‘Beauty is my Duty’ is Rebecca Weinberg’s tag line and millions of female viewers would agree that she is fulfilling her duty.  Partnered with Patricia Fields, she styled the women of 'Sex and the City.'

Styling 'Sex and the City' must have been akin to shooting a whole new editorial every week with four women- how did you do it?

It was a great collaboration, assistants scoured the market constantly, everyone had a unique specialty.  You don’t realize but when you’re shooting episodic television you shoot two episodes at a time.   One episode Carrie had 42 costume changes, so we were pulling eighty plus looks at a time!  We used consignment religiously.  When we first started no one would lend to us, which is funny because we had a bigger budget at the beginning.  As we got bigger we had like no budget.  We would get into the office and have boxes and boxes of freebies from Givenchy, Chanel, YSL.  As it got bigger I got disenchanted- it was too easy!  When I had nothing I was most creative. 

It’s a really interesting aspect of costume design, when it elapses into fashion.  For costume you have to make the garment fit.  Wardrobe has to fit like a second skin so the actor can live in it, it’s not just two-dimensional.  You have to make it look good beyond the smoke and mirrors aspect.  You can have a beautiful garment but if the fit is wrong the look doesn’t work. I see fashion faux pas all the time, even now when I see films and I see bad costuming I get distracted by it.

Which character's style on Sex and the City is most like yours?

I’m a little bit of everybody, there’s not one character.  I identify with all four of them, we all have our work mode side, sweet soft sexy side, bitchy side, they each represent an emotion we all feel.   I have to turn myself into a chameleon, if I have a business meeting uptown I hide my tattoos and wear my suit of armor.  It’s hyper real, you can screw two guys in one night on TV but most people don’t.

What are you up to now?

I’m an ambassador for Ebay; I give a stylist’s take on Ebay and do editorials for Ebay fashion.  I’ve had an amazing run and great response from Ebay shoppers.  I edited a holiday gift guide that had 10,000 hits!

I really want to collaborate with new young designers and give them a platform to do their ‘thing.’  I want to create platform for young and established talent.

Who would you want to specifically create a platform next?

Labels like Ruthie Davis, not brands you find at your local mall.  I want to style small little capsules vignettes for them, I would style them for the customer.  Look at what Colette has done, it’s curating.  There’s not too much stuff, it’s a delicate balance.  Too much stuff is not good, it needs to be edited.   I love to style with young designers and pair them with brands we all know and love.

Rebecca Weinberg is represented by Judy Casey