Her most well-known work may be Carrie's tutu that took a humbling splash from a passing bus at the start of every episode of "Sex and the City." But stylist and designer Patricia Field has an even more historic claim to fame.
Recalling the early days of her legendary New York boutique in her candid and colorful memoir, "Pat in the City: My Life of Fashion Style, and Breaking All the Rules," the flame-haired 82-year-old writes, "Out of all the trends that began on Eighth Street . . . perhaps the most lasting and wide-reaching has been leggings. I claim to be the inventor."
