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    Emma Stone Just Re-Wore One of Gwyneth Paltrow's Most Iconic '90s Looks

    An impeccable throwback

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    Published 23 October 2025 In News

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    There's nothing cooler than wearing something old, nay, archival—and last night gave us a prime example courtesy of Emma Stone.

    Photographed arriving outside The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, the actor's outfit immediately triggered a feeling of nostalgia in anyone old enough to say they "came of age" in the Nineties.

    The look in question was a slinky co-ord made up of a collared shirt fastened by a single button plus a column skirt. But it's the colour that's by far its most noticeable feature: a charming apple green that movie fans will have pinpointed as soon as Stone emerged from her car as being distinctly Gwyneth Paltrow. Not because she has a daughter named after the fruit, but rather because she wore exactly the same co-ord—Donna Karan SS96, according to Check The Tag—in 1998's Great Expectations.

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    Filming a scene in the park, it's become one of the actor's most famous costumes, almost as memorable as her fur coat and note-perfect hair clip in Wes Anderson's The Royal Tenenbaums, semaphoring as it did a sense of minimal ease which, by the late '90s, was reigning supreme in the era of designers like Calvin Klein, Helmet Lang and, naturally, Donna Karan.

    Gwyneth Paltrow

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    A slinky co-ord is also a novel idea this party season if you want to side-step wearing dresses on repeat. Stone paired hers with micro-heeled sandals, but a knee-high boot that fits like a glove or even a pair of pared-back ballet flats would be just as winning.

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    Satin V-Neck Cami Top

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    A strappy version of the slinky-cord will be perfectly appropriate for Christmas (just fling a wrap coat over the top).

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    This midi skirt can be dressed up (with the matching camisole) or down off the party-season circuit (with a mohair sweater and knee-high boots).

    Embroidered Silk-Twill Shirt

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    Toteme's silk-twill shirt is almost exactly the shade of apple you're looking for if you want to mimic Paltrow/Stone.

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    You could wear these at Christmas, but also on your summer holiday. What's not to love?

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    This beautiful shade of green is almost guaranteed to get you noticed.

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    Paired with its partner, these apple-green trousers will most definitely make a statement on the party-season circuit.

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    Natalie Hammond is a writer, editor and author who’s contributed to publications including Marie Claire, Elle, Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Who What Wear, The London Standard, CNN and The Times. She was most recently senior fashion news editor at Grazia, and previously worked on the fashion desk of The Times. Her first book was published in August 2024, Bowie: His Style Principles, which is part of an ongoing series about world-famous wardrobes. She writes the Substack How Much?, a newsletter examining the culture of shopping.

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