Duchess Kate in a 428 Kate Spade floral dress in London: pretty or dated?

The Duchess of Cambridge is the only one who can soothe Great Britain’s relationships with European countries, but put that aside for the moment! These are photos of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge plus Prince Harry today in London. They were doing an event in honor of World Mental Health Day (which is today). As always, I’m just reminded that Harry got all the charisma in this family – you can even see it in the photos @KensingtonRoyal chose to post from these events. Harry is engaged with people and they are engaged with him. William and Kate are just posing for photos.

As for Kate’s fashion, as I was first glancing through the photos, I felt sure that we had seen this dress before, that it was a repeat. But I’m just tired – the Daily Mail says this is new (to us). The dress is by Kate Spade and it costs £428. It’s a pretty dress, I guess. It feels like Kate is going through a style phase that’s particularly ‘80s-inspired, right? And what makes it even weirder for me is that it feels like Amal Clooney is “twinning” with Kate, and they’re both making the same kind of pussybow’d, ‘80s-secretary, pleat-heavy references. I like the colors and the floral print on this dress though, and my only real complaint is that it feels like it should have been worn in May, not October. A tad too summery for October. (Then again, I’m still wearing flip-flops, so who am I to judge?)

You can see some of the full-length photos here. Kate paired this ensemble with suede heels in (you guessed it) nude. We need more Harry photos!

Photos courtesy of WENN.

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