The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were back to work today in Keswick, Cumbria, which is part of the Lake District, which is a UNESCO World Heritage site, I had no idea. Kate has some history in the area – according to People Magazine, the Middleton family used to take holidays in Cumbria and Kate spent chunks of her childhood “boulder hopping” and exploring. Today, the Cambridges had a busy schedule – they did a walkabout, then they joined in a local celebration for several groups including mountain rescue and mental-health first aide workers/volunteers. Then they went to shear some sheep (say that ten times fast) at a local farm. Agriculture and farming is very important to this community.
For today’s lowkey outing, Kate decided to forgo several costume changes for each event, and she just went casual for everything. She wore jeggings (sorry, she totally did though), her Chloe boots (which she’s worn before) and a £275 jacket by Taylor London, which I think is new-to-us. Kate has a few militaristic jackets like that, which look like faded combat fatigues, but this one looks different. You can guess what attracted her to this jacket: the giant f–king buttons. They’re everywhere. I have to laugh. Also: from what we can see of the ensemble under the jacket, it looks like she’s wearing some frilly high-collared blouse underneath the sweater. It’s too much.
Kate completed her look with a cute little ponytail. As I’ve said many times now, her ability to change up her look a bit more has improved a lot since Meghan came on the scene. If Kate attempted a casual-jeggings look five years ago, she would have paired it with big fluffy sausage curls and a full face of heavy, dark makeup. Kate’s makeup situation has improved so much over the past few years too.
Photos courtesy of Getty.
Death by buttons
Yesterday I was in my local supermarket and there was an Us! magazine cover saying Kate was pregnant. I keep waiting for Celebitchy to bring this up. Or maybe you did and I missed it? Not that it is necessarily true, especially considering how thin she is and that she was photographed drinking recently, but still… I see “Kate is pregnant!” and my immediate thought is: Celebitchy!
Funny, when I see US weekly my first thought is bs 💩
haha I’m like that too. If I see gossip anywhere I always come here to verify
I do like the jacket though!
For a casual working look I think she looks great. It is the right look for right occasion for right venue.
But jeggings? There’s plenty of other options besides skin tight, leave nothing to the imagination leggings. Sophie Wessex & some of the European royals I see mentioned here do a much better job of pulling off a casual look without revealing so much,
I think that her look was just right given that this was not just a “meet and greet” but a working visit where she had to assist holding an upside sheep during the sheep shearing – anything other than jeans/jeggings would have have looked stupid.
I’m not really concerned about her clothes, but at how extremely skinny she is getting.
I think her body looks bad lately.
On the balcony when she turned around to go inside, I was shocked how extremely thin she is. I could see should bones protruding and the skirt was already extremely small, was sagging on her when she turned around,
Even at the State dinner, with the puffy dress, she still looked terribly skinny.
The press keeps telling me to believe that she looks healthy and beautiful, but to me it’s like I’m in a haze of The Emporoers New Clothes and I’m the boy shouting…the King has no clothes on…
The press whitewashes all coverage of the Cambridges. Obviously, there’s an issue.
Allegedly .Rumour…
According to a rumour , years ago, just after marriage, someone in press ,on a outing tried to bring it up and were told, sternly don’t go there.
Ever
I watched the video yesterday and that was my thought. I love the outfit, but goodness she is super thin.
And what makes it worse is wearing jeggings which only draw attention to her skeletal frame.
AM what’s disturbing is how the royals appear to be turning a blind eye particularly after Diana’s experience with eating disorders.
I like her casual, working looks including this jacket. She tends to go a bit on the equestrian side (Barbour jackets, for instance), which is very flattering for her thin frame.
She has really settled in o her role. Some say it is the Meghan factor but I think it is also that she has had her kids, and the pressure is off in that respect and she can just enjoy them and the life she is building with her family. I can relate to that. Pregnancy and new borns are wonderful but can be quite draining and she struggled a lot in pregnancy. So cute how she grabbed that little girls foot 🙂 I think it will be the same for Meg. These ladies have such a pressure to have their children. It is expected. So in a way “getting that out of the way” for them must provide some relief. I like the jacket the boots look a bit big with the pants but on well. Pony tail looks great.
+1 to everything you said. She looks lovely and great to see her doing engagements.
Oh I hate when my comments get eaten!
So here we have her “casual outdoor event that may involve some light hiking or other activity” uniform. TAnd as usual, parts of it work for me, parts don’t.
Her hair looks great.
I cant decide about the boots. They look a little heavy and clunky with the rest of the outfit, especially that frilly blouse and the earrings, but not bad in themselves. I guess for dealing with sheep they were practical.
Jacket is objectively fine, too many buttons but its Kate, lol, but I feel like she has so many other jackets like that, and I like some of those other ones better.
I don’t like the blouse with the sweater. It just doesn’t seem to work with the overall outfit. But, she does that a lot with this uniform, so I guess its just her go to.
@Becks1, as usual I’m in agreement with you. And I will add I just can’t with the leggings or jeggings or what ever they are. She needs to change it up.
These are so damned tight, they look like she forgot to put on pants or a skirt. They look like tights!!! They are obscene.
The frilly blouse is jarring with the rest of the “pretending to do peasant work” look that she has going on. The khaki green jacket is fine but she has other khaki green jackets that look the same and could have been used instead. This is spending for spending’s sake. I will continue to hate the jeggings.
The brand, Troy London, was co-founded by the mother of one of her bridesmaids. The grumpy one. Remember?
She’s helping Rose Van Cutsem out.
That blouse says, ‘but remember, I’m an HRH duchess’.
@xo…..I think it’s unfair to label that bridesmaid as grumpy…the poor child couldn’t see. Some silly person thought that she would look better on the day without her glasses.
I live in Norfolk, just a short distance from Sandringham and Kate dresses just like every other wealthy and wannabe wealthy woman around here. She blends in so well. They all dress the same and drive the same cars. They also usually have Labradors which they walk in the woods or on the beach. Come to North Norfolk people and see lots and lots of Kate’s.
@BlueOrange I’m going to admit I’d probably like Kate more if she had a lab lol. I come from lab-owning family 🙂
She also dresses just like every other posh person who you see walking down Kings Road in Chelsea, even when she’s wearing her designer gowns to big events. You pretty much see her look here in Chelsea as well. I call it the ‘wannabe country pile lady’ look.
She wears jeggings as I don’t think jodhpurs or yoga pants would look good for an official event.
It’s the whole Sloane Ranger look. You get a version of it every generation, but it’s basically just rich, posh women trying to dress like they’re in the country doing things with horses and hunting and things. A lot of Wellington boots, waterproof jackets, but fashionable.
Cocker spaniels forever. They have the biggest personalities ever and are so adorable.
Couldn’t agree more
I like the jacket and the boots (actually I LOVE the boots), but she needs to try different pants. And I agree the frilly collar shirt makes no sense. The updo is great, though.
The skinny pants are consistently terrible. I’m surprised they let her out in those things.
Doesn’t she have a stylist? At the very least I would have thought a more experienced royal would have taken her aside and told her what’s tasteful and appropriate & what’s not.
I don’t even hate the pants. I think she could have looked better in black, straight cut jeans or slacks. I get that she doesn’t want to add bulk, but she could look great in a streamlined pant that isn’t a skinny.
I love the jacket and the boots though. I’d buy them in a heartbeat.
My ponytail looks like utter sh-t today hahaa. It’s one of those days where my hair didn’t have any volume and just didn’t want to behave so I have nowhere near the kind of ponytail she’s rocking.
Add bulk?! To what? The woman clearly NEEDS bulk as she is emaciated and a shadow of her former self.
And not just any old buttons…. Multiple Big gold shiny ones lol
Burn the leggings.
Yes please.
It looks like she threw a bunch of random clothing items together for this “look” today.
It does. TBH, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with jeggings for this kind of outing. The military look doesn’t grab me, but maybe it grabs William. The ruffle collar is just that awful “prairie dress” look rearing its ugly head once again. So, a bit of a mashup; a bit unsuccessful as far as fashion – but – she looks so happy and in her element interacting with the kidlets and pups. I got no crit for that.
“When In Doubt, Add Buttons” the Biographical Story of The Duchess of Cambridge.
I think the big, chunky boots are a bit of an overkill for the events they’re doing today. Personally I would have gone with a low heeled leather bootie.
Kate was right there along side the sheep being sheared….her boots looked appropriate.
@Citresse, yes, you are right. I saw a video on KP’s instagram and she and Will were right there with the sheep, so the boots make more sense to me now (more sense than when she wears those or her PCs to walk on gravel or whatever lol.)
ALSO speaking of shoes, William also wore some type of brown boot/chukkra (is that the right word?) That’s right. NOT blue suede shoes like he almost always wears with jeans. He’s mixing it up on us!!!!!!!
Yes Becks1, both Harry and William are fond of the same casual suede shoes…i noted Harry again in the suede shoes on the day baby Archie was introduced to the world.
I find Charles is a much more formal (in every way) individual. I’ve stated before, I think Charles would’ve been willing to wear a tuxedo to collect Diana and baby William from hospital back in ’82 🙂
Yeah, I love everything but the combat boots.
That woman does have some great hair.
I love her outfit!
Eh. This look convinces me that the palace wants her to look as asexual and “relatable” as possible so as to blend into her future Queen role. I guess queens are supposed to be regal above all else…? She and Will lack any type of sex appeal or charisma and I’m convinced it’s on purpose.
This comment makes no sense. Why should she look sexy here? Or anywhere? So weird.
I don’t get it either.
I must look asexual on a daily basis 😏
This really isn’t the occasion for sexy, anyway, but if you were to show a dude the way her legs look in those leggings, I think most would disagree with you. I know my husband would.
Not only your husband! 😉
I’m just here for the gorgeous spaniels. Max, in the orange coat, is a therapy dog.
Aren’t Max and his brothers just the best?! Such good boys.
I like the boots, the jacket; the blouse (from what I can see) is pretty but doesn’t really go; ditch the leggings; STAND UP STRAIGHT.
I like the boots and the blouse. The jacket actually cinches in at her true waist, but aside from that I have nothing good to say about it. She has jackets that look better than this one. The jeggings ruin the look completely. The proportions are way off.
It seems she changed her jacket later on as well, another green jacket in the same shade. This makes even less sense.
Serious question. How many of these type of jackets and hiking boots does one need?!
Apparently, two per outing. I just checked out What Kate Wore; she later changed into her Barbour Defense jacket & real hiking boots for the sheep farm & nature walk. And my goodness, the Lake District looks stunning! I’m definitely adding that to my must-visit-someday list.
That’s kind of weird that she changed. If she was going to change anyway, why start off with the big sturdy boots? And did she need to wear two jackets?
Other than that it looks like she meant to add a skirt but forgot, she looks great to me. I even like the buttons! Love how relaxed and relatable she seems on this walkabout.
Lol at the “£275” jacket! I used to have something similar from the GAP. She (Prince Charles?) paid way too much!
Does anyone know how to make that style of ponytail? I love it, and I have the hair for it… but I have no idea where to start. Do you ladies have some good links for hairdos tutorials?
I don’t have a good view of the back of it. Is it a fishtail type of thing, or just pulled through? I cant tell. If its the latter, that’s easy – just make a regular ponytail, kind of split your hair right above the band, and take the end of your hair and loop it through that split and then pull it down.
that looks like the good old topsy tail hairdo.
it’s easier if you have the topsy tail tool because it really makes the pony tail tight. if you try to do it by splitting and loosening your hair above the elastic band, it sometimes gets messy.
ETA youtube is full of topsy tail hairdos. more and less complicated ones.
Yes! It is the Topsy Tail! 90s forever!
Her hair looks nice. I’m okay with the jacket, though endlessly amused by the gold buttons. Anyhoo, I hate the frilly blouse. Goes against the whole casual nature of her outfit. I don’t like the boots because they are too heavy. Unless they were going hiking, which I could understand. Otherwise, a bootlet would work.
And back to Kate’s clothes. This woman has been defined by her clothes..that is all! Empty vessel and pure vanilla.
This is a gossip site that pretty much exclusively talks about royal clothing when discussing events. There are other places to get information from that talk more about the charities and what work the royals do for them.
Anon: No… I’ve check and the focus on Kate is her clothes. They miss opportunities to really highlight the issues both good and bad in these communities. They show up say very little and leave never to speak of these people and places again.
The purpose of the visit is meeting and greeting the community,and talking with volunteers and associations. It’s a great part of what their job should be,and what the “younger royals” should do more. They’re doing the exact thing that M&H did when they visited Bristol,Birkenhed. And I also doubt M&H will speak again about most of the people and associations they visited there.. I know that I hardly remember what they are. The issues,as you call you, are highlighted on their social media. I don’t know why you expect a post about it here.
Here, the focus is on gossip. So Kaiser does talk about what they do on events, but also any fun gossip that may be associated with the visit, including what Kate is wearing. CB is (despite the myriad of posts daily lol) not a royal-only site, and I don’t think its fair to expect Kaiser et al to post extensive details about Kate and Will’s visit. WKW, KP’s instagram etc – they all will have more information, but they focus on Kate and Will, so it makes sense (especially regarding the IG account obviously.)
Mmmm, vanilla. One of my all time favourite flavours.
So sad that you don’t see the world in all of its color….just plain vanilla
I don’t understand your comment, Casey. I see the world, it’s inhabitants, animals and plant life in all it’s colour and pain, everywhere every day. I have recently taught myself to bake, and also happen to love the flavour of vanilla, and it’s quite difficult to get it right. A good pure vanilla flavoured dish is a real treat. So are chocolate, or orange or lemon or rhubarb or a million other treats which I shall also conquer.
Vanilla beans are the key, IMO. Scrape the seeds and drop the entire pod in mixture and take out later. Enjoy cooking/ baking as well!!
There is something to be said in favor of plan vanilla.
She looks nice. Is it ever summer in England? I’m beginning to understand why she owns so many coats/ jackets.
This is a bit chilly for June, but not too unusual. Once every few years we have a really hot summer and everyone loses their collective minds.
@Tina—I laughed when I read your comment. I ashamedly admit my overheated mind has been one of those lost!
My family has visited the UK multiple times over the past several summers (during kids’ school breaks—with a small group of fellow travelers) and we seem to always overlap with those record-breaking temperatures—the most recent when it was so hot, some roads and tires were actually melting from the heat. (Later the same trip we went over to Ireland and the little town where we stayed was running out of water so there was none available (for any purpose) except for a few set hours a day. Hate to admit it, but we aren’t taking the trip to Europe this year because super hot summers and summer crowds have gotten to be too much.
So I confess, I’ve been one of those spoiled mind-losers, wondering how residents manage the increasingly hot weather without even fans, and also want to rush outdoors and make the most of “such beautiful weather!” Then again, even the idea of going to the beach in summer almost gives me heat rash. (I did love staying for a long while in St Andrews this past December! Beautiful and great weather!)
@Mumzy LOL. You’re not wrong though, the hot summers are getting more common due to climate change. But on average our summers are still a lot cooler than those in North America. And do come back, I can’t promise we’ll regain our sanity but I’m sure we’ll figure out how to manage hot weather a bit better.
We had snow on Friday where I live…and it was still on the ground Saturday afternoon. Coats and jackets are a necessity for many days of the year!
Kate with dogs is always nice to see. She seems to like them, and they her.
Love the photo with the little tights-wearing toddler foot on her. Cute!
I agree. That was super cute.
Best of the bunch! Love seeing her in her element.
Her neck and shoulders must ache incessantly from all the slouching she does.
True, Her posture is awful.
I love everything about this outfit, including the frilly blouse. But this is pretty much how I dress in the winter (sans the boots), so I guess I am biased.
It reminds me of the type of frilly collar Princess Diana liked to wear when she was younger,
Yep, it’s total Diana cosplay. That said, I don’t hate it, either.
Brandy, I like the frilly blouse too. It’s a juxtaposition over the masculine outerwear. Plus, she is so pretty with the great hair, that this blouse just favors her look. I’m a 70s girl and Kate’s look just reminds me of my college days, and it also reminds me of Diana. Kate cosplays her a lot, but I like it.
If you want to see how it’s done check out Harry’s visit with the PM of Nepal on Sussex IG…there’s a connection there unlike William/Kate photo ops
Maybe, but I think the Kensington Royal Instagram did a much better job with the Trooping of the Colour coverage. So did the Royal Family Instagram. They both updated very quickly, good pictures, etc, while the Sussex one didn’t update forever.
The Royal Family Twitter is Prince Harry and Meghans twitter site and has been since they left K.P. Yes Buckingham Palace is doing a much better job with Meghan and Harry. That’s where tweets about Harry and Meghan take place and yes they did good job.
Harry and Meghans Instagram IMO, is so much better than K.P. who have had a couple of years to get it together.
I don’t know who is running K.P. Twitter, but it is not great, I’ve never liked it, they are slow and haphazard at times.
Sorry but they were equal- honestly I think the Sussex do sort of a bad job with insta . Trooping Colors made it all about them while KP and RoyalFamily included everyone in the pictures and talked about the event more.
I don’t quite get why Kate upsets you so much she is at an event, she is doing good PR because I saw multiple articles about the event and charity in various US news outlets before I saw it here.
This is the same person who called the Cambridge children “hot messes”. There’s something seriously wrong with her.
@Baba good point very good point.
got to be honest I thought Louis waving so excitedly at the planes was the cutest thing ever.
AM I was talking about Instagram and not twitter. I was checking the day of for updates and KP was very prompt and chose very attractive photos, while Sussex royal didn’t update until much later. The KP Instagram has been much, much better lately and honestly it may be because they no longer have to split the message and the attention but whatever it is, it is working.
I think KP Instagram has gotten better because they are following SussexRoyal’s lead, lol. (the timing for TTC was off like you said, but the general content of their posts are MUCH better after SussexRoyal took off.)
@Becks1 Oh I have to say I disagree, I despise on both Sussex and Cambridge Insta the insanely long posts. I get the idea behind it but its to long.
Also the amount of time didn’t bother me about Trooping it was how the Sussex account only talked about M&H vs Cambridge account or any other mentioned multiple people. H&M’s team did this awhile back when there was that joint charity launch about mental health it was all about H&M vs Cambridge insta was about the event and mentioned all participating parties.
Anyway the captions are too long
@RM – I think the difference is that KP has fallen into the habit of multiple posts per event. SussexRoyal tends to stick to one post with more pictures. SussexRoyal mentioned the Queen, gave background on the parade, and included a picture of the Queen, pictures of the trooping, and a picture of Kate in the carriage, in one post. They could have done multiple posts, but I feel like that is excessive and annoying when KP does it.
Shrug.
I Never liked how KP does social media or PR and I’ve watched them for years. I think KP has been lazy, since they thought they were the only game in town. They only seem to do any effort lately and still it’s just ok, nothing really special.
I think Buckingham Palace work is much better.
Meghan and Harry are also much better at social media, than Cambridges. IMO
I love the way Buckingham a Palace , the Royal Family site works for Harry and Meghan.
K.P. Twitter has never really been very good, it’s so haphazard, and they’ve had years to work on social media, on all fronts yet lately they only seem to get a idea of how to do something new when Harry and Meghan already do it.
As far as more appealing photos. I like Harry and Meghan’s because their photos show much more of their personality and seem more personalised choices.
Oh she is wearing her casual uniform. Boots, jeggings and that army green jacket.
Boots don’t fit, jeggings are ridiculous and the jacket…..how many of the same shade does she need!!!!
Anyway she shows up, looks pretty and smiles. That’s her job. No one ever remembers the message because it’s lost in translation somehow.
Is it lost,though? The “message” is on their social media and In the reports about the visit. They are there to meet people and greet the community,which is a huge part of their job.
I think she looks cute and I like everything but the ruffle blouse. I think she always looks happiest, most engaged when she is with kids and dogs or doing outdoor events and you can see that here.
yes, agreed!
I think her outfit is fine minus the frilly shirt she is wearing underneath. I know Kate loves frills and buttons. This site has never been able to differentiate between skinny jeans and jeggings but today it does look like she is wearing jeggings. I am wearing a very similar type of pants today from Uniqlo and they are jeggings. Come for me hahaha. I also love her jacket, Kate has always had a great eye for casual jackets.
The hiking boots don’t bother me, she is visiting the Lake District which is known for its outdoors activities and wilderness. I just recently went to Iceland and she kind of looks like she is on vacation there, I pretty much wore a variation of what she is wearing but with a heavier winter coat (I was there end of March-beginning of April, Iceland basically has summer and winter, fall and spring don’t really exist).
This look is British countryside uniform. You’d see any number of women in the lakes wearing the same thing. Usually an expensive collared white shirt rather than the ruffles though.
It’s absolutely p*ssed it down in the north west today so I think the ponytail and the boots were a smart choice.
I’m not the biggest fan of Kate in general but I do think her clothes have improved recently- is she still working with new stylist from vogue?
I think she looks amazing! I love the outfit (would wear it myself) and she looked genuinely relaxed and happy to be there.
Kate looks amazing here
Kate’s frilly blouse reminded me of Diana’s style early 80s.
Yep, I said the same above.
I don’t love the boots but they seem to be hiking so I guess it makes sense. Otherwise I love the outfit and her hair is amazing. She looks stunning.
And that picture with the little girl is adorable.
I like she didn’t change several times. Frankly she’s really doing OK, low-key, casual when it’s right and being definitely a bigger person than her husband.
She did, though. She changed boots & jacket later on, for the sheep farm & nature walk.
The Daily Fail has some video coverage of this adventure (can’t bring myself to say “work”) including both of the royals shearing sheep. I didn’t know Kate was a lefty (she was shearing with her left hand).
Both of them appeared to be engaged and interested but for the life of me, I could barely understand a word Kate said. Although he didn’t say much, William was easy to understand…
He referred to her as Catherine in the video instead of Kate. I thought she was known as Kate by friends & family?
No, she is known as Catherine and has asked to be addressed as such. It is the press that keeps referring to her as Kate MIddleton.
William always calls her Catherine. Her family and friends do too and I heard it’s her preference. Catherine also doesn’t rhyme with “waity”. ..
They call her Catherine but around the wedding she stated ‘I’m still very much Kate’. So who knows.
I have no issue with the Jacket or the buttons. I actually really like that jacket. But Chica needs to put away the jeggings, and get some jeans with a more professional line. I kind of hate the boots, but i think they look awkward with the painted on jeggings. If she HAS to wear those stinking jeggings, she should have worn those knee high boots she’s worn since college.
It’s a “shooting” jacket, hence all the pockets. I have a similarish Barbour and it’s my favorite jacket hands down, but I’m not a duchess so I have to carry my own crap in all the pockets. Except for the blouse I’ve worn this.
If it’s not Barbour, it’s definitely a favor to the designer, Barbour is what the queen wears and has worn forever.
She wore two coats yesterday. One was a Barbour, one was not.
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She looks weird. The frilly blouse is so dated and matronly styled like that. Yuk! And I hate her hair styled like that. That is not a modern ponytail. That looks so old lady. It would have looked better with a side or center part or a little messy half up style. This just looks like Princess Anne circa 1970 and not in a cool retro way. No disrespect to princess
Anne cuz I kind of dig her DGAF style. But Kate is not that woman. Not by a long shot.
Personally, her jeggings don’t offend me because she is so skinny, that her legs don’t look so sexy in them. (Yes I know they are supposed to be her best asset.) But on anyone else, those leggings would look deeply inappropriate for a royal on an engagement.
(The same idea as modestly endowed chests being able to get away with much lower cut blouses than fuller blossomed ladies)
All this business about Waity Katey, does the time they were living together on Anglesey count as being waity or just seeing how they/she could adjust to RF life?
Considering she was papped in London several times a week during the time they were supposed to be living together (and stayed at her London flat), not to mention I read reports she refused to do any events with the other Anglesey search and rescue wives and girlfriends, I doubt it was about her adjusting to RF life.
I’ve had a couple of Barbour jackets. They don’t wash and wear well at all. Why can’t she shop in Marks & Spencer?