With each outing, Kate Middleton’s looks attract a lot of attention. She gets it from this princess who inspires her.
Kate Middleton, Meghan Markle, Princess Anne…: each member of the royal family has their own style. Although there are rules and dress codes to follow, everyone brings their own personal touch.
Princess Anne, for example, is famous for recycling her outfits. She often wears the clothes she wore when she was young. Indeed, she doesn’t just wear a look once. She sometimes postpones it forty years later. She also does not hesitate to dig into the clothes of her late mother, Queen Elizabeth. In February 2024, during an official outing, she wore the purple jacket that her mother had worn in 2006.
“As a pragmatic royal, she recycles her clothes and is very keen on UK manufacturing, so these investment pieces from decades ago are still around, which is a wonderful example to follow as a pioneer of sustainable fashion“, Susie Nelson, founder of Modes & More, told Express.co.uk.
However, she is not the only one to revisit old looks or take inspiration from other members of the royal family. Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle have also taken on some looks from timeless fashion icon Lady Di. This is why they represent great sources of inspiration for the public, but also among themselves. They often exchange looks. Some pieces also represent a heritage, such as the famous Barbour jacket worn by all members of the British family.
This observation is all the more true between Kate Middleton and Princess Anne. The two princesses often replicate the looks worn by the other. Although they are not necessarily the same clothes, they wear very similar pieces with the same cut, the same color or even the same patterns.
At an event in 1989, Princess Anne wore a white dress with yellow patterns. Around thirty years later, in 2022, it is the Princess of Wales who adopts the same style by wearing a similar dress. Same for the red coat that they wore in the same way, with a different brooch, at two different times, or the blue patterned coat and hat look!
Kate Middleton and Princess Anne don’t seem to copy each other, however. They are inspired by looks that they liked. Both are true fashion icons to follow very closely!
