The men of And Just Like That… haven’t fared so well in the Sex and the City reboot, have they? Mr. Big is dead, Steve has been dumped, and new male characters on the scene have had to contend with bouts of public projectile vomiting.
But in contrast to Peloton’s free-falling share price following Carrie’s husband’s cardiac arrest, Aidan Shaw’s stock appears to be up. Almost two years after rumors of a comeback for our favorite carpenter originally swirled in April 2021 (when actor John Corbett claimed in an interview, “I’m going to do the show”), pictures from the set of And Just Like That… season 2 have confirmed that Aidan will be appearing. And while he is holding hands with Carrie again, he’s not wearing his old wardrobe of worn-in denim, Western shirts, and scuffed suede jackets—Sex and the City’s most worshipped woodworker has had a glow-up.
Aidan must be delighted that Carrie has finally invested in some countryside-friendly Birkenstocks, but judging from his own AJLT debut outfit—a belted Belstaff jacket and smart plum trousers—he appears to have swapped the rugged woodland of Suffern, New York, for a wardrobe better suited to the pruned environs of a country club.
Did Aidan retreat to the countryside over the pandemic? Is he now selling rustic wooden furniture to boutique hotels? Can you purchase his picnic benches at ABC Carpet & Home? He’s certainly not sanding love seats by hand anymore.
Old Aidan sporting one of his many scuffed suede jackets.
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