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:
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.
It’s wild that Ralph Lauren allegedly needed to again out of working with the actress, and issues didn’t get higher for the designer on the evening of the awards. The biography continues:
The designers at Ralph Lauren observed that one thing appeared off when she wore it that evening. The material was puckering, a little bit wrinkly, free round her torso — as if she had immediately misplaced 10 kilos. They realized she hadn’t worn the internal removable corset that got here with the robe, which might have made it match extra snugly. Lauren was not completely happy concerning the match.
I’m undecided what occurred to the corset, however trying again on the photograph, it does seem that the costume was loose-fitting.
The ebook excerpt doesn’t specify what grew to become of the Ralph Lauren design, however we do know that her 2000 Academy Award costume was given to charity. As for her different iconic outfits — just like the sheer look Millie Bobby Brown copied earlier this 12 months — Gwyneth Paltrow saves a whole lot of garments for her daughter Apple, as a result of everyone knows these ‘90s types are coming again. Apple even modeled her mother’s “goth” Oscars costume from 2002.
Whereas others get pleasure from her seems of yesteryear, it appears the actress is extra snug shedding her high altogether, as she’s shared topless sunbathing pics in addition to celebrated her birthdays in her birthday go well with.
Ralph Lauren could not have had the very best expertise, however both manner, it’s good to see Gwyneth Paltrow feeling so good in her pores and skin — purple carpet costume or not.
