The Duchess of Sussex

An Emilia Wickstead LBD at a summer garden party in Dublin.

What it’s saying: “You’ll have heard already about how I am the Royal family’s first outand-proud feminist and how I care deeply about women’s empowerment and period poverty. This dress shows that I am also grown-up, sympathetic, forgiving and not one for getting into catty scraps. Emilia Wickstead may have suggested that my couture wedding dress didn’t fit very well and that my bridal hair was a bit too wispy, but these things happen, so I shan’t be holding a grudge. Besides, there are only so many designers in London who make dresses as chic as this and I can’t wear Givenchy all the time.”