As Gwyneth Paltrow turns 53, her footwear track record is as telling as her film career. The actress has long favored boots in all forms — pointed knee-highs from Christian Louboutin, slouchy festival lace-ups, Demna’s latest offering for Gucci — with caged sandals and sharp cutouts running a close second.

Those choices mark the line she’s walked between minimal polish and a sly sense of risk. From satin pumps on the 2001 Tony Awards red carpet to Robert Clergerie’s stacked oxfords at Goop’s wellness summit, her shoes have doubled as punctuation.

Paltrow’s style has never been about sheer height alone; instead, she returns to silhouettes that play with structure, texture and restraint. The result is a rotation that has carried her through premieres, fashion weeks and benefit stages ali

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