As perhaps the most visible member of the royal household, Kate Middleton— Catherine, Princess of Wales —is expected to dress with a modest, formal, and respectful sensibility that sits just outside contemporary dress. Never fully “in” fashion, and therefore, never “out” of it, hers is a wardrobe built to last, both in style and material, as evidenced by her frequent repeat wears . But she also loves clothes. Kate Middleton, after all, famously walked the catwalk as a St Andrews undergrad, and often nods to current tastes in subtle, considered ways.

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Take, for example, the polka dot Alessandra Rich dress she chose for the 80th anniversary of VE Day in May—less than a month after this magazine identified the same print as making a comeback—or the diminutive DeMe

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