{"id":137467,"date":"2023-09-13T20:31:21","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T20:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magdelaine.net\/?p=137467"},"modified":"2023-09-13T20:31:21","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T20:31:21","slug":"was-meghans-invictus-games-outfit-a-nod-to-diana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magdelaine.net\/lifestyle\/was-meghans-invictus-games-outfit-a-nod-to-diana\/","title":{"rendered":"Was Meghan&apos;s Invictus Games outfit a nod to Diana?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>How Meghan Markle&#8217;s monochrome Invictus Games jacket echoes her late mother-in-law&#8217;s chic suit she wore at a VJ Day parade in 1995<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><span>The Duchess of Sussex appeared to channel Princess Diana in Dusseldorf<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>READ MORE:\u00a0Meghan stuns in a \u00a3112 Banana Republic shirt dress as she joins Harry onstage at the Invictus Games just hours after flying into Dusseldorf\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As the Duchess of Sussex joined Prince Harry at the\u00a0Merkur Spiel-Arena on her first full day in Dusseldorf for the Invictus Games, she may have given a little nod to her late mother-in-law with her chic outfit choice.<\/p>\n<p>Meghan, 42, was pictured hand-in-hand with Harry as she arrived at the wheelchair basketball with her husband this morning &#8211; and she lit up the arena in a white\u00a0jacket with black bordering and gold buttons, paired with white linen shorts and Chanel pumps.<\/p>\n<p>Her glamorous monochrome outfit was reminiscent of a similar style sported by Princess Diana in 1995, when she donned an ivory and navy suit by Tomasz Starzewski for a VJ Day Parade in London.<\/p>\n<p>In photos from the day, the late royal dons a jacket with similar dark bordering detail and gold buttons, paired with a white skirt. She accessorised with a Philip Somerville hat and wore a string of pearls.<\/p>\n<p>While Meghan has opted for looser tailoring in today&#8217;s outfit, she may well have taken inspiration from her late mother-in-law&#8217;s world renowned eye for sharp dressing.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/13\/11\/75376031-12512933-image-a-15_1694599644500.jpg\" height=\"785\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Duchess of Sussex oozed glamour in a white jacket, a black top and white linen shorts as she arrived at the\u00a0Merkur Spiel-Arena for the wheelchair basketball events at the Invictus Games today<\/p>\n<p>The Duchess layered her J Crew jacket with a black top, shorts from J Crew and flat pumps from Chanel as she arrived to a thumping round of applause from the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to the warm welcome, she beamed with delight, waved to the audience and punched her hands on the air, hugging supporters of the Australian team seated in her row.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Harry, who has been happily posing for dozens of selfies with fans, took a back seat today as most people in the crowd wanted to be photographed with Meghan.<\/p>\n<p>Following her impromptu speech at a party for 1,600 people where she apologised for her late arrival at the competition, a buzz of excitement had gone round the games that she would be making her debut appearance.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/13\/11\/75376035-12512933-image-a-16_1694599714629.jpg\" height=\"953\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Meghan&#8217;s outfit choice today is reminiscent of Princess Diana&#8217;s white suit from\u00a0Tomasz Starzewski which she wore to a VJ Day Parade in London in 1995<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s outfit choice from the Duchess isn&#8217;t the first time she has appeared to have taken style inspiration from Diana.<\/p>\n<p>While attending the Remembrance Day ceremony at the Cenotaph in London in 2019, the Duchess&#8217;s outfit bore a striking resemblance to Diana&#8217;s outfit to attend the same event in 1991.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Meghan let her statement headgear do the talking on the day, only adorning her outfit with a single poppy to show her respects to the fallen.<\/p>\n<p>Both the hat and the coat were reminiscent of those worn by Princess Diana to the same event 18 years prior. The Princess was 30 years old at the time.<\/p>\n<p>It is not known who designed Diana&#8217;s outfit, but the coat featured a similar oversized belt buckle and the shape of the hat bears more than a passing resemblance.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to FEMAIL at the time, stylist Susie Hasler, who runs , said it was a &#8216;great&#8217; way for the Duchess to keep Diana&#8217;s memory alive.<\/p>\n<p>She said: &#8216;Diana influenced a generation of women with her personal style, even down to her wedding dress.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;She remains one of the most influential style icons and it&#8217;s great to see Meghan keeping her memory alive with a near identical look.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;As always, Meghan is great at enhancing her hourglass figure with a waist cinching belt, and this is a brilliantly conservative, yet impactful look as always.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/femail\/article-12512933\/How-Meghan-Markles-monochrome-Invictus-Games-jacket-echoes-late-mother-laws-chic-suit-wore-VJ-Day-parade-1995.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How Meghan Markle&#8217;s monochrome Invictus Games jacket echoes her late mother-in-law&#8217;s chic suit she wore at a VJ Day parade in 1995 The Duchess of Sussex appeared to channel Princess Diana in Dusseldorf READ MORE:\u00a0Meghan stuns in a \u00a3112 Banana Republic shirt dress as she joins Harry onstage at the Invictus Games just hours after [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Was Meghan&amp;apos;s Invictus Games outfit a nod to Diana? 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