Meghan Markle launching clothing line for UK women’s charity

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Wednesday, July 31, 2019 11:03 a.m. | Wednesday, July 31, 2019 11:03 a.m.

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Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, smiles July 13, 2019 while sitting in the Royal Box on Centre Court to watch the women’s singles final match between Serena Williams and Romania’s Simona Halep on at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London.

LONDON — The Duchess of Sussex is launching a clothing line to support a charity that helps unemployed women find work.

Meghan Markle has teamed up with designer and friend Misha Nonoo and British retailers Marks & Spencer, John Lewis & Partners and Jigsaw to create a workwear collection to help the charity Smart Works.

Writing in the September issue of British Vogue, which she guest edited, Markle says the collection will be sold on a “one-for-one model” — for each item purchased by a customer, one is donated to the charity. She wrote: “Not only does this allow us to be part of each other’s story, it reminds us we are in it together.”

Smart Works provides training and interview clothes to unemployed women and has helped more than 11,000 women.