Gwyneth Paltrow's Daughter Apple Wears Her Mom's Controversial 2002 Oscars Dress

06/16/2023 10:41 pm EDT

Apple Martin seems to be taking fashion tips straight from her mother, Gwyneth Paltrow. Earlier this week, Paltrow posted an Instagram Story Q&A titled "Ask me a question." She answered questions such as "fave London restaurant," "what is your breakfast today?" and "Tips on moving on from a long term relationship." One of Gwyneth's followers asked about the fashion sense of her 19-year-old daughter with her ex-husband Chris Martin. "Does apple ever wear any of ur [sic] fashion archives?" Paltrow replied by sharing a photograph of Apple wearing one of Paltrow's most memorable looks. It was Paltrow's controversial Alexander McQueen Oscars dress from 2002. The look was characterized by a sheer ruched bodice with a lace-up front and a full black taffeta skirt. 

Paltrow accessorized her gothic gown with a silver pendant necklace, matching earrings, and a braided updo. At the time, it was considered "unflattering" and "a fashion disaster," according to The Independent. The actress said she regrets how she carried the outfit over a decade after wearing it. "There were a few issues; I still love the dress itself, but I should have worn a bra and I should have just had simple beachy hair and less makeup," she revealed in a 2013 Q&A on Goop's website. "Then, it would have worked as I wanted it to – a little bit of punk at the Oscars." Despite criticism for the unconventional dress, Paltrow defended it in a later video interview with Vogue. "Everybody really hated this [dress] ... but I think it's kind of dope. I'm into it," she said. "I had a weird hangover about it for a while because people were really critical. I think at the time, it was too goth, I think people thought it was too hard, so I think it sort of shocked people. But I like it."

The star has a few other options for Apple if she accepts them. "I've saved a lot of shoes for Apple. Lucky for her, I have plenty of '90s [pieces]," Paltrow said during her February closet tour video on Goop's YouTube channel. While filming, she was also able to unearth a white floral-embroidered Calvin Klein dress she once wore when she went on a date with her ex Brad Pitt."I think I wore [it] to a premiere when I was going out with Brad Pitt," she recalled, referring to their date night at the 1996 New York premiere of The Pallbearer. "It's giving that very '90s 'I don't give a f— [attitude]."

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