Stella McCartney Opens Up About Meghan Markle Friendship & Designing *That* Iconic Gown

As gorgeous as Meghan Markle’s Givenchy wedding dress was, we’d be remiss not to mention that her Stella McCartney reception gown really took the lemon elderflower cake.

In a recent interview with British Elle, McCartney opened up about the friendship she forged with Markle and what it felt like to become a sartorial piece of royal family history. 

According to McCartney, Markle made the first move in their friendship. “[Meghan] approached me and we worked on other things. She wore other pieces of mine and we had a friendship,” she remembered. “And then she asked me to do her second wedding dress. I was honored and I still am.”

But the eponymous designer doesn’t believe it was just her knack for sleek silhouettes that inspired Markle to tap her for the reception gown. “I think Meghan chose me for reasons other than just a beautiful dress. Plenty of people can do that. She is not a difficult client to make look beautiful…And I think, obviously I am a British designer, but I think being a woman and being a women’s woman played a part.”

Judging from her royal bio, you might be on to something, Stella.

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