The Story Behind Gwyneth Paltrow’s Famous Oscars Dress, And How Her Wearing It Put Ralph Lauren In A Tizzy

The Story Behind Gwyneth Paltrow’s Famous Oscars Dress, And How Her Wearing It Put Ralph Lauren In A Tizzy

Lately Gwyneth Paltrow is extra more likely to be seen going topless in an Instagram cooking video than getting all dressed up for the purple carpet, however she’s nonetheless supplied some memorable moments in movie star style over time. One among her extra notable seems was from the 1999 Academy Awards, the place she received the Finest Actress Oscar for Shakespeare in Love. She turned heads in that pink Ralph Lauren robe that evening, however apparently the designer was fairly displeased.

A new ebook concerning the Se7en star is out, titled Gwyneth: The Biography by Amy Odell. In it, the writer discusses all points of the actress’s life after conducting greater than 220 interviews. In one part, Odell explores the drama surrounding the 1999 Oscars costume that was impressed by Grace Kelly:

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Ralph Lauren was reportedly requested to design Gwyneth Paltrow’s costume for the awards, however the designer apparently grew to become “pissed off” with the actress, Odell writes (through People), when the costume required a number of alterations as a result of Paltrow’s continued weight reduction. An excerpt from Gwyneth: The Biography reads:

Main as much as the awards, she hadn’t been consuming a lot and stored shedding pounds, necessitating additional fittings, the place Gwyneth requested the Ralph Lauren staff in New York to carry the neckline decrease and decrease. Lauren grew to become so pissed off that he didn’t need to ship the costume again to Los Angeles. However his staff satisfied him, and located a talented seamstress to suit the items of the costume onto Gwyneth there.