A rare complimenting piece in today's Telegraph. To me Meg's outfit looked like a step up from what you'd wear to work, so not gala-glam, more... work panel glam. So, appropriately low key, apparently:
The Duchess of Sussex has a new ‘Husband’ shirt.
"Speaking on a panel at the SXSW festival, Meghan wore a matching silk ensemble for a look that was understated and interesting
Seven years since she made her first appearance as Prince Harry’s girlfriend at the Invictus Games in Toronto, wearing a Misha Nonoo design known as the ‘Husband’ shirt, Meghan stepped out in a newer, more luxurious shirt with the same name.
The oversized silk shirt in palest greige was by luxury Italian label Giuliva Heritage, and teamed with a matching maxi skirt. Her hair was loose with a centre parting, swept over one shoulder, the look completed by chunky gold Bottega Veneta earrings and Valentino pointed mules.
Meghan was speaking on a panel at the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival in Austin, Texas, about women in media and entertainment, and the Giuliva Heritage ensemble made for a look that was both understated and interesting – a tricky balance to strike.
We learned this week that the Duchess doesn’t have a personal stylist, but evidently she has no trouble putting a look together that meets the demands of the occasion.
It was a smart choice, if you think about what she might have anticipated other women on the panel to be wearing: most likely a suit, as we saw on fellow panellists Brooke Shields, Katie Couric and moderator Errin Haines. Maybe there would be a midi dress. In the less obvious shirt-maxi skirt co-ord, Meghan will have known that she’d stand out visually, despite the muted hue, on the panel. And she does.
She will have considered how the rest of the world will be looking at her outfit too: on a landscape video screen, or a screenshot of that. Much like the ‘Zoom dressing’ we all did during the pandemic, the shirt and earrings work well when we see her in that context too.
It’s still the quiet, understated fashion we’ve come to expect from her; the kind of thing she wears when she wants us to focus on what she’s saying, not what she’s wearing, but perhaps she’s come to accept that, as one of the most famous women in the world, whatever she wears is news, so she might as well have fun with it.
And while she is a divisive figure, Meghan’s wardrobe does offer some valuable lessons in how to dress for our own professional lives. Looking well put together is a universal goal, whether you live in Montecito or Margate.
Whether you do it in ‘serious greige’ is optional."
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/people/meghan-duchess-of-sussex-international-womens-day-sxsw/