Kensington Palace released a photo of Princess Kate in the Kate Middleton and Melinda French Gates meeting, and the image shows her in a navy Zara blazer. The look was crisp and professional, with the blazer originally retailing for $90.
Kensington Palace And Zara
The photo adds another example of Princess Kate's long-running habit of mixing high-end labels with accessible pieces. Princess Kate has ten different colors and cuts of similar classic Zara blazers, including a red bouclé version and a royal blue version, and the latest addition in the set features large silver buttons and a double-breasted cut.
That mix is part of the appeal for readers tracking her wardrobe: Princess Kate is presented as a royal figure whose outfits can move from couture to Zara without changing the overall message of polish. Fifteen years after becoming a royal, Princess Kate is still pairing fashion finds from the mall with formal royal dressing.
The Centre for Early Childhood
Recent portraits released to mark a new research project for The Centre for Early Childhood showed Princess Kate in a Marks and Spencer pie crust collared shirt under a Me+Em sweater. The shirt originally retailed for about $40, adding another low-cost item to the same pattern of dressing.
For readers following Princess Kate's style, the practical takeaway is simple: the navy Zara blazer is part of a repeatable wardrobe formula, not a one-off appearance. Kensington Palace has now placed Princess Kate and Melinda French Gates in the same frame, and the image also places Zara, Marks and Spencer, and Me+Em inside the same royal style story.
