One of the favorite royal designers would have opened the controversy by pointing out that Clare Weight Keller's design was a copy of one of her creations.
It will probably be a long time before we stop talking about Meghan Markle's wedding dress, the one that amazed thousands from the precise moment she got out of the car at St. George's Cathedral in Windsor, both for its simplicity and for the name of the designer in charge of bringing to life a suit that was destined to make history, we refer to Clare Weight Keller, creative director of Givenchy, a decision that seems obvious today but that was never among the favorites.
Just when we were leaving behind the controversy that broke out days before the wedding when learning about the montage of the photos that Markle's father took with a paparazzi, another controversy surrounds the former actress although she is not the center of it, but her Givenchy Haute Couture dress. As reported by the Daily Mail, the New Zealand designer based in London, Emilia Wick stead, would have stated on her social networks that the Duchess's suit was the same as one of her designs. The publication was deleted, but on Instagram there is still a thread of posts showing an image of the former actress on her wedding day to Prince Harry, followed by images of the brand's Helena model, one very similar to that of Meghan, with a bateau cut and plain fabric, accompanied by the legend: "An Emilia Wick stead bride", which many have interpreted as an attempt to underline the resemblance between both designs.
The story went viral to the point that the popular Diet Prada account intervened to defend Waight Keller's work, referring to an old Givenchy house design that may have served as inspiration.
In this context, Wick stead decided to go ahead with a statement expressing his astonishment and sadness at the comments that pointed to his alleged insinuation of plagiarism, denying that he had done so and making clear the respect he feels for the work of the English designer and by a brand like Givenchy.
The comparisons had taken a long time, because precisely because it was such a classic design, it resembled many dresses, not just one of Emilia Wick stead. That was precisely what most surprised the bride's selection, which was a dress that we had seen before. By this we do not mean that it was a copy, but that being a dress of such magnitude and with the resources that Markle had, simplicity at that level was the least obvious option.
