence|date=2010-10-28|title=Film review: Go Lala Go! - A Vapid Sex and the City in China|url=https://www.scmp.com/article/728725/go-lala-go|access-date=2022-02-16|website=[[South China Morning Post]]}}</ref>

She designed the outfits in [[Namie Amuro]]'s music videos<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kawaguchi|first=Judit|date=2008-01-29|title=Patricia Field|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2008/01/29/people/patricia-field/|access-date=2022-02-16|website=[[The Japan Times]]}}</ref> for her three songs "New Look", "Rock Steady", and "What A Feeling" from her single [[60s 70s 80s]]; as well as [[Anna Vissi]]'s music videos<ref>{{Cite web|title=Patricia Field on Disco, Divas, and the Art of Styling a Star|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/patricia-field-on-disco-divas-and-the-art-of-styling-a-star/|access-date=2022-02-16|website=Vice|date=August 5, 2013 |language=en}}</ref> for "Stin Pyra" and "Alitissa Psihi" from her album ''[[Apagorevmeno]]''.

A documentary film on her career called ''[[Happy Clothes: A Film About Patricia Field]]'', directed by Michael Selditch, had its world premiere at the [[Tribeca Festival]] in 2023.<ref>{{Citation |title=Happy Clothes: A Film About Patricia Field (2023) - IMDb |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt17634108/reference/ |access-date=2024-02-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Happy Clothes: A Film About Patricia Field {{!}} 2023 Tribeca Festival |url=https://tribecafilm.com/films/happy-clothes-a-film-about-patricia-field-2023 |access-date=2024-02-25 |website=Tribeca}}</ref>

==Television appearances==
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Field appeared as the first guest judge during the first season of the [[Bravo (American TV network)|Bravo]] reality television series ''[[Project Runway]]''. Her boutique was featured in a 2007 episode of [[Kathy Griffin]]'s reality show ''[[My Life on the D-List]]'' and in a 2008 episode of ''[[Paris Hilton's My New BFF]]''. She also appeared as a guest judge during the third episode of the [[America's Next Top Model season 15|cycle 15]] of ''[[America's Next Top Model]]''.

==Publications==
In February 2023, she published a memoir, ''Pat in the City: My Life of Fashion, Style, and Breaking All the Rules''.<ref name=memoir/><ref name=BBC/>

==Personal life==
Field is a [[lesbian]],<ref name="afterellen">{{Cite news|last=Bendix|first=Trish|date=August 12, 2008|title=Lesbian Chic|periodical=[[AfterEllen.com]]|url=http://www.afterellen.com/people/2008/8/lesbianchic|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812073041/http://www.afterellen.com/people/2008/8/lesbianchic|archive-date=August 12, 2011}}</ref> and was in a long-term relationship with costume designer Rebecca Weinberg (Field),<ref name=memoir/><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Cantor|first=Danielle|date=Spring 2004|title=Successful Women: Rebecca Weinberg|url=http://www.jwmag.org/site/c.fhLOK0PGLsF/b.2440667/k.9690/Rebecca_Weinberg.htm|url-status=dead|magazine=Jewish Woman |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090426190743/http://www.jwmag.org/site/c.fhLOK0PGLsF/b.2440667/k.9690/Rebecca_Weinberg.htm|archive-date=2009-04-26}}</ref> with whom she partnered on ''Sex and the City''.<ref name=Tampa/>

Field defended [[Christian Dior S.A.|Dior]] head designer [[John Galliano]] after he was arrested in February 2011 over alleged [[anti-semite|anti-semitic]] comments in a Paris bar,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/article/TMG8347082/John-Galliano-suspended-by-Dior-following-arrest-over-anti-semitic-rant.html|location=London|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|title=John Galliano suspended by Dior following arrest over 'anti-semitic rant'|date=25 February 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110301180036/http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/article/TMG8347082/John-Galliano-suspended-by-Dior-following-arrest-over-anti-semitic-rant.html|archive-date=1 March 2011}}</ref> describing Galliano's videotaped behavior in a phone interview with ''[[Women's Wear Daily|WWD]]'' as "farce" and "theater".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.wwd.com/fashion-news/patricia-field-defends-john-galliano-3529050?src=rss/fashion/20110301 |title=Patricia Field Defends John Galliano |date=1 March 2011 |work=[[Women's Wear Daily|WWD]]|access-date=2 March 2011|first=Rosemary |last=Feitelberg}}</ref>

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Award
!Year
!Category
!Work
!Result
!class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| [[Academy Awards]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[79th Academy Awards|2006]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]]
| rowspan="2" | ''[[The Devil Wears Prada (film)|The Devil Wears Prada]]''
| {{nom}}
|style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2021-04-05|title=Costume Designers Are the True Red Carpet Rebels of the Oscars|url=https://www.vogue.com/slideshow/costume-designers-oscars-red-carpet-style|access-date=2022-02-16|website=[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| [[British Academy Film Awards]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[60th British Academy Film Awards|2006]]
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]]
| {{nom}}
|style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{Cite web|last=Roe|first=Louise|date=2007-01-12|title=Will The Devil Get A BAFTA?|url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/will-the-devil-get-a-bafta|access-date=2022-02-16|website=British Vogue|publisher=Condé Nast|language=en-GB}}</ref>
|-
! rowspan="12" scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| [[Costume Designers Guild Awards]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[2nd Costume Designers Guild Awards|1999]]
| rowspan="6" | [[Costume Designers Guild Award for Excellence in Contemporary Television|Excellence in Contemporary Television]]
| rowspan="6" | ''[[Sex and the City]]''
| {{won}}
|style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[3rd Costume Designers Guild Awards|2000]]
| {{won}}
|style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[4th Costume Designers Guild Awards|2001]]
| {{nom}}
|style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[5th Costume Designers Guild Awards|2002]]
| {{nom}}
|style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[6th Costume Designers Guild Awards|2003]]
| {{won}}
|style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[7th Costume Designers Guild Awards|2004]]
| {{won}}
|style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[9th Costume Designers Guild Awards|2006]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Costume Designers Guild Award for Excellence in Contemporary Film|Excellence in Contemporary Film]]
| ''[[The Devil Wears Prada (film)|The Devil Wears Prada]]''
| {{nom}}
|style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[11th Costume Designers Guild Awards|2008]]
| ''[[Sex and the City (film)|Sex and the City]]''
| {{nom}}
|style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| rowspan="4" | Excellence in Contemporary Television
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Ugly Betty]]''
| {{won}}
|style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[12th Costume Designers Guild Awards|2009]]
| {{nom}}
|style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[23rd Costume Designers Guild Awards|2020]]
| ''[[Emily in Paris]]'' {{small|(Episode: "Faux Amis")}}
| {{nom}}
|style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[24th Costume Designers Guild Awards|2021]]
| ''[[Emily in Paris]]'' {{small|(Episode: "French Revolution")}}
| {{won}}
|style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| [[FashFilmFete]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 2023
| Costume Design Career Achievement Award in Television
| {{n/a}}
| {{honored}}
|style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{Cite web |last=Mack |first=Grace |title=FashFilmFete festival to celebrate iconic costume designers, fashion in film |url=https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/arts/fashfilmfete-to-celebrate-iconic-designers-fashion-at-phoenix-film-festival-17120560 |access-date=2023-10-21 |website=Phoenix New Times |date=September 20, 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
! rowspan="7" scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| [[Primetime Emmy Awards]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 1990
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Costumes for a Variety, Nonfiction, or Reality Programming|Outstanding Costumes for a Variety, Nonfiction, or Reality Programming]]
| ''[[Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme]]''
| {{won}}
|style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 2000
| rowspan="6" | [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Costumes for a Series|Outstanding Costumes for a Series]]
| ''[[Sex and the City]]'' {{small|(Episode: "La Douleur Exquise!")}}
| {{nom}}
|style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 2001
| ''[[Sex and the City]]'' {{small|(Episode: "Sex and Another City")}}
| {{nom}}
|style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 2002
| ''[[Sex and the City]]'' {{small|(Episode: "Defining Moments")}}
| {{won}}
|style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 2003
| ''[[Sex and the City]]'' {{small|(Episode: "I Love a Charade")}}
| {{nom}}
|style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 2004
| ''[[Sex and the City]]'' {{small|(Episode: "An American Girl in Paris, Part Deux")}}
| {{nom}}
|style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[61st Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards|2009]]
| ''[[Ugly Betty]]'' {{small|(Episode: "In the Stars")}}
| {{nom}}
|style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! rowspan="2" scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| [[Satellite Awards]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[11th Satellite Awards|2006]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Satellite Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]]
| ''[[The Devil Wears Prada (film)|The Devil Wears Prada]]''
| {{won}}
|style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[13th Satellite Awards|2008]]
| ''[[Sex and the City (film)|Sex and the City]]''
| {{nom}}
|style="text-align:center;"|
|}

==References==
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==External links==
*{{URL|http://patriciafield.com}}
*{{emmytvlegends name|patricia-field}}

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