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Kate In New Hat & Familiar Frock For Queen’s Garden Party at Buckingham Palace

Kate brought back her pink Emilia Wickstead dress for this afternoon’s tea at Buckingham Palace.

More than 8000 guests were on hand to meet Queen Elizabeth, Prince Philip, Prince Philip & Camilla, as well as others from the Royal Household.

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More from the Daily Mail:

The band struck up the National Anthem as the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh appeared at the top of the steps and a hush fell over the assembled crowd.

Then applause broke out as the couple, along with Charles, Camilla and Kate, made their way towards their waiting guests, who were invited after nominations by institutions, charities and businesses.

The Duchesses of Cornwall and Cambridge. 

Kate fashion followers recognize this as the dress Kate wore to the Sovereigns’ Luncheon May 18th. (More on that here.)

The ‘Alice’ dress as shown on a model.

And as worn by the Duchess today. 

Kate accessorized with a new pink hat by Jane Corbett. The talented milliner shared her excitement about Kate’s choice of chapeau on her blog:

 

Jane Corbett Millinery Blog

Below, details of Kate’s pearl drop earrings and the underside of her hat.

With the exception of Kate’s new hat, other accessories were familiar, the LK Bennett Natalie clutch and Sledge pumps made another appearance.

The efforts required to feed so many guests are daunting, more from Simon Perry’s People magazine story:

As for Kate, amid the sound of small brass bands and and some 400 staff members serving the invitees 27,000 cups of tea, 20,000 sandwiches and 20,000 slices of cake, she told guests she was “slightly nervous” about walking into a sea of faces.

William was unable to attend, he is on duty with the RAF in Wales.

If wishing to send a clear message that all eyes should be on Her Majesty, and not looking at what she is wearing, the Duchess accomplished that today. While some have commented she should have opted for something worn much less recently, I think the Duchess was making a point. Good for her.

I teased a friend, Patricia Treble of Maclean’s Canada, her most recent story is titled “Why Doesn’t Kate Recycle Her Clothes?

Now, before I’m inundated with angry emails, let me be very precise: I know she re-wears outfits at private functions such as weddings, and has worn older clothes at public functions. I’m talking about recycling outfits from one official engagement to another. And that she hasn’t done. I’ve checked the Court Circular, the palace record of these events, then cross-referenced engagements with outfits. No repeats.

In speaking with Patricia about her story, the writer actually predicted that we would see repeat appearances of things from Kate’s closet, she thought that would happen during Jubilee celebrations. A tip of the hat to Patricia!

The Daily Mail’s story is here, the Telegraph‘s story is here.

With apologies for the brevity today, we want to add one addition to Kate’s calendar. Our thanks to Richard Palmer of The Express for the tip, here is more from This Is Nottingham:

Prince William and Princess Catherine will join the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh on their trip to the city on Wednesday, June 13, Buckingham Palace announced today.

The Palace also revealed details of the Royal visit, which will see the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh arrive at Nottingham Station, where they will meet The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.

The Royal Party will then proceed to the Old Market Square, and undertake a short walkabout before making an appearance on the balcony of the Council House.

They are also due to visit Vernon Park, in Old Basford.

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Elle

Sunday 10th of June 2012

The Countess of Wessex actually has the red version of this dress (shown above in the second photo set) and she wore it on an engagement not too long ago: http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/local-west-yorkshire-news/2012/03/29/sophie-countess-of-wessex-visits-castle-hill-school-poicture-gallery-86081-30648490/

And she wore it with the same pearl and cubic zirconia drop earrings that Kate has been seen wearing recently, too.

Daisy

Wednesday 6th of June 2012

It's nice to see that light pink is coming back into style. It's a very flattering color, at least on the Dutchess! This dress and hat combo is spot on. I wish I could dress like this for work!

daphne

Friday 1st of June 2012

one more thing.. (I already posted once, about this thread/entry.. !)

thank you for the detail/picture of the underside of the hat.

it reminded me of one more thing Kate is doing.. quietly but consistently.. (perhaps most obviously with the lace on her breathtaking wedding dress): championing British artisan-ship (? is that a word).

every time Duchess Kate wears something hand-worked by a usually nameless, un-sung 'artist', she celebrates the precious tradition of things hand-made- their slow apprenticeship and years of perfecting skills are fragile in this modern, mechanized world we live in.

a rather wonderful, pro-active choice of Kate's.. Bravo!

cricket

Thursday 31st of May 2012

Just noticed on the Neiman Marcus website, they have the Jimmy Choo Vamp Sandals on SALE for $532.

A Newton

Thursday 31st of May 2012

In The US issue of People magazine dated May 14, there's a 2 page spread of Kate's dresses from all of last year. One of the dresses she's wearing is a purple one with some kind of dark belt. It's between her skiing holiday pic and the green peplum coatdress pic. When and where did she wear this purple dress? I haven't seen it before. I'd love someone to identify it for me. Pretty please?

Elle

Thursday 31st of May 2012

Perhaps you're looking for this dress?

https://whatkatewore.com/2012/03/19/kate-regal-in-royal-blue-for-first-speaking-engagement/

Polly

Thursday 31st of May 2012

The only purple dress that comes to my mind is what she wore in Ottawa

https://whatkatewore.com/2011/07/01/its-issa-again-for-kate-regal-purple-and-diamonds/

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