The Duchess of Sussex made three costume changes in one day! And she made one small mistake, which is all anyone can talk about. I’m shocked that she isn’t being accused of “breaking protocol” for her very minor mistake. On Thursday, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex did their final event in Fiji before jetting off to Tonga. For this last event in Fiji, Meghan wore a love “peacock green” Jason Wu dress which I like, a lot.
I’m sure people will be like “she wears too many dark colors,” but can you deny that she looks amazing in rich, saturated jewel tones? This Wu dress is expensive too – it retails for $1695. I imagine that it’s a pretty versatile piece which will work for a lot of different occasions though. She accessorized with Pippa Small jewelry, a Dior D-Bee handbag and Manolo Blahnik pumps in navy (which have been in her closet for a while).
Meghan and Harry took the short flight to Tonga and then Meghan came off the plane wearing this $455 Self-Portrait dress. The red is supposed to recall the flag of Tonga, which is also this shade of red. There’s a lot of detailing on the chest and shoulders of this dress, and that detailing reminds me a bit of Kate – this, to me, looks like a very “Kate dress,” even though Kate doesn’t wear red that often. It was here that Meghan made a small mistake – no one gave her a once-over before she walked off the plane, and it seems like the tag was still attached to the dress. Eh, it happens to the best of us. Meg, she’s just like us! Honestly, though, she had to change clothes on the plane and this kind of stuff just happens. Either that or she was planning to return it, lmao.
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Omggg I love the blue heels with the green dress!! Can we also talk about the AMAZING white evening gown?!
Lol happens to all of us but cements it for me that she (and Kate) both need actual paid stylists.
It looks like the clothing care tag – not the price tag. These washing instruction tags are often located along one of the lower seams so they do not interfere with the wearing of the garment. You should not cut them out unless you are absolutely sure you know how to clean and dry the garment.
Yeah, I’m sure all her stuff needs to be dry cleaned, so the tag definitely should have been removed. If she had a dresser/stylist that would have happened.
Almost ALL clothing now has that care tag sewn on an inside seam, down by the bottom (instead of at the neckline, where it used to be). Depending on the fabric, I have to cut them out (sometimes they’re way too long (inches!), and will bunch up if the fabric is light or the fit needs to lay smooth).
Guess they figured it was better than the neck (scratchy), waistline area (bunchy), so bottom seam it became.
ETA: This just became an “item” on the local newscast lol
Totally a care tag. Dress was originally floor length. Tailor should have removed it.
That was my first thought also. Clothing care tag.
Meghan really needs to employ a wardrobe mistress to help her look after her clothes and make sure she never has wear things unironed. It could be that the Sussexes want to keep their staff small for privacy sake or they are trying to reduce costs. But Meghan has a huge wardrobe now and won’t be able to do it all by herself, especially when she comes a Mum. Right now it looks as though she just puts things on in the same state that they were delivered in.
I thought it looked like the care tag as well 🤷🏻♀️
Yep. This. This is why you hire competent dressers – so you don’t have to concentrate on these details.
I was just coming here to say this. This is what happens when you have a “friend” as a stylist. Just hire a professional.
This has got nothing to do with her Mulroney friend, who is not responsible for ironing or cleaning Meghan’s clothing and ensuring that they are ready to wear. That is not the job of a stylist, it is the job of a wardrobe mistress or dresser.
Isn’t the reason Mulroney is there ( regardless of who paid) was to act as her stylist? If so, then yes, that is her job.
Jessica was in Australia to be with her husband. She was not there as Meghan’s stylist or dresser, and she did not go to Fiji. As far as the tag is concerned, it’s not a BFD, but it’s obviously more fodder for those who detest Meghan and dislike Jessica for whatever reasons they can conjure or blow out of proportion.
This isn’t a care tag. It’s the brand tag. There’s a photo where you can see it hanging completely out of the dress by a string (4th one down). https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/7576184/prince-harry-meghan-markle-tonga-fiji-latest/
I want to own the green dress. I love that she wore blue shoes and purse with both looks, it makes the outfits more interesting. The golden earrings are fantastic. And while I do agree that the red dress is very Kate-esque, she doesn’t look like Kate at all in it.
Both dresses are gorgeous. Plus, reds and blues/teals are my favorite color combinations. Basically, she looks perfect in my eyes wearing these.
Also don’t get the fuss about the cleaning instruction tag? It’s not a big deal?
I thought she looked divine in all three dresses.
Very interestingly, myself and my daughter, who loves and owns a couple of Self Portrait dresses, were in Dubai a few weeks ago and my daughter actually had a good look at the red dress when we were in a shop. Of course we had no idea that it was the same dress that the Duchess of Sussex would select to take on the royal tour! Anyway we both can now say that it certainly looks better worn than it did when we saw it on the hanger in that shop. 😄
I love both these dresses. Gorgeous, appropriate (I feel like I use that term all the time for her lol), she doesn’t look like she’s trying to dress like her 90 year grandmother in law, and dresses she can definitely wear again for other events.
Love both dresses; jewel tones really suit her. But what I *dont* get, is what, for all the $$$$ these clothes cost, they don’t fit her better? In the green dress, there’s a lot of extra fabric in the armpit area (if it’s the stuff fabric, the perhaps a dart there?) and in the red one, it looks a bit small around pc the torso (bunching/bulging around) the belt is on the last notch;perhaps she should’ve left it off? .
Or perhaps she just grew out of them too quickly, between ordering/wearing due to pregnancy? I’m going with that one 😊.
She’s pregnant. Nothing is going to fit well for the next few months, especially things that aren’t maternity wear. There’s no way to tell how your body will change even during a two week span. She’s at the point where the changes are pretty rapid and from one week to the next she will look completely different. This is why I lived in sweats and my husband’s tshirts until I could fit into maternity clothes.
There were ‘fit’ problems before she was pregnant.
Ha ha. I use “gorgeous” and think “appropriate” all the time too and love the dresses as well.
Love the red dress. Red is definitely one of her colors. Love the hand holding and how happy they look.
+1
Both dresses look good!
Who is complaining that she wears too many dark colors? With her coloring, she’s going to look best in jewel tones or stark white – nothing wrong with wearing what flatters you.
TONS of people lol. Lots of complaining about all the navy and black she wore in Sydney.
I was one of them-it was dark dress after dark dress and then dark jeans. Boring. I love these saturated colors on her-gorgeous.
I complained about all the navy sheath dresses. More from the perspective of why keep buying new ones when you have 10 in the closet already?
The green dress does look beautiful on her skin tone (plus the stunning earrings) but it gives her a box shape up top. The red dress looks amazing on her and I love the bottom skirt part and the way it flows.
+1000
Agree and very beautiful and Regal in her carriage.
The Duchess also manage not to flash and remain Royal class.
All her dress manage not to fly up with proper weights in the hem.
I too was complaining of the many dark attire. Green Red others are lovely and regal.
Looks like a care tag and why was it placed at the bottom?
Some care tags are as long as scrolls now or layered like little flip books. They have taken on a life of their own.
The DM has better pix where it’s clear that it’s a price tag hanging off of its own string separate from the dress. I feel bad for her but it would have been hard for someone just looking at her from eye level in the plane to have seen.
That’s what I was going to say. I measured one once-4 inches! For a sweater!
I feel like this tag business is somehow photoshopped. Wasn’t the dress bespoke (the original is gown length)? Why would the designer put a tag on a bespoke dress and why would it be way at the bottom like that? Something seems fishy.
But anyway, she looks absolutely gorgeous in red. The green dress was nice as well but the bodice seemed a bit stiff and bulky when she was sitting down.
This tour has been amazing so far. Can’t believe we still have next week too! Loving it!
“I feel like this tag business is somehow photoshopped”
Now i’ve heard everything! best laugh of the day lol :).
Why is it so hard to admit someone messed up here rather than make absured excuses? All those people in their entourage and not one person spotted the tag.
Photoshopped?!? What are you saying?!?
It was a mistake. Who cares. Stuff happens especially keeping up with this schedule.
What’s your next theory? Kate somehow paid somebody to leave it on to make her look bad?
Oh, for god’s sake, ladies(?). Calm down. I explained why I thought it was odd there would be a tag at all and in that particular location, but I went and watched the video and it does show up. So, I admit I was wrong. Yes, someone in her entourage missed it. It was a mistake that it was left on. Happy now?! Y’all need to chill.
Also, I really don’t think you can deny that the media is pretty harsh on Meghan. The UK media especially. I mean all the nonsense about the car door closing and then Meghan being pretty much blamed for leaving the market early instead of using better wording that explains it was a PPO decision and not a Meghan decision. Not to mention all of the crap with her insane father and half-siblings. I honestly wouldn’t put it past them to do something shady to drum up a (false) story.
It would be a very strange strategy to photoshop a price tag to create some drama… Honestly, the UK media has had its moments with Meghan, especially early on when they were trying to dig out her past and their coverage of the Markles, but this felt like a “she’s human like the rest of us!” story and it’s hardly embarrassing. The car door thing was strange because one reporter tweeted it as a joke about our expectations of royalty in general and a ton of other outlets picked it up as fact. Maybe it’s just the world right now, but it really pains me to see people constantly going after these journalists and accusing them of outright lying or photoshopping this stuff (most of them can’t even take a good picture with their cellphone! lol). The royal reporters usually tend to be very careful with their reporting because they don’t want to lose their access.
@RoyalWatcher The UK media have been absolutely, totally vile. As I’ve mentioned before, the knives really came out when Harry begged that her privacy be respected because she was becoming overwhelmed not only by the stalking, but the chilling negativity and vicious slurs levelled at her, particularly for being a Woman of Colour. And so they’ve redoubled their efforts to ruin the marriage, basically. Thomas Narcle has a hotline to rags like the Sun (of which it is said that it is written by the most intelligent to appeal to the prejudices of the least intelligent) and Daily Wail. And the readers/commentators of both lap up *anything* that can be or is being criticised. I think the Wail, especially, is populated by an online community of not particularly educated or intelligent bigots of a certain age, who are up in arms because their mindset is pre-Windrush. Certainly, they trustingly repeat any scurrilous rumour that they can (one calling CDAN an unfailingly “true” source – even its own website doesn’t stoop THAT low) and go round and round, trying to destroy her. Thank G-d our lovely Duchess, who has been named one of the top 100 most influential black Britons, doesn’t read comments.
I am also very suspicious about the tag, one minute it was there as a tag , next it was there as a label. Also Self Portrait dresses do not put tags in that particular place on their dresses.
Also I don’t think the dress was bespoke because myself and my daughter saw the exact red dress in a shop in Dubai a few weeks ago.
Im suspicious too. The only shot you see the tag is when she was walking along. Then in all other photos its gone? I also think if it was really there she would have felt it fluttering by her legs.
I’m enjoying this royal tour
Me too!
Me three!
Me four! It’s such fun to see all her clothes, and she’s so pretty and vibrant!
I am enjoying it too but I worry about the gruelling schedule and the over exposure of Meghan Markle.
The comments of DM have sunk to an all time disgusting low. The trolls cannot bear to see how successful the tour is and how popular Meghan is. It really does seem that the more beautiful Meghan looks the greater the jealousy and hatred it arouses. The abuse on the DM has got to boiling point. The more radiant Meghan looks the more intense is the viciousness. DM is refusing to moderate, and quite happy that people in their thousands are logging on to their website. I will soon be writing letters of complaint to the editorial board.
Red dress is gorgeous. Love the colour of the green one – but in some other websites’ photos she’s got the bad undergarment outline going on again – which as someone upthread commented highlights the need for a professional stylist. Aside from that these two are wins!
Looks like that horrible strapless bra she has worn before, under the Roland Mouret dress. You can totally see the outline of the upper cups.
@jan – yes, exactly! That was the awful sand/slate coloured dress with the infamous “squish boob”… Between Eugenie needing a better support bra, Kate and her cone-bra for her wedding dress and this – what is it with royals being unable to buy a proper bra?’
OUCH on pregnant boobs? I know it doesn’t happen to every woman during pregnancy, but my breasts hurting like nothing else was always one of my first signs and the idea of these glue on bras makes me want to cry.
Well I loved that Roland Mouret dress, even though it was problematic around the boobs…one of the sexiest outfits she has worn.
Whats up with the tag being at the bottom? Weird.
Meghan is very obviously building a capsule wardrobe of versatile pieces and accessories. Solid colors with interesting detailing and lines. I like that.
Im seeing a lot people gasping at the price tags of her pieces, but who really cares? At least she doesnt spend thousands on a single dress, that is in some god awful print, and cant really be repeated or styled differently.
She’s the wife of the spare and she’s spent about 60 000 pounds on her ‘capsule’ wardrobe so far. Between her and kate wasting enormous amount of money on McQueen 80s prom dresses these two are going to bankrupt the brits. Good thing the british economy isn’t already hanging by a thread due to brexit…oh wait…
it is a possibility that she has a little bit of money of her own
Technically she’s the wife of the 6th in line. Aka where Bea was before the Cambridges had babies.
Do you seriously think that the royals pay the price tags stated in the Daily Mail? I am sure that they get very big discounts, the publicity is so fantastic. The designers would gift the dresses if the Royals were allowed to accept freebies which they are not. But I am sure that there is a way around it which suits all parties concerned.
Harry is no longer the spare. Now that William has had children, Harry is below them in the line of succession.
That looks like one of those big labels that are sewed at the back of a garment or at the side. Weird that it’s placed so low.
Ah ok saw a post above saying there’s a string. Oh well.
The photos on Twitter show that the original dress is much longer (photos of the full dress are on Harrods’ website even though it’s sold out by now), and Meghan had it shortened. So IMO the likeliest explanation is that the care tag was never meant to be so close to the hem, but after being altered, it was. If she wore the longer dress off the rack without any alterations, the tag never would have been visible.
Either way, Meghan has paid staff whose job it is to notice these things and they are the ones at fault here, not her.
Regardless, I think the red dress is beautiful and the color is really pretty on her.
The red dress is fab, love it. I don’t get Kate vibes from it at all. It does look like a care tag and it’s in an odd spot so I don’t blame anyone for not noticing that it peeked out. On to the next one!
It’s the care tag. Not a price tag. It could and possibly should have been cut, but I don’t see what the big deal is.
The green is amazing on her. She’s stunning with some colours
There was a teal outfit she wore in, I believe, Scotland. That outfit was stunning on her, teal is her color.
I like both dresses a lot and I’m laughing because I actually own a green dress very similar to that green dress. I got it at Talbots for a lot less than $1,000 about 4 years ago and I wear it for client meetings and administrative hearings. It’s versatile.
I love all of these! She looks amazing in them and comfortable, which really makes a difference. And thank you for the reminder that I wish Kate would wear shades of red more. Can’t remember the exact event but there’s one dress sticking out in my mind that I loved the color of on her (was formal, I think the dress has some sparkle but just the right amount).
I think you’re thinking of Kate at the Chinese state dinner? Yes, that red dress was quite pretty and sparkly. I think she wore it another time as well, but don’t remember off the top of my head. Kate also wore red (day dresses) at the queen’s jubilee and again on the Canada tour.
That’s exactly it! Thank you! I love her in red. Seems like she used to wear it more but now I’m realizing she’s been mostly out of the public eye anyway so that’s why it feels like forever since she’s been in a nice red dress lol hope she wears one soon. Her and Meghan both look stunning in red
Lovely dresses. The tag is unfortunate.
I love both dresses and her look in both. Jewel tones definitely suit her.
The shoulder and arm area of the green dress didn’t fit right. The material looked like scuba gear! The shoulder area was too big and the through the body was too tight due to the growing baby bump.
As is the norm with Meghan, the dress needed to be properly altered.
The frayed neckline looked cheap, Meghan has a thing for frayed edges!!
I love the color of the dress though, I would never thought of wearing navy blue shoes and clutch with a green dress, but I like the combination on her.
I love the jewelry.
Meghan, get a stylist!
THAT’S IT! I couldn’t think of what material that reminded me of! SCUBA gear!!! YES! And it is way too big around the arms/shoulders; I mentioned the fit above 😊
The red dress through the body was tight. The sizing is surely due to her growing baby tummy.
The floral embroidery at the lower abdomen area is inappropriately placed and looks dated…this was a miss except for the color.
Why is her bust area always so awkward? Her wedding dress and everything after always seems lumpy and oddly fitting in the arms and bust. Her body is a bit difficult, I get that, but this bad? Nothing ever fits right. Ever.
Two lovely dresses especially the green one. I agree with previous comments that she and Kate would both benefit from professional stylists to ensure everything fits properly.
She looked totally amazing in red, so I can forgive the tag– that many outfit changes a day and something is likely to go awry. I’d probably walk out with mismatched shoes XD
Even Diana made a big number of no-nos in the beginning… it takes time to get into the swing of things. Or… to eventually hire 1) enough and 2) the correct assistants/designers/stylists etc
Diana was 20 years old when she got married and previously lived a very sheltered life. Meghan has been an actress and celebrity….at the very least she should have her make-up, hair and style in order; any protocol issues, she is entitled to as much time as she needs to understand that new aspect of her life and I give her every leeway….but clothing, hair and makeup is like breathing, in her former profession.
Well, she had a crew to do it. I have the impression she doesn’t have a crew here– didnt she just recently hire her BFF to act as stylist? Shes probably trying t be modest and not spoiled and ironically its backlashing. But women can never do right anyway, so… choice is hers 🙂
Sorry…it is not the care tag, it is in fact the price tag. In photos on other sites one can clearly see the plastic attachment and the tag hanging freely. Lovely dress….terrible oversight by their staff.
Love the green dress! The red dress I like less but it’s not terrible. And that is definitely the care instruction tag, not the price tag. Much ado about nothing.
Green dress is amazing. I love her pregnancy look. She’s curvy again, like she was on Suits, and she’s wearing those dresses like a boss.
I adore both these looks. Emerald is really her color, but I like the fit of the red dress more — the green dress does weird things to her bump. Still like it, though.
She looks fabulous in both dresses – honestly, I am just so happy that she’s not longer wearing black all the time. If she prefers darker colors, then navy, burgundy and dark green fit the bill without looking funereal like black does.
I am mad in Meghan’s behalf, I thought the palace was giving her their top, most seasoned aides. The brits are going to have a field day over that tag.
@Catherine: same. There are people who are PAID to deal with details like this and the Meghan haters are never, ever going to let us hear the end of it with this one.
It’s so unfortunate because overall she’s doing such an amazing job on this tour, but many are focusing on nonsense like this tag and her having to leave the market a few minutes early — which was not even her decision.
If people are being that petty then it doesn’t take much, does it? There are certain people who are talking about these unimportant things because that’s what they want to concentrate on. H&M have done a wonderful job on their tour, and that’s what truly matters. But, the British tabloids don’t get clicks for posting positive stories. Especially tabloids like the Fail are just feeding their reader base whom they’ve already primed to dislike Meghan.
I don’t judge Meghan for for some tiny oversight, and I have no respect for the opinion of anyone who chooses to harp on about some tag on a dress rather than look at the good things H&M are trying to do here.
All that being said, I agree Meghan and Kate both need stylists
I once left for work in new slacks with a store sticker all the way up the pant leg. Noticed it before entering my office, but a tiny tag at the bottom of a skirt is something I might have walked around all day without noticing. I definitely get the need for an aid if you’re rapidly changing outfits between events.
Well the tag is very suspicious , first it was a tag and then it became a label. How was it removed? How come we did not see pics of someone on their knees with a pair of scissors to cut it off? Very strange.
I’m enjoying this tour so much! While I’ve liked most of the outfits Meghan has worn and love looking at all of the photos (with the exception of those two white blazers— not a fan), she hasn’t worn anything that I actually want to buy for myself so it’s better on my credit card too. 🙂
You’d think with all those random people travelling with them that ONE would say oh excuse me by the way there is a tag on your dress? The dress is nice though.
I think is looking sort of pukey again in the pics with the red dress. Poor thing!
Oops..green dress pukey..not red.
I LOVE these dresses, and thinks she looks gorgeous!!
I love that green dress and hope it gets a ton of repeats! I also like the red one (and love that bit of sartorial diplomacy with the color!) but I thought the fit was a bit off with her changing body.
The tag thing happens to the best of us but she has people to take care of these things. Or they should. This letting the young royals choose their own aides (or choosing none at all) failed with W&K so this shouldn’t be happening again.
That snafu aside she looks AMAZING if not a little pukey, but she is still nailing this trip. She gets all the passes on fit. She’s pregnant. Criticizing the fit of her clothes at this stage of her pregnancy just shows some kind of compulsive need to drag her down.
Meh..it happens. The photo CNN has it looks like a price tag. Here, it looks like the care/content tag. Love the colors especially Red.
That tag thing is not a minor mistake. Someone really dropped the ball with that. It is a huge tag hanging out and a big red carpet moment with that Princess lady. It is an oversight that for someone at her level is not ok. I don’t blame Meghan (and I love Meghan!), I blame whoever is helping her dress.
I get the impression that she puts her clothes on by herself in the same bedroom as Harry, and he gives her the once over. The only other person is her hairdresser and he is a man and probably only cares about her hair.
I agree and Meghan has to take responsibility for it. This tag thing has happened before but I would be surprised if it happens again. It was the only mention of the tour on cnn.com today.
Hurrah for colour! Flatters her complexion so well. Instead of black she should have stuck to nude shoes with the red, but it’s nothing major. Looking great, Meghan.
She needs a better fitting/covering bra.
Damn! Meaghan doesn’t look like a Duchess, she looks like a Queen! That tag thing isn’t good for someone who’s supposed to have the staff, but I blame that on the Palace for not insisting on letting her use Angela Kelly or a Kelly apprentice for her first big tour. I can see how Meaghan would feel she and/or Jessica have a good handle on things from when she was an actress. But this is a whole new ball game. The only way she’ll see the contrast is if she gets to use someone with Royal experience who will understand the unique challenges. A team of at least 2 would be best, but even just one specialist dresser will bring her already gorgeous base-look to the next level. She’s already shown a keen interest in learning, this can be a new lesson for her.
What has the tag got to do with Jessica Mulroney? Was she even in Fiji/Tonga? I doubt it.
The gowns are full on delicious. Wish she’d wear red more often (and, viz the tag – IT DOESN’T MATTER). For similar styles of dresses that don’t break the bank my go-to is Cos, an avant garde and just that little bit quirky designer… https://www.cosstores.com/en_gbp/women/dresses.html
I think she looked stunning. And she might want to consider wearing emerald green from this day forth.
Lainey said the green dress looks like scuba gear and now I can’t unsee it.
I love how the lady sitting down is looking at Harry.
Back in the day — the reason we wore a slip is so that the dress wouldn’t end up up our crotch. That’s the fashion error in my opinion. She’s a princess. Not a good look. I expect more from her — even checking a mirror before she goes out. After all, it’s her rep. She needs to take responsibility. Why give people a reason to criticize you?
I seriously don’t understand why Harry and his trips are hyped so much. How is he any different than Andrew and Edward? I don’t think they ever spent so much on either of their wives, so why so much celebrity like attention and money spent on these two?
I’m underwhelmed by the fashion on this tour.