Yahoo Sports Meghan's Oprah interview dress is named Dress of the Year
The Duchess of Sussex has one of the most-copied wardrobes in royal history, and now, one of her most recent looks is going on display.
A sleek Armani wrap dress, which she famously wore during her televised sit-down interview with Oprah Winfrey last year, has been named Dress of the Year 2021 by the Fashion Museum in Bath, and will form part of a new headline exhibition.
The accolade was bestowed upon the garment thanks to its "representation of the past year’s mood in fashion and culture".
Every year, the Fashion Museum invites a leading name from the fashion industry to select a Dress of the Year that encapsulates the prevailing mood of fashion and represents the 12 months. For 2021 this was selected by Ibrahim Kamara, editor-in-chief of Dazed magazine, and Gareth Wrighton, the publication's art director, who explained that they chose the dress for what it represents, describing Meghan's interview look as "the definitive anti-establishment moment".
“In today’s hyper-stylised pop culture, the Dress of the Year now has the potential to also be ‘meme of the year’ and we both latched upon Meghan and Harry’s now-iconic interview with Oprah as the definitive anti-establishment moment that will forever endure in the British collective consciousness,” they said.
“Meghan’s wrap dress by Armani, worn to showcase a divine pregnancy, framed the duchess in black against the bountiful landscaping of Tyler Perry’s Hollywood garden. This look now, through sheer association with a viral television moment, is firmly ingrained in our pop culture psyche.”
During Meghan’s interview with Winfrey, where she detailed her experiences within the royal family and why the Sussexes chose to step down as senior royals, she wore a silk georgette dress from Giorgio Armani’s spring/summer 2022 Cruise collection, which featured a V-neck, belted waist and lotus flower embroidery. The lotus flower has associations with purity, transcendence and rebirth, as well as being an important spiritual emblem.
"The softly structured Armani dress with beautiful appliquéd lotus flower motif was part of a carefully curated look, guaranteed to send messages, and to imprint itself in our consciousness time and time again," Rosemary Harden, manager at Fashion Museum Bath, explained.
Meghan's dress will go on display as the final item of a headline exhibition, A History of Fashion in 100 Objects, at the Fashion Museum Bath from 22 February. Book tickets here.
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