--- title: What Kate Middleton Wore at the Prince Louis Christening description: Catherine Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge wore a cream Alexander McQueen suit dress and a Jane Taylor hat to Prince Louis' christening. canonical: https://time.com/5333401/what-kate-wore-at-christening/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-07-09T16:10:20.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:53:43.753Z og:title: Here's What Kate Middleton Wore to Prince Louis's Christening og:description: Here's what the Duchess wore for Prince Louis' big day og:url: https://time.com/5333401/what-kate-wore-at-christening/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5729f1a0629257a5/698934e3db298713112601eb/gettyimages-994597702.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Christening Of Prince Louis Of Cambridge At St James's Palace og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's What Kate Middleton Wore to Prince Louis's Christening twitter:description: Here's what the Duchess wore for Prince Louis' big day twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5729f1a0629257a5/698934e3db298713112601eb/gettyimages-994597702.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Kate Middleton Wore an Elegant All-White Ensemble to Prince Louis' Royal Christening  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jul 9, 2018 4:10 PM UTC  LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 09: Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge carries Prince Louis as they arrive for his christening service at St James's Palace on July 09, 2018 in London, England. (Photo by Dominic Lipinski - WPA Pool/Getty Images) LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 09: Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge carries Prince Louis as they arrive for his christening service at St James's Palace on July 09, 2018 in London, England. (Photo by Dominic Lipinski - WPA Pool/Getty Images)WPA Pool—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jul 9, 2018 4:10 PM UTC [Catherine Middleton](http://time.com/4920961/princess-diana-kate-middleton-fashion/), the Duchess of Cambridge, relied on a tried-and-true favorite, [Alexander McQueen](http://time.com/4306624/alexander-mcqueen-kate-middleton-wedding-dress/), when it came to dressing for [Prince Louis’ royal christening](http://time.com/5326633/prince-louis-christening-watch/) on Monday. Middleton arrived at the Chapel Royal at St. James’ Palace in London sporting a white suit dress by British design house [Alexander McQueen](https://people.com/royals/kate-middleton-prince-louis-royal-christening/), the same house responsible for creating the iconic lace [wedding gown that she wore to marry Prince William](http://content.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,2068379,00.html) in 2011\. To complete her all-white ensemble, Middleton paired the elegant dress with a dainty white hair topper by Jane Taylor that was embellished with white flowers. > [](https://twitter.com/RE%5FDailyMail/status/1016338177932627968) This isn’t the first time that Middleton has turned to McQueen for royal christenings either; for both of her older children, the Duchess wore McQueen dresses — a pale yellow ruffled coat dress for [Prince George’s christening in 2013](https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2016/05/kate-middleton-prince-george-christening-coat-queen-garden-party) and a white coat dress for Princess Charlotte’s christening in 2015\. Sharp-eyed fans of the Duchess’ style recognized the white coat dress from the christening as [the same look that Middleton sported for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding](http://time.com/5261370/kate-middleton-dress-royal-wedding/) this May. This is her first official appearance that the Duchess has made with little Prince Louis since [she exited the hospital after giving birth on April 23](http://time.com/5178353/royal-baby-born-kate-middleton/). See her full royal christening look below. > [](https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/1016340563623333888) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5333401/what-kate-wore-at-christening/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5333401/what-kate-wore-at-christening/"},"headline":"Kate Middleton Wore an Elegant All-White Ensemble to Prince Louis' Royal Christening","datePublished":"2018-07-09T16:10:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:53:43.753Z","description":"Here's what the Duchess wore for Prince Louis' big day","url":"https://time.com/5333401/what-kate-wore-at-christening/","keywords":["Newsfeed","royals"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5729f1a0629257a5/698934e3db298713112601eb/gettyimages-994597702.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5729f1a0629257a5/698934e3db298713112601eb/gettyimages-994597702.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Christening Of Prince Louis Of Cambridge At St James's Palace","caption":"Christening Of Prince Louis Of Cambridge At St James's Palace","creditText":"WPA Pool—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5333401/what-kate-wore-at-christening/","name":"Kate Middleton Wore an Elegant All-White Ensemble to Prince Louis' Royal Christening"}}]}] ```