The STYLE princess A
t the age of 36, Meghan Markle already has a keen sense of her own style. And in the last 18 months she has transformed from TV actress to royal-in–waiting.
Gone are the strappy tops, shorts and dresses that used to pop up on her social media accounts, and now we have a much more polished, sophisticated Meghan – but still with an edge.
And she is already well on her way to becoming a bonafide style icon, with clothes she sports on public engagements selling out in minutes.
American, mixed race and with a successful career under her belt, Meghan is very much regarded as a woman of today.
When she stepped out for her engagement, Meghan wore a beautiful white coat by fashion label LINE, based in Toronto, the city where Meghan lived for several years while filming her TV show Suits. The £750 coats sold out overnight and now back in stock – the garment has been renamed ‘The Meghan’.
John Muscat, who designed the coat and has been dressing Meghan for five years after being introduced by her best friend and style adviser Jessica Mulroney, told Hello! magazine: “She is very effortless. [This is why] people find her so relatable, because she doesn’t look like she is putting it on. There are some women who look at her and go, ‘I could be that princess,’ right? She’s got that effect on people.”
Since getting engaged – for the official photos she wore a £50,000 couture Ralph & Russo gown – Meghan has championed smaller brands as well as designer labels, from M&S to Alexander McQueen.
At her first official public engagement in Nottingham, Meghan’s £585 coat from another Canadian label, Mackage, sold out in two hours, and the £495 bag by Scottish firm Strathberry, took just 11 minutes.
Online retailer Stylebop.com has described Meghan as its ‘fastest-seller this season,’ while British eyewear brand Finlay & Co. said it saw revenue increase by 1,300% in six months after she wore its Percy sunglasses.
UK Vogue editor Edward Enninful, writing in the June issue of the magazine, said: “Ms Markle is an astonishing fashion sales force, who is setting the industry alight. Through her style choices, she could add £1billion a year to fashion’s collective turnover and perhaps even eclipse the Duchess of Cambridge.”