Meghan Markle knows how to stun a crowd – even in a $50 repeat outfit.
From Givenchy to Beckham, here are the most iconic dresses Meghan Markle has ever worn.
Meghan Markle wore the famous Black Halo Jackie O Sheath dress in April 2018 to a women's
empowerment event held in London at the Royal Aeronautical Society, according to Marie Claire.
She attended the event one month before her wedding to Prince Harry, and it was significant
because it marked one of her earliest royal engagements.
The dress retails at Bloomingdale's for $375, and features a fitted belt with an asymmetrical neckline.
This dress has actually been in the celebrity wardrobe rotation for some time now.
Us Weekly notes that the dress was released in 2006 and has made several red carpet appearances since.
Tyra Banks once wore it in tan while Taraji P. Henson wore it once in blue.
It even made a movie appearance: In "Iron Man 2," Scarlett Johansson wore it when she
was playing Natasha Romanoff.
"I want one."
"No."
Meghan polished off the look by wearing her hair up in her signature casual updo and added
strappy black heels.
She sported a black Gucci clutch and minimal, simple jewelry.
Her makeup was dewy and natural looking, much like the makeup look she would rock one month
later on her wedding day.
Meghan Markle's wedding dress was a spectacular work of art by Givenchy, designed by Clare
Waight Keller, for her nuptials on May 19, 2018.
The minimalist gown featured a boatneck neckline and three-quarter sleeves, and she wore a
long veil and the Queen Mary Art Deco tiara, according to the New York Post.
While Meghan looked stunning, the story goes that the late Queen Elizabeth II was caught
off guard by a certain aspect of Meghan's wedding dress.
Katie Nicholl wrote in "The New Royals: Queen Elizabeth's Legacy and the Future of the Crown,"
Sure enough, Camilla, now-Queen Consort, wore both a cream colored dress and a pale blue
dress for her civil and religious wedding ceremonies to King Charles III, per Hello! Magazine.
However, Meghan chose to bypass this tradition.
Meghan continued a relationship with designer Waight Keller long after her wedding day.
The designer worked with Meghan on several other looks for major events, and Meghan presented
Waight Keller with the British Designer of the Year award in 2018, according to The Guardian.
Clearly, it was a match made in heaven.
One of Meghan Markle's most notable outfits as a senior royal was seen by the world during
her first solo trip with the late Queen Elizabeth II.
Meghan joined the queen shortly after her wedding to Prince Harry — she was officially
the Duchess of Sussex by then.
The two women visited Cheshire in England on June 14, 2018, and arrived by train at
Runcorn Station, according to Harper's Bazaar.
They then opened the Mersey Gateway Bridge and later the Storyhouse Theater and looked
every bit the happy pair.
They were both photographed smiling and laughing throughout the day.
Queen Elizabeth wore a lime green jacket and matching hat, while Meghan wore a Givenchy
nude dress with cape sleeves and a black belt.
Meghan's look actually had a touching note from her wedding dress, Marie Claire notes,
as both looks were designed by Clare Waight Keller for the French luxury fashion house.
Meghan accessorized with a pair of small pearl earrings that were part of the queen's collection.
She wore Sarah Flint black heels that retail for $355, per the outlet.
She also carried a black Givenchy clutch as the final touch to an absolute home run of
an outfit.
For her very first movie premiere as a working royal, Meghan Markle joined hubby Prince Harry
for the unveiling of "The Lion King" on July 14, 2019, in London.
Not only was it one of Meghan's earliest events as a royal, it was also the first time she
had re-entered the spotlight after giving birth to their first son, Archie Mountbatten-Windsor.
For the occasion, Meghan wore a black Jason Wu dress with transparent sleeves that retails
for $4,924, according to Us Weekly.
She accessorized the look with black Aquazzura heels, a Gucci clutch, and earrings by Nikos Koulis.
She wore her hair in a slick bun and kept her makeup minimal.
Since Beyoncé wrote some of the songs on the soundtrack and provided the voice of Nala,
she and husband Jay-Z also attended the premiere.
Beyoncé actually broke royal protocol by hugging Meghan, per People, and then called
her "My princess."
"We kneel before you as loyal servants.
Hahaha."
"Pumba, relax.
She's wrong."
It was the first time the two parties met but spectators noticed an ease and familiarity
between the couple that surprised people.
The four of them spoke about their children, especially newborn Archie.
Meghan Markle doesn't always break the bank when it comes to her wardrobe, and she's also
been known to repeat a look.
Both of these things happened with a favorite purple Aritzia dress called
the "Maxwell" that first retailed for $138 before it was discounted to $49.99, according
to Hello! Magazine.
Meghan first wore the dress in January 2019 when she was pregnant with son Archie Mountbatten-Windsor.
As a maternity look, Meghan paired the purple dress with a bright red jacket and punchy
red heels, per Glamour.
She re-wore the Aritzia hit in October 2019 at the opening ceremony for One Young World
Summit at the Royal Albert Hall in London, according to Hello! Magazine.
Meghan was a major figure at the event because at the time, while working as a senior royal,
she was the Vice-President of The Queen's Commonwealth Trust, which collaborated with
One Young World in 2019.
Meghan's involvement with One Young World actually dates back to her pre-royal days.
She was a counselor with the organization, which focuses on young leaders for the future,
back in 2014 when she went to an event in Ireland, and again in 2016, when she went
to an event in Canada, per ET.
Meghan Markle famously told Glamour back in 2017:
Meghan made this statement in her pre-royal days, but after marrying Prince Harry, she
began wearing the British designer's best looks.
For Christmas Day in 2018 at the Royal Christmas mass, Meghan wore a navy Victoria Beckham
dress while she was pregnant, according to Hello! Magazine.
Beckham, for her part, was thrilled to see Meghan in her clothing.
"She looked so beautiful.
It was such a lovely surprise to wake up to on Christmas morning."
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She wore another Victoria Beckham dress in 2019 at the Commonwealth Day service at Westminster
Abbey in London.
Meghan wore a white coat and white hat with a dress by Beckham that featured broken chains.
Meghan wore another dress by the brand in March 2020, when she sported a bright blue
fitted mini-dress to attend the Endeavour Fund Awards with Harry.
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry decided to match outfits at the Mountbatten Festival
of Music on March 7, 2020.
The event was a big one that year for Britain's history.
As the Duke and Duchess of Sussex wrote on Instagram:
The event was a major one for the couple, too, as it marked the last function they attended
as senior working royals, according to Harper's Bazaar.
Meghan wore a bright red Safiyaa cape dress, and accessorized with a red Manolo Blahnik
clutch and red Stuart Weitzman heels.
It was monochromatic at its juiciest.
On this occasion, it was perhaps Harry's outfit that was more significant.
He wore the red jacket of the Captain General of the Royal Marines for the last time, since
Harry would give up his title at the end of March 2020.
On the couple's Instagram page, they made mention of Harry's role at the time.
For the Commonwealth Day service in 2020-, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry arrived at
Westminster Abbey in London looking very dapper during their final days as working royals.
For a good chunk of early 2020, they had been regrouping in Canada, but returned to England
to finish up their time as senior royals.
Meghan wore an emerald green Emilia Wickstead cape dress, along with a matching emerald
fascinator made by William Chambers.
She rocked nude heels by Aquazzura and a structured green purse by Gabriella Hearst.
Meghan's hair was pulled back, and she wore a heavier makeup look that added to the glamor
of the overall outfit.
According to the Daily Mail, the cape dress was made especially for Meghan and an exact
copy can't be purchased, no matter how devoted the fan.
Meanwhile, Harry's blue suit actually had green lining to match Meghan's dress, and
he wore a mint tie, according to Marie Claire, giving a slight nod to their unity as a couple
in making the decision to leave royal life.
In photos from the day, Meghan appears easy and relaxed, smiling at crowds and holding
her head up.
In contrast, Harry's physical demeanor is more cowed; he fidgets with his jacket and
keeps his head down.
Since this was one of their final events as working royals, no doubt he was feeling the
awkwardness of the adjustment.