Here are some photos from the last full day of activities from the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s crazy, long tour. They spent all of Tuesday in New Zealand. They started the day in the North Shore, where they dedicated a (privately donated) area of native bush to the Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy program. Meghan wore J.Crew skinny jeans in charcoal, rain boots from Muck Boots, a scoop neck t-shirt from Lavender Hill, a blazer from Karen Walker and, in some photos, Meghan also wore an exclusive windbreaker from the QEII National Trust, which is not for sale (but should be). Meghan looked very cute and sporty! She even planted a tree with a kid.
Several hours later, Meghan and Harry stepped out to visit a charity called Pillars, which works with kids whose parents are in prison. Meghan wore a pale beige Brandon Maxwell dress and – you guessed it! – another trench coat, this time a silk trench by Burberry. While these pale neutrals look fine on Meghan, I wish she would have worn more bright colors and jewel tones during this trip.
And finally, in the evening, Meghan and Harry attended a reception at the Auckland War Memorial hosted by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. Meghan repeated an Antonio Berardi dress, one which we really haven’t had the chance to see before – she wore this in 2017, when she went to see Harry play polo, but there were few photos of her and the dress back then. I’m not sure if you can see clearly, but this dress has a lot of friggin’ buttons. MY GOD.
Photos courtesy of Backgrid.
The white dress and trench coat outfit looks almost identical to the outfit she wore on the first day of the tour. It seems kind of wasteful to me. If you like it so much just re-wear the first outfit again.
The Antonio Berardi dress is nice but it could have done without so many useless buttons! 🙂
Agreed.
I really like all of these, but my favorite’s the first one! She has the blazer for a professional look, then throws the windbreaker on and, just like that, she’s ready to go into the wild! (I mean, not exactly, but you get the idea).
Nice outfits, but they need a pop of color. Buttons, blah colored clothes that cost a fortune, and nude pumps are becoming Meghans regular look. I like her windbreaker outfit best, and she looks so cute with her hair in a casual ponytail
@ Beth – I really don’t understand why Meghan should wear more color. if she is appropriately dressed for a particular event and enjoys wearing beige, navy, black, grey, white…what is the problem?
I don’t like bright colors myself, not everybody does.
The Queen loves very bright colors and buttons, but at 92, I think she earned to wear nearly anything she wants.
I often have that conversation with myself, you need to wear more color, while picking up another black or gray or white item. But, I understand the frustration of wanting to reach through a screen and help select clothing for someone too. However, not really with Meghan – I’ve really liked/loved what she’s been wearing. On another site someone had said Meghan would have looked better in brown and tan types of clothing outdoors, which I could see too. More importantly, they seem to have made a positive impact overall and brought focus to important causes. I really love this type of jacket for men and Harry looks great. In the other Kate post I loved William’s simple blue sweater too. They are both fit good-looking men. I hope what we can all agree on is, yes, @Lovebug, the Queen can wear whatsoever she wants.
She’s worn more colour on this trip than we’ve seen from her before (greens, maroons, bright blues, etc). They’ve been covered on this blog.
Those black boots are pretty much exactly the same ones I use for farm chores at the sanctuary I volunteer at. Mine are from Canadian Tire and cost 50$ and I use them to muck horse manure.
Good to know my footwear is so hip (though I doubt hers were 50$) 🙂
🙂
I got the Canadian Tire rubber boots also…for working in the garden and walking the dogs!! Delighted to be ever so hip with you, @OriginalLala LOL
This sounds funny, but a while ago, I was looking up those awfully posh and expensive Hunter wellington boots and I wondered if maybe my local construction worker outfitters would have the same exact boots but without the brand name. And they did. Well they had their own brand names, and they were just as wallet crushingly expensive (sadly!!!!).
From the point of view of a casual observer of celebrity gossip, the trip is a success. She’s out and about while pregnant, happy to interact, looks appropriate at various functions, and people are happy to see her.
That’s it in a nutshell! I’m really enjoying all her fashions, AND the Celebitchy commentary!
So true.
This is what being working royals look like.
Absolutely. And she’s such a great, natural speaker.
I’m just distracted by how uncomfortably large of a step she’s taking haha. I assume she’s stepping over/around something but it looks so exaggerated because of the timing of the photo catching him in the beginning of a step.
I had the same thought. And Harry’s too distracted by his coat to help her out! (Again, I’m sure she was just stepping over a puddle or something, but I spent a lot of time thinking about it.)
There are several photos of her walking the same way. It appears that she is trying to avoid a pile of dog poop.
Jessica Mulroney is now ABC ‘Good Morning America’ style expert.
Someone accused Ben on Twitter of being jealous, and said his show was crap.
Ben tweeted back, why would he be jealous of his partner.
That is….weird. Why would Ben be jealous of his wife having a stint on GMA? Is the thinking that Ben wants a stint on GMA? I feel like they all have a good life in Toronto….people are so weird sometimes.
ETA and part of me wants to roll my eyes at GMA bringing her on as a style expert, but I guess she has been doing something similar for one of the Canadian shows for a while, and the morning shows here do often bring on really random people to tell me how to live my life regardless of their qualifications, haha, so I guess it fits.
a few years back (2013, i believe?), ben was a weekend morning show anchor/correspondent on gma… the gig didn’t work out for him, so maybe the “jealousy” post was referring to that. his dad has a lot of powerful, well-connected friends, and that’s how he got he got his job on ctv in the first place. a show was actually created for him (etalk) in the early 2000s.
even the morning show he is on now displaced a perfectly fine morning show (in 2016 or 2017)… that just didn’t happen to have ben on it.
as for jessica… the french manicure in 2018 wearing dilettante is a style expert? oy. she also comes from a rich/powerful/well-connected family. i guess that’s what it takes.
Since I complain when Kate never takes her coat off I need to do it here as well – Meghan should have taken the trench off. She looked out of place as they were listening to a presentation and she was wearing it on the stage. If she runs cold they need to start having a sweater or blazer for her.
Besides that I love all these outfits, the buttons are laughable but they do blend so not as obvious as other buttons, ha. She and Harry look happy and engaged.
(as a side note – I feel like this tour has emphasized what many of us have said for the past few years about Kate, that if she worked more we would criticize less, especially her clothes. I don’t think Meghan has hit every outfit of the park, but they have “worked” their butts off for the past two weeks – as much as royal “work” is work – and I cant imagine how wiped out they are. So even the outfits that I don’t love, I’m more apt to just shrug off and say “meh” because I don’t want her job!)
This tour was filled with the same fluff K&W’s tours are filled. Nobody would have complained about one less event at the zoo,at the park throwing some boots,one less welcome ceremony or reception dinner,if that meant saving thousands of pounds in security and outfits. This tour should have been limited to Australia and the Invuctus Games to begin with. The IG were an afterthought.
Kate is not only criticized for what she wears,but for the costs too and rightly so. It should be the same for Meghan given her wardrobe budget. It’s more important than her beige outfits.
I wish she would wear more color, too. Everything doesn’t have to be beige or white or navy or black.
I work in a super-professional environment, and you wouldn’t see a ton of loud color in my office, either. Meghan is clearly cultivating her professional wardrobe. As to the complaints of her not wearing enough jewel tones or jewelry or different style coats, I find it so exhausting. She can’t dress to please everyone. The benchmarks for any of her (or Kate’s even) outfits should be, “is it professional?” and “is it appropriate to the event?”
Your “loud color” might be another’s “bright color”! I think you’re right that there’s nothing wrong with her choices, but I do think as a young, pretty fashionista, many people love seeing her in colors, unlike hiring a barrister, for example. Princesses in story books never wear beige!
But Meghan doesn’t work in a professional environment like an office, she’s a celebrity who married into the BRF and works in public where her job is to meet and great at events, and be friendly while having her picture taken. Beige, black, and navy are so bland and boring for a person to always be wearing
Maybe she likes beige and black and navy my god who the hell cares??????
@dietcokehead. Thank you! That is the benchmark, professional and appropriate! Not everyone likes or wants to wear a ton of bright colors. Some people like buttons! There are plenty of people im my office who wear things that aren’t to my personal taste, but as long as it is professional and appropriate, it doesn’t matter.
Every time I see a picture of her I’m struck by how pretty she is! Such a lovely bright smile – it hardly matters what she wears hahah
Couldn’t agree more. Some of her photos from this tour have been portrait perfect. As far as her clothes are concerned, I’m more drawn to how well she presents herself and interacts with everyone she meets.
I like the last dress. I’m not a fan of the all nude outfit.
An I alone in thinking that the trenches and oversized wrap coats etc. look sloppy at work events? Obviously they are functional going to work, but I would never dream of keeping something like this on once I arrived at an event. There has to be better jacket options for the actual events!
I love the trenches. Looks tres chic.
I’ve found many of her looks sloppy and I’m over the numerous neutral trench coats with pushed up sleeves. I’m as critical of her looks as I am Kate’s buttons and fly away skirts.
Do you criticize them when Maxima, Letizia, Victoria, and Mary wear them too? Or only Meghan?
I love a good trench coat, and I’ve been drawn to her trench dresses, especially the halter, olive green one, though I kind of which she’d worn her olive green shoes with it, instead of those pink monstrosities. Sadly, trench coats do not truly stand up to a downpour here in beautiful British Columbia, Canada when out in the forest…and I spend more time in the forest than I do downtown 🙂
That is something to envy. Spending all that time in those lush forest!
I loved the boot throwing competition. It was so funny.
She needs to fix her blush/bronzer situation.
She has some blending issue. I can’t figure it out
As much as I like H&M I’m kind of happy this tour is over. Gosh I was getting tired of them and for them! Let’s give those images some rest now!
Side note: Meghan has made me really think about adding some blazers and trenches to my wardrobe.
@ Lilag :
How about not clicking on Meghan’s stories, if you are tired of them?
Wouldn’t that be better than complain???
It’s just her opinion on a site that encourages opinions.
I love the complaints! It’s better than the constant fawning.
Part of me secretly hopes she is trolling with all the buttons. LOL
She looks great and I absolutely love the beige monochromatic looks. I wear some sort of beige/off-white/brown combo a lot. I think it always looks chic and pulled together.
@bella :
I could not agree with you more. I also love monochromatic looks. I really like good quality made, classic pieces in beige, black, navy, white, different shades of grey and some teal and green here and there.
I can’t figure out why people want Meghan to be a FASHIONISTA.
She is a member of the BRF and no longer an actor, there are obviously some restrictions, rules and protocol to follow.
Don’t people understand that and that not everybody wants to wear neon green, orange, cobalt blue or hot pink?
The Queen can wear million buttons and the brightest most jeweled toned clothes she wants to, she has earned it at 92.
If you want a FASHIONISTA, please look to models and actors, they have no restrictions.
Meghan’s wardrobe is for the most part very appropriate to what she is doing and what events she is attending.
I’m happy to see her embrace sneakers, flats and espadrilles.
She is smart to invest money into a more neutral wardrobe that she will be able to mix and match.
I would love her olive green shoes from this week, would look great with my wardrobe.
Sorry, but her shoes are light years better than Kate’s, Meghan’s shoes are certainly higher quality.
I agree on the sneakers, flats and espadrilles. I’ll also add that I like the variety of hairstyles on this tour and jewelry.
I like that Meghan is dressing her age and yes, there are fit and styling issues that do need to be worked out. I think the cut of her clothes are pretty sophisticated and interesting in subtle ways. Also, there was a lot of grumbling about her needing to represent British/Commonwealth fashions and this tour has been great for that. I also like that she is representing her values in choosing a lot of women-run companies and some that have sustainable practices. I have enjoyed reading about these companies and am glad that they are now on my radar.
I also loved her makeup at last night’s event.
Her clothes, with few exceptions, have been kind of dull. But really-she’s gorgeous, looks so engaged and interested in everything she’s doing and happy to be meeting people, she and Harry are adorable-her outfits are just so secondary to all of that.
A lot of women veer towards her color palette. Better than dressing like an Easter egg. She wore a few colors this trip, what more do you want?
Harry and Meghan met with kids whose parents are prison. I wonder if Meghan’s ratchet half siblings came to mind since they have had proven brushes with the law.
I don’t get the complaints about her not wearing enough color. Not everyone likes wearing bright colors all the time or ever. My wardrobe’s color palette is similar to MM’s because that’s my taste and what I’m comfortable wearing. I just think it’s a weird thing to complain about…
Speaking as someone with a wardrobe of 90 percent black and gray, I’m with you.
I have really enjoyed Meghan’s outfits during this tour. They were appropriate for the events she attended and weren’t distracting in the least. I too am always in awe of her beauty. The camera truly loves her. As for her outfits, I love the hi-low black dress pictured above. What I appreciate about Meghan’s fashion are the risks she takes. IMHO, she often looks refreshed and has a youthful appearance.
Looks like the Windsor genes have caught up with Harry. He looks dramatically older than Meghan from a lot of angles now.
He also appears to be a little unhappy in some of the photos.
He looks blissfully happy, especially in the video talking about his wife and their little bump.
Agree, nota. That miserable, unhappy narrative is a staple in blog and tabloid comments sections.
Look at some of the pictures!
@Claire, do you think either of us are blind or ignorant? These people have been on the go, packing up and moving from one location to another for 16 days. Is Harry suppose to plaster on a shit-eating grin 24/7 just to prove to people who don’t like his wife that’s he’s perpetually happy? You don’t even know how he feels; he could be tired, catching a cold, or just worried about his wife’s health. You see what you want to see and say and try to imply whatever you like. But, knowing how you usually comment about this couple, it’s naive of you to think you can sway the opinions of people who don’t harbor unwarranted negative feelings about them (and particularly Meghan) like you do.
From a distance the dress is lovely. Upclose you get to see the buttons and pockets changed my initial response to this dress.
My wardrobe is 90% black with navy, dark green and a few pops of pink. I just don’t like bright colours on me or most other people.
I don’t care what color Meghan wears, so long as the clothing fit properly and she gets the job done.
Her first look is my favourite. Cute.
Overall I miss different colours while on this tour. And the last dress doesn’t flatter her.
Ah to be in New Zealand.
I LOVE the black “button dress”. Lovely. Wish I owned it. Maybe not the asymetric hem for me, but it is really beautiful on her.
I think everyone who wants her in jewel tones needs to get over it. She loves muted/neutral tones. It is obvious by now.