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anna_drenxavier November 20 2022, 18:26:54 UTC

"Gwyneth is well known as the actress every designer wants to dress," Vogue Editor Anna Wintour writes in the editorial. Paltrow, she remarks, qualifies as "simultaneously chic, accessible, natural, friendly and warm."

I.E., skinny, blue eyed blonde. She was constantly in the tabloid fashion sections when I grew up. (They regularly disparaged her small breasts, dubbing her "Paltry Paltrow." But her fashion itself was lauded.) I remember just faithfully believing she must be the greatest actress alive, because movie reviews, magazines, and then even the Oscars said so. Then I grew up and realized she had been deliberately overrated. I do think she's a good actress, but one of the best? No.

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unintentionalty November 20 2022, 19:48:17 UTC
That quote made me confused because I've never gotten a "friendly and warm" vibe from her tbh...

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burntbussy November 20 2022, 22:55:11 UTC
mishane November 21 2022, 13:51:56 UTC
As a child of the '90s, the vibe I always got from her was hippie pothead with formal school upbringing, if that makes sense.

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frejasface November 20 2022, 21:40:46 UTC
accessible...friendly...warm


... )

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antigone_ks November 20 2022, 21:46:45 UTC
I don't remember Paltry Paltrow, but my friends group still calls her Fishsticks.

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mishane November 21 2022, 13:53:26 UTC
:( that makes me sad

Kids back then were so cruel, I used to get called skeletor and bones. J. Lo and curves were super popular back then so if you were skinny with no boobs, you just got called "not a real woman".

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vespertinev November 21 2022, 14:29:22 UTC
I feel like JLo was after? mid 90's everyone was super skinny

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mishane November 21 2022, 14:35:25 UTC
Hmmm, I think you're right and I'm probably mixing things up. J. Lo/Vida Guerra era was in 1999 - early 2000's I think. I think I was too young for the initial super skinny phase (Kate Moss time) but I caught the other phase (Nicole Ritchie/Lindsey Lohan).

People just need to stop commenting on women's body. Shit, just remembering all the body comparisons made at a young age, we were so harsh on each other.

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vespertinev November 21 2022, 14:28:21 UTC
I don't even think she is good? She is just ok. I always thought her fashions were boring as well.

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