Ah, the hairstyle vagaries of Sarah Jessica Parker!
The pictures above capture the good, the bad and the horrible of this perfume selling celebrity actress and her strange choice of hair styles.
Sarah Jessica Parker is not a beautiful woman by any stretch of the imagination.
If she happens upon the right hairstyle she can look pretty good.
But that's a huge if, apparently.
She often seems to think that bizarre means glamour and sophistication (a notion she shares with Jessica Simpson).
Her three updos in the middle row are proof of this odd belief.
Simple hairstyles can suit her, like those she wears in the first, fourth and fifth pictures in the top row.
But simple hairstyles can also look atrocious on Sarah Jessica Parker, like the straight, symmetrical hairdo in Pictures 3, 9 and 15. Her face is long enough already without help from straight and narrow haircuts like this one.
Her wider, curly hairstyle in Pictures 7 and 13 also does nothing for her. Dark hair draws vertical lines down her cheeks and past her throat, confirming that her face is a tall, thin rectangle.
Why one look works and another doesn't is a mystery to Sarah Jessica Parker.
For all her fame and public exposure, she doesn't seem to understand the simplest elements of her own face shape or the benefits of hairstyles that alter it.
Photo © Anthony G. Moore / Photorazzi
The Celebrity: Sarah Jessica Parker aged 39
The Hairstyle: Sarah Jessica Parker with a long hair style pulled back from the face in a curly ponytail, dark brown hair color.
The Event: Wednesday 9 June 2004 - Sarah Jessica Parker attends the 32nd Annual FiFi Awards in the Hammerstein Ballroom, New York.
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The Celebrity: Sarah Jessica Parker aged 40
The Hairstyle: Sarah Jessica Parker with an updo hairstyle pulled tightly back from the face, dark brown hair color.
The Event: Sunday 4 December 2005 - Sarah Jessica Parker attends The New York Gala Screening of the movie musical The Producers, presented by Universal Pictures, Columbia Pictures and Brooksfilms Productions at the Ziegfeld Theatre, New York.
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The Celebrity: Sarah Jessica Parker aged 40
The Hairstyle: Sarah Jessica Parker with a long hairstyle center-parted, straight hair worn loose, brown hair color.
The Event: Tuesday 6 December 2005 - Sarah Jessica Parker attends the world premiere of The Family Stone held at the Mann Village Theater in Westwood, California.
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The Celebrity: Sarah Jessica Parker aged 38
The Hairstyle: Sarah Jessica Parker with a curly updo hair style, brown hair color with blonde highlights.
The Event: Monday 24 November 2003 - Sarah Jessica Parker attends the 31st International Emmy Awards Gala at the Hilton Hotel in New York.
Photo © Janet Mayer / Photorazzi
The Celebrity: Sarah Jessica Parker aged 39
The Hairstyle: Sarah Jessica Parker with a long hairstyle, pulled back from the face in a curly ponytail, dark brown hair color with highlights. Side view of Sarah Jessica Parker's hairstyle in Picture 1.
The Event: Wednesday 9 June 2004 - Sarah Jessica Parker at the 32nd Annual FiFi Awards in the Hammerstein Ballroom, New York.
Photo © Anthony G. Moore / Photorazzi
The Celebrity: Sarah Jessica Parker aged 39
The Hairstyle: Sarah Jessica Parker with an updo hair style, straight hair pulled back tightly from the face in a huge rounded mass behind the head and decorated with a diamond clasp. Side view of Sarah Jessica Parker's hairstyle in Picture 8.
The Event: Wednesday 5 May 2004 - Sarah Jessica Parker at the New York City Ballet Gala, New York State Theater.
Photo © Janet Mayer / Photorazzi
The Celebrity: Sarah Jessica Parker aged 40
The Hairstyle: Sarah Jessica Parker with a long hairstyle worn loose, curly wavy hair, chocolate brown hair color. Three-quarter view of Sarah Jessica Parker's hairstyle in Picture 13.
The Event: Wednesday 8 March 2006 - Sarah Jessica Parker arrives for the premiere of Failure To Launch at the Chelsea West Theatre, New York.
Photo © Anthony G. Moore / Photorazzi
The Celebrity: Sarah Jessica Parker aged 39
The Hairstyle: Sarah Jessica Parker with an updo hair style, straight hair pulled back tightly from the face in a huge rounded mass behind the head and decorated with a diamond clasp. Front view of Sarah Jessica Parker's hairstyle in Picture 6.
The Event: Wednesday 5 May 2004 - Sarah Jessica Parker at the New York City Ballet Gala, New York State Theater.
Photo © Chris Hatcher / Photorazzi
The Celebrity: Sarah Jessica Parker aged 40
The Hairstyle: Sarah Jessica Parker with a long hair style, straight hair center-parted and worn loose, brown hair color.
The Event: Tuesday 6 December 2005 - Sarah Jessica Parker and Diane Keaton at the world premiere of The Family Stone, held at the Mann Village Theater in Westwood, California.
Photo © Tom Walck / Photorazzi
The Celebrity: Sarah Jessica Parker aged 39
The Hairstyle: Sarah Jessica Parker with an updo hairstyle, straight hair pulled tightly into a high, conical bun with diamond accessory.
The Event: Monday 7 June 2004 - Sarah Jessica Parker at the 2004 CFDA Fashion Awards, hosted in the New York Public Library by the Council of Fashion Designers of America.
Photo © Janet Mayer / Photorazzi
The Celebrity: Sarah Jessica Parker aged 40
The Hairstyle: Sarah Jessica Parker with a long hairstyle, swept at an angle across the forehead and held in a ponytail, brown hair color with blond highlights.
The Event: Friday 9 September 2005 - Sarah Jessica Parker at the Lord & Taylor department store in New York, promoting the launch of her perfume fragrance Lovely.
Photo © Janet Mayer / Photorazzi
The Celebrity: Sarah Jessica Parker aged 40
The Hairstyle: Sarah Jessica Parker with an updo hairstyle, parted on one side, pulled back from the face and secured in a braid. Brown and blonde hair color.
The Event: Thursday 27 October 2005 - Sarah Jessica Parker at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York, for the opening night of The Odd Couple.
Photo © Steve Mack / Photorazzi
The Celebrity: Sarah Jessica Parker aged 40
The Hairstyle: Sarah Jessica Parker with a long hairstyle parted in the middle and worn loose, curly wavy hair, chocolate brown hair color. Front view of Sarah Jessica Parker's hairstyle in Picture 7.
The Event: Wednesday 8 March 2006 - Sarah Jessica Parker and actress Zooey Deschanel at the premiere of Failure To Launch, Chelsea West Theatre, New York.
Photo © Janet Mayer / Photorazzi
The Celebrity: Sarah Jessica Parker aged 39
The Hairstyle: Sarah Jessica Parker with a long to medium length layered hairstyle, straight hair parted off-center and worn loose, with an outward flick below the chin on one side.
The Event: Thursday 18 March 2004 - Sarah Jessica Parker attends a Sex and the City panel discussion at the Puck Building in New York.
Photo © Chris Hatcher / Photorazzi
The Celebrity: Sarah Jessica Parker aged 40
The Hairstyle: Sarah Jessica Parker with a long hair style, straight hair center-parted and worn loose, brown hair color. Profile view of Sarah Jessica Parker's hairstyle in pictures 3 and 9.
The Event: Tuesday 6 December 2005 - Sarah Jessica Parker attends the world premiere of The Family Stone, held at the Mann Village Theater in Westwood, California.