An off-the-shoulder boatneck, Meghan’s blazer called to mind the Clare Waight Keller-designed dress that she wore on her wedding day. At first glance, it seemed as though she had been doing a “Marge Simpson” (aka being sustainable and reworking an expensive dress in evermore innovative ways). She wore her boatneck piece with matching wide-legged trousers, Sarah Handler earrings, a Cartier Love Bracelet, and her signature Aquazzura pumps. All products featured on Vogue are independently selected by our editors. However, we may earn affiliate revenue on this article and commission when you buy something. On Tuesday, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle arrived at The Marcy Lab School in Brooklyn, a tuition-free college alternative that prepares its students for jobs in the tech field. The Duchess wore a pair of Frame jeans, a black shirt, and a navy varsity jacket. While the royals often choose clothes embedded with meaning (the Princess of Wales, for example, wore a Ukrainian blue sweater during a visit to the country’s cultural center in London) Meghan’s jacket was especially so. It was originally given to the Duchess by the students on the debate team at Robert Clarke School in Dagenham, which she visited on March 8, 2020—her final solo appearance as a working royal.
She kept the jacket when she moved to Montecito from the United Kingdom. In a letter she sent to the pupils a year later in March 2021, the Duchess even mentioned how fond she was of the item: “P.S. I still have the Debate Society team jacket you gave me with me here in California and wear it often,” she wrote. Photo: Lee Morgan for The Archewell FoundationOn Tuesday, it was hard not to feel like the jacket served as a sartorial symbol. The couple has had an extremely dramatic several months: in January, Prince Harry published his controversial memoir Spare, which sensationally aired the dirty laundry of the royal family and dominated the news cycle for weeks to come. Then, in May, the couple said they were involved in a “near catastrophic car chase” in New York City—only for their characterization to be downplayed by the New York Police Department. Lastly came the news that the couple and Spotify made a “mutual decision” to part ways on their 20 million dollar deal after only producing one season of one podcast, Archetypes, together. They were making headlines for all the wrong reasons.
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