Names like Raye, Michaela Coel, Doechii, Dua Lipa, and Billie Eilish have graced the cover of British Vogue over recent months. However, the covers themselves have been declared a total flop – to say the very least. The magazine is a shadow of its former self under the tutelage of Chioma Nnadi, who grants us a Gwyneth Paltrow cover with the release of the November 2025 edition. The American actress and founder of the lifestyle company Goop poses for the photographer Venetia Scott for the occasion, a whopping fifteen years after her last British Vogue cover appearance. Standing in front of a hedge, Gwyneth sips on a cold beverage, dressed by stylist Stella Greenspan in a Gucci dress and a pair of sunglasses from Jacques Marie Mage.
Gwyneth Paltrow for British Vogue November 2025
Read below the reactions of theFashionSpot’s forum members:
“Amateur would be a compliment. The dress isn’t doing her body any favors,” noted DK92 upon first look.
“I read ‘Venetia Scott’ and I knew bad things were coming,” shrieked jeje10.
“It took me a minute to realize it was Gwyneth Paltrow on the cover. Venetia Scott has (unsurprisingly) photographed her horribly here,” added vogue28. “The cover shot is so awkward, unattractive, and very… pedestrian and generic looking. What happened to fashion magazine covers being aspirational?”
Yet not everyone was so unsatisfied. “I’m always partial to a bit of Gwyneth, so a little biased, but I kind of love this. There’s a part of me that wishes it was a little more symmetrical, sleeve-wise, and she was dead center posed perfectly, but still,” shared honeycombchild.
“I love this. It’s different and fun,” defended caioherrero.
Kokobombon commented: “I don’t like her at all, but gotta say that I’m loving this cover. Tapping on the Wes Anderson vibe was a nice move.”
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