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Pink Ralph Lauren dress of Gwyneth Paltrow

Designer	Ralph Lauren
Year	1999 (1999)
Type	Pink dress

The pink Ralph Lauren dress of Gwyneth Paltrow was designed by Ralph Lauren and worn to the 71st Academy Awards on 21 March 1999 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. The dress received mixed reviews^[1]^[2] and the style was compared to that of the actress Grace Kelly.^[3] The dress was widely copied after the event, and Paltrow was credited for bringing pink back into fashion.^[4]

Design

The actress was accompanied to the event by her parents. Paltrow received an Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Viola De Lesseps in the film Shakespeare in Love.^[5] The soft pink gown designed by Ralph Lauren was made of taffeta, and has a relatively simple design. The dress has a long, wide skirt and a bodice with straps and V-shaped neckline; a scarf of the same color was tied to it. Ralph Lauren adapted the dress from a pink taffeta skirt that Paltrow wanted to wear from a Ralph Lauren lookbook.^[6] With her dress, Paltrow wore pink Manolo Blahnik strappy sandals and Harry Winston jewelry: a diamond necklace, bracelet and earrings valued at around $160,000.^[7] Her father, Bruce Paltrow, purchased the jewelry for her as a present after she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. Gwyneth Paltrow later wore the jewelry, in her father's memory, at her 2018 wedding to Brad Falchuk.^[6]

Reception

Fashion critics were initially divided in opinion regarding Paltrow's choice of dress.^[8] TV Guide.com tells how one critic described the actress as "a Barbie doll wrapped in a satin ribbon."^[9] One commentator called it "incongruous with the current fashion", but "suitable Gwyneth Paltrow".^[10] The actress revived the fashion of pale pink and her selection of Ralph Lauren proved to be well received by the public and was widely emulated.^[8] An owner of a teen apparel boutique in Westport, Connecticut remarked, "The year before, I wouldn't have even looked at anything pink. It would have reminded my customers of when they were little girls. Paltrow made the color cool. And Paltrow's Oscar dress turned into the number one prom dress style of the year thanks to ABS and Allen Schwartz, who is famous for making low-priced copies of Oscar dresses."^[4]

References

^ Frankel, Susannah (16 February 2009). "Oscar's best-dressed friends". The Independent. London. Retrieved 16 May 2011.
^ "Gwyneth Paltrow's Iconic Style". Harper's Bazaar. 9 April 2010. Retrieved 16 May 2011.
^ "Gwyneth Paltrow Oscar Diamond Studded Collar Necklace Set". GlamForLess. Archived from the original on 3 September 2011. Retrieved 16 May 2011.
^ ^a ^b Gale, Colin; Kaur, Jasbir (2004). Fashion and textiles: an overview. Berg Publishers. p. 78. ISBN 978-1-85973-818-4. Retrieved 16 May 2011.
^ "Gwyneth Paltrow; Ralph Lauren". LIFE. Archived from the original on 22 January 2011. Retrieved 16 May 2011.
^ ^a ^b Gwyneth Paltrow Breaks Down 13 Looks From 1995 to Now | Life in Looks | Vogue, 28 April 2021, retrieved 2021-05-03
^ Reeve., Chace (2003). The complete book of Oscar fashion : Variety's 75 years of glamour on the red carpet. New York, NY: Reed Press. p. 166. ISBN 1594290016. OCLC 53233868.
^ ^a ^b "The 25 Best and Worst Oscar Gowns of All-TIME". TIME. Retrieved 16 May 2011.
^ "Celebration of Oscar Fashion: Gwyneth Paltrow in Pink Oscar Dress". About.com. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 16 May 2011.
^ "Top 10 all time Best Oscar dresses". Handbag.com. Archived from the original on 1 March 2011. Retrieved 16 May 2011.

v t e Gwyneth Paltrow
Performances Awards and nominations
Singles	"Country Strong" "Me and Tennessee"
Family	Bruce Paltrow (father) Blythe Danner (mother) Chris Martin (husband, div.) Brad Falchuk (husband)
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1950s

White floral Givenchy dress (Audrey Hepburn, 1954)

1990s

Red Versace dress (Cindy Crawford, 1991)
Black Versace dress (Elizabeth Hurley, 1994)
Lavender Prada dress (Uma Thurman, 1995)
American Express Gold Card dress (Lizzy Gardiner, 1995)
Chartreuse Dior dress (Nicole Kidman, 1997)
Pink Ralph Lauren dress (Gwyneth Paltrow, 1999)

2000s

Early	Green Versace dress (Jennifer Lopez, 2000) Crimson Alberta Ferretti dress (Uma Thurman, 2000) Black and white Valentino dress (Julia Roberts, 2001) Swan dress (Björk, 2001) Elie Saab net dress (Halle Berry, 2002) Red Ben de Lisi dress (Kate Winslet, 2002) Red Tarvydas dress (Rebecca Twigley, 2004) White Marc Bouwer dress (Angelina Jolie, 2004)
Late	Navy blue Guy Laroche dress (Hilary Swank, 2005) Yellow Valentino dress (Cate Blanchett, 2005) Plum Vera Wang dress (Keira Knightley, 2006) Saffron Vera Wang dress (Michelle Williams, 2006) Pink feathered Versace dress (Penélope Cruz, 2007) Swarovski crystal mesh Armani dress (Cate Blanchett, 2007) Ivory Jean Paul Gaultier dress (Marion Cotillard, 2008)

2010s

Meat dress (Lady Gaga, 2010)
Black Versace dress (Angelina Jolie, 2012)
Blue Prada dress (Lupita Nyong'o, 2014)
Black Christian Siriano tuxedo gown (Billy Porter, 2019)

2020s

Autograph suit (Sandy Powell, 2020)

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