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Grifters Gonna Grift: Meghan Markle's GOOP Dupe

Interesting post by Gwyneth Paltrow features a marmalade made in California by a relatively new company "Marmalade Grove." GP photographed her breakfast with one of the original jars of marmalade. 🤔

gwynethpaltrow in her pjs on IG "My cleaner take on a classic breakfast: gluten-free buttermilk biscuits, not-so-perfectly cooked over-easy eggs, and crispy bacon #boyfriendbreakfast" march 23, 2025

In the sun-drenched valley of Ojai in California is Marmalade Grove, our little piece of Eden. In this land of beauty, pleasure and romance our citrus orchards grow heavy with nature's delights, the fruits of paradise. Our Tango tangerines, Pixies, Meyer lemons, Ruby Valencia and Cara Caras thrive in the splendor of the Californian sun, plump and bursting with flavor. A traveling feast carefully picked by loving hands and delivered from paradise for you to feast in sensuous delight. Each fruit in our harvest comes with a gift, a sensorial invitation to ground yourself in the present. Take a moment to awaken your senses. Experience the inviting weight of the tangerine in your hand, the way its skin gives as it's gently peeled, the sharp zesty scent that remains on the tips of your fingers, the soft fruit inside your mouth as it bursts with flavor.

https://www.marmaladegrove.com/pages/the-grove

More BANANAS 🍌🍌🍌

Meghan Markle follows up on IG w/yet another old pinterest snack using her spread: "when 1 of the besties reinvents a banana split for breakfast"

Yahoo's Kristin Cavallari: "...so it's like your own little mini goop..."😂

Meghan Markle promoting her goop "the tig" at 2015 NYFW ||

THE TIG ARCHIVES│INFLUENCERS│HANNAH BRONFMAN

“When Abigail Spencer (actress, friend, birthday soul sister of mine), intro’d me to the lovely Hannah Bronfman one chilly night at Soho House Toronto, I knew I was twitterpated. Don’t know that word? Watch “Bambi.” (It was around well before the SM blitz of the little blue bird, and it’s a word I just adore).

With her chic style, infectious smile, and promotion of healthy body image on her social media (think cirque du soleil level yoga moves with her longtime beau, Brendan Fallis), Hannah is changing the game when it comes to fitness, wellness, and (obviously) coolness. This DJ, entrepreneur, and girl about town is building an empire – and we, at The Tig, are happy to support her in doing so. Let’s hear what Little Miss #HBfit has to say about the things that make her tick…because if she’s all about it, then we want to be too. Thanks, Hannah!”

THE TIG ARCHIVES│INFLUENCERS│SERENA WILLIAMS

THE TIG ARCHIVES│INFLUENCERS│KATIE LOWES

“It was about two years ago at a party for Kerry Washington’s cover of Elle Magazine that I met Ms. Katie Lowes. Let me tell you something - she’s awesome. She’s what you want actresses to be - equal parts talented and authentic. Super down to earth, but always stunning on a red carpet - a delicate balance of being able to straddle both worlds of real girl and TV star. Now when we met, I hadn’t seen Scandal, but my goodness did I ever catch up. Not only do I have a serious girl crush on Quinn Perkins, the character that Katie brings to life with layer and interest on the Shonda Rhimes drama, but I’ve gotta tell you - Kate Lowes is in that same category. I don’t bump into her as often as I’d like, but rest assured that this Queens native and Tisch graduate, who also happens to be a founding member of IAMA Theatre Company, is an absolute force to be reckoned with. Thanks for Tig talking with me Katie!”

- Meghan Markle, January 2015

THE TIG ARCHIVES│INFLUENCERS│MISTY COPELAND

THE TIG ARCHIVES│INFLUENCERS│JAMES CHAU

THE TIG ARCHIVES│INFLUENCERS│ELETTRA WIEDEMANN

“Over a perfect dinner at Whitehall [now closed] in NYC, I meet Elettra Wiedemann for the first time. We are with stylist extraordinaire, Chloe Hartstein, and my beauty guru, Daniel Martin. And while ordering mushy pea fritters, a plate of oysters, a few branzini, and frites for days, I look over at Elettra and think — “My lord, she is so beautiful. So stunningly naturally ‘what kind of moisturizer do you use’ beautiful, that she looks like those girls in magazines.” And then you realize, oh wait, she is. She was discovered by photog icon, Bruce Weber, she has graced every magazine with caché from French Vogue to Harpers Bazaar, and has been the face of Lancome, Ferragamo, Agent Provocateur, and countless others. But when you sit next to her and break bread (or in this case pea fritters), you forget that she is that girl. What you see instead is the kind of chick you just wanna hang with. The girl gardens, and sprouts her own lettuces, she trains with a swim team for (ya know) fun, competes in triathlons, and laughs loudly and unapologetically like the friends you’ve had since you were 14. And lest we forget that she also happens to have her Masters degree from the London School of Economics in Biomedicine. Oh, and that her dad is a former Calvin Klein model turned Microsoft exec (who she effusively adores), her mom is esteemed actress, Isabella Rosellini (from the lineage of iconic film director Roberto Rossellini), and, well, her grandmother was (brace yourselves) Ingrid Bergman. But you wouldn’t know it, because she would never lead with it. She is just that f-ing fantastic.

THE TIG ARCHIVES│INFLUENCERS│PRINCESS ALIA AL-SENUSSI

“Little girls dream of being princesses. I, for one, was all about She-Ra, Princess of Power. And grown women seem to retain this childhood fantasy. Just look at the pomp and circumstance surrounding the royal wedding and endless conversation about Princess Kate. So when my dear friend, Misan Harriman, introduced me to Princess Alia Al Senussi, I had a bit of a “pinch-myself-I’m-emailing-with-a-princess” moment. The Al Senussi family was exiled from Libya when Gaddhafi seized the throne in a coup d’état. But that hasn’t stopped Alia from flexing her respective royal muscle. Alia is on the Board of Trustees for Global Heritage Fund, where she concentrates on their activities in Libya.

So yeah, she’s cool. 

She graduated from Brown in 2003 with a double major in International Relations & Middle East Studies. She also has her MSc in Law, Anthropology & Science from the London School of Economics, and is working on her PhD in Middle Eastern Politics.

So yeah, she’s smart.