Meghan Markle, the American style brought to the Invictus Games

Meghan Marklechampion ofamerican style. With the closing ceremony, we close the chapter Invictus Games in Düsseldorf and we can take stock of the style choices of Duchess of Sussex. Of course, the great event – dedicated to war veterans with disabilities created by Prince Harry in 2014 – focuses on something else, but we are people of the world and we know well how much a royal celeb like Meghan can bring in terms of visibility.
The husband knows that he seems anything but crushed by his wife’s fame, with all due respect to those who considered them finished. The fashion market, overwhelmed for a few days by the «Meghan effect».

A coherent wardrobe between quiet luxury and American brands

Unlike other releases, Meghan’s wardrobe this time revealed no confusion. It was very consistent and mostly pro-hashtag. The underlying theme was quiet luxuryone trend which in some way the Duchess has helped launch since joining a member of the British royal family. Neutral tones such as beige, white, camel, combined with a tailored component, therefore the basis of silent luxuryhave been fixed elements of Meghan’s style since she took off her role as a TV series actress.

On days at Invictus Games the duchess didn’t limit herself to just one label. Going through one look after another we can see that there is a research that tells us about American fashionold and new, and of values ​​like the sustainability and thefemale empowerment. On the front of the cornerstones ofamerican stylewe have J. Crew, Ralph Lauren And Carolina Herrera.

J. Crew among other things, it celebrates forty years of activity, an anniversary also used to relaunch the brand after a period of difficulty. There are those who observe that Meghan’s choices fall precisely in this wake, a way of exploiting thehype. Rather, one wonders whether there isn’t a partnership of a commercial nature behind her: the duchess is no longer at the service of her majesty, she can freely do business by exploiting her character.

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Search brands

However, Meghan’s fashion show in Düsseldorf served to introduce us to a series of niche brands working between California and New York. The Duchess is perfectly aware that by writing about her we would be snooping around in the sections about of the various sites, discovering a new way of conceiving the fashion industry. So let’s start from the end, from closing ceremony of the Invictus Games.

Meghan offers us a little color only at the end of the event. The sheath dress with petrol laser cut floral motifs is signed Cult Gaiaa brand founded by Jasmin Larian in 2012 in Los Angeles with theidea of ​​creating art objects more than clothes and accessories. On the site we even find a manifesto with the brand’s precepts and inspiration: nature and women. Moving on to the afternoon of the final day of games, Meghan once again goes clear with a sand outfit by Cuyana composed of a silk overcoat, a pair of high-waisted, calf-length paperbag trousers with belt and pleats and a basic white tank top.

Cuyana it is a brand that Meghan has also valorised in her years as a working royal. Shilpa Shah and Karla Gallardo founded the label in 2011 with the idea of ​​providing a accessible luxurycreated by female artisans from communities in Vietnam, Ecuador and Peru and made with sustainable materials, recycled when possible.

The bag shown off by Meghan on the penultimate day of the Invictus Games is signed Cesta Collective a Brooklyn-based brand founded by Erin Ryder and Courtney Fasciano that cares aboutfemale empowerment in the communities of Rwanda, the country where the bags are produced by hand and subsequently perfected in Italy.

The jewels

Looking at the jewels, an aspect that Meghan has always taken care oflet’s find out Brilliant Earth, the San Francisco brand that created the pendant depicting the zodiac sign of Leo. Brilliant Earth’s mission is to bring ethics to world of contemporary jewelry working with stones and metals with mirrored origins.

Also Kimai, the name behind the gold and diamond semicircles strung on the duchess’ earlobes on multiple occasions, harks back to the same principles. The diamonds in this case are grown in a laboratory and the gold is recycled. There is Ariel Gordonthe Santa Monica-based signature of another pendant worn by Meghan that was handmade in Los Angeles.

A pair of earrings is designer Pippa Small, an old acquaintance of the Duchess’s casket. The latter was a reality born in London and subsequently also grown in Santa Monica, which has economic, value and production sustainability among its key points. There is also the pinky ring Shiffona brand founded in 2017 by Shilpa Yarlagadda in her room at Harvard.

The high and low mix

There is also the high-low mix that the royals like so much even when they move to Montecito, California. In the suitcase for Düsseldorf, in addition to J.Crew, there was also an ecru playsuit with pockets and a Zara designer belt, worn with a blazer attributed to Celine in a different shade of white, a Saint Laurent slipper and a pair of designer gold earrings Bottega Veneta and a Lanvin.

A woman who promotes women

The conclusions we can draw from this analysis is that the new Meghan Markle, the one who came out of her shell after months, is a woman of power who dresses like onetherefore with great luxury brands alongside pieces at an affordable price. It promotes the work of other women who manage to bring business and fashion into dialogue with their businesses: many of the names mentioned above have studied marketing and finance, have attended prestigious master’s degrees, have been able to embrace the new trends that in the new millennium must combine design and sustainability.
They are ambitious women like her who want to make a differenceas we often hear in the Anglo-Saxon world.

The most sensitive turning point seems to be the clear preference for American brandsmany of which are based in California. An ethical luxury for her at 0 km. And which tells us that the Sussexes, at least for the moment, have no intention of returning to this part of the world.