Her recent trip to New York saw the Duchess loosen up a little.
, which she wore to dinner with friends, meanwhile, came with a pair of bow-flecked Aquazzura stilettos and a wonderfully tactile Bottega intrecciato pouch. The whirlwind trip left the overall impression of a woman who had absolutely nailed it in terms of personal PR. A Gabriela Hearst jumpsuit showed Meghan has sustainability in mind as well as sleekness.Glimpses of this more confident and laid-back Duchess have been emerging for a while now.
Days prior, and again at the polo, she wore Frame denim cut-offs – the kind that harked back to the ripped jeans fan that first caught Harry’s eye back in 2016 – and louche Anine Bing shirting. These are small subtle shifts – a whiff of distressed denim here, an artfully crumpled linen button-up there – but enough for eagle-eyed style watchers to pick up on, and note that it’s a shift away from the protocol dictated by the royal institution.