The Duchess of Sussex really has made subtle changes to her styling since becoming a royal. I’m not even sure why – the UK tabloids are going to climb up her butt about literally anything she does, says or wears, so she might as well make herself happy and style herself the way she feels comfortable. Example: for a while, Meghan was doing messy updos – she would pull her hair back into a messy bun or a chignon, and she would leave a few pieces of hair out to frame her face. The UK papers were in meltdown about it last year, and they accused her of breaking the most sacred Royal Hair Protocol. It seems to have bugged her, because she hasn’t done a messy updo in a while. Case in point: last night at the Endeavour Awards, Meghan did a sleek updo with a center part. I hate it.
Meghan and Harry attended the awards as part of Harry’s continued work with veterans’ groups. The Endeavour Awards recognize veterans who “have used new challenges to aid their recovery.” It’s a sober event where Meghan is more of a “plus-one,” although she has been joining Harry at veterans-events for more than a year. So Meghan chose a look that wouldn’t pull focus – a bespoke black silk skirt and a white blouse. The Givenchy clutch was a repeat. The ensemble is what it is – sophisticated, low-key, simple, classic, a tad boring. It actually reminds me a tad of something Carolyn Bessette might have worn had she ever been pregnant. My least favorite part of this look, besides the center part hair? The Aquazzura heels, which look very cheap with the rest of the outfit.
Also: it’s a friggin’ joke that we’re supposed to believe that Meghan is due in April. They cannot be serious with that.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
It’s either twins or a March baby.
Also Carolyn Bessette wore this same outfit to black tie gala.
Simplicity suits Meghan, highlights her beauty…..
I think she looks fine, she’s a small built woman, no where to go for the baby but forward. It’s perfectly reasonable that she’s due in april
+1 Bryn. I am 100 pounds and put on 40 pounds with each pregnancy. I was as wide as I am tall. Everyone thought I was having twins, and would shake their head in disbelief when I said I wasn’t. I had to wear a harness to help with the back pain. The jokes wrote themselves.
I think she looks great and kudos to her for being on her feet at this stage of the pregnancy.
@Bryan this is absolutely right. I am VERY uncomfortable with all the speculation about her pregnant body on this site and the accusations of dishonesty around it. People need to stop analyzing how she is carrying.
I’m tall with a long torso so my babies have a lot more room to go up instead of out. My sister is six inches shorter and the only place her baby could go was out. Currently 20 weeks pregnant with #2, and by the end of the day I look at least a couple months further along because of all the water I’m drinking and my stomach is full of food and everything looks much bigger than in the morning. When people see me throughout the day, I look much different. As a pregnant woman, I do not want to hear any mention of what I look like besides wonderful. I don’t want to hear how big I look or I’d be so hurt if someone asked if I was carrying twins when I’m not because they are talking about my body without my permission. I don’t go up to random strangers or make comments about what their body looks like. Our bodies go through a huge change in a short amount of time, it’s painful and awkward, especially when we’ve been raised by a society that values thinness. Women carry their pregnancies vastly differently. Next time you want to comment on a pregnant woman’s physical appearance or that she looks like she’s due earlier than she says, just don’t. If you must make comments about Meghan’s pregnancy fashion, then fine (it still sucks, imo, but this is a gossip site so whatever). Meghan looks wonderful, end of story.
Yeah, second that. She is quite petite and short waisted as well, there simply isn’t much room in her torso. Lovely outfit.
“Women carry their pregnancies vastly differently. Next time you want to comment on a pregnant woman’s physical appearance or that she looks like she’s due earlier than she says, just don’t.”
So well said, Coco!!!!!!
Yay Coco! Well said. When I (5’1″) was pregnant (with a 10.5 lb baby) a woman honest-to-god said to me, “Wow, you’re due at the same time as Nicole Kidman, and you look so different than she does!”
*eyeroll* . Believe me, I don’t look like an Australian movie star on my skinniest days!
Meg is tiny and she’s going to have a big fat baby. Good for them!
@Coco
Agreed, 100%
I am over 5’10”, so there is plenty of room for babies to grow. With my first, everyone commented on how small I was carrying and how I couldn’t be due so soon and it made me feel like I wasn’t growing a strong enough babe or I must look so naturally heavy that they thought my obvious bump was just gut. With my second, I showed immediately and people were asking me if I was about to go in to labour at 5 months along. I had a man in an elevator say “any day now then?” in July and my son was born on his due date of November 30. I do get the fun of speculating about any and all things, but the tone of disbelief while evaluating a pregnant woman’s body does make me very uncomfortable. It just varies so so much for so many reasons. From one woman to another, one pregnancy to another, one day to another.
I have a loooooooooong torso and assumed I would carry pretty small. After 6 months both of mine popped out til I looked I was smuggling turkeys. On the bright side, I got to keep full lung capacity.
100% agree with Bryn, Coco, Tiffany 🙂 etc. why speculate about her body so much? I carried my babies very prominently and got tons of unwanted comments about how big I was, how big my baby was going to be, etc. I met a woman during baby classes who said she was thee opposite— her baby bump was small and she constantly got chastised by complete strangers accusing her of “starving” her baby or in other ways not taking care of herself in a way that would allow her baby to grow.
This is all completely out of a woman’s control and all the talk is hurtful. Each woman’s body is different and each baby is different. Not to mention, I don’t think people actually know what a full term pregnancy looks like on a woman. I certainly wasn’t prepared for what it looked or felt like when I reached the 40 week mark. It’s actually pretty incredible. But let’s not snark at her body shape, ok?
I just see Carolina Herrera. The open collar, the rolled sleeves, the black and white clean lines.
Except CH would be impeccably tailored. I love Queen Letizia in her stuff; it’s pretty much the only things she wears I’m like ooo what’s that?
Now that you point it out I can’t not see it. I also think Meghan would look great in one of those blouse gowns from the CH spring Fall 2018 line with those big belts.
Same. I think it’s weird that people act as if Carolyn Bessette invented that look of sleek lines, fitted skirts, black tops, and pairing black and white, and constantly
accuse people of copying it. Oh! Meghan wore a white shirt with a black skirt. She’s copying Carolyn Bessette. Whaaat??
Totally agree with the CH look and have always been puzzled by the frequent references to CB here.
I was huge with both my pregnancies. Before kids, I was very in shape and my belly just went straight out. I showed early and got big fast. I would get comments all day long about how big I was – asking if I was due any day when I had months left. I also have a very professional job and wore heels until my last month. It all depends on the individual but it’s more than possible that she’s not due until April
I’m fine with the ambiguity over her due date, her clothes and her shoes here. But what is up with this super dark orange George Hamilton tan? Did she borrow tRump’s tanning bed or something?
Reminds me of the Sharon Stone Oscars look. She borrowed her husband’s white shirt put on her lovely Vera Wang lilac skirt and she was out the door. Classic chic look.
Only thing that bothers me with Meghan’s look is it looks like she borrowed it from my chubby grandfather. Pops would always hike his pants up over his big belly (Skinny as a chicken everywhere else, only had a belly). IMO, Meg should’ve gone full empire waiste, or full around the belly. I just personally hate a “pulled up only in the front” maternity look.
It also reminded me of Sharon Stone.
Yes! Sharon Stone’s 1998(?) Oscar look was exactly what I was thinking too! Iconic.
“Carolyn Bessette wore this same outfit to black tie gala”
It was the Brite Nite Whitney gala in March 1999. And it’s still fashionable twenty years later. Some people didn’t like Carolyn’s minimalist style (personally, I loved it), but the fact that her looks have not gone out of style says a lot to me.
Harry looks rather polished and I dare say, HOT!
You’re right, Kaiser, Meghan’s outfit reminds me of Caroline Bassett’s Kennedy. If I remember correctly Sharon Stone wore something similar to an award show. Oh, oh Carolina Herrera and Julia Roberts!
Is it a two piece, she can be seen adjusting the skirt before entering the event and the top was twisting around?
I love the outfit but it is lacking in the execution department.
The shoes are nice but not with this dress.
It is 90s fashion, but it needed a better fitted skirt and some royal jewellery.
I do not think she looks huge, why do people bother with those comments?
Same, Milla. Ridiculous to speculate on her baby bump. I’m just here to enjoy the Meghan Show!
EDIT: if I sounded sarcastic, I didn’t mean to. I could read about Meg every day (and do!). And I think she looks like a normal short pregnant lady.
Yeah, I thought that was quite the nice suit on him.
This might be my least favorite look on her. While her face is beautiful as always I think small diamond stud earring would have made the look less plain
The shoes however are interesting and pretty though I am not sure they really go with this dress
Some sparkle would definitely have made it more interesting. Where it’s just basic casuals it’d have really jazzed it up, I think.
I love the shoes. I think they’d look better with a different top half – not a huge fan of the shirt. But she probably just went for something somewhat comfortable and I’m not going to fault her on that.
True, she looks like shes in the home stretch and not too comfortable
I really dislike this.
The shirt is too big and it fits her weirdly, the rolled up sleeves don’t work, and even though the skirt is good, it looks too cheap to be bespoke Givenchy. The shirt looks even cheaper.
The shoes are gorgeous, and so is Meghan of course. I wish she had worn her hair in a less severe hairstyle, it would have helped softening her look.
I’m a CBK style devotee and I can see what Meghan was going for, but I don’t like the execution. I don’t mind the hair or the top but I don’t care for the skirt. Around the waist just reminds me of those elastic bands on maternity jeans.
I too adore the style of CBK,if I’m in need of new pieces for my wardrobe,or a night out I google her and take photos with my phone.She is easy to copy because of all her classic choices.I adore the white shirt black skirt combo-effortless and timeless,I agree though that the elastic band on her skirt plus the high slit (which probably makes it easier to walk in especially bc she’s pregnant)sort of cheapens the look.I like the plainness of the outfit and very minimal jewelry though.This is one instance where I really like her shoes,but I think a plain black heal would have gone better with the whole simplicity vibe she was trying for.She’s so pretty though so it’s still a good look over all IMO.
CBK wore clothes that fit and knew how to dress for her body. Meghan can’t seem to get it right. I still cannot believe that with her her resources, her clothes don’t fit her. Everything is too big or too tight, Kardashian style. She needs to ditch that Mulroney stylist and get a decent tailor.
Yeah, I don’t like this at all. It’s not flattering, it’s hitting her in all the wrong ways. Someone please get this woman a stylist and good tailor. The fabric and execution look cheap to me.
It’s, once again, a poorly tailored look. Yes, she’s pregnant but when something is made for you (by a friend, no less), it should fit, even in pregnancy.
I don’t care for this look at all. A nice shall over the shoulders, tied loosely, could have possible helped? Plus shoes too fancy and high for a comfortable black tie look.
I don’t understand why everyone is so insistent that she must be further along than she is…? Every woman carries differently, every baby sits in the womb differently (firstborn loved hugging my spine but my son likes hanging out as far from it as he can). Her bump looks “appropriately” sized for anything from a mid-March to mid-April due date
I know! Kate, for example, is tall with a long torso, so it would make perfect sense that she wouldn’t pop until later. Meghan is tiny with a short torso and long legs, so there is nowhere for the baby to go but out.
This. She’s only 5’4 or 5’5 max and very short-waisted for her height. She’s probably going to have that “painfully pregnant” look when she’s actually close to her due date because there just isn’t anywhere for her belly to go but out.
I really like this overall look; I think the blouse looks a bit uncomfortable (I hated button down shirts during pregnancy, ha) but overall this is a very chic and elegant look. I even like the shoes.
My guess with her hair is that it is changing due to the pregnancy (or she isnt getting treatments done, as some posters here have said) so it is easier to pull it back like this. She wore it a bit messier a few weeks ago (in the red and purple outfit) so I’m hoping its not a permanent change.
Re: due date – I always assume the royals lie about their due dates. It was hard as a regular person when my due date came and went and I was still pregnant. I can only imagine if they even said her EDD Was “mid april” (and it actually was) how the press would camp out waiting. I think its easier to say “April” if she is due mid to late March (which would only give her another 5 weeks, and she looks about right for 35 weeks for her shorter torso). I figured the same way about Kate.
I think it’s genius to push the due date back a bit to throw off the anxious inquiries from the family and friends. Especially with a first child! I think that’s something I’d genuinely have to do if we decide to have a child in the next couple of years. Just being able to cut yourself a little extra piece of sanity would be so much better than having everyone calling you constantly and asking. There’s a certain point that they won’t let women go past in most places, isn’t there? Like a certain amount of days or weeks past a due date? I think I’d push it out at least by that amount just to be safe.
I like her hair fine here, but I do like it a bit looser a little more. I think she looked stunning with her natural hair as well, though – she’s just an incredibly pretty woman.
Considering how expensive her outfit must be, I think it looks really cheap.
I really like the shoes! They’re a bit different and a nice complement to an otherwise very classic look.
“Bespoke” black skirt? It’s just a black skirt. Nothing unusual or special about it.
Also bespoke white blouse.
It just means they made it for her instead of off the rack. We all talk about Kates bespoke McQueen watering down his brand. I think Givenchy just makes whatever Meghan needs regardless of if it’s their “brand”
Did the DM figure out that bespoke means costs more? I expect to see it in a lot of articles about her clothing going forward.
Meghan’s flying to Morocco at the end of the month. I don’t think she’d take the risk flying just before her due date.
She’s a petite woman, some just pop early. Id say early April is the earliest she’s due if fudging the date.
If she has a 8lb, 2 month preemie we know for sure if they’ve lying about it.
lol – you took the words out of my mouth with your last sentence!! Was literally about to post that!!!!!!
I got married when I was almost 35 and wanted kids, my gyno told me to get off BC before the wedding to increase oportunities to get pregnant. If they did the same and they were succesful, kudos to them. I could not get oregnant on my own, and later inseminations and IVF trials failed in me going thru a sucessf pregnancy, I should’ve stopped even months before. Thankfully she got pregnant soon, I hope tje criticism dies down it is too much, other royal wives look ok, she soes not need to be absolutely “perfect” everytime.
Maybe a chunky necklace could have glammed it up.
It is totally Carolyn! I like the top but not the skirt. It looks like my stretchy skirt from the Limited
Yup.
CBK wore the same aesthetic pound-for-pound to the Whitney Museum.
https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/john-f-kennedy-jr-with-his-wife-carolyn-bessette-kennedy-news-photo/540782395
https://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/red-carpet-dresses/a26238720/meghan-markle-channeled-carolyn-bessette-white-shirt-black-skirt/
Appreciate the links 😘
Welcome.😉🖐
I prefer Meghan’s version of simple black skirt. CBK’s was a rare miss for me, because of the Victorian lantern ruffles from knee to hem.
Bespoke Givenchy really should look better than this.
I agree. I like the idea, but the execution was off – and that’s on Givenchy. Maybe she should save this look for when she’s not pregnant.
Just saw that her and Harry are heading to Morocco later this month? Surely if she was due in March they wouldn’t chance it. I’m not sold on the outfit – I love the idea but for bespoke Givenchy I just think it could have been executed much better. Sharper and cleaner. Did anyone see on Twitter Duchess Kate had a dinner party for her keen-baiting Foundation? It’s in the Court Circular apparently.
I find it quite entertaining that there is a pic of Allison Janney in a similar outfit (http://cdn01.cdn.justjared.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/janney-oscarsa/allison-janney-vanity-fair-oscar-party-01.jpg) in the Featured Links box right under this article and she looks stunning.
That style seems to have been the wrong choice for Megs and the current shape of her body. Some looks just translate poorly into maternity.
Yes I just loooooooove the look overall on both ladies. simple /classic elegance regardless if the skirt was $30 or $30000. GORGEOUS
Megan and Harry are beaming with happiness, I love how that they hold hands when they walk out together.
Meghan looks Stunning, wow!
I just saw that at the Queen s request Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan , are going on tour to Morroco this month.
Yeah! Work it Sussex’s. Her speech and Harry’s speech at Endevour Awards was wonderful.
Also I loved the People cover and article, it was amazing. Well done.
So Tired of the British tabloid lies.
Gorgeous!
P.S. I miss Caroline Bessette. So sad to think she and JFK Jr. Taken away from the world so young.
It’s actually at the government’s request, not the Queen’s. Should be a fabulous trip, though!
She looks lovely and I would be hard pressed to decimate a pregnant woman’s look. She is gorgeous and is doing what works for her in her third trimester. The heals I love and there is no back to them which is probably way more comfy than your regular stiletto.
I hated this combo especially from the side. I don’t mind her ‘messy up dos’ but I don’t like it combined with oversized clothes. On a public engagement it tends to look a bit too much like it’s all thrown together. it’s the oversized belted coats I have issue with rather than her hair. She has difficult hair so let’s not micro manage that. If she’s happy with it that’s enough.
She has WHAT hair? Please tell us what you mean exactly.
We know what she means even if she doesn’t.
She has difficult hair ie naturally curly hair, which if it’s anything like mine which is also naturally curly, it will do what it wants. You negotiate with difficult hair, sometimes it cooperates, sometimes it doesn’t. Some people have difficult flat hair, some have difficult super straight hair which must be washed every day. Anyone with difficult hair deserves a pass. I’ve seen people just sweep their hair in a pony tail or put in a clip and it behaves. I would say they have easy hair and they make me very jealous. Is that ok?
@Rosie
I have naturally curly hair. Like Meghans. It’s pretty consistently the same, day to day.
You don’t KNOW anything about Meghan’s hair.
Well you know one thing, I guess…
From your reactions I’m guessing ‘difficult’ must be used as a derogatory way to describe WOC’s hair I’m sorry I’ve not come across it before in that context. It’s how I describe my own hair. I’m not from the US and I’ve not grown up with all the snide digs against people of colour. I’m not saying there isn’t racism in the UK but I think it’s expressed differently. I’d never heard of the terms ‘white women’s tears’ or ‘angry black women’ before. I’m learning a lot here (not just about Ukraine) and I’m more than happy to be corrected/educated. Please just remember not every word or phrase has the same meaning US to UK and vice versa and any offence might not be intentional.
So no I don’t know about styling Meghan’s hair but from what people have said on here who seem to have an idea, it’s not a case of just running a brush through, especially whilst she’s pregnant. They’ve talked about the effect of humidity on the roots etc. I identify with that, I can’t just brush my hair and go and it gets very big in damp weather. Maybe it’s better to say she doesn’t have easy hair. My original point was that if she thinks it’s easier and suits her hair on one day to wear it in a particular style that’s her choice, they all suit her. I suppose I don’t like judging hair styles because I wouldn’t appreciate someone judging mine as sometimes it really is beyond my control.
@Rosie
The idea that black women’s natural hair is undesirable and thus difficult to make “acceptable” absolutely exists in Great Britain. You’ve certainly been exposed to that notion.
Using the phrase “difficult” suggests that her hair is not sufficient the way it grows out of her head, and the fact that you said it without knowing anything at all about her hair other than the fact that it grows out of a woman of colour suggests that you assume WOC must agonize over their natural hair.
Maybe you didn’t mean to come off condescending, but you sure did.
you guys, not everyone is always trying to cover racism with their remarks. I get that certain countries/cultures will be more sensitive to certain words or sayings, but I think we should try to always have a ‘seek to understand’ approach rather than jump straight to thinking the worst. Especially because we’re such an international audience here.
What exactly is the diffuclty with her hair?
I have curly hair and it’s not “difficult”, it’s beautiful and unique – you can’t really assume what her hair is actually like
Bispoke Givenchy for a simple crisp white shirt and simple black skirt?…really? 🙄
Making me self-conscious over here. I’m due first week of May and I feel like I look that big. I am only 5’ 2” though and my daughter was 8 pounds 2 ounces and very very long when she was born. Meghan is tiny and might be carrying a big baby!
There’s no correct belly size. Plenty pop early, some later. No matter how much weight you do or don’t gain your uterus grows the way it does in the body. It’s unique.
I think people are excited for baby Sussex so they’re grasping at anything for him/her to come sooner healthfully.
exactly!
Every body is different, every pregnant body is different as well. Can’t stand all the conspiracy theories about her due date or twins.
Best wishes for your pregnancy @Franny Days!
It’s a great style but i think it’s a hard one to pull off when you’re pregnant. It looks like with every step the outfit shifted.
Yep. Not a great choice. Only plays well if perfectly crisp, neat and tailored. Bunching and shifting are just going to happen on a pregnant body. The only time I tried wearing a skirt while pregnant, it started sliding down from the roundness of my belly and I nearly lost it in a parking lot.
This isn’t the most flattering to her figure right now. This looks like a more streamlined look, when she’s no longer pregnant she could rock.
I wish she went w a look totally rockin for her figure now. My friend face is shaped like Megan ‘s is w the pregnancy weight. It’s beautiful but she is always like DO NOT let me do a severe pulled back look, it makes my face look like a round basketball.
That’s running thru my head but I would kill to look as bad as Meghan does any day. I mean what a face! What gorgeous glowing skin!
I think her outfits it’s ok she looks happy and i think a lot of the rumors regarding her due date is ridiculously a lot of woman carry differently. And I don’t remember people going this hard on Kate during her pregnancy I think some of the speculations on Meghan due date is because some people wanted to proved that she got pregnant before the marriage or she not really pregnant.
I am old enough to remember Sharon Stone doing it.
She just gets more and more gorgeous, Wow. Love and happiness shines through in both of them.
Some people carry large, especially shorter people. I was bigger than that with each of my three children. It’s pretty annoying, because all day every day you hear over and over and over and over again: “You ain’t had that baby yet?!” (at least 10 people per day starting at 4 months) or “Wow, you’re so huge, you must be having twins!” (dozens, every day).
However, a smart pregnant woman will give a date past her *estimated* due date. Full term is technically from 37-42 weeks, and most first time moms go past their EDD (up to 42 weeks/2 wks past EDD is not ‘overdue’ like many believe). There is literally a barrage of daily “Have you had the baby yet?” starting the moment, if not before, you hit 9 months, so the smart thing to do is give a generic month (not day) or add a few weeks on to your ‘due date’ so you are not being harassed by well-meaning friends and family (and in her case, press) every single day of your last trimester.
I was huge with my daughter and worked fulltime as a nurse until the day before I was born. The things people said almost had me in tears. Telling me was I sure it wasn’t twins. I never ever comment on anyone pregnant except to ask if they would like my seat at work or on the bus. Very few people offered me that!
I was the same, and the constant comments about my body and speculation by people I knew and strangers was hella annoying and invasive. I always go with “How are you feeling?” It’s much nicer than “jeez you’re a whale, how many babies are in there ” lol
Yes, some people are just cruel, but they think they’re being funny or cutesy.
(CW: Sexual Assault)
My worst invasive situation was when I was working at as a cashier, and a really old woman reached across my counter and grabbed/cupped my privates while asking “Has the baby dropped yet?” I was 7 months along, ftr, and extremely triggered as I am a SA survivor. I had to finish waiting on her with a smile and then go take some time and freak out in the break room.
@sparkly I am so, so sorry that she did that to you. SA survivor also. I’d like to smack her – I mean WTH? Your company has a duty to protect you from sexual harassment from the general public as well. I hope it never happens again! If something should happen ever again, please call a manager immediately over to you.
I hope your baby is doing great and so are you!
Thank you, AnotherDirtyMartini! The baby is 7 now, and we’re both doing awesomely. I think I was just too shocked to respond. I kind of froze. I’m surprised that I didn’t yell at her and leave, but being at work probably had something to do with that. I’m a SAHM now, so I am happily out of the public sphere for the most part.
I things she looks stunning with her hair simply pulled back with the centre path. I also love the shoes as it adds a feminine and glamorous touch to such a monochrome outfit. Not a fan of the skirt but she is rocking the style.
Is it just be or is her eyebrow color off? It almost looks reddish
Meghan def needs better makeup people
I wish I had this outfit and looked this good! While pregnant. I’m a fan of the heels with this outfit. I agree with the change in her hair. I hope she’s not changing her style due to pessure. This outfit would have been great with her messy bun.
My first thought when I saw the photo. Classic CBK
Classic CBK is also just plain NYC chic that was common when I lived there in the 90s. She didn’t invent that look. A google image search shows lots of white shirts, black turtle necks paired with fitted below the knee skirts with knee high boots, and black and cream suits.
My grandmother told me once when I was trying to find THE dress to wear to a wedding in NYC,*you cannot go wrong in a silk white blouse,black knee length or longer skirt,and black heels*.Thats what I wore and is my go to for evening looks.That or some version of it.
CBK was the definition of understated perfection, I really don’t think Meghan is. Last night’s combo is difficult to wear for most women, even more so when pregnant and not very tall. OT, my favorite CBK look was that ivory zip-front Versace gown. So beautiful.
I remember that look❤️
The shirt is to big and wrinkly and the skirt is uneven (the front is awkwardly higher than the back). You could see when she was walking she kept tugging on the back of it.
I like her-but this is my least favorite thing she’s ever worn. Maybe if that shirt was more fitted…..
I actually really like the sleek bun look on her, but I have always been a bun-fan and wear them almost daily myself. I am digging the Carolyn Bessette vibes too!
I see what she is going for (her style inspiration definitely seems to be Carolyn Bessette, not just here but in general), but again poorly executed. Her clothes never quite fit right, something is always too bunchy, too long, too big. She really needs a good tailor. And givenchy is not doing her right. I like the idea of a givenchy-Meghan pairing, but the clothes are so boring and ill-fitting, I don’t think it’s doing either of them favors. I like Meghan and want better for her! She doesn’t have to be a style icon, but she doesn’t have to be poorly styled either.
Yeah she also referenced CBK in her earliest outfits and even name checked her wedding dress as the ultimate inspiration.
https://www.celebitchy.com/559135/is_meghan_markle_just_flat-out_homage-ing_carolyn_bessette_kennedys_style/
But Meghan is built very differently from CBK and esp in her pregnant state so doesn’t bear the same effect.
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I have a super long torso and a larger chest so when I got pregnant depending on what I wore you couldn’t tell. When I was 2 weeks to my due date people thought I was 5 or 6 months pregnant. Still gained 30 lbs. Its very odd how pregnancy can look in people, however I’m getting twin vibes.
I believe she’s probably due in April. My son was born in April a few years ago, so Meghan is on a similar timeline. I was popping in February. All belly.
I don’t like the long black skirt thing she’s done it twice now and it just doesn’t photograph well. I do think there is a certain kind of face that can handle slicked back hair and she has it! Her face is so pretty
I was massive with my first son. I gained 50 lbs. by 7 months when I delivered because of complications. I also cradled my bump constantly because the weight of my belly threw my balance off and the stinker was always booting around my internal organs.
She is due in April. Stomachs can get quite big. I was simply enormous by 42 weeks. It will seem big and she’ll go on mat leave imminently.
I suspect polo baby is going to arrive closer to my mid April birth date… *rubs hands gleefully* They’re gonna have a little aries baby to contend with, mark my words.
Loved the hair and heels. Harry and Meghan both looked great.
Agreed! The hair and heels are the only good things here.
This outfit is hideous. It fits terribly and is just an awful look for a pregnant woman. The heels are literally the only thing good about this look.
Also, I don’t see why she couldn’t be due in April. She is not that big. It’s really kind of absurd to go on about a woman’s belly size like this.
If she was further along, her doctors wouldn’t let her fly. I’m still wishfully on the twins side, but also believe Harry when he said there was a big baby in there.
I adore Meghan (and CBK!) but this outfit is a miss.
It would have looked better if she’d worn it when she wasn’t pregnant…IMO it is the kind of thing that looks better with cleaner lines.
And, honestly, she needs to lay off the bespoke Givenchy, at least for a long while. In a way she’s smart — like Kate, if the outfit is “bespoke” the press can’t put a price tag on it — but everyone knows Givenchy isn’t cheap. At the very least, she should chill with the spending until things in the UK have settled down a bit. And as someone already said upthread, bespoke Givenchy should look better than this, in any case.
She could have worn a dress from Seraphine to this event and it would have looked so much better, plus people would have been praising her thriftiness.
I hope this outfit didn’t cost very much because it’s so boring and basic! LOL I know she’s royal, different world. She does look pretty so there is that!
Also, I feel bad for her with all the ‘its Twins or she’s due in a week’ talk! It’s 100% believable for her to be due in April. Have you seen Jessica Simpson? Bless her heart! Short woman with tiny torso so at 20 weeks pregnant she was twice the size I was at 40 weeks with both my pregnancies! She knew she would blow up but had a third child anyway. It’s normal. Not everyone famous has a supermodel pregnancy!! Let this woman’s body do it’s thing and WHO CARES how big or small she is?!
Also, did anyone else see the video of her and Harry talking to someone(she was in the black dress with printed animals on it) and the baby kicked so hard her dress jumped and the look on her face trying to not break smile…..I FEEL HER in that 20 second video. Being pregnant freaking hurts, this late it’s awful, in my experience. I had sciatic nerve pain and spend a few days a week in bed because I couldn’t move. It was STRESSFUL. I had a 14 month old at the time and I was helpless. Anywho I’m rambling but seriously, let this woman just be pregnant and quit talking about her body.
She’s short-waisted and probably doesn’t have much depth in her pelvis so the baby has nowhere to go but out.
I am hoping for a Pisces baby!
She has been wearing her hair like this more lately not to appease critics but because she isn’t chemically straightening her hair due to the pregnancy. Black women who are natural or transitioning to natural hair do this all the time. You wear it slicked back tight to keep the hair from coiling and going all over the place. It also keeps you from having to put too much heat on your hair. Its a protective style.
@Valiantly Varnished thanks, I learn so many things here. I hoped that she wasn’t caving to troll criticism on her hair styles. I love this understated look, it’s chic and I love the shoes. I don’t like wearing such pointy-toed shoes, but I can admire them.
I still think she is having twins! She is not that short, 5’7 I heard. Especially for your first born, you normally don’t show that much until your due date. Can’t believe they are going to Morocco, that’s very surprising to me.
It’s not my fave look but at this point I honestly just think we should cut her some slack. I wouldn’t be doing any events if I were seven months pregnant. And I totally believe she is due in April. She is simply carrying big. Most tiny women do tbh. Also her hair is in a protective style- that’s why it’s so tight and slick backed. It’s what black women so when we can’t or aren’t chemically straightening our hair. She’s probably not straightening it while she’s pregnant.
My thought too.
I’m really not enjoying the way people are constantly talking about how big Meghan is. It’s not okay to talk about anyone’s body like that. And it’s even more horrifying to do that when someone is pregnant. Not to mention, she doesn’t look big. She looks normal, and even on the small side, for being due in April. I think people are starting to lose perspective on what is normal for a pregnant women because they’re getting used to seeing really tall models who don’t show for a long time.
“It actually reminds me a tad of something Carolyn Bessette might have worn had she ever been pregnant.“
That sentence made me sad for some reason.
She looks silly. Her fashion and makeup is not good. Draping herself in copious Givenchy is not flattering on pregnant women no matter how hard she tries. She’d look better in maternity clothes that are properly cut for her current body.
^ I’m positive she’ll take this under advisement. [insert rolled eyes here]
Hey, we’re allowed our opinions on fashion, etc.
I don’t know her height, but isn’t she kind of small? I’m 5’2″ and short-waisted, and with both my pregnancies (only one baby each, and both were under seven pounds so not particularly big babies) people were always asking, “Haven’t you had that baby yet?” from about six months on, because of the way I carried. I looked like I was full-term at the end of my second trimester/beginning of my third trimester. I wouldn’t be surprised if she just carries the same way and actually is due in April.
No. Wrong. The internet says she is 5 feet 7 inches. Tall for a woman. Harry is tall so maybe that’s why you think that. She’s above average height.
No offense to Meghan but I suspect her “internet height” is a Hollywood over-statement. There is probably some male-centric “heroes can’t be 5’2″ so Tom Cruise needs to be fake-news taller” yardstick that everyone else (except for the Skarsgard family) needs to apply to be Hollywood PC.
Kate is 5’9″. Just from eyeballing them side by side in same height heels, Meghan is somewhere around 5’4″ or 5’5″ max.
The hair and the shoes are the best part of this look imo. She can pull off that more severe hairstyle more so than say, Gwenyth Paltrow because she has a fuller prettier face. Earrings would have helped too.
Relax, ladies. This site is not called Celebitchy for nothing. Everyone is entitled to her/his opinion and no one is getting hurt.
She looks beautiful. I do think CH does this look often, not just once.
A chunky necklace would have added to the look, but everything she wears is tallied so maybe she decided to not add to the cost of the outfit.
The shoes are hawt!
Enough with the “she’s not due in April.”
I’m due end of April and my bump is this big, maybe bigger. I’m 5’3, petite and short-waisted. There’s nowhere but out for the baby to go.
Megan is glowing.
I think Carolyn made it work but M. just doesn’t since she is a different body type and has a different vibe. I loved her messy updo- I miss it so much, it was such a relief. Now it looks like helmet!
Trying to estimate her due date based on the size of her belly is just absurd.
Another ill fitting custom outfit that cost god knows how much money. Funny how her “anonymous friends” didn’t gush about her expensive clothes in their PR article.
Never really cared much for the CBK aesthetic, tbh. It’s overrated, and really basic–it’s the sort of boring white woman style that people fawn all over because CBK was tall and skinny and dating JFK Jr.
I don’t know how I feel about this outfit on Meghan. I think she looks fine, but it’s nothing special to write home about.
Thank you. CBK was on the fashion scene for a brief moment in time, as evidenced by the few extant pictures of her that show any real sense of original style. She inspired those who wanted her look and her lifestyle, but she was no universal fashion icon. Her blouse and skirt evening ensemble were unoriginal (and uninspired) since upper middle-class women (which she longed to be) were wearing that combination in the 1950s, if not earlier.
No. Wrong. The internet says she is 5 feet 7 inches. Tall for a woman. Harry is tall so maybe that’s why you think that. She’s above average height.
I don’t mind this outfit. It’s better than a lot of the stuff she has been wearing lately. I agree about it needing something else. Suggestion of chunky jewellery might work.
It’s a boring outfit, I much preferred the Oscar de la Renta print dress she had on last week.
I’d love to see her wear her hair natural that would be amazing for all us curly girls out there!
Exactly. I want to see those curls in all their glory! Also, who can’t love your name?!
I doubt if she still has curls after two decades of constant straightening. She would have to do what l did and cut the lot off and then wait for a couple of years to see if the curls come back. Hair straighteners are awful they don’t just get hold of the hair but affect the hair follicles too.
I forbade my daughters to use hair straighteners and as adults they are very grateful for the decision l made.
Sorry but it gets worse every single time I see it.
Now I think she looks like a boxer!
I think she looks absolutely beautiful. I WISH I could have babies.
Whoa! I think some of you jumped down Rosie’s throat when she called Meghan’s hair “difficult”. As someone who has naturally curly hair it IS difficult to not have hair that is wash n’ go. This is not an insult it’s just the truth. Sorry Rosie if you felt you had to apologize but I don’t think you said anything wrong nor do I think you meant anything nasty by your post.
I’m due halfway through May. I didn’t really show till last month (long pelvic girdle, took baby a while to “pop”), but now I’ve got a bump at least as impressive as Meghan’s. I cannot imagine a more inane avenue of speculation.
I am due April 12 and ever since she announced her pregnancy people have been saying Duchess Meghan and I must be due at the same time becauae we have had the same bump all along. I am normal height and generally super fit and for whatever reason outside of my control I have gained 30 lbs already and look just like this pic (except less gorgeous lol).