LIZ JONES: So why DOES Duchess Meghan always wear utterly impractical white? trends now
This woman has two toddlers, right? Dogs. Chickens. She must be ‘against’ dry cleaning, given it’s probably ever so bad for dolphins. And surely she’s not getting married again?
So why on earth does Meghan wear top-to-toe white, like, all the time?
Take the off-the-shoulder Louis Vuitton gown — worth upwards of £10,000 — she wore on Monday night.
It’s just the latest in a long line of white outfits she’s donned since joining the Royal Family, starting with the £600 belted wrap coat for her engagement photo call way back in 2017.
The slightly over-long, off-the-shoulder bespoke Louis Vuitton gown that the Duchess wore to accept an award for her stance against institutional racism could have cost upwards of £10,000
The Duchess of Sussex accessorised the £10,000 floor length white Louis Vuitton dress with black heels and statement jewellery. She wore her hair in a slicked back updo and added glitter eyeshadow to the outfit
Harry, 38, and Meghan, 41, were accepting a human rights award from the Robert F. Kennedy Foundation, which his daughter Kerry said was in honor of their 'heroic' stance against 'structural racism' in the Royal Family
The Duchess retained the colour white as a key feature of her wardrobe after she and her husband stepped down as working royals. Their bombshell documentary about the royal family will be released on Netflix tomorrow morning
During the photocall to announce the couple's engagement, Meghan donned a white coat which she tied at the waist with a sash. The Line The Label wrap coat retails for £620
The Duchess of Sussex has often worn white on big occasions, including when announcing her engagement to Prince Harry in November 2017
The Duchess wore white thoughout the couple's early engagements, including during their tour of New Zealand in the months after they were married
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex - wearing a white dress with complementing hat - wave from the balcony of the Grand Pacific Hotel during their 2018 tour of Australia, Tonga, New Zealand and Fiji
Since then, to name but a few, there’s been the Grace Wales Bonner post-partum dress, costing £675, she wore to present Archie to the world. The £6,000 Valentino shift so short you can only surmise Harry had put it on a hot wash by mistake.
And the £7,200 Dior coat and hat — as well as white shoes (a little bit Essex, but no worries: Meghan has never heard of a county unless it has the word ‘duchess’ in front of it) — for the Platinum Jubilee in June.
Meghan’s not the only A-lister who loves it and a woman in white always stands out. It’s long signified innocence.
Prince Harry and wife Meghan presented their son, Archie, to the world at St George's Hall in Windsor Castle following his birth in May 2019. The Duchess of Sussex wore a sleeveless white Grace Wales Bonner post-partum dress
Meghan often wore white to both intimate and formal royal events while she was a working member of the royal family, including taking her newly born son, Archie, to meet his great-grandparents shortly after his birth
Meghan had chosen white throughout her pregnancy with Archie, including during a trip to the National History Museum for a gala in support of the Queen's