Not only is Kate Middleton known for her exquisite taste, from her Alexander McQueen dresses to her festive Catherine Walker coats, but the Princess of Wales is also known for keeping those outfits in a steady rotation. It turns out, rewearing outfits is a do for the royals. Naturally, Kate's sartorial history is jam-packed with some outstanding outfit repeats from her rewearing of the christening outfits that she had made for her childrens' big days and even repeating coats that she is rumored to have designed herself.
See here the most stylish outfits that Kate Middleton has reworn and be inspired to go shopping in your own closet, just like a Princess would.
While attending a rugby match in February 2023, Kate opted for a red and white houndstooth coat by Catherine Walker that she previously wore in Stockholm in 2018. The Princess of Wales had been pregnant with Prince Louis the first time she donned the polished piece, and paired it with a burgundy Chanel bag and matching heels. This time around, Kate wore the cheery number over a black outfit and carried a white Mulberry purse.
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This white Alexander McQueen suit quickly became one of Kate's go-to looks of 2022. She first wore it with orange accents on her tour of the Caribbean with Prince William in March. In June she turned to it again for the unveiling of a monument in London, and on August 2, she donned it again for a visit to the Commonwealth Games with William and Princess Charlotte.
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Kate bundled up and repeated a look for her trip to Wales in March 2022. The item in question: a red scarf which made an appearance over 10 years ago on a trip to Canada (and also over Christmas 2012). The best part? The hue of the scarf and the green tone of her coat referenced the Welsh flag—a thoughtful repeat for the royal who tends to shop her own closet.
Kate Middleton proved that the third time is really the charm with an old favorite: a gray tweed a-line Catherine Walker coat dress. While she first wore the classic in 2019 and brought it back out in 2020, the then-duch*ess of Cambridge wore it again in 2022 for an appearance with the then-Prince of Wales and the then-duch*ess of Cornwall at the Prince's Foundation training site at Trinity Buoy Wharf in February 2022.
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Kate was the picture of holiday sophistication in a red Catherine Walker coat dress and dazzling diamond sapphire fringe earrings, which she borrowed from the Queen while attending a carol service with other members of the royal family. This outfit was a repeat on a technicality—Middleton wore the same style in black this past year at Prince Philip's funeral.
Kate Middleton recycled an Alexander McQueen gown that she first wore to a BAFTA event in Canada in 2011, pulling the piece out for the green carpet of the sustainability-minded first ever Earthshot Prize Awards on October 17, 2021.
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The duch*ess referenced the good old days of the "fab four" at the 2020 Commonwealth Day Services, on Monday, March 8, by wearing a red Catherine Walker Coat with velvet detailing that she also donned at Christmas Day services in 2018.
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Kate rewore a vivid red coat dress with gold buttons from Catherine Walker to the Commonwealth Day Service at Westminster Abbey on Monday, March 11, 2019 which she originally wore while arriving in New Zealand on an official trip in 2014.
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The then-duch*ess of Cambridge rewore a fuchsia Oscar de la Renta skirt suit to visit the Royal Opera House on Wednesday, January 16. She originally wore the look to a Guild of Health Writers conference with Prince William on February 6, 2017.
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As the deputy digital lifestyle director at Town & Country, Roxanne Adamiyatt covers fashion, beauty, wellness, design and travel.