11 of Meghan Markle’s Greatest Little Black Costume Moments

Meghan Markle triggered a buzz throughout Paris Fashion Week on the weekend, when she made a shock look at Pierpaolo Piccioli’s debut Balenciaga present. While her first all-white look—an outsized button-down shirt, paired with wide-legged trousers and an identical cape—represented an elevated tackle the stealth wealth wardrobe that’s synonymous with Montecito, the millionaires’ enclave wherein she now resides, her after-party outfit—a modern black costume that includes a cape, additionally by Balenciaga—has lengthy been a basic go-to for the Duchess of Sussex.

Indeed, Meghan’s love of an LBD goes again to her performing days, when she would usually be photographed carrying a black minidress on the purple carpet. Take the velvet peplum costume that she sported for an awards dinner in 2011, or the sequined off-shoulder quantity that she opted for at a Suits occasion in 2012.

During her time as a working royal, the Duchess would additionally repeatedly flip to her trusty black attire. For the Fashion Awards in 2018, Meghan—then pregnant with Archie—wore a customized one-shoulder velvet costume by her marriage ceremony costume designer Givenchy, whereas at The Lion King premiere in 2019, she went for a sheer-panelled, fit-and-flare costume by Jason Wu.

Below, see all of Meghan’s greatest LBDs so far.