Kate Middleton is undoubtedly one of the world’s most sought-after muses when it comes to designer fashion, but – despite a seemingly endless list of prominent names queueing up to dress her – the Duchess of Cambridge tends to stick to a specific set of tried-and-tested looks.
Even better? She’s so fond of some of her looks that she sees no shame in wearing them again. And again, and again, in some cases, using her reach to make a strong case for recycling looks. How many of those significant fashion moments, analyzed by the world’s most intense press, would you be comfortable recycling?
Kate Middleton has worn and re-worn over 50 of her most show-stopping outfits, but we’ve picked out 14 of her most iconic, recycled looks:
Jenny Packham gown
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First worn: During a tour of Pakistan back in 2019
Last worn: The Royal Variety Performance in London in November 2021
Barbara Casasola dress
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First worn: At the Natural History Museum for the Art Fund Museum of the Year prize in 2016
Last worn: At an Addiction Awareness Week dinner in 2019
Alexander McQueen dress
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First worn: To a state dinner in Malaysia in 2012
Last worn: To the 2020 BAFTAs
Catherine Walker coat dress
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First worn: Arriving in New Zealand at Wellington Airport in 2014
Last worn: At the Commonwealth Day Service in 2019
Alexander McQueen coat dress
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First worn: During a 2014 trip to New Zealand
Then worn: To the RAF Air Cadets 75th anniversary celebration in 2016
Last worn: In 2019 the naming ceremony for The RSS Sir David Attenborough
Mulberry coat
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First worn: At the Stephen Lawrence Centre in 2015
Last worn: Visiting Coventry Cathedral in 2018
Alexander McQueen coat dress
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First worn: At Princess Charlotte’s 2015 christening
Then worn: For 2016’s Trooping The Colour
Then worn: For the Passchendaele Commemorations in Belgium in 2017
Last worn: At Meghan and Harry’s 2018 wedding
Alexander McQueen dress
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First worn: Visiting Prince Edward Island in Canada in 2011.
Last worn: At Wimbledon in 2012.
Jenny Packham dress
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First worn: At the “Our Greatest Team Rises” Olympics concert in 2012
Last worn: At the 2018 Tusk Conservation House Awards Banquet
Roland Mouret dress
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First worn: In 2012 for a dinner hosted by The Thirty Club at Claridges
Last worn: At the 2013 premeire of Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Day Birger et Mikkelsen coat dress
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First worn: At the 2006 wedding of Laura Parker Bowles
Then worn: At the 2011 wedding of Zara Phillips
Then worn: At the 2012 London Paralympic Games
Last worn: In 2016 at the Secretary of State’s annual Garden party
Emilia Wickstead dress
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First worn: At Queen Elizabeth II’s Sovereign Monarchs Jubilee luncheon in 2012
Last worn: Just a few days later, at a Garden Party held in the grounds of Buckingham Palace
Roksanda dress
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First worn: Arriving at LAX Airport in 2011
Last worn: At the UK’s Creative Industries Reception in 2012
Temperley London dress
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First worn: At the 2012 premiere of War Horse
Last worn: In 2013 at a screening of David Attenborough’s “Natural History Museum Alive 3D”
Originally published on Glamour.com
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