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The former Suits star stunned onlookers in her velvet Givenchy dress and many remarked

it was set off perfectly with her gold Pippa Small jewellery.

Her accessories weren't just thrown together however - they had a hidden meaning that is

rather touching.

Although the Duchess has worn pieces by this particular jewellery designer before, these

ones are interesting as they're made by artisans in Kabul, Afghanistan.

And as reported by Harper's Bazaar, the pieces were made by craftspeople of the Turquoise

Mountain Foundation - a non-profit that trains over 5,000 people in traditional arts and

rebuilds community buildings in the old city of Kabul, which was actually founded by Prince

Charles in 2006.

This isn't the first time that Prince Harry's wife has paid tribute to the royal family's

projects through her wardrobe.

Back in March on a visit to Northern Ireland, the 37-year-old carried a chic chestnut 'Bloomsbury'

bag by British designer Charlotte Elizabeth which can still be purchased for £175.

The choice of bag is particularly poignant as the designer's company supported by The

Prince's Trust - Charles's charity.

How Meghan Markle spent previous Christmases is world AWAY from Queen's?.

MEGHAN Markle and her mum Doria Ragland will spend a very royal Christmas with Prince Harry

and the Duchess of Sussex' new British family, with traditions and rituals starkly different

from the ones she grew up with.

Meghan was brought up in Los Angeles, where her parents made sure she would get to know

different realities and people less privileged than her.

Thomas Markle Snr and Doria spent their festivities as a family handing out turkeys in the troubled

neighbourhood of Skid Row, known for its high crime rate and the thousands of homeless people

who gather there at night for a shelter.

Meghan has also volunteered at the Hippie Kitchen, a long-standing soup kitchen in Skid

Row.

The former actress described in her own words her past Christmas and festive breaks, saying

these experiences during her early years shaped her conscience and beliefs.

In an essay focused on her humanitarian work, she wrote: "My parents came from little

so they made a choice to give a lot: buying turkeys for homeless shelters at Thanksgiving,

delivering meals to people in hospices, giving spare change to those asking for it.

"It's what I grew up seeing, so it's what I grew up being: a young adult with a social

consciousness to do what I could and speak up when I knew something was wrong."

Meghan, who joined the Royal Family on May 19 when she married Prince Harry, will spend

Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day at Sandringham, the Norfolk residence of the

Queen, for the second year.

But for the first time she will be there in the company of her mother, who has been invited

by the Queen herself, an honour never received by the parents of Kate, Duchess of Cambridge.

During the festive break, the royals will have to strictly follow a schedule, which

includes the exchange of anything but pricey or pretentious presents.

Last year Meghan gave the Queen a singing hamster.

This may bring back to Meghan's mind one of the first Christmas presents given her

by her father Thomas.

As shared by the duchess herself on her now deleted blog The Tig, Thomas walked the extra

mile to make sure Meghan's biracial nature would be represented during her playtime.

Andrew Morton wrote in his biography Meghan Markle: A Hollywood Princess: "He bought

one with black dolls, one with white, and mixed them together to represent Meghan's

own family.

"Then he wrapped them in sparkly Christmas paper and placed the box under the tree."

Meghan and Doria's Christmas holidays in Sandringham are set to be filled with events

and change of outfits, at least according to Sarah Ferguson, who recently said she found

spending her holidays with the royals "exhausting".

Recalling her typical winter break in Norfolk while she was still married to Prince Andrew,

the Duchess of York said she had to go through seven different outfits, one for every different

activities, between Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, New Idea wrote.

For more infomation >> Meghan Markle paid tribute to Prince Charles at the Fashion Awards with her gold Pippa jewellery - Duration: 4:15.

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Get Ready With Nikita Dragun For A Fashion Show | Get Glam VR | Refinery29 - Duration: 6:30.

Aw!

Im dying.

Oh, hi I didn't even see guys there.

Right now who we are getting glam on Refinery29.

I am here with the wonderful lipstick Nick.

We are getting ready for Los Angeles, LA Fashion Week.

I am walking in Michael Ngo fashion show and I am just so excited.

We're doing a really fun anime kind of chrome inspired look so it's very avant-garde and

it's really gonna let us be creative.

I'm really gonna use some bold lines and a lot of like graphic liner, so it almost looks

like kind of cartoon-esque and a little bit like 3D.

Yes!

A really solid foundation is the way to start out, especially with a look like this, where

it has to last all night.

So I am just actually setting the cream contour and highlight right now with a little bit

of powder.

Well a lot a bit of powder.

I'm like a little bit.

Just little bit.

So today with the hair, we are doing a platinum moment.

We're going very frosty.

I want to see something different on Nikita than what she normally kind of does.

We just go so crazy.

I'm gonna pop some images right here.

Nikita is never natural with her hair, it's always a bright fun color but today we're

going blonde that's gonna be great.

Okay, so my glam team is very spiritual in a sense, I need positive energy, positive

vibes, good smell, sage.

This brush feels kind of negative if you want to…

Negative, oh.

Hold on let me sage you guys at home.

Positive energy.

Don't let that on fire girl.

Look how cute this is, 24 inches, full laces, you could never.

This is the creator, like the house of Dragon president over here, like he has been the

pioneer to all my crazy wild look.

Every single wild moment.

To me I think fashion is your voice, it's your number one message, so what you wear

is what you are.

This eyebrow is special, we're going to do a full rhinestone with Swarovski crystals.

And I'm gonna go in individually and like hand-lay all the rhinestones.

Don't move.

Oh look how pretty.

We got Sawatzky crystals up in here.

This is the real me.

I've never seen this before, like…

I've never done this before.

This is crazy.

And when the lights hit it on the runway, it's just gonna like.

It's gonna be so good.

So right now I'm taking a black gel liner and I'm cutting Nikita's crease, then you

definitely need a super super steady hand and I'm using the paintbrush.

I honestly want a relationship as study as your hand.

Me too girl.

You guys this is coming together.

So the lashes are gonna be pretty intense, but for now I'm just laying down like a base

pair and then I'm gonna cut up a couple other ones to make a custom lash.

I like my brows, my liner my lashes, my bank account "thicc". Give me a T, I need an

H, I need an I and CC, maybe even a Q like "thiq". I am feeling so confident about

the look right now, this is when dragon starts to come out when I have my lashes on.

This is giving me very like wispy, dolly, library, funeral, every day back-to-school look.

Oh my god is it wig time?

So this is my head condom.

Everyone say goodbye to humble Nikita, we are getting into a full dragon mode.

I feel like glam is more of a state of mind, is just how you feel and how you kind of radiate

to everyone else.

I always drew women only growing up and at the time of course, you know I was a little

boy, so I think it was also me, drawing this beautiful woman that I always wanted to be,

now I get to live every single day as that beautiful woman.

It's taking me this far honestly just a dream eyelash in a wig.

Oh my god that's gonna be everything.

Right now I'm gonna put in some crazy gray contacts.

If you're watching at home I'm so sorry.

What do we think?

Okay eyes are in and now we're getting into full dragon fantasy.

Oh my god, look at me dragons sleepers.

Honey, if your hair isn't touching your mid-calf, don't speak to me.

And this is the final look.

Alright everyone we just finished doing the glam, hair, makeup everything it took us a

little bit longer than we plans, we're a little bit late actually a lot of bit late.

Okay we got to go, oh my god, okay, okay, okay, bye.

My glam come together so amazing and it is better than I ever expected it.

My head is scrambling right now, my heart is racing.

It's time for me to rehearse, I need to listen, to these lyrics, I need to know when I enter,

I needed to know when I walk, I need to know when I pose, I'm like nervous, I'm trying

to take a deep breath.

Michael.

Yeah, oh my god you look so good, yeah give that swivel.

I'm really pomp and excited to show this collection, and Nakia was the perfect person for my final look.

She's able to transform herself into so many things and so many people appreciate what

she does I'm so excited for her to bring my art to life.

So yeah, this full fantasy, metallic armor dress for you, the matching art angel, full fantasy

Wings?

wings. You are gonna fly off the runway.

I'm about to fly off this runway honey.

Nikita Dragun the coolest.

Get glam Refinery29, this is Nikita Dragun, it's my time to go, wish me luck, we fire.

For more infomation >> Get Ready With Nikita Dragun For A Fashion Show | Get Glam VR | Refinery29 - Duration: 6:30.

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Woman uses fashion to fight trafficking - Duration: 1:27.

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Carson Kressley - The Holiday Fashion Expert Elf | JCPenney - Duration: 0:31.

Nothing to wear to your office holiday party?

How did you...?

A little sparkle could do wonders,

okay... but um...Woah!

Don't see you over here

hello gorgeous

fa la la la fabulous

don't you think I'll be fa la la la freezing?

One more thing

Wow... thank you so much!

You're welcome!

For more infomation >> Carson Kressley - The Holiday Fashion Expert Elf | JCPenney - Duration: 0:31.

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Royal fashion: How Queen Victoria altered royal wedding dress protocol for Kate and Meghan - Duration: 2:35.

The most recent royal weddings of Kate Middleton and Prince William, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry and Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank have all been centred around one important element – the wedding dress.

When the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge wed in 2011 and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex wed in 2018, it was the wedding gowns of the royal brides the public could not wait to see.

In modern times, royal brides now have the freedom to pick any wedding dress they favour.

This is all down to a royal wedding rule Queen Victoria broke in 1840, a documentary has revealed.

In Netflix's 2013 documentary "The Royals", it is revealed how Victoria went against royal tradition when she picked a white dress to marry Prince Albert.

Fashion editor at Grazia Katherine Ormerod explained: "She really pioneered a whole new way of getting married, wearing a simple white dress,

which was something which was completely off the radar back in the 19th century." Sasha Wilkins, editor and founder of LibertyLondonGirl.com went on to add: "Before Queen Victoria,

royal brides generally wore cloth of gold, things that would emphasise their royal status." She added: "White was worn by brides before Victoria,

but it wasn't generally worn by royal brides." According to historian and author Tracy Borman, Victoria wore white because "she wanted to be highly visible to the people who turned out of see her".

The shape of the dress chosen by Victoria was a "ball dress", explained royal fashion historian James Sherwood.

The dress was worn off the shoulders with her hair up in order to show off her beautiful jewels.

He added that "all royal wedding dresses really have been ball dresses ever since".

When Kate Middleton walked down the aisle at Westminster Abbey in 2011 to Prince William, she took after Victoria by wearing ivory.

The dress was a satin and lace gown by the house of Alexander McQueen, designed by Sarah Burton.

Meghan Markle also opted for a white gown when she wed Prince Harry at Windsor Castle in 2018.

The dress was designed by Clare Waight Keller, artistic director of the fashion house Givenchy.

For more infomation >> Royal fashion: How Queen Victoria altered royal wedding dress protocol for Kate and Meghan - Duration: 2:35.

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Britton Murdock - Biggest Little Fashion Truck (BLFT) Owner - Duration: 4:06.

Britton Murdoch is a University of Nevada, Reno alumni and the owner of Reno's Biggest Little Fashion Truck,

also known as the BLFT.

So, the Biggest Little Fashion Truck is a mobile boutique,

and I often say that it looks and operates very similar to a food truck except for I sell women's clothing.

So we pop up at different local businesses...

In the summer, in front [of local businesses] and you can shop inside the truck...

and then in the winter, we pull all of our clothes, and, like, literally make a pop-up boutique inside.

And, then, we also do homes... so we set up in people's homes, and then festivals downtown.

Although the fashion truck is her passion, she didn't always want to be a small business owner.

Before buying her truck, she worked in the athletic department at UNR and planned on becoming an athletic director later in life.

So I like started to truly think about where I wanted my future to go

And so, I was unhappy and then I started to like research what I'm good at what I'm not good at. Then..

Another clue from my past is that my grandparents owned a clothing store called Murdock's. My great-grandparents owned it and passed it down to my grandparents

And it closed down when I was in high school and I always remembered that I wanted to do that

And then I've always just loved fashion. So I kind of combined all of that

[I] worked for a whole year and saved up money and then made the jump.

It's hard. It's hard to change your identity

to ... outside people.

And I think that I was in a position where it was like a very like respectful and comfortable job.

My parents like super proud to tell their friends like oh my daughter works in the athletic department,

she wants to be an athletic director, or whatever. And then one day I was like..

I had been planning for years

but one day I was like 'I quit my job and I bought a fashion truck' and my parents were like [ ]

So it was just it was hard. Now, they're extremely supportive, and everyone is

Supportive of it because they can see my passion coming through- which I think is super important..

.. is to be passionate about what you do and to not make a knee-jerk reaction, but it's it's not easy

Britton, now a small business owner of two years, knows that every step of the way can be a struggle.

[Because] I think that anyone who has

started a business comes across challenges every day

It's just like the willingness to get through those challenges because there's not one day that there's not like something that doesn't

nothing goes right ever. It's just like the nature of it.

But when it comes together

It's like a beautiful picture...

One of the major challenges is

Getting people to show up to my events

so when I first opened a lot of people didn't even know I existed and then

they would come have a good experience. And then they would come back,

but it was building that clientele that was extremely challenging

So social media is amazing. It's definitely like my voice to the world

I use ...

Instagram, Facebook ...

... majority of the time

At the beginning I was doing everything. So, I was making flyers

I was like anything I could. Now, I kind of have a little following that's growing through, you know, recommendations and stuff like that.

Britton does have some support in running her business.

We are growing, and so my sister now is part of the business

And so she's like just like my right-hand man. We work side by side all the time. She graduated from college

Sacramento State and moved back in so it was like perfect timing to work together, just like full speed running the truck

So we go down to the fashion district in LA and we buy wholesale.

So we buy small batches of clothing often, and so our inventory is always turning over.

Like, my whole wardrobe is from my truck.

It's just... denim is really popular right now

and the black denim is awesome... with this, like, fur sleeve. It's just so cute. It's so comfortable.

I wear this all the time.

You can find out more about Britton and her truck at biggestlittlefashiontruck.com

For more infomation >> Britton Murdock - Biggest Little Fashion Truck (BLFT) Owner - Duration: 4:06.

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Princess Charlotte and Mia Tindall: The one huge fashion difference between the young royal cousins - Duration: 3:57.

 Princess Charlotte, three, and Mia Tindall, four, have vastly different lives, despite both being grandchildren to Her Majesty the Queen

 The two youngsters are second cousins, as Princess Charlotte's father Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, is the cousin of Mia's mum Zara Tindall – who has just welcomed her second baby with her rugby player husband Mike Tindall

 Although all of the royal youngsters share a close bond – Prince George and cousin Savannah Phillips stole the limelight with their cheeky antics at Trooping the Colour this year – there are some vast differences between the children's lives

 While Princess Charlotte and Mia, who doesn't have a royal title, are both important members of the young royal family, there is one big difference between the two tots – the way their mothers dress them

Top Stories Prince George school: Princess Charlotte's brother's new extra curricular activities Princess Charlotte and the Queen have the same favourite hobby Meghan Markle's secret trick: Prince Harry's wife impresses Prince George with hidden talent  Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, only dresses her daughter in floral dresses and Zara chooses to dress her little girl in more comfortable outfits such as leggings

 Mia is frequently spotted wearing leggings and jeans when she is spotted out with her mother and father, usually at horse events

 Although this could be because she likes to run around playing on the lawn, it may also be due to the fact Mia isn't an attendee of important royal engagements like her cousin Charlotte

 Meanwhile, childrenswear designer Rachel Riley, who has dressed Prince George, has a theory Catherine puts Charlotte in traditional dresses so the look stays classic

Most Popular I'm A Celeb's Anne Hegerty reveals weight loss following jungle stint Holly Willoughby CONFIRMS she's returning to I'm a Celebrity Holly Willoughby splashes the cash on £19,000 plane ticket home  Speaking to The Telegraph she said the choice of wardrobe is aimed at looking 'timeless' in official photographs

 Rachel said: "The reason why I design clothes that way is because if they wear very simple things, it's about the child, and it's timeless in that you can't really date a specific photo or put them in something that seems out of date

"  Mia doesn't have to appear in as many royal photographs as her cousin Charlotte, as the four year old doesn't have a royal ranking

 Princess Charlotte is more frequently in the spotlight, due to the fact her father is second in line to the throne

 When the Cambridges attended the Maserati Royal Charity Polo Trophy, Kate knew all eyes would be on her family so decided to dress her brood in very smart ensembles, despite the fact they were running around the grass playing all day

 While George was dressed in a dapper navy polo shirt and beige chino shorts, Charlotte wore a beautiful pink floral dress

Top Stories Kate Middleton always takes the photographs of her children for privacy reasons Inside Kate Middleton and Prince Williams' summer break at Amner Hall

For more infomation >> Princess Charlotte and Mia Tindall: The one huge fashion difference between the young royal cousins - Duration: 3:57.

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Meghan Markle's under $100 accessory for the Fashion Awards has us running to the stores - Duration: 3:47.

Duchess Meghan has a wardrobe that would be enviable to fashionistas the world over, what with her Givenchy dresses, J Crew coats and more pairs of Jimmy Choo shoes than even Carrie Bradshaw could fathom

But despite the extravagant, and seemingly unattainable list of glamorous items donned by Markle since she married Prince Harry, all is not necessarily lost for those hoping to dress like royalty

Indeed, Meghan's stunning Givenchy one shoulder dress worn as she made a surprise appearance at the British Fashion Awards earlier in December looked every bit as regal as the royal herself, but it was the striking accessories paired with her look that really had our heads turning

Indeed, Markle's statement gold jewellery made by jeweller Pippa Small is surprisingly affordable - her stud earrings cost AUD$87 while her bangles are priced from AUD$200 - time for a Christmas splurge anyone? But that's not even the best part - the jewellery comes from a very special collection made by artisans in Afghanistan, and Prince Charles is behind it all

That's right, the collection, named the 'Turquoise Mountain Collection' came from the Turquoise Mountain Foundation which was started by Prince Charles in 2006

The Foundation works in Afghanistan, Myanmar and the Middle East to help create meaningful creative jobs for young people in the area

With this in mind, Meghan choosing to wear these special pieces is a particularly sweet gesture towards her father-in-law's passionate charity efforts

READ MORE: Duchess Meghan and Duchess Catherine are style twins - here's the proofThe Duchess has been known to don accessories with meaning in the past - while on her royal tour of Tonga in October 2018, she wore a stunning tennis bracelet gifted to her by Prince Charles before her wedding to Prince Harry

On the same occasion, Meghan also wore the stunning aquamarine ring that belonged to her late mother-in-law, Princess Diana

When it comes to affordable fashion, another British royal is also proving you can look regally chic without blowing the budget

Princess Eugenie stepped out this week is a faux leather dress from none other than Topshop for a reception at the Queen's Gallery in London

The dress, which costs AUD$55 looked edgy and glamorous for the fancy event held at the art gallery at Buckingham Palace

And another international royal is also turning heads for her affordable wardrobe choices - Queen Rania of Jordan wore a stunning Zara number as she attended the Social Media Awards in Dubai in December

Indeed her moss green culottes, which looked effortlessly chic on the royal, were paired with a matching green velvet blouse and Dior heels

The Zara pants themselves cost AUD$69 from Zara. Sign us up, we'd recreate this gorgeous look in a heartbeat!