Gwyneth Paltrow in white Alexander McQueen in Chicago: awesome or awful?

Here are some new photos of Gwyneth Paltrow in Chicago on Saturday night. She was honored at the Gene Siskel Film Center – she received the Renaissance Award for…? I guess her film work. I would imagine that she got the award for her body of work, not for her most recent role as Pepper Potts in Iron Man 3.

Gwyneth wore this white Alexander McQueen dress for her honor, and as you can see, it was super-cold in Chicago. My goodness! Do you think Goop just didn’t feel like wearing a bra to her award ceremony? I also have to say, I really do think Gwyneth got implants after she had her kids. She got small, perky implants after breastfeeding, which is okay in Gwyneth’s mind – she once said in an interview that getting implants after breastfeeding was perfectly acceptable to her. I think that’s what happened. As for the dress, it’s really uneventful. I don’t get why there’s a mock turtleneck? WHY? Don’t tell me Goop is trying to bring mock t-necks into style.

Also, do you remember how Page Six said that Vanity Fair wanted to do a story about Gwyneth and her business dealings, and sources claimed Gwyneth was asking people not to talk to VF? LaineyGossip had more details about that last week – Lainey’s sources confirmed that VF is definitely working on a story about Goop for the September issue and Gwyneth has refused to speak to them because she thinks VF is “off-brand” for her. Um… Gwyneth JUST gave an interview to THE DAILY MAIL not two months ago. The Daily Mail is fine but VF is a no-go? Anyway, since VF is doing this without Gwyneth’s approval, the story will probably end up a “slam piece” about why Gwyneth is so “polarizing”. I can’t wait.

PS… for the love of Goop, stop with the flat-ironing and the center part. STOP.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.

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  1. helen says:

    her hair looks awful!
    the dress also sucks

    • Mrs. Peacock says:

      Since his suicide, McQueen’s brand has closely resembled polyester Kathy Ireland clothing with a drop waist. Waaaahhhhhhh!

      • Kitten Mittens says:

        It’s so sad. Such lovely clothes only came from the mind of 1 man and the fashion house is just filled with the workers running around without guidance or vision.

    • whipmyhair says:

      It’s vanilla, just like her

      • Sherry says:

        The best comment I saw was on another site. They said, “She looks like a tampon and her hair is the string.”

        Bland, bland, bland. Makes me wonder what exchanges took place to get her named “Most Beautiful” by People.

      • Kitten Mittens says:

        Hey! I like Vanilla! Don’t insult vanilla.

      • Jen says:

        Plain Jane in a plain jane dress. How in this world did she receive People’s most beautiful? I think someone owed Gwen or her Manger a favor. There is just NO way she would even make the short list for Most Beautiful.

  2. Kate says:

    My goodness, why have I never noticed her face is so BIG?

    • Liv says:

      Seriously, she morphes into Tracy Anderson! Huh! (5th picture!)

      • V4Real says:

        She looks like a cross between Tracy Anderson and Kelly Rippa. This woman is just not attractive at all. She needs to POOF be gone for a few years because she’s exhausing and I don’t even know her, personally anyways.

    • Dave says:

      Bleuuuurghh it’s the slicked down hair. Ages her so much too!

      • Naye in VA says:

        Yes, when she has a side-part she looks so much younger. I was watching Shakespeare In Love yesterday, and I just can’t believe how…she is just not even pretty to me anymore. Most people in the course of 15 years still tend to carry a mature form of their younger beauty, but she just looks terrible.

      • V4Real says:

        @Naye “Most people in the course of 15 years still tend to carry a mature form of their younger beauty, but she just looks terrible.”

        Must be the lack of glutten in her diet.

  3. Yellowshaba says:

    Are the nipples hers or part of the dress?

  4. Tanguerita says:

    I’m not a negative person, but every time I see her smug face, I want to punch her.

  5. Sisi says:

    Can’t even really remember when the last time was that I thought she had a good red carpet outfit. Might be the first Iron Man movie, she wore some cool mini’s & epic shoes that promotion tour. Ages ago

  6. paola says:

    Can some of her high fashion designer friends please design a custom made bra and cover her nipples? that is gross on so many levels…

    • GoodNamesAllTaken says:

      Seriously. The dress confuses me in general but your eyes are just drawn like magnets to those aggressive nipples.

    • Bridget says:

      Does no one realize those aren’t her nipples? They’re darts on the dress. You only chose photos that make them look like her nipples while you can clearly see the structure of her dress on other sites. Dislike her all you want, but at least get it right FFS.

  7. dcypher1 says:

    For the love of god goop put a bra on. We can see right thru ur dress. Haven’t u flashed us enough.

  8. Deanne says:

    The dress, nips on display or not, is hideous. When Gwyneth lets her hair dry naturally and it has soft waves, she looks so much younger and attractive. That center parted, flat ironed within and inch of it’s life look, irritates me almost as much as her smug personality. It’s like her hair is smug.

    • Marta says:

      My theory is side-parted wavy hair is very much the way her mom Blythe Danner always has her hair. And Gwyn doesn’t seem to like her mom as much as her late father. I always sensed some distance there. That’s why I think she hates resembling her mom, and also cuz her mom is old and she wants to be seen as younger and hipper.

  9. DanaG says:

    LOL So glad I thought it was just me first thing I noticed was her nipples she needs to wear a bra or something to cover them up. Don’t like the dress or the look as you age your dress needs to as well. She isn’t twenty anymore and something that may off looked cute back then doesn’t when your over 40. And I wish she would do something with that hair!

  10. lisa says:

    her skin looks at least 10 yrs older than the rest of her

    • Kate says:

      But don’t you know? She’s been told she has good skin! LOL

    • Birdix says:

      Doesn’t she have freckles? Are they just under a lot of makeup?

    • mwow says:

      Yeah it’s weird how old she’s looking lately – this seems really recent that she’s aged like 5 years. Is it because she’s so fair and smokes & tans? That’s the kiss of death (just ask Cameron Diaz).

      • LAK says:

        And barely eats anything remotely nutritious for fear it will make her fat.

        Lack of nutrients will age you faster than anything. Her skin is so dry, it’s like paper.

  11. serena says:

    Good grief.. why do celebrities have issues with bras?

  12. Phoebe says:

    I really don’t have a problem with the lack of bra (wow, nipples!!1!!! So outrageous!!) but I wish she would stop with the flat ironing and center part! She looks so much better with a side part, or with curled hair.

    I still think she looks great though.

    • Jayna says:

      LOL Great minds think alike. I had just posted the very same thing and then scrolled back to read posts and saw yours.

  13. Shitler says:

    Her face shape..seems off..

  14. annaloo. says:

    Her face is off because her head is still growing. That dress looks like something a mean girl cheerleader would wear in a dream sequence and quite honestly looks too young for her, IMO…

    • poppy says:

      lol.
      her head is the size of a small moon now but in time will be the center of its own solar system. goopulous?

  15. Faye says:

    I actually think the dress is kind of cute, just a little young for her.

    The other day I heard an awesome Gwyneth story from a friend that I thought I’d share, even if it is 10 years out of date. Apparently back in 2003 or 2004, Steven Spielberg decided he wanted his son to be Bar Mitzvah-ed in a Beverly Hills Orthodox synagogue. Why I don’t know, since he’s not religious and the kid technically wasn’t even Jewish . . .but on to the Gwyneth part of the story.

    Apparently, Gwyneth waltzed in an hour after services had started, went to the ladies’s section, and strode up to the very front row — the one that is typically reserved for the rabbi’s wife and daughters. She looked at the rabbi’s wife and said, “Steven told me I could sit wherever I wanted, and my friends and I want to sit here. So all of you need to move.” The rebbetzin (rabbi’s wife) didn’t want to make a fuss since Spielberg had paid so much to use the synagogue, so she asked her daughters to get up and quietly moved.

    The funniest part of the story: Apparently Gwyneth’s friends, fellow actresses (my friend didn’t know who they were), were mortified and tried to get Gwyneth to just sit somewhere else. And the rabbi’s little girl, who was about 5 at the time and didn’t like being told to get up, said in a really loud voice, “Mommy, that lady is really mean! And ugly!”

    My friend is a Beverly Hills resident and was in the synagogue on the occasion, so I know this is a true story. I’ve prayed at this place before when visiting her, and I’m really ticked off at the then-rabbi for allowing Spielberg and co to take over in the first place. But I did enjoy hearing that story. It seems so classic Gwyneth!

    • Kate says:

      That is an awesome story — shocking behavior, but not really surprising. I wonder who the other actresses were.

      • Hautie says:

        I have to agree… completely awesome story.

        And sums up exactly who Gwyneth is as a person. A nasty piece of work.

        Plus the little girl gets extra points for calling it like she saw it!

    • Rhea says:

      Wow. Very “classy”, indeed. I would love to be there to watch her face when the little girl said that. 😀

    • poppy says:

      awesome! not surprising. at. all.

    • ZenB!tch says:

      Not surprised at all. At least her friends had the decency to be mortified.

  16. Mar says:

    Hate her hair and her forehead is very wrinkly!!!

  17. Mandy says:

    My God, that hair is AWFUL and it is not doing any favors for her face.

  18. Jayna says:

    Her hair has some natural wave, and as she gets older, the flat-ironing is aging her up close, as her hair looks damaged with all the bleaching. I think a little softness around her face would be more flattering with more body. I am tried of her parted in the middle, flat, part of it stuck behind her ears look.

  19. pretty says:

    she is just not attractive at all.
    forget about her personality.
    i mean she is just not pretty nor attractive. why is she famous? of course because of her parents but.. wow.
    she is lucky that with that face and with that talent, she has managed to came this far in hollywood.

    • ZenB!tch says:

      I know this isn’t fair but before I knew she was a royal B, I didn’t like her because the media kept forcing her down my throat as “beautiful” and I’m not blind, I bet 90% of the women reading this blog are prettier than she is, if not as tall, thin and “groomed”. Now I know that the personality matches the face; but at the time I just had a very negative reaction to her publicity. Being famous, being talented or being Steven Spielberg”s godchild do not make you beautiful. She is only two of those 3.

  20. PinkyTuscadero says:

    Dress is fine, face looks age appropriate, hair is TERRIBLE. Gwyneth, darker ash blonde, bob it, please!

    • Becky1 says:

      Yeah, I agree. I actually like that she doesn’t look Botoxed out. She’s 40 and fair skinned so odds are she’s going to have some lines and that’s okay. Maybe she’s trying to get pregnant and that’s why she’s skipping the ‘tox for now because for awhile there it seemed like she was really into it.

      Her hair on the other hand looks horrible and is extremely unflattering. I used to part my hair in the middle but once I got into my 30’s I started parting it on the side. As many have commented, the platinum blonde middle part look does not work as you get older. She needs to part her hair on the side, chill out on the flat iron and go a little darker.

  21. JillyRo says:

    I caught Duets on TV last night. And even at 20-something she was wearing the white-blond, middle-part hairdo. But at least back then it suited her much more youthful face. Now that exact same color (Duets was 15 years ago!!) is aging her big-time. Funny to me how she gives out advice for anything and everything yet her own hair looks damaged and overprocessed. Has she EVER mentioned hair-care on Goop?!! Anybody know??? She needs conditionner stat AND a softer haircut and color. Poor Gwynneth and her BFF Cameron are both hanging on to their Hollywood “it” days with the white-blond hair, but both have no clue that at their middle-ages, that white-blond color is awful looking on them now.

  22. Dawn says:

    You know I don’t get the hate on Gwennie. She was born into a wealthy family, went to snobby NYC schools and basically was handed everything in life. But she does have talents because she can act and she can sing. I mean it’s not like she made a sex tape and became famous because of it and then acts like she’s above it or it was so long ago it shouldn’t count. She is who she is and she doesn’t give two snaps what anyone thinks.

    • Tasha says:

      She dose give a crap. That’s why she try’s to be relatable and when she get negative press on somthing she said, she changes up her story to make it more herself not look so bad.

      Also that’s why she always telling the public how young she look, what great hair she has, what amazing skin she has or how hot her body is. People who don’t give a crap do non of these thing.

      • Lauren says:

        Goop reeks of insecurity & elitist nastiness. Her nips are pointing in opposite directions–in addition to her unhealthy, crusty skin. Snotty starvation is not serving Goop well.

    • Anne says:

      She’s really not all that talented and her movies never asked her to have a super acting skills.

  23. lucy2 says:

    There is no reason to not wear a bra with that dress. I think she just likes the attention, which is kind of sad.

    Her hair looks very damaged.

  24. Dedrie says:

    Boooooooring, naughty and tacky.. so effortless for her to accomplish

  25. K-rock says:

    Niptacular! But seriously, she bores me to tears. *falls asleep at desk*

  26. epiphany says:

    Wear a bra! Wear a bra! WEAR A BRA!!!

  27. Paloma says:

    A most appropriate dress for a 10 year old.

    • Hakura says:

      I was going to say the skirt style was way too young for her. The whole thing reminded me of a child’s cheerleading outfit.

  28. pf says:

    As someone who lives in ChIcago and was outside that night, it was a bit cool and drizzly (like British rain, which would’ve suited her) but it wasn’t cold cold. So the nipple thing might prove that she does have implants…or maybe just needs to wear a freakin’ bra.

  29. poppy says:

    she got implants a few years ago, hence her mentioning how breast feeding destroys your breasts and how she showed the director of 2 lovers her tatas to *make sure they were ok*. had to cover her a$$ since she previously said she would never deign to go under the knife.
    new boobs the same time she had face-work done and was gung ho with the botox (glee, hollywood walk of fame era -her face was 100% immovable and the girls were riding very very high).

    she ALWAYS gives herself away, like her comment last summer about how she was “too old” for super hero sh¡t (hint about pepper wearing the armor in IM3) -she has to make sure everyone and their brother knows. pay attention to her!

    while her implants are small/suitable, you could definitely tell she had them at the met gala in 2012, when she wore the side boob showing prada dress.
    her real pre-babies boobs were sad, small little flaps. she thought they made her look european/model-like but they did not. they made her look like she didn’t eat as a means to stay thin. sad little sacks with no body fat.

    she is supremely insecure. her bragging ad nauseum is her way of protecting an extremely fragile self-esteem. she knows she sucks but wants everyone to believe otherwise. so try hard.

  30. Jessica says:

    Pregnancy, weight loss/gain and aging are the contributing factors to sagging breasts – not breast feeding alone. I’m sick of hearing that as an excuse.

    This look she’s sporting showcases just how vain and out of touch she is. Age-inappropriate dress, overly processed flat hair and smug expression. Goopy: this is your legacy.

  31. bobbie says:

    First we had to see her butt, now her nipples. What is wrong with her? Be a stripper already if you want to show your body off so much.

  32. K-rock says:

    She’s about as interesting as a dry toast sandwich. Seriously, can you imagine how boring it must be to hang out with her? I’m not saying go full on blowhan but be a little zesty at least. She’s such a bore.

  33. nordicgoddess says:

    Tennis anyone?

  34. Emily C. says:

    She looks like she had a pole installed up her butt. And she looks terrible because she’s terribly unhealthy.

  35. UsedToBeLulu says:

    If she’d had eyebrows, it wouldn’t have been so bad. But seriously, this is the worst I have seen her in some time, including airport snaps where she isn’t wearing any makeup at all.

  36. lin says:

    She definitely has implants. Her skin is orange & looks dry. She has scrawny lips & eyebrows. Her face is too bony. Her hair looks like a boring Halloween wig. A forty-year-old not wearing a bra is trying way too hard to look young and sexy (not). I could go on and on and on. I probably could forgive all of her flaws if she was a decent human being but I can’t because she is a complete flat bony ass.

  37. taxi says:

    Cute dress for a middle schooler.

  38. lisa2 says:

    I think she would look better with her natural hair color. that constant bleaching and such is just damaging it. Not sure if she got implants. Her breast use to be very very small then she had kids so that could have helped.

  39. Ag says:

    She looks like a 14 year old schoolgirl. Let it go. Just grown the f up, Goop.

  40. Freddie says:

    once again, her assertion of “one American Spirit” on the weekend is bunk. Her rapidly aging skin and overall weathered look is a good indication that she chain smokes, probably in her sleep.

  41. Andrea says:

    This dress looks like Laura Ashley – a popular 80s designer of hideous taffeta getups. The whole look is so dated, but none of the dates go together.

  42. TxGal says:

    She looks ridiculous in that dress. Does she think she can pass for a 20 yr old LOL. She always looks like she is not aging well.

  43. Nan says:

    Edith Head or one of those Hollywood costumers of the golden past said they used to sew pearl beads into dresses to look like nipples and make everyone think the star had perfect, perky breasts etc. It looks like that little gimmick might be making a comeback since it’s been seen on lots of people lately.

  44. ZenB!tch says:

    Behold the reason I chose not to pay to see Iron Man 3 even though I love RDJ. I tried to watch it on 1.channel but she comes out way too early and I just couldn’t.

    Is the movie any good or should I just stick to my new obsession with Sherlock on Netflix (the show not the weird looking guy) – OMG! I love that show!

  45. Chutzpah says:

    I hate this woman with a passion

    HOWEVER

    Whats with all the puritanical shit about how horrifying it is to see a vague silloette of her nipples? crikey people – in winter my nipples outside of the office can show through a PADDED bra and thick jumper.

    Bitch away about her by all means but its hardly the stuff of broken society.

  46. annaloo. says:

    I named my old straw broom Gwyneth.

  47. Byte Me says:

    So Goopie won’t mind then when VF never invites her entitled ass to any future Oscar parties??
    I also hate her straight as a stick hair.

  48. Bridget says:

    Those aren’t nipples, they’re darts on the dress. There’s probably some nipple-age (based on how much of her stomach you can see under the dress) but it’s the darting that makes everything look so attentive and perfectly lined up. At least get it right Celebitchy!

  49. videli says:

    Could some savvy peasant enlighten me? She’s obviously wearing pantyhose (an ugly color as a matter of fact) but with the toe tip cut off. Is that a thing?
    I can see it when trying to wear peep toes, but the shade difference is quite there. Like wearing foundation and forgetting to apply it on the neck line.

  50. TheOriginalWaffle says:

    I love it. I don’t think anyone but G could pull it off.

    Look at the pleating at the bottom of the hips…. it fits perfectly.

    It’s a version of a tennis dress.

  51. Leslie says:

    I’m curious how much Gwen had to pay People to get the World’s Most Beautiful Woman cover. I’m still scratching my head over that one.

  52. zut alors! says:

    She looks like Aviva Drescher from RHNYC.

  53. Banana says:

    From the looks of her lower jaw (puffy and not square as usual) she’s been purging again. Not helping at all with the big head look.

  54. Gigohead says:

    A bra would have worked nicely!