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Catherine, Princess of Wales (Kate Middleton)

she's acted like any other girl in her 20s.
Did she?
After graduating, she didn't work at all for a couple of years until the press got so bad she got a 3/days a week job at Jigsaw. She told her employer she didn't want to work more because she wanted to have time for her boyfriend (the employer confirmed that in an interview) and she hanged on to that job for less than a year.
Considering she felt comfortable asking a stranger to give her a part-time job to accommodate her private life, I think people who believe that her work for her parent - whatever that was - was anything more than something to keep her semi-busy while she waited for William to call are exceedingly naive.
De La Renta, Burberry Prorsum, even Ralph Lauren
De La Renta is very matronly. Burberry is way too fashion forward for her level, she would look beyond awkward in their clothes.
I do like the RL suggestion, but only for day-wear.
 
As for her style, it's atroscious and I don't expect it to change. She'll become more ingrained into that family, and will no doubt think, and probably be told, that her terrible choices are in fact good ones.

I can't see her becoming Unlce Karl's new favorite or getting Valentino to dress her. I don't think she has it in her to see the beauty in those clothes (which is just odd for an Art History major). I'm not a fan of English fashion. UK style icons, Alice Dellal, Alexa Chung, Peaches and Pixie Geldof, etc are not what I look up to, and I could never see Middleton dressing like that or even like the Jordan clones, but if she gave De La Renta, Burberry Prorsum, even Ralph Lauren a chance I think it would do wonders for her. With Lauren she could overdose on all the tweed her little Sloane-y heart desires. There are plenty of "conservative" designers out there.

Correct me if I'm wrong but aren't the royals only allowed to publicly patronize English/British fashion designers only? I own several fashion books on Princess Diana and they seem to imply that for state reasons, she could wear only British designers. (The books also elaborate that in private, she was allowed to and did wear many international designers, but it wasn't until the divorce that she was allowed to wear fashion by international designers publicly.)
 
I would find that a bit odd, but other royals wear other designers which are foreign
 
^^ That was back in the 80's and early 90's. Didn't she wear Chanel often though?

I doubt that it's Williams position that makes woman hesitant as women are throwing themselves at Harry.

Just to add to her "work" she was Party Pieces (her parents company) part time photographer. I remember a photo of her pointing to a bunch of boxes whilst others picked them up and moved them and no it wasn't for photos. Wouldn't want to strain a muscle ahead of one of your NINE public vacations with William. She's never held a job longer then a year and only had about three(or so?) of them.

One of the few times she wore color:
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I don't know why Kate gets flack for not having had a job... most of the socialites/royals don't have real jobs, they just have hobbies. They list their job as something like buyer or stylist but really all they do is live off family fortune and party/yacht (with exceptions like Ivanka Trump). That's pretty much what Kate did minus the partying. Seems to be something a lot of silver-spoon kids do.

Anyway, her style is pretty unremarkable but maybe she's not interested. It could be worse. I just took a glance through Princess Stephanie's thread (Monaco). If Kate dresses too old, Stephanie has the opposite problem of dressing way too young.
 
^ I think she gets the flack as she wasnt born as a socialite or royal. She was born as a normal girl from a normal family. There have been tons of speculations about her admiration to be part of the royal family etc. I think like you said she probably doesn't have a huge interest in fashion which is completely fine. She just always dresses very clean and like a typical Sloaney/Chelsea girl which is fine. Its her choice.Just because she is in the public eye I dont think she necessarily has to be the next fashion icon. She at least looks presentable rather than a fashion victim who will be critized for whatever choice she makes. I don't really recall her ever stating that she has a huge interest in fashion so...
I say as long as she is happy and he is happy then whatever.
 
The list is actually longer than just the American; there's Craig, Hunt, Farquahr, the girl with four last names, it seems that any girl with money and wealth or titles of their own turned him down because they didn't want to join 'The Firm'. I feel bad for William that he wasn't allowed the women he wanted because of his position but if that is the case it doesn't paint a good picture of him either. I do wonder how good a choice she is for him because she clearly loves the attention, while he is, quite publicly, the complete opposite.

which girl are you referring to?:huh:
 
I don't know why Kate gets flack for not having had a job... most of the socialites/royals don't have real jobs, they just have hobbies. They list their job as something like buyer or stylist but really all they do is live off family fortune and party/yacht (with exceptions like Ivanka Trump). That's pretty much what Kate did minus the partying. Seems to be something a lot of silver-spoon kids do.

Anyway, her style is pretty unremarkable but maybe she's not interested. It could be worse. I just took a glance through Princess Stephanie's thread (Monaco). If Kate dresses too old, Stephanie has the opposite problem of dressing way too young.

First of all, Kate is not a socialite or heiress. She is a middle class woman who came from humble means. Her parents were never wealthy. They are "rich" now because of their party pieces business. An heiress implies that Kate's family was wealthy before they had her and that she would never have to work because she would inherit a large sum of money. This would be false unless she took over the family business which it looks like she had no intention of doing. Also, taking over the family business doesn't guarantee her a lifetime full of wealth. Her parents are working middle class and so is she. As for her not having a job for eight years...well that's just silly and pretty irresponsible in these economic times. Maybe that's why people have a indifferent feeling to her. It seems like all she did was bide her time waiting for William to propose (oops! that's exactly what happened!):innocent:

Second, a lot of "silver spoon/heiresses" these days aren't taking lavish holiday's every month like Wills and Kate did. I don't think even the Casiraghi trio combined came close to taking as many trips as Wills and Kate this year. I think a lot of wealthy people are being mindful of the economy right now.

And third, Kate did party. She was seen going to Mahiki and Boujis quite a lot, in fact except for when she and Wills broke up for a few weeks, she was at the clubs every time he would go. Her holidays, partying, shopping sprees far out weigh her "work."
 
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She's so effortlessly gorgeous. They're gonna get beautiful kids some day!
 
^^Well said, I couldn't have said it better myself.

She's not wealthy or an heiress but her parents really wanted that for her that's why they sent her to St Andrews's.. it was a very good move on their part if they wanted Kate to become a socialite, or snag a good guy.

I don't mind her style, she looks very pretty in those shots. She has a really good figure and pose, she's tall and slim and she wears clothes well.

I think it's silly she didn't have a job, she worked for Jigsaw a bit didn't she? but i have no idea why she didn't hold a job, it does look like she was busy chasing Wills. All the CP's do this though, Maxima left a job in NYC to chase after William Alexander of the Netherlands and Mary Donaldson left her job and life in Aus and did nothing in Denmark for about two years before Fred proposed. It's not really a big deal.

Hope we get more photos of Kate in Temperley. She looks great in it.
 
If 'working middle class' means millionaires ... I guess my family and I are doing something wrong :p She comes from a wealthy family, and that was quite clear at the time she made the decision to deprioritize career. As a feminist it would not be my advice to have a career that's more of a hobby so she could be at the beck and call of her boyfriend ... but she is hardly the first woman to have her priorities in that order. She certainly wasn't, isn't, and never will be in danger of starving whether she lifts a finger or not. She got what she wanted, so it all paid off. There are millions of women who've set their cap for a man ... I'm not so sure his royal status is the key. Lots of women fall in love and no other man will do. Who's to say that's not what happened ...
 
^ I think the policy is to wear primarily designers of your own country ... and then it's polite to wear designers of the country you're visiting, which you can then wear again. All first ladies and princesses are well advised to visit France often :lol:
 
I'm not English so I wouldn't know if that's a rule, but I do remember her wearing Versace, Valentino, Chanel, etc. Didn't Fergie wear designers as well?

I don't know what the Queen wears other than the fact that she has her own dressmaker, so a lot of what she wears is one of a kind. I think I recall reading somewhere that she prefers wearing her designers designs, but I think that has more to do with her being frugal.
 
which girl are you referring to?:huh:
Jecca and Isabella Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe. It was said that Charles wanted Wills to marry Isabella, and Wills wanted to be with her, but she dumped him to pursue acting. And she didn't want to live in that bubble (her father is a Duke and they're well off, so she didn't need the money or the title).

He had also pursued an American heiress that turned him down. I'm not sure about Zara Simmonds, Arabella Musgrave, Olivia Hunt, Rose Farquhar or two others. There was talk that he had pursued other women, but none of them wanted anything to do with his lifestyle so he kept going back to his old stand by Kate.
 
I doubt that it's Williams position that makes woman hesitant as women are throwing themselves at Harry.

But Harry won't become King one day. His public life won't be anything compared to Willliam's. Look at Edward and Sophie or Anne, they live relatively quite lives in comparison to Chalres and Camilla.
 
iluvelves thanks for answering my question.

I suspected Isabella (which is too gorge and elegant for him:innocent:). But that is a disturbing looong list. So I hope thats not all true. William and Kate looked happy after they got back together after their break-up. And I wouldn't like history to repeat itself.
 
Jecca and Isabella Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe. It was said that Charles wanted Wills to marry Isabella, and Wills wanted to be with her, but she dumped him to pursue acting. And she didn't want to live in that bubble (her father is a Duke and they're well off, so she didn't need the money or the title).

He had also pursued an American heiress that turned him down. I'm not sure about Zara Simmonds, Arabella Musgrave, Olivia Hunt, Rose Farquhar or two others. There was talk that he had pursued other women, but none of them wanted anything to do with his lifestyle so he kept going back to his old stand by Kate.

Ugh! I hope William isn't repeating the failures of his parents. He shouldn't have to settle: he should marry for love. (For that matter, what's wrong with a bachelor King? It's 2011, not 1811.) I guess time will tell if he and Kate last or not.
 
Just a reminder that this is a thread about Kate's style, and not her relationship with William. If you wish to discuss that, please do so in their engagement thread in Rumor Has It.
 

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