At just 21, Apple Martin—Gwyneth Paltrow’s daughter and Vanderbilt student—has cemented herself as the face of 2025’s Nepo-Girl aesthetic.
Photographed on campus, Martin wore straight-leg jeans, a cropped Self-Portrait tee, Repetto ballerina flats, and a miniature Prada bag that looked plucked straight from her mother’s ’90s wardrobe. Add wired headphones, and the message was clear: effortless, studied nonchalance is the new luxury code.
It’s a formula Martin seems to embody with ease. Branded a “mean girl” after her eye-roll at Le Bal des Débutantes, she has leaned into the role of modern It-girl with a mix of attitude and inheritance. “I feel like my style hasn’t been fully actualised yet,” she told Interview magazine. “I pull a lot from the ’90s supermodel vibe.”
That style education comes not just from glossy archives, but from Paltrow’s own closet. “My favourite pieces are her old Calvin Klein from the ’90s,” Martin revealed. “Going into her archive closet is heaven on earth.” With access to Tom Ford–era Gucci and an innate grasp of cultural shorthand, Martin has done what few nepo-babies manage: turned proximity into personal mythology.
The Nepo-Girl uniform is no longer just a label—it’s an identity, and Apple Martin wears it best.
