That’s exactly what I was thinking when I saw the accusation this wasn’t a maternity dress. You can clearly tell when someone wears a dress that isn’t a maternity dress. The belly pulls the front hem up. Didn’t see that on either of the last two dresses. I liked both.
The dress still does not properly fit. I saw another picture where it was obviously not tailored at all in the back as there was too much excess fabric. The hazard of wearing no maternity clothes while pregnant: they are either too tight or too big. One way or another it looks a mess.
I hope she never learns that lesson! The Queen's dress sense was awful for decades, Princess Anne is no sartorial role model, Fergie had the elegance of a pantomime dame & the York sisters are famous for looking ridiculous.
She should just stay true to her own sense of what suits her, what she enjoys wearing & continue to develop her own style for the varied range of public occasions.
As watchers, we comment on our own preferences but unless she wears a transparent bikini at the Cenotaph, I hope she ignores the criticism.
We must have been looking st different pics of the Queen, she has had wonderful dress sense, even during her mid years. Always stylish but appropriate for her position and age.
No offense but other Hanna few mishaps in their youth the York sisters have more fashion sense than Meghan and are almost always able to wear the correct attire for the correct event. If anything Meghan would do well to take some tips from them.
The problem with Meghan is that her style is very What Hollywood thinks working royals wear when she’s on the clock, that does not fly well in the long run as a working member of the royal family. I’d say princess Margaret is a great example of that.
Since it is the British critics for whom she works for and represents, and whom tax money fund her now, I dare hope she won’t be so foolish as to ignore their comments. Ignoring the people’s comments and wishes is what always ended up toppling the aristocracy, royalty and oppressive regimes.
Ah exactly! You make excellent points. It was Diana PoW who was responsible for bringing the cliche but very apt 'breath of fresh air' fashion sense into the British royal family. Diana's graceful elegance and utterly lovely sense of style is still the touchstone to this day in terms of attention to detail and choice of designer and design awareness among the royal ladies. Sophie Countess of Wessex was always compared to Diana when she first appeared on the scene in terms of her blond good looks and style choices, which were definitely inspired by Diana's aesthetic at the time. Sophie has an understated grace and she often looks quite lovely, but she has also been hit-or-miss in some of her sartorial choices, unsurprisingly. No one is perfectly on-point all the time. And no one will ever please all of the people, all of the time.
You are definitely on target about the other royal ladies you mention. The Queen has looked wonderful for years because she relies on great designers,
but it definitely was Diana's fashionable presence which years ago had the Queen upping and updating her style power and awareness. DoC Kate has a lovely and up-to-date fashion sense as well, but on occasion she has tended to be a bit overly prim and conservative. I think Kate has recently decided to take more chances, thus she's somewhat relaxing her conservative approach with bolder choices.
I will venture to say that everyone in the family from men to ladies are now also
freshening their style awareness simply as a result of someone new and fashionable entering the family. And that someone, DoS Meghan, is very adept at being in the public eye as a Hollywood actor,
which has brought renewed attention to the most enduring celebrities of all, the British royals.
But there's substance and depth behind Meghan's 'glamorous actor' profile. While Meghan has been exploring and trying to fit in with her new role sartorially (not always successfully), I think she has simply decided over the past few months to do her own thing without worrying overmuch about the OTT criticism, which will always be there regardless. Meghan is very much about dressing
for her own body with laid-back ease. She also clearly loves experimenting, while maintaining an understated sophistication and an ethical consciousness re her choices.
there is so much wrong and “are you serious?!” in those bolded parts I don’t even know where to start... your entire post sounded like the ones who claim Meghan will modernize the monarchy, and being sweeping changes... I lol at such claims so hard.
The royals do not change their style or how they conduct their affairs because a new minor member has married into their family (and yes, Meghan is a mi or royal).
The queen and the general royal family are not celebrities (though some have tried and try to act like they are- those are usually the ones who find themselves out of the family, just ask Fergie and Diana)- seriously I think only an American would ever dare say such a ridiculous claim! The queen is the head of state, the working royals are therefore representatives of state in her majesty name. They live off tax payer money(all those who are working royals!!) they are where they are by the grace and invitation of parliament as elected representatives of the people.
Sorry, but no. Meghan did not bring renewed attention to the royal family. She may brought some new people but the overall percentage did not change. And whatever interest the media has is no different. The only difference is her being American means the US media feels like they now have a stake in the British royal family.
If Meghan dressed for her body type and she would be far better dressed- the best evidence has been her ill fitted wedding dress that has done her no favors and did not for her body type at all; the last dress while lovely and was a better choice than most of what she has worn in the last month was obviously not meant to be worn by a 6 months pregnant woman. You simply need to look at the back and sides.
Here is the fact, as the: Queen mother, Diana, Sarah, Philip, Camilla, Catherine, Tim, Princess Margaret husband and Sophie will tell you: you either conform to the royal family ways (and to a degree this includes what you wear on royal engagements) or you don’t. those who don’t rarely last long.
That is why unlike Diana and Fergie Sophie has endured, she conformed.
Glad she could find something that fits
To those who think that today's or yesterday's dresses were not made or altered for Meghan, check the length front and back. In fact, I have yet to see her in a dress where the front has hitched up over Bump resulting in the inevitable higher hemline in front and lower in the back.
