Meghan Markle quietly attended her first Trend Week present in years, taking a front-row seat at Balenciaga’s Saturday, October 4, exhibition in Paris.
A spokesperson for Meghan, 44, advised Whats up! that the Duchess of Sussex attended the present “in assist of Pierpaolo Piccioli, who not too long ago assumed the position of Artistic Director” for the model.
“Through the years, the Duchess has worn plenty of designs by Pierpaolo. They’ve labored carefully collectively collaborating on design for key moments on the world stage,” the rep added in a press release. “She has lengthy admired his craftsmanship and fashionable class, and tonight was no totally different.”
Meghan wore an elegant, winter-white pantsuit with an identical cape. Her look was accomplished with a pair of black pumps, and she or he wore her hair mounted in a slicked-back bun.
“This night displays the end result of a few years of artistry and friendship, mirrored in her assist for his new artistic chapter at Balenciaga,” her rep continued.
The As Ever founder teased her ensemble in a Saturday submit by way of her Instagram Tales, wherein she walked down a marble hallway. Meghan set her submit to Vitaa and Julian Doré’s “Viens on essaie.”
Saturday’s present was Piccioli’s first because the artistic director of Balenciaga. The previous Valentino designer was appointed this summer time.
Meghan Markle noticed in Paris on Saturday, October 4. Unfold Footage / MEGA
“It is a new second for style, and you’ll change the principles solely from the within. I believe we will ship a brand new picture of style that’s about assertiveness, humanity and intelligence, which isn’t granted fairly often,” Piccioli, who succeeds Demna, advised Vogue in Could. “Balenciaga already exists in a group. I wish to embrace that group and the spirit of Balenciaga, to make my very own chapter in the identical story.”
He added, “I wish to embrace the previous, as a result of I really feel that it’s crucial to have respect for what Nicolas [Ghesquière] and Demna did earlier than me. The story of Balenciaga is a narrative of designers that I respect.”
As for Meghan, she had by no means beforehand attended a Paris Trend Week runway present earlier than Saturday, although she typically attended Toronto and New York iterations when she was a working actress. Meghan stepped again from her performing roles after marrying Prince Harry in 2018.
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Meghan and Harry, 41, later moved from England to her native California in 2020 after they stepped down from their duties as senior working royals. On the time, Meghan began switching up her model.
“Occasions the place I do know there’s a world highlight, and a spotlight shall be given to every element of what I could or will not be sporting, then I assist designers that I’ve actually nice friendships with,” Meghan advised The New York Occasions in an August 2024 profile, highlighting the essential of working with smaller manufacturers “that haven’t gotten the eye that they need to be getting.”
She added, “That’s one of the crucial highly effective issues that I’m capable of do, and that’s merely sporting, like, an earring.”
Meghan additional identified that she typically discovers designers by on-line procuring herself.
“I spend loads of time simply Googling, on the lookout for manufacturers,” she defined. “When persons are on-line on the lookout for issues or studying issues, I’m looking for nice new designers, particularly in numerous territories.”
