Apple Martin was photographed in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles on August 24, wearing a white lace minidress that outlets immediately linked to her mother Gwyneth Paltrow's own style history. No designer has been publicly confirmed for the piece, so it is being described here by its construction rather than attributed to a specific label.
The slip-style minidress featured scalloped floral lace tracing the hemline, with a drop-waist skirt built from ruffled bands of fabric. The bodice had embroidered cup detailing and sheer, diamond-shaped paneling at the waist, held up by thick, garter-style straps. Martin paired the dress with caramel-toned block heels and an oxblood leather handbag, according to one report; a separate outlet described the same outing with a brown tote, brown loafers, beachy waves and oversized sunglasses. The discrepancy suggests slightly different vantage points on the same sighting rather than two separate looks, and both accounts agree on the core elements: a fluttery white sundress, warm-toned leather accessories and loose, undone hair.
It's no secret that Apple Martin often borrows her mom's clothes—and Gwyneth's minimalist is clearly rubbing off on her. https://t.co/Ak2UIsUIHV
— Vogue Magazine (@voguemagazine) August 25, 2026
One outlet drew a specific comparison worth flagging: it described Martin's look as "almost identical" to a ruffled white sundress Paltrow wore in 2005 around the press tour for her film "Proof," styled then with the same loose waves. That comparison comes from a single source and should be read as one outlet's observation rather than a confirmed side-by-side styling match, but it fits a pattern that is otherwise well documented.
Martin, 22, has spent the past several years building a public record of dressing like — and sometimes literally in — her mother's clothes. She made her fashion-world debut at Chanel's Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2023 show in Paris, in a black-and-white tweed minidress and jacket set that fashion journalist Derek Blasberg tied back to a Karl Lagerfeld prediction from her childhood. In November 2024, she wore a custom Valentino gown, made under Alessandro Michele, to her debut at Le Bal des Débutantes in Paris, a piece Vogue reported took the maison's atelier roughly 750 hours to construct. In an Interview magazine feature around the same period, Martin was direct about the habit itself, telling the publication, "I'll sneak into her closet and steal little things. My absolute favorite stuff is her old Calvin Klein from the '90s." That statement was borne out in December 2025, when Martin wore the actual black Calvin Klein slip dress Paltrow had worn to the 1996 New York premiere of "Emma" to the New York premiere of "Marty Supreme," styling it with a similar hair part and diamond studs.
Like mother like daughter. 🥹 Apple Martin looked stunning in mom Gwyneth Paltrow's 1996 Calvin Klein dress at the 'Marty Supreme' NY premiere. pic.twitter.com/PdwlRDSVmI
— Entertainment Tonight (@etnow) December 17, 2025
Against that backdrop, the Brentwood sighting reads less like an isolated street-style moment and more like the latest data point in an established story: Martin's summer wardrobe, whether borrowed outright or simply styled in her mother's register, keeps circling back to the same minimal, ruffled, undone-hair aesthetic that defined Paltrow's own look in the 1990s and 2000s. It is a soft, unstructured contrast to Martin's more formal designer moments, and it suggests the influence runs through her everyday dressing, not just red-carpet appearances.
