Sarah Jessica Parker Writes Heartfelt Personal Tribute to Oscar de la Renta: He Was "Otherwordly"

Sex and the City star gushes about revered fashion designer who "gave so much" throughout his legendary career

Sarah Jessica Parker, synonymous with fashion and friendship, adored Oscar de la Renta.

The Sex and the City star wore the late designer's clothes on many a red carpet, and she also counted the industry icon, who passed away Monday at the age of 82, as a personal friend. In a heartfelt tribute published in The Hollywood Reporter, Parker writes about the "otherworldly" man with many talents.

Admittedly, the 49-year-old actress doesn't "remember exactly the first time I met Mr. de la Renta," nor can she "remember how I had the courage to be friends with him," but she'll never forget the first time she wore him.

In the spring of 2000, Parker "had been asked to do an event for Sex and the City," she writes, so she went through the show's costume designer, Patricia Field, to see if she could borrow a dress. That dress, she recalls, was what she wore to the 2000 Emmys, "a pink dress with a feathered skirt that people had a lot of opinions about—mostly because I tied a big piece of tulle on my arm."

Parker also writes about how it "was a huge deal for Carrie [Bradshaw, her beloved Sex and the City character] to wear an Oscar de la Renta dress" on the show. Off-screen, she "wore countless beautiful dresses of his, dozens of them, fresh off the runway," and writes that it was "always a momentous occasion in my life when he would build a dress for me—for the Emmys, the Met Ball, for my 40th birthday at the Plaza."

She fondly remembers de la Renta as "a muscular singer" who "delighted in any opportunity to create a festive environment." She adds, endearingly, that it "also needs to be said that there was no one more handsome" than the legendary designer.

The mother of three is thankful "for his work and for the personal relationship he allowed me to have with him," she gushes. "He gave so much, and I think everybody who had the chance to be on the receiving end appreciated him."

Still, as much as Parker appreciates the "wonderfully talented designers" and those who worked with de la Renta in his studio, "nobody," she writes, "is meant to fill the void" left behind. "They can't," she muses, adding, "All I can think today is, 'That's it. That's done, that extraordinary moment in time that he created.'"

"The great news is, we all got so much out of knowing him," she writes. "Thank goodness for all the time we did have."