Meghan Markle Just Wore a Pair of Skinny Jeans With the Most Amazing Story

Today Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are visiting Cardiff in Wales and she has—three official visits in—already adopted the royal art of referencing her visit via her outfit. Meghan is wearing a pair of £195 black skinny jeans by a Welsh denim brand called Hiut denim, which has an amazing local backstory. The brand's factory is based in a small town in Wales called Cardigan, where 400 of the 4000 town residents once worked in the denim factory for three decades, making 35,000 jeans a week for M&S. The factory closed when M&S took its production overseas in 2002, however a local couple called David and Claire Hieatt launched their own brand Hiut Denim in 2012 to bring manufacturing back to Cardigan. 

Meghan paired her black classic skinny jeans with a black coat by Stella McCartney with a statement tie at the waist and a pair of black ankle boots by Tabitha Simmons. She then added colour to her all-black look with her handbag, as she carried a green mini top-handle bag by the affordable designer handbag brand Demellier London. At £295 we have a feeling this Mini Venice bag will feel the benefits of the Meghan effect. Keeps scrolling to see and shop Meghan's latest look. 

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On Meghan Markle: Tabitha Simmons Kiki Boots (£525); Hiut Denim The Dina Jeans (£175); Stella McCartney Tie Detail Coat (£1350); Demellier London The Mini Venice (£295)

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Emma Spedding
Freelance Fashion Editor

Emma is a freelance fashion editor with over 15 years experience in industry, having worked at The Telegraph, Grazia and, most recently, British Vogue. Emma was part of the founding team of Who What Wear UK, where she worked for six years as Deputy Editor and then Editor—helping shape the team into what it is today is one of the biggest privileges of her career and she will always see herself as a Who What Wear girl, contributing to both the US and UK sites. Whether she's writing about runway trends or spotlighting emerging brands, she aims to write about fashion in a way that is democratic and doesn't promote over consumption.