Classic or boring? That is the question critics are asking after the debut of the Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex's new charity clothing line.
The Smart Set collection has, by its own admission, a pretty simple goal: to meet the demand for "workwear essentials often needed to attend interviews".
The collection, a collaboration between the Duchess, Smart Works charity, and a range of British designers, will be available for two weeks online and in stores and has already sold out of at least one item.
For every item bought during the sale of the collection, one is donated to Smart Works, which helps long-term unemployed and vulnerable women back into the workforce.
It is an honourable cause, but that has done little to stop the critics.
Nadine Saad of the Los Angeles Times summed it up as a bunch of "basic wardrobe staples that make a woman look sharp enough to be taken seriously but says little to nothing about her style aesthetic or personality".
Some on social media argued the line was boring, dull and hardly haute couture, after the project's launch on Thursday.
And according to the Duchess of Sussex, that was exactly the point.
In the September issue of British Vogue, which she guest edited, the Duchess said the wardrobe of donated items could be a "potpourri of mismatched sizes and colours" and, in the context of job hunting, some of these pieces were "not always the right stylistic choices or range of sizes".
She said her goal was to create a line to offer "classic" workwear options.
"There is often a misunderstanding about Smart Works being a makeover, a fashion show of 'before and after', where a woman is magically transformed into something better than she was before," she wrote.
"But to label it as such would not only be inaccurate, it would be missing the point. This is not a fairy tale.
"In fact, if it's a cultural reference you're after, forget Cinderella — this is the story of Wonder Woman, ready to take on the world in her metaphorical and literal cape."
The Duchess launched the line wearing the Smart Set business shirt and tailored trousers, which she paired with a bracelet and a pair of earrings from Princess Diana's jewellery collection.
The project's launch was one of the Duchess' first royal engagements since the birth of her and Prince Harry's son Archie in May.
Before leaving the launch she said: "I've got to get back to the baby — it's feeding time."
