Meghan Markle Fashion: When Her Clothes Went Wrong

Meghan Markle Fashion: When Her Clothes Went Wrong

Meghan Markle is becoming a fashion icon, known for her elegant style choices, which are based on a sort-of casual chic that relies on seemingly effortless elegance. She’s partial to solid, neutral hues in her clothes (and she wears a lot of black.)

That sort of consistency rarely opens itself up to opportunities for major style snafus. However, as with everyone (although probably less than most), Meghan has had the occasional missteps. What were her worst fashion choices? We’ll give her a break and not delve back into her fashion days before she was more solidly in the post-Harry public eye (although a review of photos shows she’s streamlined her look a lot, getting rid of the busy patterns, short hemlines, cleavage, and pastels.)

Before we take a look at some of the choices that didn’t go quite right, it’s important to remember a few of the frocks that did. Here’s a glorious dark blue dress that Meghan wore to the queen’s birthday party:

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle arrive at the Royal Albert Hall to attend a star-studded concert to celebrate the Queen’s 92nd birthday on April 21, 2018 in London, England. The Queen and members of the royal family are guests of honour at the celebration, which is being billed as The Queen’s Birthday Party.

Here’s a lovely green patterned dress she wore to the Invictus Games reception:

She gets it more right than wrong. However, here are the 7 times that Meghan Markle’s fashion went wrong.

1. Shapeless & Sleeveless

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle speak with delegates from the Commonwealth Youth Forum at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting on April 18, 2018 in London, United Kingdom

Meghan Markle had a rare misstep when she wore this ill-fitting, rather shapeless dress to the Commonwealth Youth Forum. It seemed more appropriate for a garden party than a public appearance on behalf of Queen and nation. It didn’t look much better from the back either, and the color didn’t flatter.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle speak with delegates from the Commonwealth Youth Forum at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting on April 18, 2018 in London, United Kingdom.

2. Too-Long Trousers

Meghan almost nailed this look (the jacket and purse are great, especially considering she was in Scotland), but the too-long, dragging-the-ground trouser look took casual and messy in the wrong direction. Some might say: Mend your hem. Vogue reportedthat Meghan wore “a check Burberry coat and floor-sweeping Veronica Beard trousers, with a Strathberry cross-body bag punctuating her tartan.

3. That Hat

When people start comparing your hat to a “poop emoji,” you know it probably wasn’t the best choice. But give Meghan a break. In America, hats are rarely a style choice (other than baseball), so she probably just needs time to adapt. The coat and clutch are perfect, though, and the camel hue is too.

According to Elle, “She chose a camel wide collar wrap coat from Sentaler (which is still available to pre-order), a Chloé Pixie Suede Crossbody Bag, dark brown Stuart Weitzman heeled boots, and, the most fascinating matching brown hat from Philip Treacy.”

4. The Engagement Coat

Meghan is becoming known for her long coats that cinch at the waist and have large collars. Sometimes she really pulls that look off. However, sometimes they just look a bit ill-fitting and drown her slender figure. The white coat she wore for her engagement announcement with Prince Harry wasn’t awful. But it led to speculation online that she was pregnant, some people thought her shoes looked too big, and we just couldn’t help but feel that she… could have done a bit better. This look would have been perfectly fine for any other occasion, but the engagement pics needed something truly special.

According to Bazaar, the white coat flew off the shelves, selling out within minutes, though. It was a “white wrap coat by Canadian brand Line The Label,” Bazaar reported.

Here’s a coat that worked better:

Maybe skipping the coat for the engagement photos in favor of a Kate wrap dress or Diana style suit would have been a better way to go.

5. Ripped Jeans, Messy Shirt

This is actually a nice look, but maybe not for a woman about to marry a prince under the new glare of the world’s media. Casual is good, but ripped jeans, scuffed shoes, and untucked shirt probably took it a notch too far. The jeans quickly sold out, though. They are “The Ankle Looker Fray jeans in Love Gun.”

6. Scarf Suffocation

Meghan is partial to scarves, and the way she wears them is very modern and usually right on the money. This one was a bit too much, though. The blog WhatMeghanWore ID’d the scarf as being from “British retailer, Jigsaw. It is the brand’s ‘Sara’ style in oatmeal.”

7. Sail Away

This sailor-inspired nautical coat wasn’t Meghan’s best. She looks better when her clothes don’t drown her petite frame.

The reason Meghan Markle has so few style faux pas, though, is because she generally chooses simple cuts and colors. She has the courage to forge her own look, and that’s what will make her fun to watch as time unfolds. According to Birmingham Live,Meghan forgot to remove a “temporary tacking stitch” from the back of the jacket, which was from J Crew.