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Sex and the City star Sarah Jessica Parker is usually fashion-forward, but at last week’s NYC premiere of the film she found herself behind the times.

Parker, 43, was shocked to learn that her strapless Nina Ricci gown was worn earlier in the month by heiress Lauren (Davis) Santo Domingo to the Met’s Costume Institute Gala (where she walked the carpet with the dress’ designer, Olivier Theyskens).

Making matters worse, Lindsay Lohan wore the gown in an advertising campaign for Disney.

Parker told the New York Times that the designer had assured her the gown had only appeared in magazine shoots.

“Look, my affection for the dress hasn’t changed,” she said. “But what they did was so short-sighted. It’s just unethical and disappointing that they would allow the dress to be worn again.

“[The designer] didn’t say, ‘Well, actually I just escorted Lauren down the red carpet at the Met,’” said Parker, adding, “I just wish it had been handled differently and they had been straight about it.”

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And it seems like the same is true for the actress who plays her, Sarah Jessica Parker. While developers of her Coty perfume lines, “Lovely” and “Covet Pure Bloom,” insist that Parker “was never asked to be on the Home Shopping Network because of her schedule,” HSN insiders get the impression that Parker “doesn’t want to ever appear” on the channel. Coty confirmed Parker’s two scents will be hawked on the dial-in shopping channel this month, but say the deal hardly involved her. Company reps told Page Six the “Sex and the City” star approved the deal, but “Coty signed with HSN, not Sarah Jessica.” Parker’s perfume launch is part of a celeb trend segment on the network – but don’t expect to see Jennifer Lopez, Calvin Klein and Gwen Stefani hawking their fragrances, either, to the folks at home.

She may cut a willowy figure – but Sarah Jessica Parker doesn’t deprive herself in order to fit into designer duds.

“I eat everything,” the actress, 43, told PEOPLE Monday night at a special screening of her new film, Smart People, co-hosted by Allure magazine’s Linda Wells and The Cinema Society. “I’m just an eater. If it’s free, I honestly eat everything.”

As if to prove a point, the Sex and the City star rattled off a list of all the food she’d consumed in the past 48 hours: “Last night I had steak and some lamb shank. And I had some roasted chicken and some cassoulet and some profiteroles and some ice cream and some cheesecake.”

And that’s not all. On Monday, “I had two different tarts from Once Upon a Tart [in SoHo] and toast and a banana and a cup of coffee and a bagel with cream cheese,” she said. Oh, yeah: “And a glass of fresh orange juice.”

One thing not on the menu: Alcohol. “I’m just simply not really a drinker,” she said. “It just doesn’t occur to me. Tonight I’ll have a glass of wine.”

So how does she stay so svelte? “It’s predisposition probably,” said Parker, who is also a Pilates devotee, despite her having not worked out in “a couple of weeks.” Finally, “And running around New York City and having a five-year-old [son James Wilkie Broderick].”

But her real stay-slim secret? “Anxiety!” she exclaimed.