\nIf there\u2019s anyone we want to look at for fashion tips right now it\u2019s Meghan Markle. The new Duchess of Sussex has been the center of attention ever since she and Prince Harry got engaged, and it\u2019s not just because of her royal connections. You only have to take a look at Meghan to see she knows a thing or two about what, or who, to wear. She has dresses from some of the best designers in the business, but there\u2019s one whose clothes she\u2019ll never wear: Victoria Beckham.
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\n[post_page_title]The new favorite[\/post_page_title]
\nMeghan Markle is the name on almost everybody\u2019s lips right now. Her marriage to one of Britain\u2019s most elite bachelors \u2013 Prince Harry \u2013 has introduced her to millions of adoring fans who\u2019d never even heard of her before.
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\nLauded for her charisma and charm, it\u2019s her fashion sense that\u2019s really captivated the British and American public. Anything Meghan wears sells out in just a few hours. That\u2019s great news for the designers she prioritizes, but less so for the ones she forgoes. Ones like her supposed pal, Victoria Beckham.
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\n[post_page_title]Popularity contest[\/post_page_title]
\nMeghan\u2019s popularity in the wake of her engagement was to be expected. After William and Kate announced they were tying the knot, the Duchess of Cambridge became a massive hit on both sides of the pond.
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\nTheir wedding was one of the biggest TV events in history, and Kate still has a legion of adoring fans who follow her every move. Being sixth in line to the throne, Harry and his new wife might not be quite so popular, but who doesn\u2019t love a royal bride?
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\n[post_page_title]Woman of the people[\/post_page_title]
\nPart of Meghan\u2019s charm comes from the fact that she is not the standard woman who marries into the royal family.
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\nThough she might not be your average Jane, as an American and an influential person of color, she\u2019s made waves in the monarchy for her differences. Just as this is a positive sign of changing attitudes among royals, it also gave people at home a reason to believe they too could marry a prince or princess one day. With the way things are going, anything is possible.
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\n[post_page_title]Passion for fashion[\/post_page_title]
\nAs her popularity has soared, Meghan has found herself with more and more responsibility on her shoulders. Everything she does is scrutinized, meaning any small mistake is critiqued and aired for the world to see.
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\nHowever, there is an upside to living her life under an intense spotlight. People go crazy over anything she wears, giving her the chance to inspire millions with her clothing choices. Much like Kate, George, and Charlotte, Meghan has become something of an icon in the fashion industry. She’s living the dream for millions of young girls.
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\n[post_page_title]Catching her attention[\/post_page_title]
\nIt\u2019s not just the British and American public that have taken notice of Meghan\u2019s influence on clothes sales. Many designers have seen how popular the Duchess of Sussex is in the world of fashion and they\u2019ve tried to jump on the bandwagon.
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\nDesperate to increase their sales, they\u2019ve sent Meghan various things to wear for her public outings in the hope they\u2019ll take her fancy. Designer dresses made up many of the gifts that were sent to the bride on her wedding day. However, there was a problem accepting them.
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\n[post_page_title]Sending them back[\/post_page_title]
\nMembers of the royal family aren\u2019t allowed to receive gifts for commercial purposes when they get married. While presents from family and friends are acceptable, everyone else is out of the question.
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\nSo, while Meghan and Harry could take the cottage gifted to them by the Queen, they had to send back the clothes shipped to them from designers around the world. It can\u2019t have been easy giving them all up, especially when their overall cost was around $10 million, but that\u2019s the price Meghan had to pay as a new royal.
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\n[post_page_title]Learning the ropes[\/post_page_title]
\nWhile it might be great living the life of a fashion icon, things haven\u2019t always been easy for Meghan when it comes to her clothes. That\u2019s because, between her engagement and her wedding day, she had to be educated on what is and isn\u2019t appropriate for her to be seen in.
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\nThe wife of a royal can\u2019t go around wearing gold hot pants or a dress made of meat, can she? That would probably give the queen a heart attack! Thankfully, it\u2019s been a gradual but successful transformation for the Duchess.
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\n[post_page_title]Fashion faux pas[\/post_page_title]
\nOf course, given she never had to worry too much about what to wear before, Meghan couldn\u2019t help but slip up a few times along the way. One of the most notable fashion faux pas was when she and Harry posed for their official engagement photos.
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\nThe Duchess of Sussex opted for a couture gown by Ralph & Russo which was sheer on top. Plenty of people were surprised by Meghan\u2019s decision to wear a dress so \u2018revealing,\u2019 especially one with a $75,000 price tag. Not a great start to the engagement.
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\n[post_page_title]Taking risks[\/post_page_title]
\nThe controversial choices only continued after those photos, and they still happen now. While she\u2019s had more fashion triumphs than failures, marrying Prince Harry hasn\u2019t stopped her from doing the human thing of making mistakes.
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\nThe Oscar de la Renta dress she wore to a wedding in June 2018 attracted criticism by some for being an unflattering shape and size. Likewise, people weren\u2019t sure what to make of Meghan when she started walking around in a Givenchy pantsuit a month later. The Duchess knows how to get everyone talking.
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\n[post_page_title]Changing traditions[\/post_page_title]
\nAlthough Meghan\u2019s fashion choices are sometimes more daring than what we\u2019d expect from a royal, that doesn\u2019t mean she\u2019s uneducated on the monarchy\u2019s traditions.
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\nHer risky decisions are more likely a result of the Duchess trying to push boundaries and see what she can get away with. Her presence as a royal has already brought the sometimes old-fashioned family into the 21st century. If we genuinely want to see a more modern, progressive monarchy, it\u2019s people like Meghan who are going to make it happen.
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\n[post_page_title]Out of her control[\/post_page_title]
\nPantsuits and sheer dresses might be her outfits of choice now, but a lot has changed since the days when Meghan was just another actress on TV.
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\nThe Duchess revealed that when she was still on the legal drama \u201cSuits,\u201d most of the outfits she had to wear were figure-hugging. In an interview with Glamour UK, she referred to them as being \u201cbody conscious,\u201d making it hard for her to stop worrying about her size. That might explain why some of her outfits nowadays have been looser and less restrictive.
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\n[post_page_title]Age is just a number[\/post_page_title]
\nIt\u2019s not just a change in profession that has affected the way that the Duchess of Sussex dresses nowadays. In the same interview, she also commented on how age has been a contributing factor in her fashion choices.
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\nShe confessed that the older she\u2019s gotten, the more she\u2019s wanted to hide her legs behind longer dresses. She admitted to feeling self-conscious whenever she goes out in something shorter because her legs are so long. Again, that perhaps explains why she opted for a pantsuit on several of her royal outings?
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\n[post_page_title]All eyes on her[\/post_page_title]
\nThese factors likely influence the designers whose outfits Meghan chooses to wear. She knows what does and doesn\u2019t look good on her, so she\u2019s careful not to pick someone outside of her comfort zone.
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\nOne brand that the Duchess seems to be a big fan of is Givenchy, especially after she gave them the honor of creating her wedding dress. Clare Waight Keller, the woman currently acting as artistic director of the fashion house, was given the task of making Meghan look a vision of beauty on her big day.
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\n[post_page_title]Dazzling down under[\/post_page_title]
\nAnother designer who the Duchess has started favoring recently is Zimmermann. Meghan was seen wearing one of the Australian\u2019s designs when she stopped off in Fiji during her royal tour in October 2018.
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\nThe cream midi dress was a perfect fit for the Duchess of Sussex, and it seems she might have been clued in on the designer\u2019s excellent taste by her sister-in-law. Kate was seen wearing one of Zimmermann\u2019s dresses back in 2014 while taking a trip to Manly Beach in Australia.
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\n[post_page_title]A surprising choice[\/post_page_title]
\nWhen it comes to Meghan\u2019s favorite designers, there\u2019s one choice who stands out as someone rather unexpected \u2013 Emilia Wickstead. The Duchess was pictured wearing one of the woman\u2019s little black dresses during an engagement in Ireland in July 2018.
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\nHowever, the decision to wear something of Wickstead\u2019s came as a surprise given the comments she\u2019d made about Meghan\u2019s wedding dress. She insinuated that the final design was very similar to her own, adding that the outfit was too loose for the Duchess. Clearly, Harry\u2019s bride didn\u2019t hold a grudge.
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\n[post_page_title]The odd one out[\/post_page_title]
\nNoticed anyone missing from all these designers? Meghan has her pick of the world when it comes to who to wear, but there\u2019s one person whose dresses she\u2019s never gone for before.
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\nIt\u2019s not merely been a case of not having the opportunity to wear their stuff either. The Duchess has intentionally never chosen anything they\u2019ve designed in the past, and she plans on keeping things that way for the foreseeable future. So, who\u2019s the unfortunate soul getting blocked out by Meghan? None other than Victoria Beckham.
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\n[post_page_title]Musical phenomenon[\/post_page_title]
\nThere was a time when people didn\u2019t associate the name Victoria Beckham with world-class fashion. To most people, she was known for doing something entirely different, and she had her own nickname to go with it.
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\nYes, unless you\u2019ve been living under a rock for the past few decades, you\u2019ll probably remember Victoria as Posh Spice, one-fifth of the world\u2019s biggest girl group. The Spice Girls were a worldwide phenomenon whose success eclipsed most other artists in the history of music. However, when the group disbanded, Victoria turned her attention to fashion.
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\n[post_page_title]Friends or frenemies?[\/post_page_title]
\nIn the years since the Spice Girls split (for the first time), Victoria has worked hard to prove herself as a designer. It took a while, but her dedication paid off.
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\nAlthough she\u2019s now one of the biggest names in the industry, apparently that hasn\u2019t made her any worthier of designing a dress for Meghan. That comes as a surprise seeing as the pair are supposedly good friends. Victoria and her husband were invited to Harry and Meghan\u2019s wedding, and the couples now both own properties near each other in the Cotswolds.
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\n[post_page_title]A poor fit[\/post_page_title]
\nSo what exactly is Meghan\u2019s excuse for shunning her friend and refusing to ever wear any of her clothes? Well, the answer lies in the interview she gave to Glamour UK.
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\nShe revealed to the publication that she\u2019s started realizing certain things are best admired on their hangers rather than on her body. While she might appreciate how something looks when she sees it in a store, she knows that it won\u2019t be a flattering fit once she puts it on. We\u2019ve all been there before, right?
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\n[post_page_title]Not her style[\/post_page_title]
\nMeghan supposedly meant no harm by specifically calling out Victoria Beckham\u2019s dresses during her Glamour UK interview. She assured readers that she loves the clothes that her gal pal makes, she just doesn\u2019t believe they\u2019re made for someone with her body type.
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\nMeghan feels that people who want to pull off Victoria\u2019s looks need to have a long torso, something that she doesn\u2019t have. Her height comes more from her legs than anything else. If things were the other way round, she\u2019d wear her friend\u2019s outfits in a heartbeat.
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\n[post_page_title]No bad blood[\/post_page_title]
\nIt looks like there\u2019s no bad blood between the women after all. Perhaps now that the pair has gotten to know one another better, Victoria might be able to design something for the Duchess that gives her the silhouette she wants?
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\nEither that or convince her to try on one of her dresses and see whether they are unflattering or not. After all, Meghan never said she\u2019d tried one of Victoria\u2019s outfits on for size. Perhaps they\u2019ll fit her better than she thinks, and she just needs to take the plunge?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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