Day 2 of the Royal Sussex Tour kicked off in Dubbo, Australia. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were supposed to visit a drought-stricken area, and take a tour of a farm. But Miracle Meghan made it rain!! Just as Harry took to the podium to make a speech at the drought-stricken farm, the heavens opened and torrential rainfall came pouring down. Miracle Meg, Patron Saint of Rain and Trench Coats, heals the earth. There were also a lot of photos of Harry and Meghan sharing an umbrella, as both seemed concerned about getting their hair wet.
For this more low-key outing, Meghan chose a low-key ensemble. She wore jeans from an Aussie denim brand, Outland Denim, and paired the black jeans with a white Maison Kitsuné blouse and a blazer from Serena Williams’ clothing line. Serena and Meghan are close friends, and Serena has spoken before about how she’s sent some of her designs to Meghan. I wonder if Serena knew about this blazer though? Meghan also wore J.Crew boots.
Also in Dubbo: Dubbo children were super-jazzed to meet Harry and Meghan. One little boy in particular couldn’t stop hugging Harry.
Photos courtesy of Backgrid.
That little boy was so cute, he kept rubbing Harry’s beard. I like Megs look here, not sure about the oversized jacket but that seems to be on trend at the moment. Love the boots.
He also patted him on the head. It was so adorable! I think it actually gave my dried up ovaries an estrogen kick!
We wore those “boyfriend” blazers with rolled up sleeves in the 80s. Only difference with her look here (which i love) is we wore it with BIG hair and chunky jewellery lol
Yes, Jan! I remember having a very similar jacket then, and curse myself for not keeping it. I want one again! I love Meghan’s and Harry’s look here, and it was perfect for an outing in Dubbo. What a shame they couldn’t have stayed to see Western Plains Zoo and a winery or two. Nevertheless, the rain was very much appreciated. We were also given a beautiful show of lightning, thunder and torrents of rain in my part of Sydney tonight. Perhaps the cracks in the ground will finally repair.
Don’t forget the shoulder pads, Jan!
I remember that too Jan! I wore mine into the early 90s. I always bought men’s blazers at the vintage shops. Paired it with a t-shirt or white shirt and you were good to go anywhere!
Lived in a blazer like that from The Gap! Always with jeans. Good times!
Oh Jan
I remember those jackets. In the 80s I got men jackets from the thrift store as well as 50s smoking jackets which I still have
The golden age of thrift stores. Yes bring those looks back!!
Fashion deja vu. Like walking into Urban Outfitters and finding myself face to face with a Gunnie Sax blouse I wore in high school. Hello 80s.
😄 I went to vintage shops, too. One great shopping trip was in NY, in the Village. My sister and I hit a bonanza of shops, and I bought a ton of jackets and lapel pins (silver, marcasite, chunky). Sigh.. I *so* wish I’d’ve kept them! I LIVED in them! 😊
H&M are such naturals with people but especially with kids. They just look so at ease with the public.
I wish she would wear more colors. The whole outfit would look so much better if she wore a red/blue/any color blazer instead of this drab grey one. No joke, I have bought better blazers at a thrift store and I know she spent more on it than I’m going to spend on groceries this month. Also f’ing shoulder pads? Meg, no. Give that blazer back to Charles or better yet just burn it. I do love the black skinny jeans and heeled boots. I have a pair of boots just like those and they are SO comfortable.
The blazer is actually fairly affordable, somewhere around $130, I think I saw. So no thrift store find but not horrendously expensive. Her entire outfit here os achievable for your average middle class woman, save for the $200+ shoes, maybe.
How is $134 “affordable” but $200 not?
Let’s call her pants what they are: jeggings.
I think she looks really pretty here but her legs are way too skinny to wear boots like that. Her jacket is too big and it looks sloppy with the way the shirt underneath is worn.
No one’s legs are too skinny to wear ankle boots. Smh.
Really like the blazer.
Hypothesis: I think people who love the blazer are too young to remember when they were big (pun intended) in the 80s. Blazer haters were children of the 80s. As for me, the blazer is giving me flashbacks of my worst yearbook pictures. I wore it with mom jeans though: yikes!
I had the big padded shoulder blazers too. I don’t hate them, but they just don’t look right without the big hair!
I was born in 1980. And I rock an oversized blazer nearly everyday at work. Blazers – especially oversized ones have been back in style for years now. Just sans shoulder pads. I love them.
I’m old enough to remember, and I have a clear vision of reading about them in some sort of “modern professional lady” fashion guidebook my mother owned. This fit of blazer was the epitome of Confident Boss Lady to me, and that is why I still love them today.
Hypothesis canned! 🙂 Rock on with the blazers, 80s women!
P.S. I also swore, when leggings came back, I’d never wear them again. What am i wearing right now? My favorite pair of leggings.
Born early 80s and love them. Skinny blazers remind me of 2005 and seem dated right now.
Fashions come back after time. People getting bent out of shape about it are *eyeroll emoji*
The rule was big top, narrow bottom – or vice versa
It’s what I, with my non-existent grasp of fashion, like to call “doing a full Sonny” as in a full Sonny Crockett.
(Apologies to younger Celebitches who will wonder what the hell I’m talking about 😂)
Rolled up sleeves!
I loved the bottom half of her look but I thought her top half was way too oversized, and I wish she hadn’t worn a blazer to a farm. I want to remove Jessica Mulroney’s influence from Meghan’s sartorial life!
She actually removed the blazer when they got to the farm. Plenty of pics and videos of her without the blazer. She put it back on when they got to the ceremony in the park.
That little boy is so cute. This tour is a huge success, Australian media called it “Megmania”.
Outland Denim is an ethical brand that offers employment and training to women rescued from trafficking in Cambodia. Fantastic choice of jeans!
great choice, thanks for educating
That is awesome.
Meghan’s jeans were by Outland Denim, who help give a bright future to women who have been victims of sex trafficking in Cambodia. The ladies are taught new skills by the brand (pattern making, sewing…), while earning a salary and receiving support as they rebuild their lives.
A very powerful message and she also brought a banana bread made by herself the night before. What a nice gesture!
I love the look! Especially the oversized blazer. It’s fun.
It’s so lovely to watch them interact with others and the way that the conduct themselves as well with the public, welcoming and warm. I enjoyed seeing that video of the little boy hugging and stroking Harry’s beard. hehe.
Wasn’t it raining for a week or so in Sydney and then when Harry and Meg arrived the sun came out and it stopped raining? I like to think that it’s the heaven’s way of saying that they approve of these two.
Serena posted a photo of Meghan in that blazer so she knows.
TQ has that weather magic, often when it rains before she visits it stops just before hand and during with the sun often coming out. Not all the time but a lot.
Ahaha awesome
I wouldn’t call it torrential rain…still awhile away from our farms being out of drought.
Sadly, she didn’t cure the drought. It was a little but not enough. We are in severe drought for 2 years now.
That said, the couple were a bright spot for many locals. Harry spoke well about mental health, the depth of community here and the need to speak up when under the immense pressure the farmers are now.
It was a good day.
From what I understand the Australian economy is doing very well, and salaries are higher than in the UK. The government should have enough money to help the farmers in that case.
Salaries in Australia haven’t increased in 10 years (but our cost of living has), that’s how “well” our economy is doing.
Unless the government can bring rain it’s a temporary fix. Charities and subsidies are trying to help but this is a long and devastating drought. We need consistent rain, in the right places.
Rain means curls! She can wear her hair however she pleases ofcourse, but I am so curious what her natural curls would look like.
After years of putting chemicals in your hair, you lose most of your natural curls, there are pictures out there from, baby to high school where you can see her natural curls.
I don’t think the rain was going to make hair go curly like a sheep.
I’m so curious too! I am a fellow mixed race curly girl like Meghan. Unfortunately, she likely does keratin, and with all the heat she applies to her hair consistently her curl pattern is all but gone. Since she’s preggers and can’t do the keratin she’ll definitely get a ton of new curl growth so she’ll have two strikingly different textures in her hair, but it’s nothing that can’t be fixed with a blow dryer and hair spray 😊
Still, team curls for the win!!!
You can do keratin, which is just a protein, you can’t do the Brazilian Blowout, which has the harsh chemicals (like formaldehyde). That is more likely what she’s used to getting, for that sleek, super shiny look. I got that once, and while it made my hair GORGEOUS (and WITHOUT needing to blow dry at ALL), it also almost put me in the ER with a full blown (no pun intended lol) asthma attack from the fumes.
I think Meg’s hair guy will keep her looking picture perfect until she can go back to whatever process she uses. Hey, maybe she WILL let her hair wave at some point 😊
Really? Maybe you are much younger than Meghan, As you get older and use relaxers you can’t get your natural hair back properly.
I stopped relaxing my hair years back and 3 years ago stopped getting Dominican blowouts. I also went through a terrible breakup and (stupidly) bleached my hair.
I had to work really hard to regain my natural hair – tonnes of deep conditioning, scalp massages, vitamins, hair masks, regular hair cuts, etc. but my curls came back (and in full force I might add!).
I still get a blowout once or twice a year because it makes me feel glam and if I have a busy week my hair is much more manageable.
I hear that pregnancy can majorly change your hair texture and growth, but I’m sure since Meghan will keep her signature glossy, wavy locks look we may not know how her hair has changed with pregnancy!
Team curly!!!
I am bi-racial too and never use chemicals or heat on my hair, only use natural oils to help keep the natural curls hydrated.
I also wondered about Meghans hair routine. It suits her.
But I could never straighten my mane personally 😀
It would feel like I’m not myself in some way.
I really love how engaged they both are with people. They seem genuinely interested. Also, I like how practically Meg is dressing. The outfit seems like it’d be comfortable.
I really love how engaged they both are with people. They seem genuinely interested. Also, I like how practically Meg is dressing. The outfit seems like it’d be comfortable.
I’m sure Meghan dresses to please herself, once she is comfortable, who gives a hoot what wanna be fashion experts chirps.
What is she suppose to do, because she has thin legs not wear skinny jeans?
Guess before she dresses, she should call the so called experts to see if black is too dark to wear, or her white is too light to wear.
She wanted to wear a baggy jacket and she did, can’t wait for when her belly pops, and then it will be the dress is too tight.
She.Just.Cant.Win. no matter what she does or how she dresses.
I think fashion wise people just have different tastes. I thought she looked really cute!! But I don’t think people, on here at least, hold her choices personally against her.
God, Amen. I can’t believe the pickiness. It was a casual visit and she’s dressed casually. She looks fine.
The bump is really visible in this white shirt, doesn’t it? Anyways to me this look is a hit; great choice of outfit IMVHO. The last time Meg wore jeans, a factory in Cardiff got back on their feet and the hundreds of people that were previously unemployed are now finding themselves back into the employed club, great cause if I must say. Now this Australian jean brand is about to experience the Meghan effect and I can’t say enough about their cause. I say, go Meghan, you doing your mama, your husband AND your new family, really proud.
I like that you said new family. 😄
All the Markles came out of the woodwork after the pregnancy news, dear Lord the next few months are going to be tough.
People just like discussing fashion here. It’s a break from the horror show going on in the world. Hooray for blazergate! That said, don’t like it when the comments veer toward body shaming of any sort. I think it’s awesome that just by wearing a particular brand of jeans, Meg manages to steer the conversation away from her and back to the worthy causes she wants to highlight! She is awesome.
Apparently after day one of the tour, she baked homemade banana bread in the kitchen of admiralty house and brought that along with tea to the farm they visited. This is the way you Duchess.
I actually really loved the whole outfit. I personally, like her style and it matches a lot of what I wear in my personal life. Im sure she’s wearing oversizes jackets and tops to hide her bump.
Plus you just feel bloated 24/7 at this point in pregnancy. She’s dressing for comfort, and I can’t blame her.
Tch. I went to make banana bread today, and found that my son had chucked out the 4 bananas, saying they were “all brown and manky”. He’s a great cook, but I guess baking is not his thing.
Also, I bet she cant tuck in shirts right now. I didn’t have a “bump” with either of my pregnancies until closer to 20 weeks (around 22 weeks with my first), but I definitely remember my waist “thickening” around 14-16 weeks and tucking in shirts became uncomfortable or just impossible, especially because while I was still in non-maternity jeans, I was often doing the rubber band trick to keep them secure, lol. So I think while we have seen her in oversized shirts before, I think the reason for this one is definitely more comfort.
Wow. Just when I think I couldn’t love her more. Imagine getting that banana bread. Would you even eat it or keep it as a souvenir of the coolest duchess visit ever? I’d frame a piece in a box over the mantle with a sign that says NOBODY TOUCHES THE DUCHESS MEGHAN BANANA BREAD. And my family would have me committed.
I love her outfit. She is appropriate for the day’s events and that blazer is great (and relatively affordable, I think I saw it was around 145 USD?) She and Harry look like they are having a great time.
And banana bread! How adorable is that!!
I’d love to own that blazer. I wonder if they’ll ship to Australia…
Love this one!! Great hair, too.
I love blazers, have always worn them (pockets, yay!) but hate how they are being worn so oversized this go-round. This Serena design has baggy pockets and looks cheap.
Meghan looks good but I did find myself wishing she had color in the jacket or an accessory.
Love her blazer! I loved the big blazer trend in the 80s. Actually one trend I’m glad to see back.
I like it too.
I like her look and I think the sleek and tidy ponytail makes a difference. Kate should have worn her hair in a pony on her first engagement after mat leave where she was dressed casually.
She looks great in this outfit, and a ponytail looks better than her regular messy bun hair style
They look really good together. This tour has been pretty successful so far, nice crowds and great press. . I love watching the bitters from the royal blogs meltdown. 😂
Oooooh you gonna love Piers Morgan melting down. LOL 🙂 Piers never forgave Meghan for ghosting him. 🙂
He may be a little shamed today, although probably not. He tweeted some inanity calling Daniel Craig #emasculatedbond for wearing his baby in a papoose carrier. He was really getting the business in the comments from fathers who were posting pics of themselves wearing their kids in similar carriers, and saying things like, “it’s Bond, father daughter Bond!” Lmao! Hardly anyone had “liked” his tweet but he had about 15k comments basically calling him a moron for trying to shame dads who actually bond with their kids.
Psssst. Piers Morgan is a bitter tw@t. Pass it n.
@Masamf….you are dead right, the only reason why Piers has got it in for her was because he was hoping that after their pre Harry meeting it would mean that they would be besties. But she was very wisely advised to steer clear of him, and now we can see why.
A very odious man, encouraging her family members to dis her all the time. Only a couple of days ago he was saying that Meghan has a history of dropping people….Oh you mean you Piers! 🤔
She looked lovely.
I love that her skinny jeans weren’t painted on her. The bigger jacket is on trend as it was in the 80s…I welcome it.
Just came to say I loved the headline and loved the article more. This is what I love about this site. Although working with an Aussie colleague I know the drought is absolutely no joke for you guys.
Luke was adorable. He told his teacher Harry’s beard reminded him of Santa Claus. Aww! I love this outfit. She was able to move around on the farm, squat to talk to the kids. The jacket was nice. Way to go, Serena. Nice design. All in all, this was a good day for them, and the tour is going well so far.
Why do you say “supposed to visit a drought-stricken area, and take a tour of a farm”, like they didn’t go, they did exactly that! They visited the area and spent a very long time with the family at the farm. Also one good days rain doesn’t break a drought, the Mayor even said as much in his speech when introducing Harry to speak so…
Meghan puts so much thought into everything she wears. The flats she wore were made out of 100% recycled material. I love that she supports women-owned brands. She wears pieces of Diana’s collection at memorable times. She doesn’t wear a flimsy fly-away dress and 5″ heels to (a) walk around a zoo, or (b) meet with drought/poverty stricken farmers. She’s so smart and everything she does is so impressively well thought-out. I give her an A+ in duchessing. KATE…. TAKE NOTE!
Kate gets a A from me though.
I like both Duchesses too
Wow that’s great about the flats. I think Meghan goes out of her way to use her fashion choices to lift others up. Just a class act. Kate is just a typical rich woman with bad fashion taste.
i know. she’s the magic unicorn:-)
I love her outfit! I basically wear a version of it to work the second the weather starts to get cool. She def keeps up with the trends. Also I’m loving the low ponytail on her.
I think I would have liked this outfit with a different shirt—something about it being so long when it’s untucked throws off the proportions. This outfit made me wonder if the original plan was for her to disguise her bump for the tour, but she popped a bit before the wedding and it became too obvious.
This is something my sister would wear. I can’t do oversized blazers but she can since she is the edgy fashionista. What Meghan Wore has a good breakdown of all the labels she wore today and how most of what she is wearing are labels meant to empower women or ethically sourced like the jeans that are made by Cambodian women who are former victims of human trafficking and the blazer from Serena’s line. If any of you want to know more about the brands, the bloggers there put a lot of time and research into their posts. 🙂
Also that little boy Luke who was obsessed with Harry’s beard is special needs and has a limited vocabulary. According to his principal he loves Santa Claus and beards so as soon as he saw Harry I think the lightbulb went off: red haired Santa Claus!
So she’s close friends with Serena Williams, huh? I don’t doubt it but Serena seems to have an intense schedule so I’m curious how they met and became close?
It’s a question I’ve been having about a lot of famous people….do they have any friends from high school? College? I find it odd that Meghan’s “best friend” is that horrible social climber Jessica Mulroney who glommed onto her when she started filming a TV show.
Lol. I don’t think JM glommed onto Meghan. It’s interestng how the narrative changes. It was JM that Meghan glommed onto, when she had just moved there. Her style, herlifestyle, everything changed after meeting JM. Why use such a negative and derogatory word against either woman?
Meghan and Serena have been friends for almost 10 years. Serena was at the polo with Meghan before the wedding and was also at the wedding. Meghan watched Serena at Wimbledon over the summer. They’re very close.
Love it! That was literally a sweet thing for her to do.
I like the idea of the outfit, but the shirt is too big for her and it looks like she’s wearing one of Harry’s jackets. They make such a cute couple sharing that umbrella!
I loved seeing photos from this engagement. They are both so good with people, especially children. I don’t like the clash between the black jeans and the black ankle boots but that’s really minor. Great showing from both Harry and Meghan.
Why can’t all the Royal ladies wear pants all the time? They always look more relaxed when not trying to navigate uneven ground wearing 5 inch heels and dainty skirts. I don’t understand the fuss about Meghan wearing jeans, or trousers instead of dresses all the time. She looks comfy & I’m sure her feet are less sore this way when she has to walk about a lot for events.