--- title: Kate Middleton Outfit Repeats, Proves She's Mortal description: Kate Middleton wore a gorgeous Jenny Packham gown to a benefit, but she wore the same dress in 2011 after her marriage to Prince William. canonical: https://time.com/4379618/kate-middleton-outfit-repeat/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-06-23T14:53:05.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:02:47.721Z og:title: Kate Middleton Loves to Wear Her Old Clothes og:description: Duchesses! 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They're just like us twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb748190129b75066/6988990f8e060166f1466664/kate-middleton-outfit-repeating-dress.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Kate Middleton Loves to Wear Her Old Clothes by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jun 23, 2016 2:53 PM UTC  KING'S LYNN, ENGLAND - JUNE 22: HRH Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge attend a gala dinner in support of East Anglia's Children's Hospices' nook appeal at Houghton Hall on June 22, 2016 in King's Lynn, England. (Photo by Stephen Pond/Getty Images) KING'S LYNN, ENGLAND - JUNE 22: HRH Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge attend a gala dinner in support of East Anglia's Children's Hospices' nook appeal at Houghton Hall on June 22, 2016 in King's Lynn, England. (Photo by Stephen Pond/Getty Images)Stephen Pond/Getty Images by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jun 23, 2016 2:53 PM UTC Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton lives a storybook life by most standards: She’s married to Prince William, has [two adorable children](http://motto.time.com/4314409/princess-charlotte-fashion/) and possesses arguably one of the best closets in the Western Hemisphere. On Wednesday Prince William and the Duchess attended the East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices Gala in Houghton Hall, Norfolk, where she wore a striking—yet familiar, Jenny Packham gown. [Harper’s Bazaar p](http://www.harpersbazaar.com/fashion/news/a16273/kate-middleton-rewears-jenny-packham-gown/)[oints out](http://www.harpersbazaar.com/fashion/news/a16273/kate-middleton-rewears-jenny-packham-gown/) that Kate Middleton wore the dress once before—in June 2011 during her first official royal outing at Kensington Palace with Prince William after their [marriage in April 2011](http://time.com/3776718/close-up-pictures-from-the-royal-wedding-day/). [_Follow Motto on Facebook_](https://www.facebook.com/mottoworkplaylive/)_._ Kate is no stranger to recycling fashion—like with her [favorite brown Lock & Co. hat](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/duchess-kate-outfit-repeat-hat-coat%5Fus%5F56c5c3c4e4b0c3c55053d621) and stunning red [Alexander McQueen suit](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/duchess-kate-middleton-outfit-repeat%5Fus%5F56700ce9e4b0fccee16fc63d). Recently, she even wore a suit from _10 years ago._ She also is known to shop at slightly more accessible labels like Topshop and Zara, giving us all hope that we too could actually capture her style at a civilian price point. So even though she’s a fashion icon—with a [Vogue cover](http://motto.time.com/4315009/kate-middleton-british-vogue/) to boot!—Kate is (sort of) just like us. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4379618/kate-middleton-outfit-repeat/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4379618/kate-middleton-outfit-repeat/"},"headline":"Kate Middleton Loves to Wear Her Old Clothes","datePublished":"2016-06-23T14:53:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:02:47.721Z","description":"Duchesses! 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