Royal Reuse: Princess Kate Wears Reiss Again + Reiss 50% off Sale

Princess Kate on tour in Canada in her Reiss Nanette Dress

The Duchess of Cambridge, aka Kate Middleton, wore her stunningly simple and elegant Reiss dress again last week during her goodwill tour of Canada. The Reiss Nanette dress has been sold out since Kate was seen wearing it in her engagement photographs.  Like any style savvy fashion plate, Kate updated the dress with some stunning accessories.  She complimented the dress with a charming red maple leaf hat by designer Sylvia Fletcher of Lock & Co Hatters and a stunning diamond maple brooch borrowed from the Queen (who wore it on her first visit to Canada in 1951.)

I love that Kate Middleton is showing the world that is perfectly fine for a wealthy woman, and a distinctly royal one, to wear her clothing out in public more than once! This is, after all, how real women dress. Most of us have some wardrobe staples we like to keep on hand and update with new accessories. It’s silly of the press to expect any working woman, even a princess to be photographed in something new on every outing. Who has the time and the expense for that? And remember, the tax payers are paying for all this pomp and circumstance, so I like that Kate Middleton (now Princess Katherine) is sensitive to style economics.  Princess Anne was recently seen at the Ascot races in the same dress and caramel coat that she has worn three times previously.  She first wore the coat in 1980. Nothing wrong with that.  She looked fantastic and her attire was still fashionable.

If you’re interested in Princess Katherine’s Reiss style, check out the REISS sale online.  Some of the fashions are 50% off and my spies tell me you can score a 10% discount on other retail items by entering discount code JULY 4 at checkout.  Unfortunately, the code is only good for Reiss’s American fans shopping online.  My pick from the Reiss Sale is the  Juiletta dress.  Indigo has been a favorite of Princess Katherine’s and I like the stunning color, simple lines and silk flutter skirt of this dress.  For all we know , this could be the next Reiss dress we see on Kate when she appears here in Los Angeles in 6 days for a polo match near Santa Barbara.