Meghan Markle’s Wedding Dress Criticized by Fashion Designer and Pop Star

Amelia Wickstead, a London-based New Zealand-born fashion designer, has been known for her pretty, feminine dresses often in pastel shades.

Although not all of her designs are particularly modest, she is a favourite of Catherine, the Princess of Wales, and her designs have also been worn by Meghan Markle.

However, Wickstead previously criticized Meghan's ill-fitting wedding dress and messy hair.

Wickstead was named as a possible designer of the royal wedding dress, but that job ultimately went to Claire Waight Keller and the House of Givenchy, who created Markle's minimalist six-seam gown with a boat neck and three-quarter sleeves.

Wickstead expressed some saltiness about the dress Markle went with, saying, “Her dress is identical to one of our dresses.”

Apparently, a lot of commenters were saying, “it's an Amelia Wickstead dress.”

She then went on to critique Meghan's appearance on the wedding day itself, saying, “if you choose a simple design, the fit should be perfect.

Her wedding dress was quite loose.”

She also commented that the hair styling on the day wasn't to her taste, saying, “I was like, hold the wisps of her hair back, it's a royal wedding for God's sake.”

The designer later took back her comments, issuing an official statement on Instagram, which in part said, “I'm extremely saddened by commentary that has appeared in the press and online over the past few days.

Her Royal Highness, the Duchess of Sussex, looked absolutely beautiful on her wedding day.

She also added that, “I do not think that her wedding dress was a copy of any of our designs.”

Amelia Wickstead isn't the only one who slams Meghan's ill-fitting wedding dress.

Pop star Katy Perry had a thing or two to say about the outfit at the time.

She said Meghan needed one more fitting.

“I would have done one more fitting,” Katy advised, when asked about her opinion on the dress, giving the camera a mischievous wink.

Many royal watchers have described Meghan's wedding dress as plain and boring.

Too simple, said some online.

Ill-fitting, said others.

Not regal enough.

Too plain.

The criticism came fast.

Meghan's wedding dress came as something of a shock to the late queen, who was surprised she wore a pure white gown.

In her new book, The New Royals, royal expert Katie Nicholl says that the late monarch had thought that, as a divorcee, Meghan might have opted for another colour.

Nicholl writes, “The wedding day was a great success, although the Queen had reservations about the pure white of Meghan's Givenchy dress, designed by Claire Waite Keller.

Traditionally, a white dress is a symbol of a woman's purity on a wedding day and represents the bride's virginity.

With Meghan having previously been married, Her Majesty may have expected her to opt for an off-white gown as Camilla had done when she married Charles.”

Nicholl adds, “The Queen was surprised that Meghan wore pure white on a wedding day.

Perhaps it's a generational thing, but she believes if you've been married before, you wear off-white on your wedding day, which is what the Duchess of Cornwall did.”

According to a royal insider, Meghan Markle enjoyed freebies from designer brands, even when a part of the firm.

Tina Brown's book, The Palace Papers, Inside the House of Windsor, The Truth and the Turmoil, explains that Meghan would use her now-defunct blog, The Tig, as a way of getting luxury goods for free.

Miss Brown said, “Meghan couldn't resist everything that was on offer on the celebrity buffet.”

The author explained, “She won a reputation among the marketers of luxury brands of being warmly interested in receiving bags of designer swag.”