Ever since she first emerged on the public stage, the Princess of Wales has been wearing her outfits on repeat. While it led to her being dubbed “thrifty Kate” in the tabloid press at first, the royal’s practice of shopping from her own wardrobe increasingly sends out a strong message about the importance of sustainability in fashion.
In fact, the Princess has been making a point of rewearing looks in quick succession, including her white Alexander McQueen suit, which she has worn multiple times in the past year, including at the Rugby World Cup in September. Still, that doesn’t mean she’s afraid to go further back into her archives, as seen at the BAFTAs in February, when Kate brought back out a reworked Alexander McQueen gown that she’d first worn at the same event five years earlier.
From designer go-tos, such as Alexander McQueen and Catherine Walker, to high-street favourites such as Hobbs, Kate’s definitely shown the power of a high-profile rewear over the years. Below, see 13 of the Princess’s best repeat outfits for 2023.
01. 2022 and 2023
During a visit to Boston in December 2022, Kate debuted this burgundy suit by Roland Mouret. A month later, she rewore the tailored jacket and trousers for a reception for England’s wheelchair rugby league players.
02. 2021 and 2023
The royal first wore this fuchsia coat from Hobbs during a visit to Harrow in 2021, before bringing it back out for an engagement at Windsor Foodshare just over a year later.
03. 2018 and 2023
While pregnant with Prince Louis, Kate wore this red houndstooth coat by Catherine Walker during a visit to Stockholm. She recycled the piece five years later for a Six Nations rugby match between England and Wales.
04. 2022 and 2023
The Princess first wore this cobalt-blue coat dress by Catherine Walker at the Commonwealth Service at Westminster Abbey in 2022, before rewearing it at an Easter Day service in Windsor a year later.
05. 2021 and 2023
Kate has worn this houndstooth-print dress from Zara on no fewer than three occasions, including for a recent visit to Wales. She first debuted the high-street piece while in Bradford in 2020, before rewearing it again for an engagement at UCL in 2021.
06. 2021 and 2023
The royal debuted this Eponine coat during a visit to the National Portrait Gallery in May 2021. She rewore the poppy-red outerwear while in Cardiff for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations in June 2022, wearing it again while visiting The Dog and Duck pub in Soho ahead of King Charles’s coronation in May 2023.
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07. 2019 and 2023.
The Princess of Wales rounded off a busy weekend of Coronation celebrations at the Buckingham Palace garden party in a bespoke powder blue dress by Elie Saab, which she previously wore to Royal Ascot in 2019.
08. 2021 and 2023
Kate first wore this pink Me+Em dress during a visit to the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh, before bringing it back out for the Chelsea Flower Show two years later.
09. 2022 and 2023
The Princess of Wales first wore this classic navy polka dot dress by Alessandra Rich to the men’s singles final at Wimbledon in 2022, and then re-wore it a year later to the opening of Hope Street (a residential community supporting women in the justice system in Southampton).
10. 2021 and 2023
After wearing this candy-pink Beulah shirt dress at SW19 in 2021, the Princess wore it again with a pair of white Gianvito Rossi stilettos to officially open the Young V&A.
11. 2022 and 2023
Kate was first spotted wearing this polka-dot Alessandra Rich dress at a Big Jubilee Lunch in June 2022. She went on to wear it again while at Wimbledon the following month, before bringing it back out for a party celebrating the 75th anniversary of the NHS a year later.
12. 2022 and 2023
A familiar silhouette for the royal, the Princess rewore a burgundy coat dress by Eponine London at a private service in St Davids, Wales, commemorating the one-year anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II’s death in September 2023. She debuted the coat at the “Together At Christmas” carol service in London in December 2022.
12. 2023 and 2023
Kate brought back out her green suit by Burberry while visiting textiles manufacturers in Leeds and Lancaster in September 2023. She first wore the look while meeting Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway at Windsor Castle in March.
13. 2021 and 2023
The Princess debuted this red coat dress by Catherine Walker, featuring a large bow on the neckline, for the Together At Christmas carol service in 2021. For a state visit from the South Korean president this month, she rewore the piece beneath a new red cape coat, also by Catherine Walker.
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