Joined by the fried piece of bacon once known as Valentino, a characteristically fashion forward Sarah Jessica Parker was all smiles as she attended the New York City Ballet’s 2008-2009 season opening night celebration at the David H. Koch Theater in New York City on Tuesday.

Looking like she just stepped off the set of Sex and the City, the 43-year-old actress effortlessly redefined the classic LBD with elegantly embroidered sleeves and hemline.

Speaking of SATC, SJP has finally confirmed that shooting on the sequel to the summertime box office smash will start next year.

Chatting with MTV, she says: “I think shooting next summer is a realistic timetable. That’s when we’d start shooting to be out in 2010. But that means we need to figure this out in the next couple of months.”

As for the much predicted baby in Carrie Bradshaw’s now married future? Don’t count on it. Sarah Jessica adds: “It doesn’t seem as if that’s going to be a choice she’ll make. I don’t know. Michael (Patrick King) and I never talk about it. That doesn’t mean that won’t be part of the story. We just haven’t figured it out. It feels a little bit manipulative to toss that into the mix, because she seems so pointed in a different direction.”