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We start with Exhibit A: The Ralph Lauren dress in which Paltrow famously accepted her Oscar for Shakespeare in Love at the 71st Annual Academy Awards and which was widely credited with bringing pink back in fashion (and may have caused a million poufy princess gowns to be worn to prom in 1999): AdvertisementADVERTISEMENT And, we add in a touch of Exhibit B: The white Tom Ford cape-dress that Gwyneth wore to the Academy Awards in 2012 from which this year's gown gets its sleek silhouette and asymmetrical neckline: Could it be that Gwyneth is merely recombining past favorites into a sort of greatest-hits sartorial stew

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In her 16 years as a wedding dress designer, says Rebecca Schoneveld, who runs a "purposefully size inclusive" business, a lot of brides would tell her: "'I'm trying on the dress now, but I'm hoping to lose weight' and in the past, actually, that would not happen