In the first episode of And Just Like That season 3, Sarah Jessica Parker’s Carrie already made headlines. Not only did she seemingly rekindle with Aidan (John Corbett) after their five-year break agreement, but she made a fashion risk that left the internet scratching their heads.

In one scene, Carrie is walking through Washington Square Park with her friend Seema (Sarita Choudhury) wearing a cream-colored dress from Ossie Clark and a billowing gingham hat designed by Maryam Keyhani. On the internet, viewers were quick to criticize it. “Who in their right mind would walk around NYC wearing this hat?? (Or any other city 😆)” wrote one X user. “On last night’s season premiere of And Just Like That, Carrie wore a ‘hat’ that made me question reality,” wrote another user.

“I saw the hat and wanted it on my head,” Parker said in defense of the hat choice to USA Today. “At this point, there’s no pretend dilly-dallying around. We pretty much just put stuff on my head and photograph it, and hope that Michael Patrick [King, executive producer of the show] is hospitable to the idea.”

Luckily, he agreed. “It’s like, ‘Hey, everybody, we’re back!” he told the outlet of the look. “I’ve learned over the years that sometimes logic is not as good as a hat. It makes people say, ‘I love it. I hate it. Oh, my God, what was she thinking?'”