How Meghan played the LONG-game: from an actress in flesh-flashing 小型の-dresses to the sophisticated, 簡素化するd silhouettes of a true Duchess

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She's come a long way since she was a 'スーツケース girl' on 取引，協定 or No 取引，協定.

We certainly saw a different Meghan when the actress joined the cast of 合法的な soap オペラ 控訴s, her 打開 役割, in 2011.

But the real change has come since marrying into the 王室の Family in 2018.

If colour-palette has remained 類似の, Meghan - now the Duchess of Sussex - has 刻々と 可決する・採択するd longer and more 簡素化するd silhouettes for a 都合よく sophisticated look.

報告（する）／憶測s that she has teamed up with?ex-Juicy Couture creative director Jamie Mizrahi only 追加するs to the sense that Meghan is keen to re-開始する，打ち上げる herself - と一緒に her new 商業の brand,?American Riviera Orchard.

Mizrah, who also lives in Montecito, California, has had a long-称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 working 関係 with Meghan's 隣人 Katy Perry 同様に as Hunger Games actress Jennifer Lawrence.

Here, we look 支援する at some of Meghan's standout fashion moments throughout the years - and her 発展させるing style as the Duchess plays the long game...

冷静な／正味の camel hues?

Meghan Markle continues to wear camel shades, mostly in the form of longer length dresses these days

One of Meghan Markle's most noteworthy 外見s was at the 2023 Variety 力／強力にする of Wom en event in Los Angeles.

The former actress captivated onlookers as she 提起する／ポーズをとるd for photographs in a Proenza Schouler dress, featuring an asymmetric off-shoulder neckline and thigh-high 味方する slits.

以前 in 2013, Meghan donned a Lanvin one-shoulder dress, in a 類似の caramel hue, for a 祝祭 at the American Ballet Theatre.

At the time, she told Hello! Canada: 'I love this Lanvin dress, and wearing 中立のs from 長，率いる to toe. It always elongates your 人物／姿／数字 - 特に with nude Louboutins.

She continued: 'I 絶対 love this look because it speaks to my personal aesthetic: classy and simple.'

Racy in red

Meghan has worn 有望な red dresses on a number occasions

Meghan enjoyed a red carpet moment when she …に出席するd a?退役軍人s' Day 祝祭 in New York with Prince Harry in 2021.

She looked radiant in a scarlet silk gown by Carolina Herrera, teamed with Giuseppe Zanotti slingbacks,?her favourite Birks earrings and a Cartier Love bracelet.

The Duchess has long been enamoured with the vibrant hue of 中心存在 box red. As 早期に as 2006, during her 外見 on 取引，協定 or No 取引，協定, she wore a 小型の dress in an 同一の shade.

Meghan's love of red 論証するs her timeless and bold yet elegant fashion sense.?

Denim dresses

Meghan dress inspiration from her pre-Duchess days in a Carolina Herrera dress (権利)

Meghan drew inspiration from her pre-Duchess days when she chose a Carolina Herrera dress to watch Harry play polo.

The denim design 会社にする／組み込むd a 包む 前線, wide waist belt and 十分な 中央の-length skirt, perfectly complemented by?Aquazzura heels and a J 乗組員 clutch in cream hues.

類似して, two years earlier, she donned a Yigal Azrouel 海軍 shirt dress for an 外見 on the Today Show at NBC Rockefeller 中心 Studios in New York.

Teaming it with Sarah Flint ヒョウ print pumps and a 特許 黒人／ボイコット こども, the actress showcased her playful 味方する.

Breezy trousers?

Meghan wore wide-脚 cream trousers in 2015 (left) and 2022 (権利)

Meghan 提起する／ポーズをとるd confidently for photographs at the NBC New York Summer 圧力（をかける） Day, held at Four Seasons Hotel in 2015.

The 最高潮の場面 of her outfit was a pair of off-white trousers, designed by her friend and fashion designer, Misha Nonoo.

More recently, at a 2022 Invictus Games event in Dusseldorf, the Duchess wore a 類似の style by Brandon Maxwell.

Tailored from wool-blend twill, these trousers had a belted waist and soft pleats, accentuating their relaxed 形態／調整.?

To 一連の会議、交渉／完成する off her 簡素化するd ensemble, Meghan 選ぶd for a knitted 最高の，を越す by Anine Bing that showed off her shoulders and 申し込む／申し出d a fresh take on the look.

Shorts 控訴s?

The Duchess of Sussex has been wearing shorts 控訴s for several years

The Duchess of Sussex has 終始一貫して 陳列する，発揮するd her penchant for shorts 控訴s, a style she has favoured for some time.

This was 特に evident during her 外見 at The Today Show in 2016.

Meghan looked effortlessly glamorous in a?Veronica 耐えるd （土地などの）細長い一片d two-piece, elevated by sky-high 法廷，裁判所 shoes and a bouncy blow 乾燥した，日照りの.

While she continues to embrace wearing shorts, Meghan now tends to pair them with flat shoes - as shown during the Invictus Games 2023.?

ジーンズs and a white shirt?

ジーンズs and a white shirt is a failsafe 選択 for Meghan Markle?

Meghan Markle has often relied on a failsafe combination of ジーンズs and a white shirt.

On her first public 遠出 with Prince Harry, Meghan wore the 'Husband' shirt by Misha Nonoo, with ripped skinny ジーンズs and flat shoes.

The couple was …に出席するing the Invictus Games in Toronto, two months before 発表するing their 約束／交戦.

Meghan's laid-支援する California girl style was a fitting and welcome choice for the occasion.

Fit-and-ゆらめく silhouettes

Meghan pulls off white fit-and-ゆらめく dresses in 2014 (left) and 2019 (権利)

Meghan 高く評価する／（相場などが）上がるs the effortlessly flattering aesthetic of a fit-and-ゆらめく dress.

The Duchess has showcased such designs both before and after becoming a mother.

In more 最近の years, however, Meghan has leaned に向かって 中央の-length silhouettes, as seen in her choice of a むちの跡s Bonner design for her first public photograph with son Archie.

She teamed her dress with nude 法廷，裁判所 shoes, 場内取引員／株価 a 出発 from her previous preference for bolder colours or croc prints.

Colour-封鎖する prints?

Meghan looks beautiful in blue colour-封鎖する dresses of 変化させるing lengths

The Duchess of Sussex impressed in two blue colour-封鎖する dresses a １０年間 apart.?

Although they 株d 類似の design elements, these dresses 異なるd 顕著に in length.?

…に出席するing a fashion 開始する，打ち上げる in 2013, Meghan flaunted her pins in a jovial 小型の dress by Diane 出身の Furstenberg.

急速な／放蕩な 今後 to the 2023 Invictus Games, she 選ぶd for a longline shirt dress in 類似の hues by Carolina Herrera, 論証するing her 発展させるing fashion sense.

Monochrome??

Meghan has 陳列する，発揮するd her 'classy and simple' 署名 style in monochrome outfits

As Meghan has herself put it, her natural style is 'classy and simple', which explains her preference for monochrome outfits.?

Making one of her first public 外見s as a working actress at the 2007 Golden Globe 控訴s, Meghan?wore a 黒人／ボイコット and white dress by?ABS Allen Schwartz.

The bandeau style （機の）カム 完全にする with oversi zed 屈服する 詳細（に述べる）ing and a puffball skirt.

Later in 2022, she wore a sophisticated strapless jumpsuit by?Gabriela Hearst, continuing her inclination for understated elegance.

Meghan swapped flashy metallic heels for barely-there sandals, 完全にするing the look with a burgundy Bottega Veneta 捕らえる、獲得する.?