Gwyneth Paltrow slams 'rules' as she dons 'shortest skirt in years' ahead of 50th

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Gwyneth Paltrow has said there "shouldn't be rules" when it comes to wearing clothes "at a particular age."The Oscar-winning actress, 49, turns 50 later this month and wrote a lengthy blog post on her website, Goop, about hitting the milestone age.The Iron Man star revealed that she wore the "shortest skirt" in ten years and went on to praise women who avoid having work done and embrace ageing.READ MORE: Gwyneth Paltrow strips down to plunging nude swimsuit for morning shower videoWith the title, Is This What (Almost) 50 Looks Like?, she penned: "I don’t think there are rules around when you stop wearing certain kinds of clothes at a particular age.""I wore the shortest skirt I’d worn in ten years just the other day: it was this old Chanel dress I found in the basement, and it worked.

People should wear what they feel good in," the Shakespeare in Love actress continued.Gwyneth also expressed admiration towards women who have avoided going under the knife, adding: "I love when you see women who have not touched their face at all, who are embracing every inch of their ageing."The blonde beauty also celebrated woman who have surgery, saying it "inspires" her when people feel their best."And then there are those women you look at and wonder, how can they be 78?

How are they pulling that off? It has to be some kind of face lift or other work, and I love that too," she wrote.Gwyneth added: "People looking the way they’d like to look, feeling their best – that inspires me." The mum-of-two, who was previously married to Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, also referenced her late father who passed away aged 58 in 2002.She said: "My parents didn't focus too much on aging.