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Surprise! Meghan Markle Is Launching A Fashion Line

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The Duchess of Sussex has only just finished guest-editing a fashion magazine and now, the 37-year-old has turned her sights to fashion design. Announcing her new venture in the new issue of British Vogue, Meghan Markle revealed she has teamed up with three British retailers โ€“ John Lewis, Marks & Spencer and Jigsaw โ€“ to create a fashion line with proceeds going to one of her patronages, the womenโ€™s charity Smart Works. 

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Smart Works was created to help women get back into the workplace by providing them with clothes and the coaching they need to succeed at a job interview. Here in Australia, we have a similar initiative called Thread Together. While the charity is brilliant, Meghan notes that often they donโ€™t have the right sizes and the workwear options can be limited. To help the cause, she teamed up with her friend, designer Misha Nonoo, to create a classic collection to be sold in Marks & Spencer, John Lewis and Jigsaw with one item being donated to Smart Works every time one is sold in store.

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Meghan visited Smart Works earlier this year

โ€œWhen you walk into a Smart Works space youโ€™re met with racks of clothing and an array of bags and shoes, Meghan explained in Vogue. โ€œSometimes, however, it can be a potpourri of mismatched sizes and colours, not always the right stylistic choices or range of sizes.โ€

โ€œTo help with this, I asked Marks & Spencer, John Lewis & Partners, Jigsaw and my friend, the designer Misha Nonoo, if they were willing to design a capsule collection of more classic options for a workwear wardrobe,โ€ she continued.

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โ€œTaking the idea further, many of the brands agreed to use the one-for-one model: for each item purchased by a customer, one is donated to the charity. Not only does this allow us to be part of each otherโ€™s story, it reminds us we are in it together.โ€

Itโ€™s believed the collection will be available later this year, but further details have not yet been confirmed. Fingers crossed we can purchase online from Australia! 

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