Gwyneth Paltrow: Homeware Collection

‘I’m a Libra, so I live for the feeling of beauty,” says actress and Goop founder Gwyneth Paltrow, referring to the driving power behind her newly launched homeware collection.

In a second collaboration with CB2, Paltrow launched the collection of furniture and tableware that perfectly reflects her signature tranquil yet elegant style on 26 September, one day before her birthday.

Drawing inspiration from Parisian living, as well as midcentury Italian modernist furniture, the offering includes dinnerware, glassware, and statement furniture pieces like sofas, dining tables, a chandelier, and a club chair in plush textures such as faux mohair, bouclé and shearling.

Commenting on the collection, Paltrow said: “I love the first collection, and I still have a bunch of those pieces actually in my house. But it’s like with everything, you keep evolving and having new ideas. I wanted to do the next iteration and push it a little bit further. I’ve gotten more into a Hollywood Regency type of Italian mix of a vibe, and I just wanted to make some things that I couldn’t necessarily find. I guess the dinnerware is sort of a little bit more French country, but it’s supposed to all be able to live together in this eclectic, wonderful mix. It was a really, really, really fun process to kind of identify, okay, what do I want now? And then go from there.

“In my own home, I have a mix of textures around. Leathers and woods and mohairs and flat weaves and shearlings, and then ceramic and brass around. I really live in a mix of textures. It is my taste, but I think also some of it is out of a reaction to the very neutral furniture vibe thing happening now for quite a while. I’m just a little bit uninspired by it. Everything’s in a neutral linen – a neutral velvet maybe. Certainly, in California, there’s a real trend of these neutrals, and they start to make me feel kind of sad. Having a mix of textures, I think, conveys layers, and layers convey depth. As I’m talking to you, I’m looking around my own little family room, and I have a carpet on top of a carpet, and I have a big French-woven basket with firewood in it, and I have two bouclé chairs. It’s about having a mix of things that you feel have got soul, and you can really convey that with different fabrics.”

“Sometimes I think there’s pressure to know exactly how you would express yourself in terms of style, but it’s just not some people’s thing. I would say, if it is or if you want it to be your thing, if someone has real interest in it, I just think you have to take risks. If you love something, lean into it, and sometimes that’s where real originality comes from.”