Stella McCartney tells all about Meghan Markle’s wedding reception dress. Meghan Markle turned heads at her royal wedding reception in May as she stepped out of Windsor castle with new husband Prince Harry.

Moments after becoming Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, 37, changed into a custom silk Stella McCartney gown featuring a high halter neck and open back.

Now McCartney has opened up about designing Meghan’s reception dress, telling Elle UK, “I have had moments in my career where I’ve caught up with Gwyneth [Paltrow] or Madonna and was like, ‘Can I dress you for that?’ But this time around, they were drawn to me. [Meghan] approached me and we worked on other things.”

“I was honoured and I still am”, she continued.

But for the English designer, it was more than just a fashion statement.

“I think Meghan chose me for reasons other than just a beautiful dress — plenty of people can do that” she explained.
“She is not a difficult client to make look beautiful. Amal [Clooney] called me and asked me to do it, as did Oprah.”

“And I think, obviously I am a British designer, but I think being a woman and being a women’s woman played a part. They are all women’s women. It’s a big deal.”

As well as the wedding reception dress, Markle wore a Stella McCartney cape dress to Queen Elizabeth’s 92nd birthday party in April, and in January, Markle wore a Stella McCartney tie-waist coat during a visit to Cardiff Castle.