loonytick
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LOVE THIS. I really think this was a great, sleek look.
for an almost royal the outfit is almost scandalous
I was prepared not to like it after some of the negative comments - but I clicked on it and really liked that suit!! This event seemed super casual - going too evening would have been too much. She was onstage presenting with a guy in khakis and a polo shirt - jazzing her outfit up too much with brooches and dazzling earrings would have made her look out of place. She'd have been accused of being too Hollywood.
I'm glad she's sticking to her guns and doing things her way. The fact that she's in pants makes this outfit not boring to me - for an almost royal the outfit is almost scandalous.
Gone over to 'the other side'
Is she, [like you] regards us in that manner, her popularity will be VERY shortlived, I hope she is rather more sensible than that...
My concern is that her spirit gets broken
Exactly! The same people who can't wait to criticize her with accusations of being too Hollywood are now saying she's too boring! Well....you didn't want the Hollywood or 'actress style dressing'.. so now Meghan is dressing like a professional working woman instead!! Take that!!!
No-one desires that, but when one leaves a tribe, and join another surely it is only prudent to 'have a care' for the differences of mores and habits between them.
I think she is clearly demonstrating that. (Her hat at Christmas is forever, eternally, burned into my brain for just that reason. ?). Maybe it's just the posting here on TRF which can be pretty demanding regarding particular fashion choices being adhered to that I am reacting to (and don't conflate my views with Meghan's views whose thoughts on any matter fashion-wise or royal-wise I know naught of).
For a variety of reasons I have been looking over the fashion choices of a recent very popular British princess (no longer with us) and I am struck by the extremely tight, figure-hugging clothes she wore, that included short skirts and revealing sitting poses, etc.. This princess is hailed as a paragon of fashion and class, yet the deliberate sexuality and emphasis on allure for the camera that caused her to be the center of attraction at any event, is never negatively critiqued. Any current princess gets soundly condemned for skirt length, lack of modesty, not being glossy enough, you name it. I see the current crop of royal princesses as adhering to a far more business-like (albeit well groomed and hopefully elegant) presentation. To me that's all to the good. But this hearkening back to other royal ladies who strove to splash themselves across the next day's tabloid headlines seems to me mis-directed.
I like to see someone doing an event with clothes that likely just came out of their closet. Why not? I have come to question why all events must be a fashion show. I am all eyes when it's a glam event. (I adore the Danish New Year's parade of ball gowns and jewels). But daily events should be low-key and accessible, and should be about the people and the event, not the visiting royal (the royal already has a center stage position by their very nature). Anything else is just too much, I think. JMO.
I like to see someone doing an event with clothes that likely just came out of their closet. Why not? I have come to question why all events must be a fashion show. I am all eyes when it's a glam event. (I adore the Danish New Year's parade of ball gowns and jewels). But daily events should be low-key and accessible, and should be about the people and the event, not the visiting royal (the royal already has a center stage position by their very nature). Anything else is just too much, I think. JMO.