Love spoons, vegan shoes: Catherine takes a leaf out of Gwynnie’s Goop!
CATHERINE Zeta-Jones is set to rival fellow Hollywood star Gwyneth Paltrow by launching her own Goop-inspired lifestyle brand.
The Welsh actress will this week launch her Casa Zeta-Jones range featuring vegan shoes, coffee, love spoons and make-up. Friends say she is hoping her new project will boost her profile and give her something to ‘focus on’ as her children get older.
Miss Zeta-Jones, 50, said of her venture, which she hopes will be as lucrative as Miss Paltrow’s: ‘Everything I have designed has truly been a passion project. I wanted to take this passion a step further and create a brand that’s beautiful and luxurious, while still being attainable.’
Her main priority, it is understood, is her range of flat pumps which will sell for a modest £50 a pair. Described as being ‘made from the finest vegan leather’, she hopes that they will be attractive to ‘woke’ yet fashion conscious women.
As well as coffee and makeup, Miss Zeta-Jones, who shot to fame in 1991 when she played Mariette Larkin in TV’s The
Darling Buds Of May, has a homewear collection that includes some traditional £52 Welsh love spoons usually given as gifts for a wedding, anniversary or as a thank-you gift.
She also offers dressing gowns, slippers and duvet sets in her collection.
Miss Zeta-Jones, who married Hollywood actor Michael Douglas in 2000, hasn’t starred in a hit movie since Red 2 in 2013. She is the latest star to follow in the footsteps of Miss Paltrow, who in 2008 began her Goop wellness site with a weekly newsletter from her kitchen.
She went on to sell bizarre products such as a vagina steamer, a vibrator on a necklace and vampire repellent. Her company is valued at about £200million and last year held its first summit in the UK, where tickets cost £1,000.
Two years ago, This Morning presenter Holly Willoughby planned a similar ‘lifestyle venture’ named Truly with Dragons’ Den star Peter Jones but she pulled out shortly before it was due to start after deciding she was too busy.