Sarah Jessica Parker speaks of Halston departure

Sarah Jessica Parker left Halston because she wasn’t happy with the direction the company was taking.  The I Don’t Know How She Does It actress – who became president and chief creative officer of the American heritage label in January 2010 – walked away from the firm earlier this year and while she felt it was the right thing to do, she doesn’t regret her time there.

Sarah Jessica – who left at the same time as Harvey Weinstein – told vogue.co.uk: “Really, the business was being taken in a direction I wasn’t interested in pursuing. That’s why Harvey and I decided to leave the company.

“I don’t regret my time there. I feel honoured to have worked there – even if only for a brief time. Halston was an amazing experience, and I’m really proud of what I got to do there and of the people I got to work with.”

While the Sex and the City star is famed for her love of clothes thanks to her alter-ego, Sarah Jessica insists she doesn’t have the time to do that much shopping.

The mother of three said: “I’m aware of people’s association with me and fashion and I certainly take that role on for some occasions, but it doesn’t dominate my thoughts all the time. I still like getting dressed up and having the opportunity to borrow beautiful dresses, but as a mother – and as somebody who’s schedule isn’t always my own – I don’t shop a lot, or think about clothes a lot.”