- Kobe Bryant bought his wife Vanessa the dress Carrie Bradshaw wears in the “Sex and the City” finale before he died.
- Vanessa Bryant shared a photo of the dress on her Instagram on Monday.
- “He was so romantic,” Vanessa wrote on the photo. “You set the bar so high baby.”
- Kobe Bryant also gifted Vanessa the famous blue dress from “The Notebook.”
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Everything about the “Sex and the City” series finale is memorable. The Paris backdrop, Big’s grand romantic gesture to win Carrie over, and even Carrie finding her lost necklace are unforgettable. But the tulle dress Carrie Bradshaw (played by Sarah Jessica Parker) wears in the episode might be just as iconic as the show itself.
Vanessa Bryant revealed that her late husband, Kobe Bryant, gave her the exact dress Carrie wears in the episode years ago, making it even more meaningful.
Vanessa posted a side-by-side photo of the dress and a still from the “Sex and the City” finale to Instagram on Monday, sharing the images to both to her story and her page.
"I found this beautiful dress Kobe gifted me a long time ago," Vanessa wrote on the post.
"Not going to lie, I was taken back with emotion," she added. "He was so romantic. Still showing me he ❤️'s me from heaven. Love you forever boo-boo."
Vanessa gave her followers a deeper glimpse into how she was feeling in the photo's caption.
"When Mr. Big comes and gets Carrie back. Paris. Missing my boo-boo and my sweet girl," she wrote, speaking of Kobe and their daughter Gianna. "So nice to have found this dress today. You set the bar so high baby."
The "Sex and the City" dress isn't the only romantic, cinema-related gift Kobe gave Vanessa during their relationship.
During her eulogy at Kobe's memorial service in February, Vanessa spoke of her late husband giving her the blue dress Rachel McAdams wore in "The Notebook" after they had been separated for over a year.
"He just thought outside the box and was so thoughtful, even while working hard to be the best athlete," Vanessa said of Kobe's romantic side in her eulogy.
In a recent interview with "Access Hollywood," Rachel McAdams recalled when Bryant told her he had bought the dress. "I didn't realize he was such a movie fan and such a romantic," she said. "I was very touched by that at the time."
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- Vanessa Bryant said Kobe once gifted her the notebook and blue dress Rachel McAdams wore in 'The Notebook' for Valentine's Day
- Vanessa Bryant posted a heartbreaking tribute to Kobe and Gianna: 'There aren't enough words to describe our pain right now'