--- title: Kate Middleton Rewears McQueen Dress to Royal Wedding: Photos description: Kate Middleton wore a yellow Alexander McQueen dress that she had previously worn twice to the Royal Wedding on Saturday. canonical: https://time.com/5261370/kate-middleton-dress-royal-wedding/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-05-19T12:14:33.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-06-24T06:56:39.925Z og:title: You Might Have Seen Kate Middleton's Alexander McQueen Royal Wedding Dress Before og:description: She wore the same look two times before og:url: https://time.com/5261370/kate-middleton-dress-royal-wedding/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte767e03aed977206/698930dddb2987589a25fb39/kate-middleton-royal-wedding.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3294 og:image:height: 1853 og:image:alt: Prince Harry Marries Ms. Meghan Markle - Windsor Castle og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: You Might Have Seen Kate Middleton's Alexander McQueen Royal Wedding Dress Before twitter:description: She wore the same look two times before twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte767e03aed977206/698930dddb2987589a25fb39/kate-middleton-royal-wedding.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # You Might Have Seen Kate Middleton's Alexander McQueen Royal Wedding Dress Before > Sponsored content. 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She wore the same look two times before_  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang May 19, 2018 12:14 PM UTC  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang May 19, 2018 12:14 PM UTC While Meghan Markle’s Givenchy wedding dress is the main fashion fascination of [the Royal Wedding](http://time.com/5039393/royal-wedding-2018-details/) so far, she wasn’t the only one who stepped out in style on her big day. Her sister-in-law, [Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge](http://time100.time.com/2013/04/18/time-100/slide/kate-middleton/), was dressed for the occasion, sporting a primrose yellow wool silk tailored dress and coat by Alexander McQueen that was perfect for the festivities and that she had previously worn to both Queen Elizabeth II’s birthday and Charlotte’s christening, proving that some style statements should definitely be repeated. For her own royal wedding to Prince William in 2011, Kate wore [a stunning satin and lace wedding gown by Alexander McQueen’s Sarah Burton](http://content.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,2068379,00.html). Kate paired her Alexander McQueen ensemble with a matching Philip Treacy fascinator hat and Jimmy Choo shoes. > [](https://twitter.com/EHolmes/status/997799610805448705) This is the first public appearance that Kate has made since leaving the hospital after [giving birth to her third child, son Prince Louis of Cambridge](http://time.com/5178353/royal-baby-born-kate-middleton/). 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