If you’d told me a year ago that Kate Middleton and I would own the same dress, I’d have eaten my fascinator. Well, if I owned one. But this is 2020, friends, and we live in strange times. Previously a champion of utterly lovely, always appropriate, but very muchfashion forward pieces, since returning for maternity leave in autumn 2018, Kate’s been embracing athe Falconetti from The Vampire’s Wife
It’s a savvy choice. As Bethan Holt, fashion news and features director of The Telegraph explains: ‘Kate’s Vampire’s Wife dress might look like a mere jazzy party frock but it actually means so much. It shows how confident she’s become and how she now really wants to be seen as fashion-forward rather than simply well-dressed... there’s a massive difference. Kate was very careful not to embrace trends too much at the start because she didn’t want to be seen as a fashion plate as Diana had been.
Much of the appeal is down to those ultra-flattering silhouettes: nipped in at the waist, covering the shoulders, often in. ‘Sophisticated, sexy and body conscious without being overt, The Vampire’s Wife has been a favourite of ours for many years,’ says Heather Gramston, Browns’ head of womenswear. ‘This season we’ve collaborated with the brand on a few exclusive styles which are already performing exceptionally well with our customers’.