Meghan Markle’s £130,000 With Love wardrobe: Duchess shows off an array of designer outfits in Netflix series as she adopts ‘stealth wealth’ style trend
As a bee alights on a sunflower in the Californian sunshine we hear the first words from Meghan Markle.
‘The biggest thing is keeping a low tone,’ she says as she walks towards a hive, home to thousands of bees.
Meghan is collecting honey – and she does so wearing a beekeeper’s coat, gold earrings, Mother Denim jeans and Le Chameau quilted ‘Jameson’ leather boots.
A ‘low tone’ is a good way to describe much of Meghan’s wardrobe throughout the eight-part Netflix lifestyle series, With Love, Meghan, which launched yesterday.
Every scene is filled with simple, elevated pieces that whisper old money – a £21,400 Cartier Tank Francaise watch, cashmere separates, silk skirts.
The aesthetic is ‘stealth wealth’, the trend that belongs to people so at ease with their status that they dispense with any obvious designer insignia.
Meghan has always been something of a clothes horse. Back in her ‘royal’ days it was Aquazzura stilettos and figure-hugging Victoria Beckham dresses. Now the look is looser, softer.
In the same way that Meghan’s recipes and crafting ideas in With Love are meant to be ‘easy aspirational’ – a fruit salad made to look like a rainbow; a pasta dish made with cherry tomatoes and little else – so, too, is her wardrobe. There are lots of shirts, as well as jeans, sandals and even bare feet.
Meghan Markle (pictured) wears £130,000 worth of clothes and jewellery in her new series, With Love, Meghan, which was released on Netflix on Tuesday
But look closer and you’ll see that it’s an illusion, much like the rental which stands in for Meghan and Harry’s home.
This is a wardrobe filled with designer pieces. The colour palette is rarefied – pristine white shirts paired with £489 cream Zimmermann shorts worn (without an apron!) when making a spaghetti dish.
Throughout the outfit changes – there are five in one episode alone – Meghan does let a bit of ‘ordinary’ slip in, like a £101 brown Zara dress.
And, while there has been a huge amount of eye-rolling over this series, Meghan’s style is probably the least problematic thing about it.
Yes, it’s expensive. Yes, it’s not how any other mother would dress to bake cakes. Yes, cream palazzo pants are not what I would wear to waltz around picking flowers.
But this is Meghan. She is no ordinary homemaker. She is light years away from that actress in ripped jeans and a white shirt who we first spied at the Invictus Games in 2017.
Now, Meghan is exactly the type of person she is dressed as – a moneyed mother playing around with domesticity. It’s the part of With Love she’s got spot on…
EPISODE ONE
1) Sezane shirt, £85; Hermes Oz mules, £1,020
2) Zimmermann shirt, £1,000, and shorts, £400; Logan Hollowell necklace, £3,218; Cartier watch, £21,400; Ariel Gordon bracelet, £4,300; Cartier Love bracelet, £4,550 (jewellery worn throughout)
1. : Sezane shirt, £85; Hermes Oz mules, £1,020.
2. Zimmermann shirt, £1,000, and shorts, £400; Logan Hollowell necklace, £3,218; Cartier watch, £21,400; Ariel Gordon bracelet, £4,300; Cartier Love bracelet, £4,550 (jewellery worn throughout).
Not pictured: Mother Denim jeans, £265; Le Chameau boots £169; Anine Bing trousers, £195.
TOTAL: £36,600
EPISODE TWO
1) Doen Emmalyn sweater, £300; Reformation silk midi skirt, £198
2)Emilia Wickstead dress, £854; Luna Skye 14ct gold large baguette diamond leaf studs, £2,098
3) Zara trousers, £49.99; Loro Piana top, £990; Jenni Kayne jumper, £310
1. Doen Emmalyn sweater, £300; Reformation silk midi skirt, £198.
2. Emilia Wickstead dress, £854; Luna Skye 14ct gold large baguette diamond leaf studs, £2,098.
3. Zara trousers, £49.99; Loro Piana top, £990; Jenni Kayne jumper, £310.
Not pictured: We The Wild green apron, £25; Denim Forum shirt, £77; blue J. Crew shirt, £54.
TOTAL: £4,900
EPISODE THREE
Left: Anine Bing jeans, £180; James Perse T-shirt, £105. Right: Doen Hava shirt, £250; Cartier necklace, £15,500
1. Anine Bing jeans, £180; James Perse T-shirt, £105.
2. Doen Hava shirt, £250; Cartier necklace, £15,500.
TOTAL: £1 6,000
EPISODE FOUR
Left: Solino Home linen apron, £50. Right: J. Crew basket-stitch sweater tank, £89; Logan Hollowell Queen emerald cut Cuban choker, £3,806
1. Solino Home linen apron, £50.
2. J Crew basket-stitch sweater tank, £89; Logan Hollowell Queen emerald cut Cuban choker, £3,806.
Not pictured: Saint Laurent sandals, £595; Merrell walking boots, £135; Zara dress, £101; Logan Hollowell Libra diamond ring, £1,866.
TOTAL: £6,600
EPISODE FIVE
1) J Crew shirt, £78; Brilliant Earth necklace, £970; Max Mara coat, £730; La Ligne jeans, £131
2) J Crew cashmere crewneck sweater shell, £156; Posse pencil skirt, £235; Anine Bing gold double-knot earrings, £165
1. J Crew shirt, £78; Brilliant Earth necklace, £970; Max Mara coat, £730; La Ligne jeans, £131.
2. J Crew cashmere crewneck sweater shell, £156; Posse pencil skirt, £235; Anine Bing gold double-knot earrings, £165.
3. Not pictured: Anine Bing shirt, £109.
TOTAL: £2,500
EPISODE SIX
Left: Posse midi dress, £320. Right: Sezane dress, £155.
1. Posse midi dress, £320.
2. Sezane dress, £155.
Not pictured: Zimmermann shorts, £489; Brunello Cucinelli shirt, £1,000; Cartier necklace, £12,000
TOTAL: £14,000
EPISODE SEVEN
Posse skirt (£235); Logan Hollowell Fortuna Tennis necklace (£44,696)
Ralph Lauren Adrienne shirt (£740); Evanne trousers (£1,090)
1. Northwestern University sweatshirt (£75).
2. Posse skirt (£235); Logan Hollowell Fortuna Tennis necklace (£44,696).
3. Ralph Lauren Adrienne shirt (£740); Evanne trousers (£1,090).
TOTAL: £46,800
EPISODE EIGHT
Carolina Herrera dress (£1,958)
Ralph Lauren floral linen dress (£1,800); Anine Bing chunky diamond hoops with gold ball (£2,359.62); Ralph Lauren belt (£269)
1. Ulla Johnson Freesia dress (£960).
2. Carolina Herrera dress (£1,958).
3. Ralph Lauren floral linen dress (£1,800); Anine Bing chunky diamond hoops with gold ball (£2,359.62); Ralph Lauren belt (£269).
4. Anine Bing shirt (£220); Posse skirt (£134.18); £695 Kimai earrings.
TOTAL: £8,400
