Do you know how much I love pencil skirts? SO MUCH. I love pencil skirts as much as I love proper trousers on women. For years now, I’ve wanted the Duchess of Cambridge to bring trousers and pencil skirts into her wardrobe, but year after year, we still get the same old jeggings and chintzy, fly-away full skirts and coatdresses. But the Duchess of Sussex is with the program! She’s a big fan of trousers (often with too-long inseams) and demure pencil skirts. Today was another professional, working-woman look from Meghan, and it just makes me happy.
Today, Meghan and Harry made their big trip to “their namesake county,” Sussex. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are visiting Chichester, Bognor Regis, Brighton and Peacehaven in a day full of events and engagements. For the day trip, Meghan decided on an ensemble of green and cream: a tailored, cream-colored Armani coat over a Hugo Boss leather pencil skirt and a blouse by And Other Stories. I love dark shades of green, so I’m loving the outfit. If I have to quibble about anything, it’s that the Armani coat isn’t the absolute best, and it gives off “doctor’s coat” vibes. You can read the Daily Mail’s story here, and they have some good photos. I expect that Meghan won’t have any costume changes today.
PS… her funky little purse is Gabriela Hearst. It’s the “Nina bag.” I appreciate that Meghan is doing things differently and God knows, not every outfit needs a clutch, but I think it’s probably a pain in the royal ass to carry those little baby-sized handbags on a rope line.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
Wear. British. Brands.
Loosen. Up. A. Little.
She looks sharp and on point.
@Tanguerita
Laughing. Out. Loud.
😉
Sorry @merrit, all in good fun.
It doesn’t matter. She could wear British designers and people will still criticize her. She’s not going appease people no matter what she does.
@BlueSky. I agree. Many are just looking for ways to justify not liking her.
If they’re complaining about the price of her clothes, it’s because she looks amazing and is doing a good job.
She gave up enough of her freedom for the job, don’t you think? Her body is not an advertisment board.
I agree, that was the first thing I thought. We’ve got great brands who would be able to pull together a similar look. Plus amazing high street brands so maybe she could wear something we could afford!!! Edit: hadn’t heard of And Other Stories so thanks for bringing this to my attention. Still, British please.
And Other stories is Swedish (H/M) I can’t see her in those clothes as it’s a lot like Cos many items sort of boxy and she’s too petite for that. She’s American but I suppose she is living here married a Royal so they would like to see British designers.. but she needs to wear what works for her. She could wear Whistles or maybe Jigsaw??
She’s. Not. British. 😂
On a serious note, I get where you’re coming from, but I guess I’m more fussed about the cost of these people’s clothes (while the NHS crumbles and teachers buy their own school supplies) than where the brands are based.
I mean – I imagine she could get pretty much the same look from, like, brands at John Lewis. A nip and a tuck here and there (to the clothes, not the human!) and they’d look juuust fine. Shrug
@ Clare. She is supposed to be representing GB and the Commonwealth. Doesn’t matter weather she’s British or not. They keep pushing the “we want to rep the Commonwealth narrative”. So, as a Brit who pays for her lifestyle, I want her to wear British brands.
@Merrit, Meghan often wears commonwealth brands, as she wears a lot of clothing from Canada. She wore a Smythe coat at the launch party for the charity cookbook just a couple weeks ago.
She is British now. Or is she isn’t, why are the taxpayers paying for he clothes?
The Commonwealth is a dead duck as far as “we want to represent the Commonwealth”. They don’t get that these countries just don’t need them. They are part of the women’s mags fixtures and when they tour people take an interest for entertainment’s sake but beyond that, nah. Otherwise, they’re not news and not part of the fabric of life here. They don’t bring anything to the table that a local hasn’t already done or can’t do. We’ll see heaps of kids getting off school to wave and be a crowd for the sake of the cameras, manic smiles, being shown the sights, and a few serious meetings, but that’s it. The holitours are all the same: expensive, no impact on host country. Fun to watch but these foreigners need to get back to their own country and do whatever they do there.
Addie, I’m with you. Name me one Canadian who would prefer to see Kate or Meghan over Tessa Virtue, doing anything.
IMO it’s not only about wearing British brands. While Meghan looks stunning in this outfit (Harry looks great as well), she seems to be quite tone-deaf regarding both the brand and the price of her outfits.
and +1 on And Other Stories – will check whether this brand is available in my city.
And how do y’all know this is ALL your money? Meghan wears a lot of coats and shows that she owned pre Harry, maybe this is one of them!! Could be that some of these clothes she also owned pre-Harry, c’mon now!! Is Meghan supposed to throw away everything she owns that isn’t a “British brand” just so to wear British brands and make people happy?
I’m wondering if there’s a lot of pressure for her to be consistently “high class” and elegant in her appearance because of the inevitable criticism. I wouldn’t be surprised if they feel the need to “step her up,” so to speak, label-wise because the standards being applied to her behavior will be higher than the others.
I agree with you @Elisa. Markle wears a lot of very expensive, brand names and compared to Middleton, she is not even trying to water them down with affordable pieces. Kate wore two medium priced dresses for her engagement and photoshoot with Wills. Meghan wore a 75 grand gown. Shrug. I understand the excitement and her desire to look appropriate with her new status, but Meghan Markle is starting to come off too “rags-to-riches”.
I think someone needs to do an actual comparison for the first 3/6/12 months because it’s very easy to pick and choose. Kate wore a Roland Mouret dress just to get on the plane to Canada in 2011. I don’t know if we’ve seen that dress since.
I also notice that people have no problem pitting the two women against each other when it comes to something they think Kate may have done better.
+100
@Natalie
Also note, the Duchess got out of her Rover on the side of the Lt, and shook hands instead of waiting on The Prince / Duke of Sussex to shake hands FIRST. He seem a bit deflated but cover welll – after rushing around to that side (which was bad placement in the seating) only to see she already shook hands, before he came around. Again the Duchess didn’t wait to ‘follow’ behind the real Royal and protocol. Small but – respect is due – bc we wouldn’t know of MM this way, had she not marry in to the wonderful hardworking respected, Prince Henry Wales.
She did this at the Cookbook party at KP as well. Introduce her mom before the Prince. She seem to have caught herself in the video but, it was already done. Little things to Royal Protocol matters, considering …
DM is inflating the cost of her clothes. That top is $69. If they’re going to complain no matter what she does, she might as well wear whatever makes her happy because they’re not going to approve of her either way.
Yes + 10000 at what @Natalie S said. If you even, for a split second, compared what Meghan work ethic, as in what she has done (in terms of work + royal engagements) in the first 11 months since she got engaged to what Kate did in the first 11 months post engagement/wedding, there would be such an outcry from Kate supporters it could be heard echoing in the entire universe. “Thats not fair, Kate was only 29 years when she got engaged, Kate is the future queen, Kate just wanted to be a mom” etc etc. Nothing will be mentioned about the fact that Kate is just duchess DoAsLittleAsPossible. You’ll hear nothing about the fact that Meghan did more engagements even before her wedding than Kate did in the first 2 years post engagement/wedding. If you mentioned Meghan closing her car door and how cool she looked doing it, you won’t hear the end of how many times Kate has closed her car door etc etc, followed with multiple clips of Kate or William closing their car doors..
These “Meghan is spending more money on outfits than Kate” are no longer surprising, they’re pushed out there on purpose. The argument in the beginning was that Meghan would never be allowed to outwork Kate the future queen consort, that the RF would never permit Meghan a to do anything that makes Kate look bad etc. Some of us countered that if Meghan shows willingness and readiness to work, then there’ll be no reason for TPTB to stop her from doing what’s good for their firm just so lazy Kate can look good. Now that the “Meghan can never be allowed to outwork Kate” argument is falling to pieces, there is such a need to write hit pieces on Meghan to make her look bad while at the same time elevating Kate as this such considerate person when it comes to spending tax payers money. Again nothing is being mentioned about some of those expensive outfits Meghan owned pre-Harry, no body is even saying anything about Meghan ever wearing anything “designer” pre Harry, all we hear is how Meghan comes across as “from rags to riches” etc, yeah, alright.
Both women wear expensive designer outfits, Kate has wore all of these expensive designer and much more. She’s worn Prada, Marchessa, Alexander Mcqueen, Givenchy, Kate’s worn it all; they both are equally as spendthrift, the only difference between the two is Meghan’s outfits are longer and cover up her a$$ while in most cases, Kate’s expensive designer outfits expose her coochie on a regular basis.
I always thought British royals were expected to “fly the flag” for British brands etc but maybe I’m wrong?
I’m not a big fan of her outfit but she is dressed in a professional manner like someone going to work, which, in my humble opinion, is good.
I love this whole look, it’s classy and classic, very appropriate and professional.
She is not supposed to be a FASHIONISTA and I hope she never becomes one.
I look to movie stars and models to be fashionistas.
Sometimes I feel like Meg’s clothes are wearing her, too much fabric, pants way too long, huge coats, but not here.
This outfit seems to skim the body, it’s not painted on or is 2 sizes too big.
Great color scheme too.
Lovely!
+1 Merritt.I love the ensemble and I love Meghan but this is something she shouldn’t be getting wrong.
She is the duchess of UK and her clothes so far have mostly been from Canada,America +other countries. She needs to be flying the flag for British clothing not what she’s doing now.We have stores and brands that she can get similar clothes from and for less as well.Ditch Jess and get a British stylist cos they would know this.
@Sam – She needs to ditch Jess for more reasons than just flying the flag for UK fashion industry – Jess has horrible taste, IMO. I think she is misleading Meghan stylistically. And with the price tag on this outfit, it shouldn’t look like an office worker’s day clothes, it should look like a Duchess paying her first visit to the Dukedom whose name she bears. I’m sorry, one can ssay he’s “not supposed to be a fashionista” but with these price tags and luxury labels, she’s trying to be one.
There’s something hypocritical about an office worker look at close to $10,000. She is spending a fortune on clothes that don’t even look quite right on her and aren’t British. Sooner or later, this is going to bite her.
What cost close to $10000?
@Natalie S – the entire ensemble, in USD. It is listed @ £7,000, which I think is about $10K in USD. The purse alone is over $2,000; and together with the coat, leather skirt, shoes, and the (less expensive) blouse, the whole comes to £7,000.
I just don’t think the pieces even go well together. The green of the shirt and skirt don’t tone well, and the shirt looks wrinkled and puffed out sloppily when she took the coat off. The too short coat just looks too short, not cute. Leather can be hard as a fabric to match things to, both in terms of texture and color.
I love the skirt on its own and the shoes. But the whole thing doesn’t hold together well, for me.
I think Meghan needs a new stylist. Whoever is advising her is picking single items but mostly doesn’t have a sense of a coherent overall theme. Too many different things thrown together.
@Violet – wow, that’s too much money…
Further down they’re disputing all those prices. Is that from the Daily Mail? I think people should verify their facts before quoting the “Straight Outta Compton” Daily Mail (Daily Heil?) when it comes to information on Meghan.
This is @Mae’s helpful clarification: “they said Megan’s purse cost almost £5,000. It doesnt. It cost £1,600. Her coat is around £300. Same with skirt. Her blouse is £65. So in total her whole outfit cost under £2500 which is on par with what most royal ladies like Kate and Sophie wears on average”
@Natalie S – DM actually puts the cost of the oufit at £4,000, which is about $7,000 USD, so I’ll agree I got the pounds/dollars crossed.
But the Armani coat was £2,000, the Boss leather skirt £369, and the handbag £1,685 (almost the price of the coat), only the shirt was modestly prices at £69. I think if the Armani coat was about £300, we’d know by now if that was a gargantuan exaggeration.
I don’t in any way suggest, as I once joked, that a royal Duchess should be wearing TJ Maxx. But if she is going to wear ensembles with $2,000 handbags, buying British would go a long way to offsetting the public damage.
That said about “damage”, obviously as I’m not British I don’t know how much regular people in Britain care about the royals or how much attention they pay to this stuff. It might be just self-selected groups on sites like this one or the DM. I’m just not placed to know that.
It’s Emporio Armani, a diffusion line. There’s a possibility that it cost $3000-4000 which is very high for a mall store diffusion line but that needs to be clarified before assuming. I could be wrong. We’ll find out.
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I just looked at the Emporio Armani site. All other outerwear is under $1000. I think the DM may have gotten this one wrong.
@Ceecee. What are you talking about? Did you just see a bunch of inaccurate prices and then use that to confirm what you want to think about Meghan?
What’s the problem with Canadian designers, exactly? Canada is part of the Commonwealth. That Queen is our Queen.
The minutiae don’t matter. WKH cost £5 million before Meghan came on the scene. It will go up. What Meghan needs to do, asap, is set out her own clothing budget. Because as it is, it’s a single line item in Charles’s accounts for the four of them. (Dissolute offspring).
Why? Kate doesn’t even wear British brands all the time. Give hear a break! At least she dresses age and even appropriate. That’s my than we can said for work-shy Waity.
She always looks fabulous. I don’t care who she wears and why is it that so many people DO? She does wear some British brands. She can’t all the time. I like whatever she wears.
Kate mostly does wear British. Very occasionally in the UK she doesn’t, and when she visits another country out of courtesy she’ll wear a designer from that country, just as Diana did. But at home, Kate almost always wears British. The wife of the sixth in line maybe can get away with rarely wearing British ever, but the wife of a future King of GB cannot.
@violet I don’t mind when she gets criticised for her clothing expenses but what I do mind is when people make fake prices up just to criticise her.
Her coat:price not available as it’s sold out .
Her bag:£1536
Her shoes: £289
Her skirt:£369
Her top:£66
Jewellery:£628 but she used to wear that brand a lot before Harry so not sure if this is part of her previous collection or if it’s new
Overall that adds up to £2888,not the £7000
IDK. She has a fair amount of Dolce and Gabanna which is a bizarre choice considering the stories around those designers. She even wore a Dolce and Gabanna dress to greet the Chinese president and first lady.
Yesterday Kate wore a Swedish jacket and sweater. There was no need for her to buy new clothes for this event but she did anyway and it wasn’t British. So the future queen consort isn’t any better when it comes to all British all the time.
Hugo Boss is German like her in laws, so you know, she’s representing. J/K
She is not British… yet. But did apply and will be a citizen eventually. It would be nice to see her support more British and Commonwealth up and comers. But it’s only been a couple months. I’m hoping the tour will have many.
and designed for the Nazis, like that uniform her husband once wore.
@ Eliza and Herewegoagain,
I DIED when I read your comments but they were the first thoughts I had when I read that her skirt was Hugo Boss ;p
@Herewegoagain, that was my first thought when I saw Hugo Boss.
I really liked this outfit until I saw it was Hugo Boss. There are so many clothing designers and labels that have absolutely no connection to Nazis, it’s not hard to avoid the 1 or 2 with Nazi connections.
Current Nazi connections? Or should the people currently working at Hugo Boss feel guilty for their apparent Nazi connections based on what happened with the company 70 years ago?
I don’t remember this being a problem when Letizia wears Hugo Boss. And both Kate and William owned Volkswagens so should they be embarrassed about that?
I think this might be the biggest reach I’ve seen yet when it comes to criticism of Meghan. So… congrats?
Give Meghan some time to learn more about British brands. `I don’t think it’s a good idea to just go to British high street stores and buy something just for show. You could see it on Kate that those clothes don’t last well. That teal suit she wore on her engagement with the Queen looked a little shabby the second time she wore it
Meghan wears a fair amount of Canadian brands but then her stylist is from Canada and I think this is the main issue. She needs a British stylist or at least her stylist needs a British assistant.
The plus of doing fewer engagements is that you have far more time to prepare your wardrobe, the minus is you do less work.
+1000
Amen @Kaiser 1st para…
Dolittle middleton – this is how professional work ethics /wardrobe is done!
Well done to HRHs Sussex and thank you Duchess Meghan for the professional wardrobe and HRHs Sussex performing Royal Duties of substance.
Also agree, the Duchess need to promote more GB designers. We dont know if she is granted citizenship upon marriage, and special circumstances – as a family member of HM / BRF – Princess of the UK / and representing GB CW government?!
The crowds are so enthusiastic with Harry and Meghan. I LOVE with these two on royal duties.
Meghans outfit is GORGEOUS. I’m drooling, over that skirt , shoes, coat, blouse, wow the entire look is beautiful.
She HAS been wearing lots of British brands.
Harry and Meghan bring smiles and joy to the crowds who come to see them, it’s wonderful to see, happiness in the world right now.
This is typical ..of certain Meghan bashers, who starts Meghan threads off with a negative, thereby creating a continued negative narrative…..reminds me of the Daily Mail tactics.
I agree. So much money being spent by someone so far down the line, courtesy of the British taxpayers, and very few British designers. And it’s ugly. She looks like an attendant in a nursing home.
She can do better. I don’t know why she isn’t.
You so obviously have it in for her. It’s kind of sad.
This look is awesome except for two things. The shirt is straight from the packaging, unpressed. And does she really need third dark green pencil skirt? And in LAMBSKIN? Where is Meghan the animal lover? I guess it’s not a vegan day for her. This is really tragic. Meghan, don’t you have any feelings for those dead baby goats you’re wearing? I love the look overall, but she should have worn one of her other green skirts.
Sheep! I meant sheep, not goats. 😀
Queen Letizia of Spain wears Hugo Boss and always looks appropriate. If she’s going to use Letizia as a mentor, she could do a lot worse!
Harry in a well fitting gray suit and an open shirt? Zoinks! Sex on a stick. I’m here for this.
I concur
That was my first thought. Sure Meghan looks nice….but look at Harry! He’s not wearing chinos with a sweater or blue blazer (he and William both dress the exact same so it cracks me up. Its like they decided – this is our dressy outfit, this is our casual outfit lol).
I’ve always found that really funny, Will and Harry’s lack of basic style, considering their father is such a clothes horse. Say what you like about Charles but he loves his suits and accessories and always looks really well put together.
I agree. Charles always looks old-school dapper.
I agree both William and Harry never really look stylish but rather as they just buy off the peg from Marks and Sparks.
I doubt Charles spends time thinking about his style. He has a butler who picks out his clothes and accessories for him daily.
Erm….Please have a closer look at the way Prince Charles dresses, he is the most elegant of men, and his valet lays his clothes out, certainly not the butler and neither would be responsible for the sartorial style he has cultured for himself over decades. William, Harry, please learn!
IKR? My eyes went straight to Harry. We need to be talking more about his fashion choices. More Harry!!
I mean…yeah! I adore Meghan but I was looking at Harry.
+100
Yes, nice to see him in what looks like a new suit.
I love the leather skirt but the shirt looks sloppy & ruins the look. The two shades of dark green also don’t go together.
Yeah I like all these pieces individually but not sure I like the two shades of dark green together? I think you can mix and match two garments of the same color in different shades but I’m not sure I would know how to do it.
I’m okay with the shirt but WHY so much makeup? Only Melania Trump wears more.
Oh, I think Kate could give Meghan a run for her money when it comes to wearing a lot of makeup. Maybe Kate was giving Meghan tips.
Oh what BS, Rhys, she knows she is going to be photographed. Maybe she broke out, why do you care? It’s not like she looks like Tammy Faye Baker.
Meghan looks beautiful in the dark green, and I think her clothes are a much better fit than usual here.
The one thing that bothers me (drives me CRAZY) is when someone wears two pieces together that are thisclose but not quite matching. So I agree about the unmatching greens.
Harry looks really good in his grey suit, and great in her green ensemble.
The purse seems like a surplus requirement given that its a walk about??
She looks nice, I love the dark green.
Harry looks great in his grey suit!
As for Meghan, ugh, I don’t like this outfit. I don’t know exactly what is it that makes it so.. not interesting in my eyes, but I don’t like anything. The coat is the worst offender here.
I do love that little bag though. If it were cheaper or I had that amount of money, I would love to have it
It looks thrown together and not in a good way. Usually she’s swimming in coats but this one looks too small. Nice to see them looking so happy.
Thumbs up for this outfit – love the leather skirt in particular.
I love it too. This kind of color scheme is one of my favorites on her – she looks amazing in the rich green tones. And I have jacket envy. I’m not a tiny-purse person, but I like this one.
Love it too.
The color, the style. Business chic.
She looks like she’s going to work not Paris fashion week. Also she’s listening to you all “more color!”
I love that she has no time for panty hose. wasnt the thing always about how the queen insists on tights? Kate always wears tights. Megan almost never does.
Totally agree
Purse is so tiny as to be unnecessary when she has a coat with pockets!
@Chaine – I think the purse is beyond adorable, but I kind of agree that proportionally and in type it doesn’t quite go with the open coat and casual skirt and shirt look underneath.
But it IS beautiful!
That purse is everything.
Coat is the wrong length, should be the length of the skirt. Loving the bottle cream/cream combo though 🙂
I also agree that it looks like a Dr.’s coat, it needs to be nipped in a bit at the waist
It makes me so happy to see someone having fun in 2018. They both look joyful. True newlyweds.
+1. I have some quibbles with her outfit but that’s not as important as their happy appearance.
+100
Spot on – a real joy to see both!
And that we can truly say HRHs Sussex Royal Event deserves the attention – than the wardrobe. An accomplishment to be sure, considering middleton is the reverse – with little else substance to comment on.
They are so good together and I just love Meghans style.
Wow, stunning!
This and honestly they save my sanity on certain days/weeks/interminable times. It reminds me how important love is to the past, present and future.
@Lilly: Beautiful comment and reminds me of the sermon that Chicago minister gave at their wedding ceremony: “Look at what love can do!”
Same. Their marriage has been, like, the one nice thing we got this year.
You know what I love? That they’re paying Sam dust. LOL. I’m sure her face matches Megan’s outfit with her obvious envy and hatred toward the “maid’s” biracial kid.
She’s wearing And Other Stories – I LOVE THAT STORE!!!! That brand is the best thing to come out of H&M (I mean the clothing brand who is the parent company).
I like her look!!
I had never heard of it until now – gonna check it out online! (I dont think there is a brick and mortar store in Canada..boo)
You should – they have a sale on at the moment (well in the UK). Her shirt is current season and retails at £69. I have a few of their silk shirts and they are very nice, bit on the small side but lovely.
Me too! My favorite summer dresses are from them!
One of her best looks since she got married! Pencil skirts are always chic and sophisticated.
Also, the pics on the dm are much better.
She looks amazing, the outfit if beautiful, that skirt is awesome.
I love her style.
She looks good – I love the mix of textures between skirt, blouse, and coat. Harry! Thank god you are not wearing that navy suit!
They are beautiful today and Harry is hot with grey suit.
Wow, I didn’t realize she was wearing green! Her outfit looks black in a number of the photos I’ve seen. They both look nice today (I might nitpick the skirt being a touch too big) and the crowd is adorably excited to see them.
Meghan looks fantastic. I LOVE that skirt*, the coat looks great, etc. Her hair looks beautiful. They look happy and like they are enjoying themselves. My one quibble is that the purse seems a little too small, almost unnecessary, but I guess its not necessarily smaller than a clutch and having the strap means she doesn’t have to hold it the entire time, so probably a smart choice in the end.
*I’m another one who loves pencil skirts. I think Meghan looks great in them, and I think Kate really looks good in them too. Most of my favorite outfits of Kate’s involve pencil skirts.
Her ankles! So delicate!
Love it!! My mom gave me a leather skirt like that in a similar olive shade that was from the early 80s and I’m obsessed! Totally random note, anyone seen Atomically blonde?!! I want every one of her outfits from that movie!!!
I thought it was weird that the Daily Mail’s headline for Kate yesterday included the cost of her clothes, particularly as she’s had the boots and pants for years. But now I see why they did it. So they can compare Kate yesterday (1300 pounds) to Meghan today (7000 pounds). Meghan looks great! It’s just not great that they were anticipating her clothes would cost so much.
DM has it out for Meghan. Period. Doesn’t matter what she does. And the comments on Kate’s appearance yesterday were awful awful, all negatively focused on M and elevating K. I hope to god they are not all real people because if they are, the world is going to h*ll in a handbasket.
A lot of DM commentator are on their payroll – they do that to swing opinions. So wrong. Don’t take everything you read to heart value.
I came across a quora questions thread on Meghan and the majority can see through DM evil agenda and actually do quite like her.
Hope that help. xx
@ LizB
They are not. It’s filled with lots of paid DM trolls, toothless racists and tumblr riff raff. They’ve been trying desperately to whip up and lead some sort of anti-MM march in the UK, but have failed miserably.
Ignore them.
In reality, I think Meghan is steadily rising in popularity, not only in the UK, but around the world — which is why the BRF is milking her image so much right now. Just sit back and enjoy the ride. 🙂 🙂
Yeah the Daily Fail is wrong again as usual. And the express and the sun just copies without checking. I don’t know where they are getting the prices of these items but they said Megan’s purse cost almost £5,000. It doesnt. It cost £1,600. Her coat is around £300. Same with skirt. Her blouse is £65. So in total her whole outfit cost under £2500 which is on par with what most royal ladies like Kate and Sophie wears on average.
Yes, everybody has been saying that Kate’s boots are 10 years old. Does anybody really believe this? I bet she bought several pairs of these boots a couple of years ago. That is more realistic.
There are pictures of those boots going back years and years and they are obviously well worn.
That being said, the leather skirt here surprised me, then made me giggle because between that and the gray suit on Harry I had bad thoughts.
Hehehe! we’re both having “those” thoughts today Carol!
I no longer pay much attention to what these tabloids and all Meghan haters say about the price of her outfits because even stuff that she owned before meeting Harry is counted as their “tax payer money” whenever she wears them. Most of Meghan’s coats, shoes, earrings and finger rings are from when she worked on suits, but they still are always counted and tallied whenever she wears them (shrugs), WE, its what it is. Last time she wore her Birks earrings there was such an uproar about the cost of her outfits etc, and the British tabs do it on purpose to have people rile up more against Meghan, WE. I have to RME every time I read the “Meghan is being tone deaf about the cost of her outfits” etc geez, like simmer down a notch, this girl had her own money and she did indeed own some expensive stuff before she met Harry, ya know!!
@ Masamf – Exactly, Meg was an actress, seems to have made some good money, and had opportunities to see and buy things that many ordinary people do not have a chance to.
I’m Canadian and some of the Canadian brands she has worn I have never even heard of.
In her field of work, clothing and overall appearance are very important.
I’m an engineer and wear mostly designer suits from Holt Renfrew to work.
I don’t follow the British tabloid press but I love the fact that Meghan came into this marriage with her own wealth and doesn’t “need” the royal family’s fortune as a come-up. She was a multi-millionaire before Harry even laid eyes on her. She can wear whatever TF she wants, they’re literally *her* clothes, not the taxpayers’.
Amazing.
I admit at first glance at Meghan I was like wtf? But then I looked at Harry and thought these are young modern royals dressed as such. They look comfortable, relaxed and Engaged. Just lovely. My one nitpick is the length of her coat and too short sleeves. She could use some help putting her outfits together imo.
I love this look; it isn’t high drama but frankly not all work outfits can or should be. The colors are nice, the hair is in a cute bun, this is a big win in my book. She’s pulling it together, it just takes time.
I think her style is going to be this kind of outfit; jewel tone/dark separates (I don’t see her doing queen Elizabeth colors), nice contrasting color coats and minimal jewelry. It’s a great working look.
So who is a fashion and style icon of the modern era? It isn’t Meghan and it isn’t Kate. They are both beautiful women and they generally look nice, but they are not wearing anything interesting or groundbreaking or even just exuding a phenomenal personal style. I think perhaps they are too safe in their choices, which is not a bad thing necessarily and maybe they don’t want to make waves for whatever reason. I am just wondering who in the public eye does deserve to be called a fashion icon these days? Opinions celebitchies?
Tilda Swinton.
@skylark. Good one, yes her name does come up often.
I think it depends on what you mean by “fashion icon.” I agree that its not Kate or Meghan – Kate has been called that but she doesn’t really wear high fashion or cutting edge fashion (not a slam, stating a fact). Even her bespoke outfits are kind of…..I dunno. Safe? Boring? I guess she may be a fashion icon in that people want to dress like her, but I also think for many women in their mid 30s (raises hand!) we dress similar to her already. So I see many of Kates outfits (like her one from yesterday) and I like it and I would wear it, but I don’t consider her a “fashion icon.”
So for me when I think of fashion icon I think of someone that I always want to see what they are wearing. If I see a post on CB about what so-and-so wore to an event, I always click on it to see. And for me right now that is Tilda Swinton like mentioned above, Cate Blanchett, Lupita Nyong’o, and previously Sarah Jessica Parker (not anymore though.)
@Becks1, yeah I think they are both kind of safe and boring to me, and I think it is by choice which is fine. However I feel like a really stylish person could also make relatively conservative clothes look great with their own personal charisma and confidence you know? I feel like both the duchesses don’t really do that. I think Lupita is a good call, as someone relatively new to the scene. The others are very well established as fashion people of course.
Meghan and Kate are members of the British Royal family, they have to dressed properly for various events and not trying to look like a fashion plate.
Safe is a must in their situation.
Sorry, but neither Meghan or Kate should be FASHION ICONS, it would be very inappropriate in my opinion.
Both of them need to dress for their roles that they willingly signed on to when they married into the royal family.
Meghan is no longer in the entertainment business, so she needs to leave the cutting edge FASHIONISTA stuff to actors and models and Kate is not a private citizen anymore either.
Both need to dress in classy, well tailored clothing suited to the events they are attending and hopefully from the Commonwealth.
Kate should stop with the skin tight jeggings, the massive 3-4 inch solid wedge heels, the fly around skirts and coat dresses.
She is a woman and not a 14 year girl.
Meghan looks great here, classy, simple, not skin tight, but also not 2 sizes too big.
Great colors, the green leather skirt is a nice modern twist on the traditional black wool pencil skirt.
Love the shoes and the coat.
@Bailie, I didn’t think I implied that they *should* be FASHION ICONS. I thought my comment was clear on that. I am just saying they are not, and wanted to check with the celebitchies about who they think qualifies as such.
@ Gem :
Neither Kate or Meghan are supposed to make ” waves ” with their clothing choices.
There are clearly certain rules they must follow, some are a must and some are probably a bit more optional.
I think that Meghan looks great here, modern, but classy, streamlined, but also not boring.
Sometimes she looks like the clothes are swallowing her…the too long pants, the big heavy coats.
Here it looks like she is comfortable, practical and appropriate with the hint of modern with that green leather skirt.
Cate Blanchet might be closest to a Style Icon, seems like often it’s about the shock factor and how little clothing some people think they can get away with wearing before it becomes almost indecent.
@Lisbon, yeah I know they are not supposed to and perhaps might choose to not make waves. I believe my comment did say that they are playing it safe and that’s fine. It’s just that because they are in the public eye and are relatively young and attractive, we look for good fashion from them.
I think there is also a difference with fashion and style. Perhaps I should have said style icon. Fashion implies wearing clothes that are current, cutting edge and maybe experimental. Style is about your own personal unique look. Not sure if I am putting this right. So I think the two duchesses could be style icons even while wearing conservative clothes (not that they HAVE TO).
Anyway I was just curious what people thought. I think your description of Meghan here is perfect. She looks classy with a modern touch with the leather skirt. I also agree that the clothes sometimes seem to wear her (either by being too big, or just metaphorically lol). Kate I feel often dresses like how she thinks she is supposed to. Both are ultimately not that interesting to me.
Rihanna is a fashion and style icon. Always interesting and often creative or risk-taking.
Since fashion is what is popular at a particular time, I wouldn’t expect or want royals to be fashion icons. I’d hope they’d cultivate an individual style. I’d expect them to wear appropriate, well-fitting, flattering, well-made clothing, but to be above caring too much about what is popular at a particular time. The Queen and Camilla come to mind as having personal style without being fashionable.
I LOVE the picture of Meghan crouching down to reach through a fence to pet a dog, a dog wearing a choke collar, no less! I adore dogs, so this photo made my morning!
I think grey or silver rather than beige would have looked better, it looks very odd to me. But the green is beautiful.
I LOVE the outfit! I appreciate a woman who dresses as a woman. Opposed to Kate, who is a woman trapped in a 14 year old girl’s mind regarding appeal selection.
It’s interesting how all of your comments include Kate in any way. For someone who seems to dislike her so much, you can’t stop mentioning her.
Have you read the name of this website, annie? What a ridiculous statement….
It’s crazy how Kate’s name is always mentioned on Meghan’s posts. For someone so boring, Kate really elicits strong reactions from some posters.
@Linda Didn’t see you complaining up top when they were bashing MM and uplifting Kate.
This is how it should be.
Classic pieces with a slight modern twist, like the traditional pencil skirt in black wool is here a dark green leather one.
The clothes seem to be gently skimming her body, it’s not too tight and it’s also not too much fabric that overwhelms her petite frame, which has been a problem before.
The green color is a nice choice, instead of the black.
They both look great. Sharp. I like the light colored coat on Meghan, and it’s not swallowing her up. She looks professional and confident. Harry looks great in the light grey. Kudos to the lovely couple.
I really like the outfit, except in the pictures without her coat you can see what appears to be a horizontal crease in the shirt, like it was folded up and not pressed. That’s the only part that bugs- looks sloppy. Her face, though. She has such a beautiful, expressive, photogenic face.
Yes, she looks great but why is the blouse so terribly creased? I would not leave the house with all those creases. Looks like it was folded up and she just put it on without ironing it??
I know that Harry has said that he doesn’t really have domestic staff and he does most things himself but I think that it is time that Meghan gets a wardrobe mistress like Kate to look after her clothes. Then mistakes like this will not happen.
You know, I never noticed it until I noticed it….then I couldn’t see anything else.
Agreed on the wardrobe person—these are rookie mistakes that you’d think would be caught by an assistant. I wonder what their staff is like—who they have, what they do, don’t all royal ladies have a lady in waiting? And isn’t that the point of a lady in waiting/assistant? Little details?
Looking at some of the footage with the kids coming out of today’s visit – Harry is going to be a great father. The kids just love him, they are not there for Meghan but all for Harry.
Daily Mirror reported that Harry comforted a little boy that was crying because he had to meet him instead of Meghan. Harry was very sweet.
Just checked out the pics in the DM (not the comments, since that’s where the Bitter Club hangs out). She looks great! I love the leather skirt. Harry petting the dog was just so endearing. They are both wearing clothes that are classy, dressy and professional. I could see Meghan wearing these pieces (and most of the other separates she’s worn) in other combinations for seasons to come.
A vegan/part-time vegan, wearing a lambskin leather skirt and other leather accessories. $6,000 worth of outfit for a one day visit. Makes my eyes water. I do not make that (in GBP currency) in a month.
@ Avisitor :
I’ve been vegan for over 28 years now and I still wear leather shoes and boots, because
it’s easier to buy and wear.
We are not perfect people, just trying to do better by not eating animals and by-products.
Lessen the impact on this Earth, but far from perfect!
If you wear leather, you’re not a vegan.
Yes, I eat vegan, so I’m vegan.
It’s tough to find good shoes and especially boots that are vegan for the freezing Canadian winters.
I’m just trying to do my best!
Then you are a vegaterian. Vegan is a cruelty free lifestyle choice. Not wearing animal products is a huge part of that choice.
Good for you Barcelona, you are doing your best. Don’t let some of these people bring you down, if you eat vegan than you are vegan. It’s such a hassle to find vegan shoes and so expensive. I’ve given up on that dream.
@ Avisitor, sorry, but you are not Royal, so of course you don’t have to wear such expensive outfits.
You are right; I’m not a royal, I’m just a hard working British taxpayers who contributes to the upkeep of this family of spongers.
I feel for you. At least Americans aren’t paying for Melania’s leather belts and animal print shoes she is wearing in Africa.
Is the same outfit from ireland?
No, she now has three pencil skirts in somewhat different styles in this color. This one is new.
Are we gonna talk about how hot Harry looks in that grey suit??? Marriage suits him.
Well, I appreciate that she also stops to pet dogs.
She looks stunning and I’m still aboard the baby train lol. I can’t wait to see what she wears for the Invictus Games and for what’s her name’s wedding.
By baby train…do you mean that she looks pregnant ? ?
I think she is pregnant. Even Rihanna Mills from Sky News made a subtle hint about leaving it up to us why they spent so much time talking to children.
Meghan looks fabulous. Everything is well tailored and non-fussy. I like this type of look where the outfit is good but the clothes are not so eye catching and the focus remains on her and her beautiful face. It’s very very expensive and non-Brit designers but I don’t think that will change.
She really seems to be doing a lovely job and appears to enjoy doing it. As an American I’m happy for her and think she has represented us well. She always seems so open and joyful, it is probably very refreshing for the Brits compared to the fussy stiffness of the upper classes.
This is the best outfit she has worn so far for official engagements after getting married. Love everything here. Well done!
Everybody don’t have to like Meghan.. This blog seem to be very bias.. You don’t have to bring down Kate to validate Meghan.. They’re both good in their own way and do things differently..
Cute eyes for the win! I could not agree more, though I get flack for this stance.
Yup, agree
I think Meghan looks fine and well-groomed, but I don’t think any of these women (Kate or Meghan) have to obey bloggers any more than they have to obey someone else. I think it’s a little presumptuous to think that they should.
Yes! They’re not dolls. People talk about how they would wear the outfit and then ding Meghan and Kate for not replicating the poster’s style choices.
As a little footnote l am sure l read somewhere that the title of Sussex was actually on offer to W & K but Kate turned it down because of the ‘sex’ in Sussex. If this is true it would not have endeared her to the Queen and other senior royals and courtiers who would have seen that objection as being very silly, as they are above that kind of worry.
That… sounds like an extremely fake story.
I honestly cannot believe that any British person would react in that way. It’s just not something we would think.
Hate the shoes but I like the rest of the outfit.
LOVE that skirt! And purse!
I really like this ensemble and she looks effortless. That’s the ticket! I would have picked the same blouse in eggshell. But black works fine. What I gather from this outfit: “Dear Royals, England, US, and especially YOU, White Markles: This is my life/job now. I love it. See? I’m workin’ here. WORKIN’ IT.”
From what I have read Prince Charles pays for the clothing for Kate, Will, Harry, and Meghan. The money for their wardrobes comes out of Prince Charles pocket. We all know he is very, very wealthy. Rumor has it the budget set up for the 4 royals is around 6 and half million dollars. I don’t know if it is yearly or for more than one year.
She always looks so pleasant and it looks genuine. So does Harry. The both seem like likeable people. I love them both.