Rather than modernizing her Sloane Ranger image—the Penelope Chilvers boot lover and Longchamp bag toter William fell for at St Andrew’s—Kate embraced it. She teamed her dark slim-cut denim with a favorite M.i.h Jeans Mabel blouse, which she first wore back in 2019 at the unveiling of her Back to Nature Garden at the Chelsea Flower Show and again on Zoom during the pandemic, and the Superga 2750 Cotu trainers that have taken her on state tours and royal sporting ventures, alike.
The picture of Kate Middleton holding hands with Prince Louis on a family stroll through their Norfolk estate showed a senior royal who is a girl next door at heart; a woman who prioritizes her home life over her personal brand. With her signature Catherine Walker dress coats, Barbour jackets and Temperley gowns, the Princess is never going to be a trend-setter, but she knows what she feels good in, and that’s more influential than anyone who blindly follows the fashion cycle.
This article first appeared on British Vogue.
