As ever, WLM, PR disasters continued

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Online, people are pointing out that a very expensive cashmere jumper that Meg wore on suits, also made its way to her wardrobe

It’s been nothing but PR disasters of late.

What I have noticed which is curious - is that the UK tabloids are not running with P6 story about the dress. Just like they avoided talking about the NY car chase. They only reported on the media frenzy. But, we know Harry sent out some sort of memo not to publish photos etc. None of the UK press did. Now Meg has acknowledged the stolen dress story and released an official refute ….and none of the UK press are even reporting on that?

That’s weird. They will literally print any old Meg story to get clicks…..but not this one???

The articles on this issue are mainly American.

The line between their 'commercial' and 'charitable' activities has always been blurred.

In addition to "Archewell" the 'foundation' there is also 'Archewell Productions' and 'Archewell Audio'. Not that any of them do much, but it's strange to have the same name for both a supposed charity and two commercial endeavours. Especially as 'Archewll' is a really stupid name. Someone said it sounds like a firm making insoles for people with fallen arches!

And, apparently, perpetuated on here….

Yeah i wish this was a rumour/ lie free zone. There is plenty to talk about that is substantiated.

How is Archewell pronounced?
•Ark-well
•Arch- well
•Ark-ee-well (like archetype)
•Arch-ee-well
Or some other pronunciation I haven’t thought of.

I don’t know, Lownie left it that. It suggests that they have met or know of each other previously. I’m not suggesting anything I don’t know what their connection might be.

Next stop QVC!

Only by you. I didn’t jump to that conclusion.

As for only rumours on X, I imagine such rumours were fuelled by Virginia Guiffre’s lawyer putting Meghan on their list of witnesses as to the character of Andrew MW during her court case. No doubt a bit of brinksmanship on his part, and calculated to start innuendo.

Neither did I the only one that put that explanation forward was @CurlewKate

I’m sorry but what is the story here?

It is very well known that celebrities keep their wardrobes from photoshoots and TV/Film work they’ve done.

Reese Witherspoon famously posted photos of herself wearing her Legally Blonde wardrobe on the anniversary of the films release.

We’re supposed to pile on Meghan because she kept a jumper she worn in Suits before she’d even met Harry? Seriously?

& her daughters hair is absolutely fine. & she has fathers whose job it also is to make sure she’s “well groomed”. & it’s the kitchens job to make sure any hygiene standards are met not Meghans. There’s so much to criticise it this thread is a complete nonsense.

Reese had it written into her contract that she would keep the clothes. She said this on the Graham Norton Show. That is very different from whatever the situation is with Meghan. The one thing that is clear was that there was no such clarity.

Agreed. I think some people need to get out more.

It’s well known? You should tell that to the stylists who complained about the dresses being missing in the first place. I wonder why they aren’t speaking up to say what she did was consensual.

One thing I have learned from credible sources like stylist Plum Sykes and her Daily Beast journalist brother, Tom, is that outfits in photoshoots are often reused again and again for different models, not least because they are often extremely expensive pieces and can be one offs.

That’s quite a different kettle of fish to made to measure wardrobes curated for actors in film/TV. Some powerful stars like SJP might have it written into their contracts to keep their outfits, but I doubt that production companies allow any actor on set to just make off with their wardrobe.

Also, is it well known for professional styling teams on major publications to steal outfits worn by stars and sell them on eBay, as Meghan alleges?

Yes and Jennifer Anniston was really shocked!

Reese Witherspoon revealed in an interview on
The Graham Norton Show, where Jennifer Aniston was also a guest, that she had a clause written into her contract for Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blondethat allowed her to keep all of her character's clothes.
Jennifer Aniston was notably shocked and impressed by the revelation.

I would be livid if I was a stylist on that shoot where Meghan had allegedly hot footed it off with the clothes and then claimed she had to do that because I would have stolen them and sold them on eBay. No one is allowed to call Meghan a thief (even though she did take the clothes) but it’s just fine and dandy to infer the stylists are thieves.

It’s a disgraceful allegation against the “little people” with no voice, or too afraid to speak out against a powerful celebrity/bring negative attention to their employing magazine. They are professionals dealing with all manner of famous faces day in, day out. And, as I said above, they will be using outfits at future shoots, so selling them off is going to benefit them in what way?

Funny isn’t it how posters will rush to Meghan’s defence on being called a thief yet it’s tumbleweed on her making accusations against ordinary people just doing their jobs, talk about punching down.

Is there an example of this ever actually happening?

I'm not sure how it could be done. Someone would be specifically tasked with ensuring that all clothes used in a shoot are returned, unless there is a prior agreement that the 'celebrity' can keep them. If they failed to return the garments, then they'd have to account for themselves. If it later transpired that the same dress was being flogged on Ebay or whereever one flogs used designer clothes, then it would be very easy to identify the person responsible, and they'd never work in the fashion industry again. The story doesn't make sense to me.

I totally agree. There will be an inventory and someone in charge of returning garments to the design house or putting garments into storage for the next shoot. I am sure there will probably the odd occasion of someone swiping something off a set like the Reitmans shoot, or a catalogue shoot, where clothes all come from the same, mass market source, and one missing piece is easily replaced. But on a shoot for a major magazine where borrowed haut couture is being worn? Doubtful.

If it were really common practice for celebs to take clothes home out of the goodness of their heart, just in case someone might steal them and sell them on eBay, I’m sure many people would have said so by now. Especially since Harry is bound to be calling people and begging them to back up Meghan’s story

That's original 😂

It’s the same issue as the Kardashian party fiasco, if they kept quiet and stopped issuing comments, it would have gone quiet and would have been forgotten.

My dd worked for a while as a runner for an incredibly minor and insignificant British fashion house. When they were doing a shoot, it was her job to count all the pieces out and count them in again. I suspect it wouldn’t have gone well for her if anything had gone missing….

I've never worked on fashion shoots but many moons ago I used to work in theatre costume including some big productions for well known theatres.
At the end of a production the dresser collects every single item from the actors/singers/dancers they were assigned to and brings it back to wardrobe to be washed or sent off for dry cleaning. Then everything is sent into storage in case that the theatre decides to revive that production at a later date. The dresser is responsible for all the costumes from beginning to end of a production and if something disappears it really doesn't go down well, I remember one dresser "gifted" a dress to an actress and was not hired again by that theatre. Some of these costumes are absolutely beautiful, made in house by highly skilled seamstresses and totally unique and we had a few cases where the actors asked to keep them but the answer was usually no because there isn't a spare and it would cost a bomb to have another one made. The more experienced actors know better and don't bother to ask. You do get some cheeky fuckers who try to sneak frocks out on the last day but usually their reputation preceeds them because it's a small world.
Moral of the story: no way a dresser would pinch costumes as they would not work again and a sticky fingered performer who had the gall of saying they "liberated" costumes to protect them from thieving staff would just get laughed at and in such a small world, neither actors or backstage staff can afford to be permanently labelled as unprofessional (cheeky fucker 😂).