Duchess Sophie just took a page out of Meghan Markle’s fashion handbook.
This week, the Duchess of Edinburgh, 60, traveled to New York to attend a global meeting about gender equality. I immediately noticed that Duchess Sophie used a tried-and-true style rule that was recently featured in Markle’s new Netflix show, With Love, Meghan.
Introducing the Rule of Thirds, which was derived from the art world’s theory of composition (i.e., how you frame a painting or photograph). It suggests that the most flattering images are broken into thirds, either vertically or horizontally, rather than cut in half. This can apply to fashion, as shown by the Duchess of Edinburgh.
Duchess Sophie wore a matching blazer and skirt set, which she paired with a gray-blue blouse. The outfit hits at her natural waist and not the middle of her frame, which is a key element to nailing this trick. As PureWow's Fashion Editor Abby Hepworth explains: "By drawing the eye upward toward your natural waist (or down with some fabulous knee-high boots), you give yourself a more interesting silhouette."
During the same visit, the royal was later seen donning a sleek brown blazer with a bright pink blouse underneath, teamed with brown patterned trousers. Here, the blazer was slightly longer, again dividing her body into three—rather than two—parts.
The royal family shared a slideshow of photos from the outing on social media and wrote an informational caption that read, “This week, The Duchess of Edinburgh was in New York to attend the UN’s 69th Commission on the Status of Women. @UKUN. The Duchess attended the meeting—the largest globally on gender equality—as Global Ambassador of @IAPB and a Champion of the UN’s Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda.”
It continued, “In a keynote address at a UN Friends of Vision group meeting, Her Royal Highness highlighted the important connection between eye health and gender equality. The Duchess, as Patron of @PlanInternational, also attended a meeting with youth advocates from Lebanon, Ethiopia, Peru, and Jordan who shared their experiences of living through conflict and crisis.”
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