Gwyneth Paltrow revealed Friday that she’ll be auctioning off the silvery Calvin Klein dress that she wore to the 72nd Academy Awards ceremony in 2000.
The 47-year-old Oscar winner made the announcement in a video posted to her Instagram.
Though she says the dress has ‘sentimental value,’ she had previously lumped it into a blog written about her worst ever looks, for her own lifestyle brand Goop.
For a good cause: Gwyneth Paltrow, 47, announced she would be donating the silver Calvin Klein dress she wore to the 2000 Oscars for Michael Rubin’s All In Challenge to fight food insecurity
Gwyneth appeared to have filmed her video in her kitchen, and she looked playful in a seersucker top with a black lace panel above her bust.
‘There are so many millions of people in this country who are deeply affected by the Covid crisis,’ Gwyneth began her video.
‘We are going to be in for a period of difficulty. We all really need to band together,’ she continued, before revealing she was donating the dress she wore to the Oscars in 2000.
‘It was a hand-beaded Calvin Klein dress. I wore it to the Oscars the year after I won,’ she remembered. ‘It’s very end-of-the-’90s, which is back in style now, so I thought it would be a good one to donate.’
Casual: Gwyneth appeared to have filmed her video in her kitchen, and she looked playful in a seersucker top with a black lace panel above her bust
Chic: ‘It was a hand-beaded Calvin Klein dress. I wore it to the Oscars the year after I won,’ she remembered. ‘It’s very end-of-the-’90s, which is back in style now, so I thought it would be a good one to donate’
The dress featured a plunging neckline and a sheer outer covering over the delicate bead work.
The Royal Tenenbaums star mostly reiterated her video statement in the caption, though she added that the dress ‘holds great sentimental value!’
But Gwyneth wasn’t always a big fan of the dress.
In 2013, she discussed some of her worst fashion moments for her Goop website, and she singled out two dresses she wore to the Academy Awards in the early 2000s.
‘Two that come to mind are looks I wore to the Oscars in 2000 and 2002. The first is the Calvin Klein,’ she said.
Not a fan: But in 2013, Gwyneth called it her second-worst Oscar look in a Goop post. ‘It’s an okay dress,’ she said of the silver Calvin Klein look, ‘but not Oscars material. I chose it because I wanted to disappear that year’
Pretty in pink: The year before, she won an Oscar for Shakespeare In Love and stunned fashion watchers with her pink Ralph Lauren gown; pictured in 1999
The year before, she won an Oscar for Shakespeare In Love and stunned fashion watchers with her pink Ralph Lauren gown.
‘It’s an okay dress,’ she said of the silver Calvin Klein look, ‘but not Oscars material. I chose it because I wanted to disappear that year.’
She singled out the goth Alexander McQueen dress from 2002 as her worst look, though she blamed herself for her hairstyle, makeup and lack of a bra, rather than the dress itself.
The opening bid was set at $2,500, and the dress was quickly up to $4,100 with more than six days to go.
Helping hand: Gwyneth’s video was a response to Michael Rubin’s All In Challenge, which enlists sports stars and celebrities to raise money to fight food insecurity, particularly for those struggling during the coronavirus pandemic; shown in February
Top dog: Leonardo DiCaprio currently boasts the most popular sweepstakes for a walk-on part in his upcoming film adaptation of Killers Of The Flower Moon, also starring Robert De Niro and directed by their longtime collaborator Martin Scorsese
Gwyneth’s video was a response to entrepreneur Michael Rubin’s All In Challenge, which enlists sports stars and celebrities to raise money to fight food insecurity, particularly for those struggling during the coronavirus pandemic.
In additions to high-profile auctions, the charity also has multiple celebrity experience sweepstakes that fans can enter for only $10.
Leonardo DiCaprio currently boasts the most popular sweepstakes for a walk-on part in his upcoming film adaptation of Killers Of The Flower Moon, also starring Robert De Niro and directed by their longtime collaborator Martin Scorsese.
Rubin’s fan experience is second-most popular, while Ellen DeGeneres rounded out the top three with an offer to co-host an episode of her daytime talk show.
Costar: Rubin’s fan experience is second-most popular, while Ellen DeGeneres rounded out the top three with an offer to co-host an episode of her daytime talk show