The Duchess of Cambridge’s style is often considered a little bland for the fashion crowd—too many Breton tops, coat dresses and beige patent pumps for the street style set’s liking. Given that she’s representing the royal family on an international stage, Kate Middleton needs to look polished; select classic items she tends to choose will photograph well and won’t date after several months.
It’s not an easy task to tick all of these protocol boxes while also pleasing the fashion crowd. However, over the past few years, Kate has been making considerably more fashion-forward choices, favouring sharp tailoring, avoiding bold colours and experimenting with hair accessories. Rather than Queen Elizabeth–style coat dresses in primary hues, she started wearing outfits that have a little more flare.
And adding to this collection of great outfits, is a host of chic summer dresses. Like much of us, the DoC had been isolating at home during lockdown but now, with a mask on, she’s started to attend more events. Today the Duchess visited the University of Derby ahead of World Mental Health Day to meet with students.
The Duchess opted for a simple, but elegant, outfit for her university visit wearing an oversized check coat by Massimo Dutti, paired with black cigarette trousers, a cashmere jumper by Massimo Dutti and a pair of black heels by Gianvito Rossi. Of course she also had a face mask, and once again opted for a floral printed mask.
