Meghan and Emma struck poses in their ‘power outfits’ side by side before sitting together during the meal, sharing laughs and clinking their wine glasses in celebration. The pair have connected before, with Meghan featuring on Emma’s podcast Aspire back in June, where she outlined her lifestyle brand’s direction while also taking subtle swipes at the Royal family, reports the Mirror.
Ever since Meghan’s appearance at Paris Fashion Week in early September, Royal experts have wondered if the duchess might be pivoting into fashion and beauty through her lifestyle company, and her evening with the PR maven has only intensified the speculation. Insiders close to Ms. Grede have dismissed any formal collaboration with As Ever, but PR whiz Chad Teixeira thinks their camaraderie might indicate Meghan is tapping into her years of expertise.
He stated: “Meghan Markle’s appearance at Emma Grede’s Los Angeles dinner series is far too strategic to be a coincidence.
“The timing is significant and there’s growing speculation that Meghan is preparing to launch a fashion line, and Emma Grede, who has built billion-dollar brands like Skims and Good American, is exactly the kind of collaborator who could help her do that successfully.”
He further dissected Emma’s social media posts featuring Meghan from the evening, stating the imagery and social media content surrounding the event all but confirms that the event was not just a “casual dinner”.
“The visuals are polished, professional, and designed to frame Meghan and Emma as equals within the same creative space,” he said. “That kind of staging doesn’t happen by accident, it’s a soft-launch strategy we often see in PR when something bigger is on the horizon.”
PR maven Rebecca May concurred, adding: “Everything Meghan does is with intention – she’s not someone who just shows up somewhere by chance. She’s known for making smart, strategic connections, and being at Emma’s dinner feels very deliberate.
“Emma’s world is full of women who build things – brands, businesses, movements – so for Meghan to be in that mix definitely suggests she’s laying the groundwork for her next chapter.”