Paltrow humiliated, has revealed she underwent embarrassing grooming before she took to the red carpet wearing the dress that's been branded quite possibly her worst fashion faux-pas to date.
Days after being named People Magazine's Most Beautiful Woman, Paltrow took to the red carpet of Iron Man 3 in "the most vulgar, look-at-me, attention-seeking dress" she has worn to date, according to critics.
The space-age-style Antonio Berardi gown featured white, navy and green panels.
And while the front on the dress was nothing to write home about, as soon as Paltrow shifted to the side, panels of sheer mesh reaching all the way up to her waist were revealed.
Paltrow told Ellen DeGeneres it took some embarrassing last-minute grooming before she was able to wear the gown.
The star, 40, admitted she was horrified to discover her 'ass was hanging out' and also revealed she also needed a razor.
"I was doing a show and I changed there and I went I couldn’t wear underwear. I don’t think I can tell this story on TV," she said.
"Well, let’s just say everyone went scrambling for a razor…So I went from being the most beautiful to the most humiliated. In one day… I work a 70s vibe. You know what I mean?"
But the critics were scathing about the dress.
"This has got to be the most vulgar, look-at-me, attention-seeking dress I have ever reviewed in over 30 years of writing about fashion" The Daily Mail's Liz Jones said of the number, which left many wondering what she was doing in the underwear department.
"Talk about an attention-grabber! The dress hardly left anything to the imagination" Andrew Gruttadaro from Hollywood Life said.
The Huffington Post were a little more reserved in their judgement, concluding that "this look might just be too stressful for us."
And while it's obvious that Paltrow's body defies her 40 years, does a clearly attractive woman really need to bare so much flesh?
"It is very see-through" Paltrow acknowledged to E! News "But I just thought it was really beautiful. It sort of has a superhero thing happening."
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Paltrow's red carpet choice tops off what has been an interesting week for the actress.
First she came under fire for sexualising children after endorsing a range of bikinis for girls as young as four on her website.
Then, she was named People magazine's Most Beautiful Woman - a title which was met with some confusion from fashion commentators and even Gywnny herself.
At the Iron Man 3 premiere, Paltrow told the Associated Press that "it's like obviously not true.
"Because I mean you can't say that, you know! But it's been wonderful. It's been very wonderful. And as my friend said, it's so nice that someone who has kids and is a mum and is not like 21 is named that. It's really an honour."
She told Ellen she was told about the honour in an email from her publicist.
"Honestly, I was like this is a joke? I reread it three times. I was like oh, he sent this to the wrong client. Like there’s no way,' Gwyneth said.
"My name wasn’t on it... I was like oh this is not for me and it was actually psychologically interesting because for a minute I really thought that someone was playing a joke on me."
She admitted: "I talked about it with my shrink.
Days after being named People Magazine's Most Beautiful Woman, Paltrow took to the red carpet of Iron Man 3 in "the most vulgar, look-at-me, attention-seeking dress" she has worn to date, according to critics.
The space-age-style Antonio Berardi gown featured white, navy and green panels.
And while the front on the dress was nothing to write home about, as soon as Paltrow shifted to the side, panels of sheer mesh reaching all the way up to her waist were revealed.
Paltrow told Ellen DeGeneres it took some embarrassing last-minute grooming before she was able to wear the gown.
The star, 40, admitted she was horrified to discover her 'ass was hanging out' and also revealed she also needed a razor.
"I was doing a show and I changed there and I went I couldn’t wear underwear. I don’t think I can tell this story on TV," she said.
"Well, let’s just say everyone went scrambling for a razor…So I went from being the most beautiful to the most humiliated. In one day… I work a 70s vibe. You know what I mean?"
But the critics were scathing about the dress.
"This has got to be the most vulgar, look-at-me, attention-seeking dress I have ever reviewed in over 30 years of writing about fashion" The Daily Mail's Liz Jones said of the number, which left many wondering what she was doing in the underwear department.
"Talk about an attention-grabber! The dress hardly left anything to the imagination" Andrew Gruttadaro from Hollywood Life said.
The Huffington Post were a little more reserved in their judgement, concluding that "this look might just be too stressful for us."
And while it's obvious that Paltrow's body defies her 40 years, does a clearly attractive woman really need to bare so much flesh?
"It is very see-through" Paltrow acknowledged to E! News "But I just thought it was really beautiful. It sort of has a superhero thing happening."
What do you think? Tell us below
Paltrow's red carpet choice tops off what has been an interesting week for the actress.
First she came under fire for sexualising children after endorsing a range of bikinis for girls as young as four on her website.
Then, she was named People magazine's Most Beautiful Woman - a title which was met with some confusion from fashion commentators and even Gywnny herself.
At the Iron Man 3 premiere, Paltrow told the Associated Press that "it's like obviously not true.
"Because I mean you can't say that, you know! But it's been wonderful. It's been very wonderful. And as my friend said, it's so nice that someone who has kids and is a mum and is not like 21 is named that. It's really an honour."
She told Ellen she was told about the honour in an email from her publicist.
"Honestly, I was like this is a joke? I reread it three times. I was like oh, he sent this to the wrong client. Like there’s no way,' Gwyneth said.
"My name wasn’t on it... I was like oh this is not for me and it was actually psychologically interesting because for a minute I really thought that someone was playing a joke on me."
She admitted: "I talked about it with my shrink.