Kate Middleton has always reminded me of a brunette Lauren Conrad. Just in looks, mind you. Stick a blonde wig on the Duchess of Cambridge, and I doubt many of us would be able to tell the difference between Kate and LC. However, shortly after Kate participated in her official engagement interview last fall, people began drawing comparisons to another celebrity woman: Katie Holmes. To be fair to the Duchess of Cambridge, it did seem like Katie Holmes suddenly began styling herself a lot like Middleton. Go back and look at these photos of Katie, just days after Middleton’s big debut. It’s like Holmes styled herself to look like Middleton, minus the “Raccoon McWaity” eyes. Both Katie and Kate talk out of the sides of their mouths too, and both do the little half-smirk as well.

Up until now, Katie Holmes has never mentioned her Middleton Mania. But during the premiere of Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, Katie did field some questions about Kate and Pippa, and she perked up considerably:

Tress twins? At Sunday night’s L.A. premiere of her new movie, Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, Katie Holmes gushed to Us Weekly that she’s a huge fan of Duchess Kate’s sophisticated getups.

“I love both [Kate’s and Pippa’s] style,” the 32-year-old actress said, “and I think they are incredible. I’m so happy for Kate — I wish them the best!”

Despite the 80-degree temps over the past few days, the brunette beauties both sported silky-smooth blowouts. At Sunday’s premiere, a Contrarian New York-clad Holmes’s straight and shiny strands fell against her bare back.

And cross the pond on Monday afternoon, the 29-year-old Duchess sat alongside husband Prince William, 29, at Wimbledon to watch British player Andy Murray’s match. The royal wore a white tiered Temperley London Moriah dress and nude pumps.

While Homes is regularly seen with undone, free-flowing tresses, it’s no secret that Kate is rarely seen with her hair in anything but a picture-perfect blowout. So to ensure that her strands will be in her signature style at all stops on the couple’s North American trip next week, Kate is bringing her hairstylist, James Pryce of the Richard Ward Salon, along for the jaunt.

[From Us Weekly]

Here’s what amuses me: remember how Tom Cruise kept trying to make “KATE” Holmes happen? Every time he references Katie, he called her “KATE”. And now KATE Middleton is a duchess and she wants to be called CATHERINE. Like, the palace has officially declared that her name is CATHERINE, and that’s the only way she’s ever addressed in formal occasions. And now Katie is all “I’m so happy for KATE”. It’s just funny to me.

So, who has better hair, Kate or Katie? I give Kate (the Duchess) more points because I don’t think she’s ever taken a flat-iron to her locks. She likes her hair fluffy and full of body, which is the style I prefer. Katie sometimes does fluffy, but she also does flat-ironed, which I don’t care for at all. Plus, Kate gets even more bonus points for not being a robot, or having drugged-out zombie eyes – but I’ll take some points away for the raccoon eyeliner.

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