30+ Of Meghan’s Most Expensive Outfits So Far
1. Meghan Markle's Designer Wedding Dress
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2. Her Wedding Reception Dress
Image source/ The Knot newsIt makes sense that second in line as most expensive would then be her wedding reception dress. It's pretty elaborate to have a totally new dress for the reception, especially considering the price of the first - and this dress was a Stella McCartney design and cost around $157,000.Advertisement
3. Her Engagement Dress
Image source/ InsiderHer engagement dress, which was the dress she was photographed in after Harry had proposed, was made by Ralph and Russo and cost around cost $75,000. The dress in question caused a bit of controversy due its sheer material which was considered by some as against royal etiquette and a little risqué.Advertisement
4. The Outfit For Her First Outing Beside Queen Elizabeth
Image source/ PinterestWhen appearing next to the late Queen Elizabeth for the very first time it's pretty important to make a good impression. So, Markle chose a custom-made Givenchy dress costing $18,000 - that would do it. The dress was cream with a black belt and a fold over the shoulders, creating an extra piece to the dress.Advertisement
5. Her Cutom Dress For The Australian Geographic Society Awards
Image source/ InsiderNow this is an impressive dress - which is reflected in the price. It was an Oscar de la Renta dress which she then had customised by Sarah Esmoingt, who added the birds to the dress for extra stunning detail. In total this cost around $10,000. She paired it with black, $750, Aquazzura Deneuve Bow heels.Advertisement
6. Markle's Sequin dress for the Cirque du Soleil performance
Image source/ whowearwhatIf ever there's a time to dress flamboyantly in sequins, it's when you are going to the circus. This $5,595, navy, sequined and floor length dress was made by Roland Mouret. She then paired it with some Stuart Weitzman strappy black heels that cost around $400.Advertisement
7. Her Denim Dress For The Charity Polo Game
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8. Her Navy Night Before The Wedding Dress
Image source/ PopsugarHere Markle is wearing a navy blue, Roland Mouret dress on the eve of hers and Harry's big day. The dress itself cost around $2000, and is a fitted, knee length dress which flares at the legs, with a high neck, mini sleeves. She's paired it with a diamond bracelet.Advertisement
9. Markle's Pinstripe Belted Dress For The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
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9. Meghan Markle's Oscar de la Renta Outfit
Image source/ InsiderMarkle's Oscar de la Renta outfit cost $2500 in total. The dress has a woodland theme print, featuring deer as well as flowers. this is one of her more adventurous choices. During her pregnancy, she chose a number of more experimental pieces she would not usually tend to wear.Advertisement
10. The Outfit She Wore For Her First Public Appearance With Kate Middleton
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11. Her Navy Cape Dress For The Late Queen Elizabeth's Birthday Celebration Concert
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12. The Antoni Berardi Dress For Her Trip to New Zealand
Image course/ fashionistaAgain of course Markle is appearing in navy. However, this time she has a button detail, asymmetrical skirt dress. Her Antoni Berardi dress cost $2,695 and her shoes are heels that she has previously worn a few times to complete a number of different looks.Advertisement
13. Her Bright Brandon Maxwell Dress
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14. Her State Dinner Outfit In Fiji
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15. Her Matching Co-Ord For The Coach Core Awards
Image source/ InsiderThis is one of Meghan's more controversial outfit choices, when she chooses a pant suit co-ord, which some royal traditionalists view as breaking boundaries. Her blouse alone costs around $2,290 as an Oscar de la Renta design. Her trousers cost $700 and are by the brand Altuzurra.Advertisement
16. Her Wrap Dress For the opening of the Nelson Mandela Centenary Exhibition
Image Source/ The SunHere Meghan Markle looks stunning in a House of Nonie (a Candian brand) dress costing $824. Markle as usual has accessorised perfectly with heels and a clutch bag matching the exact shade of pinky nude as her dress as well as a thin golden bangle on her arm.Advertisement
17. The First Dress She Wore As A Married Woman
Image Source/ PopsugarThis was Meghan Markle's first appearance ever as the wife of Harry. She chose this neutral, cream look. She wore an expensive dress from Goat Fashion and $450 heels. This was her first time appearing in public wearing tights which was noted amongst many as her previous bare leg looks and shocked some according to royal etiquette.Advertisement
18. Her Coat For The Engagement Announcement
Image Source/ iheartlineWhen Meghan Markle appeared in this coat for the announcement of her engagement to Harry (then Prince Harry), the public adored the $750 nude wrap coat. In fact, it became so popular after she had been seen wearing it that it actually crashed the website of the Canadian fashion LINE.Advertisement
19. Megahn Markle's Dress For Her Trip to Melbourne
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20. Her Appearance At The Invictus Games Reception
Image Source/ InsiderMarkle worse this beautiful green dress to the Invictus Games Reception. The V neck dress has frill detail and a floral patter from the designer brand Self Portrait. The dress cost around $390 dollars. She chose black accessories, including heels, a clutch and a black blazer.Advertisement
21. Meghan Markle's Sequin Top She Wore To The Royal Variety performance
Image source/ PinterestMarkle stunned with this look where she wore a sequined top by Safiyaa costing $1,149. The sequins are embellished to create a leaf pattern in white, contrasting with the rest of the top which is made of thousands of black sequins. She paired the elaborate top with a plain black, floor length flared skirt.Advertisement
22. Her Coat She Wore To The Royal Variety Charity Nursing And Care Home
Image source/ PopsugarThis outfit was worn to The Royal Variety Charity Nursing And Care Home. Her dress cost $1,480 and is from the Brock collection. Her chic grey wrap coat is from the Soia and Kyo collection which cost around $550 as well as her matching suede shoes which cost $750.Advertisement
23. Her First Royal Christmas Outfit
Image source/ Meghan'sfashionThis outfit was from Markle's very first Royal Christmas. Her $3,085 cashmere coat was a dark teal designed by Victoria Beckham and perfectly matched her dress underneath. She accessorised the outfit with long black leather boots and a beret style hat.Advertisement
24. Her Oscar de la Renta Coat She Wore To Visit The Smart Works Offices
Image course/ fashionistaMarkle stunned here in a $2,990 Oscar de la Renta coat. Oscar de la Renta is a favourite brand of hers which she wears time and time again. She has paired the outfit with a $218 clutch to accessorise and chosen cow print heels by Gianvito Rossi, costing around $600.Advertisement
25. Markle's Colourful Combination Worn To Birkenhead
Image source/ InsiderNow this look is totally different to the dark or neutral tones Markle usually wears. Here she's showing off her bump in a vivid purple dress costing $140. She chose a clashing red coat by Sentaler costing $1,395 with matching red court shows costing around $400 for a vibrant look.Advertisement
26. Visiting the Andalusian Gardens in Rabat Morocco In Her Black Midi Dress
Image source/ InterestThis outfit was a look she wore whilst in Morocco, visiting the Andalusian Gardens in Rabat. Her pleated black midi dress cost $600, and her matching black pointed kitten heels by Manola Blahnik cost more than the dress itself at $750. She chose a $200 contrasting white blazer to complete the look.Advertisement
27. Wearing Carolina Herrera To Visit King Mohammed VI of Morocco
Image source/ Reader's digestThis floating blue dress with floral detail was picked out specifically for her visit to King Mohammed VI in Morrocco and goes against her usual fitted style. The Caroline Herrera piece cost $2,990 and she paired it with a set of patent nude heels and a slicked back bun hairstyle.Advertisement
28. Her Customised Gucci Coat To The New Zealand House in London
Image source/ PinterestWhen Markle went to visit the New Zealand House in London she pulled out all of the stops when it came to her outfit. She wore this black customised Gucci coat costing a massive $5,112. Then, she paired it with some Aquazzura shoes and a Gucci clutch.Advertisement
29. Her Outfit For Trooping The Colour
Image source/ PopsugarGivenchy is definitely one of Markle's favourite designers, and a go-to of hers when she has a big public event such as here when she was attending Trooping the Colour with Harry. Her navy-coloured set, the matching dress and blazer cost almost 6 thousand dollars.Advertisement
30. Her Custom Co-Ord For A Public Event
Image source/ Meghan'sfashionHere Meghan Markle is attending a public event during her early stages of pregnancy, wearing a coordinating nude dress, blazer and lace up heels. The dress was created as a custom piece by Brandon Maxwell. And the whole outfit together is estimated to be around $5 thousand.Advertisement
31. Meghan's most controversial fashion choices: is that a ruffled dress or is she pregnant?
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Being fashionable, and a royal, is hard work! We've seen so far that Meghan has definitely managed to pull it off a lot of the time - and expensively at that - but that doesn't mean she hasn't run into a fair few fashion fails, and a ton of controversial ones. Much of the controversy comes from how a royal should dress, so it's up to you whether you still think it looks good! The issue with this one wasn't so much that it wasn't a nice dress, it was more that she hadn't taken into account that the ruffled look at her waist would spark pregnancy rumors!Advertisement
32. She wore black to a wedding
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And a spring wedding at that! Sure, the dress has a little bit of white at the bottom, and a dash of pink on the skirt, but overall, it's a very dark dress - for a very bright wedding occasion. There are unspoken fashion rules about attending weddings (like never wearing white to upstage the bride, of course) but Meghan apparently didn't get the memo. Which is surprising seeing as you'd think 'wedding guest' would actually be something she'd be fashionable with. And more controversy came from the fact you could see a flash of her bra!Advertisement
33. She chose a messy bun look
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Most of us, on a daily basis, would choose the messy bun hair do. Because it just looks good! And most of the time it takes A LOT of talent to get that messy bun just right, as though you haven't just spent hours on making it look the perfect amount of messy. Sort of like the 'no makeup makeup look' but for hair. So what exactly was the problem with Meghan doing it? Well, apparently it was all that royal expectation and rules about how to have your hair. Royals shouldn't have 'messy buns', and some labelled it as a more immature look when she needs to concentrate on looking more 'put together' for her age!Advertisement
34. Ripped jeans just weren't cutting it
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We know that casual, and ripped, skinny jeans are a great look for lots of people - but not when you're a royal, in the presence of a prince! Sure, royals can wear more 'relaxed' outfits - we've definitely seen Kate Middleton in some fitted skinny jeans and heeled shoes before - but let's face it, the issue here is the rip. It's fashionable and edgy if you're not a royal and you like that sort of thing - but being pictured out in public as a duchess, it just looks like you can't make the effort to wear clothes that, you know... don't have holes in them.Advertisement
35. Exposing her shoulders (*gasp*)
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Look, let's be real here - it's not that she doesn't look good, or is doing anything wrong as a woman showing some skin, it's more about the very outdated royal rules about what a woman in the royal family should, and shouldn't, wear - and by choosing to wear this, she's basically disrespecting those rules, which is what many people took into account when judging this particular outfit... Meghan wore this pink, shoulder-revealing dress during Trooping the Colour - but it was her very first one, too, so you know... kind of important to make a good impression.Advertisement
36. The ill-fit of her wedding dress
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Yes, we know that Meghan's dress looked beautiful (and expensive, as we mentioned earlier), but really, to say that it was a designer grown that was custom-made for her, and her body shape, it definitely looked like it didn't fit as well as it could have done. Many critics said that the bodice was a little too 'loose', and even pop superstar Katy Perry chimed in to say that Meghan could have done with one more fitting! Maybe Meghan was trying to fit in with the 'covering up shoulders' rule but took it a little too far, in the wrong direction?Advertisement
37. The *very* short blazer dress
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A blazer dress is a good choice if you're a fan of the stylish, professional look but you also need to wear a skirt or a dress for royal protocol. The problem with this one was more that she apparently didn't get the memo about how short skirts should be... having your legs on show isn't frowned upon completely by 'royal protocol' (as long as you have stockings) but we're showing showing this much leg was the real issue here. She maybe should have gone for a blazer dress that went below the knee but hey... This is Meghan we're talking about.Advertisement
38. The grey dress that was too tight
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This woman can't catch a break! First her wedding dress wasn't tight enough, and now people clapped back at this grey number because they said it was far too tight on the top, so much so that it showed the outline of her bra too much! God forbid. The funny thing is, the cut of this dress on the top actually does look very similar to her wedding dress - so maybe it's a good thing she didn't have her wedding gown more fitted if this was going to be the result - and if royalists were going to be complaining that her bra was far too obvious!Advertisement
39. Her choice of accessories
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You don't often see royals wearing that much jewelry, apart from their standard engagement and wedding rings and then maybe a nice pair of earrings. This is because there are - yep, you guessed it - rules! Rules about what kind of jewelry, and how much of it, royals could wear. Before she became a duchess, Meghan was very much a fan of a lot of accessories, including modern styles like layered or stacked rings. So it caused a bit of an issue when she continued to wear that many accessories after moving into the royal family...Advertisement
40. When she didn't wear her name tag at Ascot
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It's fair to think 'well everyone knows who Meghan is anyway' so you might be surprised to learn that name tags are actually a thing at the Royal Ascot events (which is a prestigious racecourse event in England that the royals are always seen at wearing huge hats). But it is a thing (and you can see even Prince Harry has one one) so she made a bit of a fashion - and social - mistake when she wouldn't wear her name tag where it was supposed to be, and decided to carry it in her hand instead... which isn't very helpful when you need to see it.Advertisement
41. Too many suits
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Suits look great, and they definitely look great on Meghan - but once again it's not so much what she was wearing, it was how all those 'royal fashion rules' were going to react to it. Women in the royal family aren't supposed to wear suits too many times, as it's more favored to wear dresses and skirts for public events. But Meghan chose to wear suits a heck of a lot, often seen out in them for big events. Was she trying to subliminally plug her show, Suits? Who knows. Either way it rubbed a lot of people up the wrong way, apparently.Advertisement
42. When she wore a hat where she definitely shouldn't
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You might be looking at this very stylish and flattering outfit, perfect for summer, and thinking 'What exactly did she get wrong here? She looks great!'. So at Royal Ascot it's actually a rule that you should wear a hat or headpiece of some variety - but in other places, it's a rule not to do that! So it's very much the hat that's the problem. The Royal Box at the Wimbledon tennis tournament actually has a dress code that you're not supposed to wear hats - so she was frowned on for ignoring that rule and bringing it anyway.Advertisement
43. The trousers that trailed on the wet ground
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We've all had at least one pair of trousers in our lives that we remember trailing on the floor and getting all ripped and scuffed up. For some of us, it was a conscious choice, at other times we'd just bought out high school trousers far too long! For Meghan, who can very much afford proper tailoring, this was a choice to go out in this trousers anyway and get them all wet, muddy and scuffed up. Fashion critics - and just general Markle critics - were quick to say that it just made her look "sloppy" and it wasn't a very good choice to have trousers dragging on the ground.Advertisement
44. The designer feud
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This one isn't so much about the dress she's wearing - which is perfectly fine, for a change (at least according to those critics) - but it's more about the alleged feud and drama going on behind the scenes between Meghan and the designer of the dress. Emilia Wickstead, the designer, spoke out AGAINST Markle's wedding dress, and the argument even got as serious as Wickstead accusing Meghan of copying the design. So this black dress here was a surprise to many, because Wickstead was actually the designer behind this one.Advertisement
45. When she wore shoes far too big
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People are seriously looking for anything to talk about regarding Meghan Markle's fashion if they've gone so far as to zoom in on her feet! But alas, this is what someone did - and to the world's surprise, Meghan seemed to be wearing shoes that were far too big for her, with a gaping hole at the back of her heel. She unveiled these strangely large shoes during her engagement photoshoot, so it's no wonder it got such attention. It was later revealed that she wears shoes that are a little bigger because they're more comfortable for her!Advertisement
46. The neck brace dress
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With this one, it really feels like Meghan took the feedback on board and thought, 'You know what? So you didn't like it when my shoulders were on show, so here you go, how about this?' She went the extreme of covering her shoulders with a solid cape design at the top of the dress when she traveled to meet the late Queen Elizabeth II, but the issue here was the practicality of this dress. While it was praised for covering her shoulders - hallelujah - it didn't let her move her arms a lot, so many people then said she probably should have worn her hair up...Advertisement
47. When she wore dark nail polish
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In case you didn't know, members of the royal family aren't supposed to wear dark nail polish - there's actually a rule about that too! The late Queen Elizabeth even had rules about what shades could be worn, and they usually varied from nude to a bit more nude, maybe with a dash of pink. What was definitely not smiled upon was a very dark nail polish shade, like dark red or black. No idea why but it's just yet another one of those fashion rules - and another rule that Meghan broke when she wore this sequinned dress with dark polish.Advertisement
48. Showing a shoulder AND dark nail polish? The horror
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By this point we really think she must be doing it on purpose to make a statement or rebel as much as possible - not that it really matters anymore, seeing as she and husband Harry - or 'H' - rebelled so much that they rebelled right across the sea. With this look, Meghan is both breaking the 'shoulder' protocol and also wearing very noticeable dark nail polish on her hands. While she still looked stunning, that's not what people were focused on, due to the fact that she'd broken not one, but two royal fashion rules in one go...Advertisement
49. The blue and white dress that divided a nation
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So one of the few times that Meghan actually went with a dress and made sure to cover her shoulders, or make sure it's not too tight at the chest or whatever else people had complained about before, there were still some HUGE critics to this particular dress. The blue and white dress was labelled as far too big for her, where some people thought it was unflattering and completely swamped her. The other half though it was a beautiful dress and looked great on her! Even Prince Harry looks like he has some opinions on it...Advertisement
50. Dressing like an actress instead of a royal
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There were also some rumors that Meghan Markle's fashion choices were also starting to concern Prince Harry himself. Allegedly a royal source said he'd had to talk her out of wearing another suit - a tuxedo style one - to an event, pushing her to wear a dress instead. This is because many people criticized her for still dressing like an actress in Hollywood rather than switching to dressing like a royal. While she should be free to wear what she wants, the reality is there are fashion rules when you marry into royalty!Advertisement