The Duchess of Cambridge eschewed her wardrobe of tried-and-tested designers today, and turned to fashion favourite Gucci for a visit to the V&A.
Gucci has been top of editors’ wish lists since Alessandro Michele took the helm as creative director in January 2015. He is widely credited with bringing the fun back into fashion, with maximalist, gender-fluid designs and sell-out accessories, like fur-lined loafers and highly embellished handbags.
The Duchess, who is known for her classic style, was yet to step into Michele’s flamboyant fashion scene. Until today. To open the V&A museum’s new Exhibition Road quarter, she chose a monochrome tweed dress with symmetrical grosgrain ribbon detailing, pockets and buttons from the pre-fall 2017 collection. It retails for £1,790 from gucci.com.
A red version of the dress appears in Gucci’s pre-fall lookbook, but appears completely different to the Duchess’s owing to Michele’s eclectic styling. Where the Duchess chose a pair of safe navy LK Bennett heels, a red clutch and Annoushka pearl earrings to offset her dress, Michele added a pair of slim tracksuit bottoms, logo socks, bow-embellished silver heels and mismatching jewellery into the mix.
Introducing a new style direction – the Duchess has previously worn Gucci, but not Michele's designs – into her carefully curated wardrobe is the latest example of the Duchess growing in sartorial confidence. Earlier this month, she tried a new colour-pop pink hue and a cropped flared trouser style. Along with today’s Alessandro Michele design, each is a perfect example of how she and stylist Natasha Archer are building her royal profile as an ever-appropriate, ever-stylish dresser.
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