From buttoned-up coats to modest midi dresses, and classic checks to elegant evening gowns, Meghan appears to be borrowing liberally from Kate’s style playbook, in a game of royal fashion déjà vu. Gone are the days of floppy fedoras and trilbies, in their place are elegant fascinators, structured pillboxes and tilted brims, staples of Kate’s royal wardrobe. We saw this look before when the Princess of Wales wore a similar style from Smythe during a royal visit to Essex in 2018. Dressed down in white shirts, belted bootcut jeans and flowing wavy hairstyles, both Meghan and Kate channeled western chic. In 2016 Meghan wore her own version of the style to an Instagram dinner in Toronto.
