Gwyneth Paltrow has never been one to cut corners, and her feelings about the Met Gala are no different.
The actress and Goop founder, 53, has opened up about her complicated history with fashion’s biggest night on the town and made it clear exactly what kind of guest she will always be.
Writing on Goop, Paltrow shared her all-time favorite red carpet looks, including two from the annual event. But before diving into the fashion, she set the scene: “I kind of have a love-hate relationship with the Met Ball.”
It’s a feeling that goes back further than she might want to admit.
Back in 2013, Paltrow told USA today she was “never going again”, describing the night as “so unfunny”, “boiling” and “too crowded.”
Apparently she got over it, she returned in 2017 and participated again in 2019.
The 2019 appearance in a yellow chiffon Chloé dress is one she looks back on fondly. She spoke warmly of the collaboration with then-creative director Natacha Ramsay-Levi, saying she loved the opportunity to work with a female designer.
The theme that year was Camp: Notes on Fashion, which produced some of the most outrageous looks the event has ever seen, with Lady Gaga and Katy Perry both leaning into the spectacle.
Paltrow didn’t.
“I’m never going to the Met Ball in a hot dog costume or anything, you know?” she said clearly.
“I always have to be myself, first and foremost. I don’t kind of go in a costume; I go in a dress. There are two camps that go to the Met Ball, the dress up or the evening gown. And I will always be an evening gown person.”
As for the Chloé dress itself, she waxed poetic, describing it as “so light and comfortable and chiffon and dreamy,” like “a lemon chiffon pie.”
