If Kate Middleton is known today for her royal wardrobe, where fitted coats and straight cuts have become her signature, she too has gone through the essentials of 2000s fashion. A student at the time, the wife Prince William did not look like a princess.
She was even described as a shy and reserved student.
It was in any case what remembers the photographer of the magazine
The Sun
, Arthur Edwards, who recently rediscovered the first photo he took of the Duchess of Cambridge in 2005. And who admitted, to
People
magazine : "I had no idea who she was at all."
Kate Middleton's 2021 Looks Retrospective
Kate Middleton's 2021 Looks Retrospective
Kate Middleton in total red look alongside Prince William for the "Together at Christmas" concert at Westminster Abbey.
(London, December 8, 2021.)
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Kate Middleton's 2021 Looks Retrospective
Prince William and Kate Middleton pose on the green carpet during the Earthshot Award ceremony.
The Duchess of Cambridge chose a dress by Alexander McQueen, first worn in 2011 during the Bafta reception at the Belasco Theater in Los Angeles.
(London, October 17, 2021.)
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Kate Middleton's 2021 Looks Retrospective
The most noticed outfit of 2021 is attributed to the one Kate Middleton wore at the London premiere of "No Time to Die" last September.
The Duchess of Cambridge appeared on the red carpet in a long gown with a gold cape adorned with pearls and sequins.
(London, September 28, 2021.)
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Kate Middleton's 2021 Looks Retrospective
George, Charlotte and Louis' mother wears a sky blue coat dress by Catherine Walker, matching the heels.
(Edinburgh, May 27, 2021.)
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Kate Middleton's 2021 Looks Retrospective
Kate Middleton's 2021 Looks Retrospective
Kate Middleton's 2021 Looks Retrospective
Kate Middleton's 2021 Looks Retrospective
Kate Middleton's 2021 Looks Retrospective
Kate Middleton's 2021 Looks Retrospective
Kate Middleton's 2021 Looks Retrospective
Kate Middleton's 2021 Looks Retrospective
Kate Middleton's 2021 Looks Retrospective
Kate Middleton's 2021 Looks Retrospective
Kate Middleton's 2021 Looks Retrospective
Kate Middleton's 2021 Looks Retrospective
Kate Middleton's 2021 Looks Retrospective
Kate Middleton's 2021 Looks Retrospective
Kate Middleton's 2021 Looks Retrospective
Kate Middleton's 2021 Looks Retrospective
Kate Middleton's 2021 Looks Retrospective
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In the image, we discover the young Kate Middleton, 23, invited by Prince William to spend a weekend in Sandringham with a group of friends, in casual outfit: black elephant-leg jeans, a khaki jacket and a scarf tied around his neck.
As for her hair, it was simply tied in a low ponytail.
A young woman like the others.
Whose fashion sense, if it has (fortunately) been refined, has kept that simplicity that has made it successful with the English and the whole world.
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Sequined dresses, red monochromes or simple sneakers: Kate Middleton's big fashion year 2021
In photos: Kate Middleton, the Duchess was in red
Kate Middleton's dazzling appearance in a sun dress at the James Bond premiere
