We are back with a quick update on what Kate wore for today’s exciting hockey match between the Team GB women and New Zealand.
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Here we see Kate in a picture shared by Liz Rawlins, Ms. Rawlins is with London 2012 Press Ops.
Liz Rawlins Twitter Feed
She wore a white knit pullover Team GB top, it is sleeveless with ribbed armholes, buttons at the front and multiple London 2012 insignias and logos on the left. She brought back her Givenchy sunglasses, Tiffany bracelet, and Stuart Weitzman Cocoswoon wedges. Her Hobbs Neston belt has also been seen previously, paired with her Wessex dress on July 26. (Our post on that is here.)
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Eagle-eyed fashion fans will recognize the skirt, we have seen it previously, as far back at 2007. The denim skirt features elements common in jean skirts, zip front, multiple pockets front and back, and belt loops. Kate’s also has a pleat in the front, it is shown in this graphic about Kate’s style from Australia’s Business Times.
Business Times Australia
Once again Kate brought good luck, the team won a Bronze medal, only their second Bronze medal in British women’s hockey team history. Below we see an image from the Team’s victory lap, posted by Hockey Team doctor Graeme Wilkes on Twitter.
Graeme Wilkes Twitter
Here we see Kate chatting with team members via Jess Wilkes Twitter feed.
Via Jess Wilkes Twitter Feed
Some may recall Kate’s visit with the Team back in March.
Team GB Hockey
She even played a bit during that visit, Kate is no stranger to the sport, she captained her team at Marlborough.
Team GB Hockey
Here we see Kate chatting in an image from CTV producer Trish Bradley on Instagram.
Trish Bradley Instagram
This photo by Edward Lord OBE JP shows Kate as she is leaving the stadium.
Edward Lord, OBE JP Twitter Feed
Team member Georgie Twigg summed up on Twitter how excited she was by the big win.
Georgie Twigg Twitter
I think this outfit would have looked much cuter if the top had been navy or red, with a button or two done up as well. hate to mention this but I thought the Team GB shirt was a bit of a faux pas in this circumstance when she was watching a match against NZ given that she will also be queen of that country some day too. I know she is an Olympic Ambassador for Team GB but let’s not forget the bigger role she will play. Given that many countries in the Commonwealth do more than flirt with becoming republics she may wish to be a bit more politically correct in the future, that is assuming that the BRF care about the Commonwealth continuing in the first place.
very true but she does look lovely.
I have tended to keep a white skirt like this in my wardrobe for summer time always…when I can, I keep one like it in light stone also – just good summer staples. I am surprised to see so many buttons undone on her with the way the team shirt fits tightly across her breast area. Not anything I mind but seems she has been a lot more conservative in her necklines since getting married. Maybe she wanted to flash some hot shots of herself up to Wills since he had to leave and go back to work with air rescue.
I once had a shirt in a style similar to the one Kate’s wearing today. I wore it once – ONCE – because the buttons were too small for the hole and kept undoing themselves. I’m wondering if that’s what is happening here. It also looks as though maybe the top only just fits her; if you’re even a smidge too big for a shirt, everything can get a bit wonky.
Besides, Kate doesn’t exactly have anything on display. Sure, it’s unbuttoned a bit more than usual, but it’s not like she’s displaying anything, either.
That was my thought, too, Megan, that the last button wasn’t left undone on purpose but popped out when she was walking/cheering/ect, or continuously getting bumped by her credential.
I agree that I might have preferred the polo in another color, but overall I still really love how she looks in these photos, and think the look, including the length of the skirt, it totally appropriate for the event. And I’m still a fan on the shoes, despite popular opinion to the contrary. 🙂
Oh wow…..way too much cleavage for a Duchess, for goodness sake!
Very summery and casual. Exactly what a summer sporting event is. This outfit is fine except for clunky shoes. I still think a bright ballet flat would work great. I didn’t even notice cleavage until people wrote about it, which tells me it isn’t an issue.
Oh my goodness…. I LOVE that skirt!!! I have been trying to find something like it for a few years.
And in the last pic (it’s an upper body shot and she’s gazing off to the side, smiling), it just gave me a flashback to the days before she was Mrs. William Wales, so sweet, simple, innocent, (of course she’s all those things now, but there was an air of innocence then especially). I just love how genuine the shot is. Thanks for reporting as always, WKW!
I’m a bit disappointed that she is not showing more royal discretion in her dressing. Perhaps it’s just me, but I think if you look at the Queen, even in her younger days, she never gave an impression of anything but total good taste and decorum. It is one of the things that makes her so well liked and stand out in the World. I hope that Catherine will improve in this area as you gets older and has more experience. I do not like to see the Royal Family deteriorate. I think Catherine is “letting down” a little. I don’t like to see that.
I think Kate looks lovely in her casual clothes, and I don’t see anything inappropriate about the way she dresses. The Queen was a young woman in the middle of the last century. Kate is living in the 21st.
I have very much admired her, too. I agree that she doesn’t have to look like she’s living in the 1950’s. I just don’t think she looks as royal when she is as revealing as this outfit shows — and as she has been in the past. I don’t see any of the other younger members of the royal family being quite so revealing. She needs to be classy and command respect if she is to be queen. Casual can be classy.
This outfit wasn’t inappropriate for the event, in my view, but the shortness of the skirt and the blouse unbuttoned a bit low did give the Duchess’s many critics some fodder for smug complaints and their usual claims that the Duchess isn’t suited to be a royal. I saw some photographs that were verging on the slightly-too-revealing. No underwear reveals but almost.
The skirt looked fine in 2007, with the black top. Combining a short skirt with a sleek, covered-up top worked well. However, the Duchess was also a 20-something then, and she wasn’t a royal.
I also felt the wedges were all wrong with the outfit — just too high. Her LK Bennett wedges would have been better; her red trainers would have been great.
i’m american-so i don’t know what word on the streets is over in the UK. who are these “many critics” making smug remarks about the duchess? i have always been curious about how the brits feel about/embrace the duchess. i understand that no one person has universal popularity-but how would you say that the british overall feel about the duchess?
at last she droped her dark-blue pants ! But still the wedges are here !
I really like the 2007 look : it was the times when Kate had a very special, simple & classy style.
I like the look of the skirt with that black sweater from 2007 but I kind of think it looks a bit…”junior high” at the hockey game with that shirt. I think it looks kind of awkward at certain angles.
And maybe I’m looking too much into this, but does it bother anyone else that Kate has been wearing these clunky Stuart Weitzmann shoes all Olympics when she has a perfectly lovely similar LK Bennett pair? I find the design of the Stuart Weitzmann ones make the shoes look enormous. I looked all summer for a pair of closed black patent wedges similar to the Maddox because I like them so much, and I think it’s such a shame that Kate keeps choosing these clunky ones instead.
(Sorry for the overly negative post…I adore Kate’s fashion but I think this was a miss!)
The photo from long ago – her hair part has moved from the left side to the right side. It is interesting the difference this makes. Wonder if this was due to the scar? The DoC is a winner – on so many levels. Delightful Ambassador for sure.
The side part in her hair!!! I couldn’t quite put my finger on it, and you did. That’s exactly it. Thank you.
Just curious, as I didn’t follow Kate much prior, when did she change the hair part? Was it just before the engagement? She looks so different in the before/after photos.
Kate looks absolutely lovely. Just one thing – those shoes. From the front they look fine but from the back they look awful. If you see the pictures (Zimbio.com) of the Duchess with her back to the camera along with the Hockey Team GB you will get a better idea of how funny the shoes look from the back. If the wedges on these shoes were a bit lower it would look so much better.
Agreed. Here’s a good pic from the back that I found: http://cache1.asset-cache.net/gc/150111181-catherine-duchess-of-cambridge-talks-to-team-gettyimages.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=GkZZ8bf5zL1ZiijUmxa7QYFkbCnxqrBePnttmL8aVJ7FS%2fAk8LUKs8wzfeVImghXBXo4DhzS%2foSTNcy6ZaqJDQ%3d%3d
Not so cute from the back, but I guess I can’t blame the girl for wanting her legs to look as long as possible! Although I do think a daintier shoe might have done that more effectively. These read as very “clunky” to me…
I am surprised Kate wore such dark shoes with an all-white outfit. I think lighter shoes would have been more appropriate.
Serious question: what’s Kate’s last name now? or did she lose it after being married into the royal family? I saw another picture from different sties with higher resolution and noticed she was ID’d as “The Duchess of Cambridge” on her name tag…This made me wonder about this thing…
The royals use their titles instead of their last name for almost everything except super official stuff. Like on a marriage certificate they would write “Blahblah Mountbatten-Windsor” (the surname Elizabeth created when she married Phillip). But, for example, when William graduated from St. Andrews, he was called up as “William Wales”. Both he and Harry also use “Wales” on their military uniforms. In summation, Kate’s official last name is most likely Mountbatten-Windsor assuming Charles and/or William haven’t changed that. It certainly isn’t Middleton, though.
The royals don’t normally use surnames; they have a House name, which is Windsor. If they really needed a surname, that would be it.
Mountbatten-Windsor is supposed to be used solely by those descendants of the Queen and Prince Philip who do not have royal titles and styles. The only descendants who come close to qualifying are the children of Prince Edward, who are not using royal titles. However, his daughter is known as “Lady Louise Windsor” — possibly because she is technically a princess as a grandchild of a monarch.
The Queen made it quite clear that the House name remains Windsor.
However, there is much confusion about who is supposed to use Mountbatten-Windsor, even among the royals. Both Princess Anne and Prince Andrew have done it.
It would be entirely correct to call the Duchess “Catherine Cambridge”. Prince Edward’s wife is often called “Sophie Wessex”.
Goodness! However do they monogram their towels?! 😉
They don’t.
I really like that she keeps items of clothing and re-uses them even 5, 6 years later- clothing should not be disposable! That being said, I don’t like the skirt with the polo- they’re slightly different colors which makes the polo look faded or yellowed (at least in the pics; maybe it looked better in person). I would have liked a brighter top with the skirt.
Agreed. My first thought was, that is too many different shades of white between the top, belt and skirt. The problem is the brightest white (the skirt) makes the rest of the pieces look yellow-ish. I think a different top would have been better.
She looks very beautiful.
She looks just great — though quite daring with the decolletage on the top! The skirt comes up pretty short too when sitting down, giving some near risque shots elsewhere. It also has the inevitable tendency of a denim skirt to sea t– but this all sounds like I’m knocking the outfit, which I ain’t!
She looks just great for a sporting event on a sunny day. Even those cork wedges look better with a skirt ensemble, and I’m no fan of those shoes, but then that’s young people these days for you..time for my nap by the sounds of it…
I agree with you Eliza. The top was a bit low-cut and the skirt was definitely a bit short, when she was sitting it was a close call in some of the shots. I know its not fair, but she has to realize they will have cameras ready to catch any accidental slips. I would hate for that to happen so its best she wears slightly longer skirts!
And I really cant stand those wedges either, but I do think they are much better with a skirt than with the skinny jeans. Let’s just be thankful those jeans got a day off. I was afraid she would lose all circulation after wearing them so much, they are absolutely skin tight!
I agree it’s not fair about what the cameras will do to her — just a shame that she has to learn by uncomfortable experience (remember Calgary? how could we forget…). This looked to me likethe sort of outfit she would wear when still single and a little further from the spotlight and it must be tough to give up on all that.
Agree also that those jeans look way too tight — but again am afraid of showing tremendous old age. Doubt if they stop circulation — are they not riddled with lycra these days??!
So I was right. The skirt is indeed from the old days. That picture of her in 2007 looks amazingly like Pippa…
anyone know where her pearl earrings are from?
This look reminded me of the single Kate when she was dating Wiliam or even before that when she was at college. I wonder if people start commenting on her…you know what…buttons on the shirt. LOL
Not gonna lie, it’s the first thing I thought of. But it’s not like she’s showing tons of cleavage or anything. I wonder if the people sitting next to her had a nice view though!
LOL, if you look closely at the guy in red shirt and the angle of his eyes…I was just joking.
Agree with both of you….this is the Kate of yesteryear…..and…she looks adorable,,,and I wish I could find a white denim skirt that was as cute. That said, I, too, wonder why she left the shirt unbuttoned. Clearly, no one can think she’s pregnant. She’s as slim as ever!!
Funny you should mention her figure — I thought the casual fabrics and styles, not to mention the colour — all made her look quite a bit more chubby than this time last year.
It’s not the fabrics and styles and colour; it’s that she’s put on weight since last year. She’s not pregnant, she’s simply gained weight. That’s been obvious for a couple of months.
She’s back to a healthy weight and looks so much better than this time last year.