Honestly, my favorite Duchess of Cambridge events are the ones where she gets to be a bit sporty or casual. We know all about her collection of button-covered coats and pussybowed ‘80s dresses, but Kate actually has very cute taste in casual jackets and lowkey sweaters (or jumpers, as they’re called in Britain). So I’m enjoying these photos from a fashion perspective, even though Kate brought out her Jeggings of Doom. Still, the jeggings were fine here – appropriate, even. WhatKateWore thinks the ski jacket is an old repeat, from Perfect Moment. I love her green sweater, what we can see of it, at least. As for the event, it was a good one, and Kate added another patronage to her portfolio:
Kate Middleton had some holiday fun with children and families on Wednesday as she announced a new royal role given to her by Queen Elizabeth. The royal mom of three, 37, headed to a farm in the countryside just northwest of London to pick out Christmas trees for the children to take back to their kindergartens and pre-schools linked to the charity Family Action.
Kate, who was decked out in a festive red puffer coat, green sweater, matching green socks and boots, joined the families at Peterley Manor Farm in Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, where she ventured into the “Elves Enchanted Forest” to help make holiday decorations and eco-friendly reindeer food. After finding some festive trees, which families will take to schools run by the charity in Peterborough, they moved back inside to make hot chocolate.
The fun visit came as it was announced that Kate has become patron of Family Action — a role passed on to her by the Queen, 93, who has been the figurehead of the charity for 65 years. Founded in 1869 to help families in difficulty by giving them practical help and support, Family Action now tackles challenges such as financial hardship, mental health and emotional wellbeing, social isolation, parenting difficulties, domestic abuse and substance abuse. It works with vulnerable or disadvantaged children and families — something that aligns closely with the Duchess of Cambridge’s work on supporting children, families and carers during the early years of kids’ lives.
I think it’s slightly funny that basically the only new patronages Kate has added to her portfolio in the past four years or so are ones forced on her by the Queen. Remember the pre-Christmas lunch in 2015, when the Queen was basically like “I’m giving you this patronage, do your photo-op RIGHT NOW.” That was hilarious. At least Kate got some advanced warning with this one, so she got to plan out an outfit with jeggings, hurrah.
Photos courtesy of Getty.
I’m enjoying the hair I guess.
When is she going to do something of value?
I still can’t believe picking out trees and walking through an enchanted forest count as “work” enough to be given palaces, endless amount of taxpayer money, and hugely wasteful, extravagant lifestyles. What nonsense royalty is.
Never. Like the rest of the members of the royal family.
Right, like Sentebale, Invictus Games, or the Prince’s Trust…nothing of value to see there *inserteyeroll*
I’m not arguing royals are curing cancer or solving global warming, but can we please stop pretending they are all the same in terms of their efforts or contributions? The Cambridges have NO legacy. Nothing. And shouldn’t they, as the future-future crown couple? Where is their Prince’s Trust?
Never.
But hey, she can theme dress like no one’s business. “Hmmm…. a Christmas theme! I must wear green and red together!”
Likely never. She has never been disadvantaged, herself. She has little to no experience of any kind to bring to the conversation and she’s boring as a bowl of flavorless oatmeal. The most anyone can hope for, with her as their patron, is that she will show up on occasion here and there and that the photo op and articles about her hair and clothes might also include information about them and what they do.
She will not be a creative or dynamic occupant of her role. She doesn’t know how and nothing in her life has required her to learn.
Ha. If Megan was in this exact spot, I’m sure you would have written “OMG she’s amazing and the work she does is out of this world.” #murica #muricans
So we know those are jeggings? They just look like skinny Jean’s. I like the jewel tones and the sweater is nice. She went Holiday theme, which is fine.
I just think it’s hysterical that she is wearing this combo (of red and green) to go to pick Christmas trees (to make sure everyone KNOWS it’s Christmas trees, dontchaknow!).
To be fair, when I first read the headline, I thought for sure there’d be a red and white STRIPED sweater (candy canes) with a green jacket! lol. We know our Future Keen Kween loves to theme dress!
Or just MAYBE she enjoys being festive.
I can’t really tell the difference between skinny jeans and leggings either. I think maybe one is skinnier and more elasticated? I don’t understand why they’re a problem if jeans would be ok?
Skinny jeans are form-fitting, often stretchy denim, with a functional zipper or button fly and traditional pocket detailing. Jeggings are just leggings that have been tweaked to look like denim jeans but are not: softer material, elastic waistband, often a fake fly and sometimes fake pockets. This site tends to confuse the two, but they are distinguishable from each other. I can’t see close enough to tell which Kate is wearing, but I’d bet on skinny jeans. (Which are still very much the go-to style for a certain type of upper-class mum, much as I’d like them to go away.)
Jeggings/skinny jeans. Potato/Potahto. Camel toe is never in style.
Pretty sure I can make out the royal beaver
Another poster said they saw photos from behind. I saw a video from behind and those jeans are too damned tight and totally obscene for someone like her on official duty. Just goes to show the lack of work experience she has. They’d be OK under a tunic or a longer jacket, but not the way she wore them.
I think they’re just skinny jeans and the reason they’re so tight is that she has to go with a smaller size to fit her very narrow waist. I personally think she should just go up a size and have them tailored down or buy a pair with thicker/stiffer material and it wouldn’t be so pronounced.
I think the difference between skinny jeans and jeggings is the composition of the fabric. Jeggings usually have more spandex in the composition.
I agree, jeggings do have more stretch to them. I wear jeggings from American Eagle and love them so much. The stretch allows me to feel like I’m not wearing real jeans (even though they have a fly zipper and pockets). I’ve got them in every colour I can find. LOL. I can totally understand why Kate loves them so much.
IMO Jeggings are inappropriate at a public event. Evah.
Hate the sausage curls.
Something nice- sounds like a nice charity, she looks engaged.
No one else is dressed like that so it tells you that it’s not appropriate. She can wear the jeggings on her own time and get a pair of jeans that are more modern. The new style is looser boyfriend jeans anyway.
Other photos from the event show her sitting with a group on women who are all wearing skinny jeans.
Nin919: Literally everyone photographed was wearing the same casual, outdoor wear, jeans, boots, etc. But by all means, go off, make stuff up 🤷🏻♀️🤷🏼♀️🤷🏽♀️
If you mean the teens in that one photo they are not wearing jeans as skin tight as her. Besides she is the patron and should be more professional.
No one said that she was the only one wearing jeans, but she is the only one wearing them so skin tight. But once again Kate stans need to exaggerate to justify her unprofessional attire.
I don’t usually mind her skinny jeans or jeggings for certain engagements, but I did see a picture of her from the back and…..yeah I don’t think they were really appropriate.
@Bitchyarchitect: Those aren’t sausage curls.
Thanks for clarifying. What is the terminology I should use to describe this hairstyle? -I’ve had a pixie cut for nearly 20 years so I’m pretty out of it when it comes to long hair.
It looks like her hair has been augmented with a wiglet.
I would say those are beach waves.
@meghan
It’s 2019. Extensions, wigs, pieces, or wiglets aren’t scandalous.
Sausage curls are the round ones – like a sausage – which she used to wear a lot. 🙂
@Nic919
Always shifting the goal posts as usual when caught fibbing lol
@Linda 😆 you can always count on Nic919 to be consistent with her inconsistencies
I’m with Nic. We are not allowed to wear jeggings at work. Hers are so tight as to make her look unprofessional. She’s royalty not a teen, she should dress like an adult at a work event.
Is the thumbs up her new go to gesture?
I give her a pass for the red and green because she is literally handing out Christmas trees for kids. What else was she supposed to wear? I actually think this is one of her better engagements. Trees for hospitals to being sick kids some cheer.
Don’t like the jeans. But one thing I don’t get is the insisting that she has a wig, wiglet, or extensions. She runs her hands through her hair way too much for that to work. Plus she’s always had super thick hair.
Re: the wiglet, she doesn’t always wear it. You can tell when she is because there is a noticeable “lift” to her hair, for lack of a better word. I don’t think she’s wearing one here, bc I don’t think she wore one the night before, but there are definitely some events where its obvious.
I mean, all of the younger royals get patronages from the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh. It makes sense.
I don’t see this as them being forced, or anything. It is simply how it works.
This one makes tonnes of sense with her purported interests, and since it’s a very established initiative, maybe it means Kate can stop with her neverending research and simply amplify the work this very long-lived charity is already doing.
I will never understand her obsession with jeggings. She has extremely short legs relative to her torso and they just accentuate that so much. They’re just so unflattering and for what end??? Is it that necessary to wear jeggings??! Why???
So you are saying there are acceptable body forms and unacceptable body forms?
I’m an apple shaped petite person. My body is acceptable. However, some clothes don’t work for my body type. I think that’s what she is saying.
Kate’s already known to wear dresses that ‘disguise’ her longer torso/shorter legs proportions. She often has the dresses tailored so that the waist is higher; sometimes it’s easy to tell where the natural waistlines of her dresses are supposed to be. But anyway, the point is that Kate tends to wear outfits that are more flattering to her body type. That’s probably what Ladylaw meant.
I think it’s more of: everyone can *still* see that she has great legs, even in “pants”. She *does* have great legs. We all know it. But we don’t have to see them in jeggings. A “regular” pair of jeans, even skinny jeans, wouldn’t be as skin tight as these jeggings she favors. She picks great jackets, now, she has to work on the pants part.
I think she looks great! She is very slim and has an Athletic body type, she can wear pretty much anything she wants to.
I don’t find them unflattering, rather the opposite. she looks really fit. And I don’t get the comments that her outfit is too casual: the man next to her is wearing wellies. 🙂
Also, on their IG there are tons of pics of William in Kuwait and some of them are really funny (unintentionally).
I disagree. She is very slim and athletic and her jeggings highlight that. I love them on her!
Man, her legs are really short.
Yeah, jeggings are not something a professional woman would wear to a work event. I doubt Meghan could get away w jeggings, I’m just saying….🤔
Meghan has worn skinny jeans to events (I don’t think every anything this form-fitting though), but she styles them differently so the look is different (a longer top, etc.)
I keep staring at her hair wondering “do I want to go that short?” which – obviously her hair isn’t short. But mine is almost touching my butt right now haha. That’s a pretty big chop if I do it. And it’s not like I’m sitting here thinking “I wish I had Kate’s exact style” but I do like it just in a general sense – it’s a nice length. I just get major haircut anxiety 🤷
Do we have an ID on the boots? I’ve been considering buying myself a new pair – I want that sort of combat style boot. Maybe a pair of Dr Marten’s … but I’m not sure on their sizing, and I’m not sure if anyone in town sells them. Buying shoes online is so hard, but that’s small town life, I guess.
I know that there’s a lot of jegging hate, but overall I think she looks reasonable for the outing. I’d rather see her in jeggings and boots than a dressier slack and inappropriate footwear, I guess.
I got a great pair of brown combat on Amazon! They have a really good selection and if you’re nervous about buying them online just read the measurements section and thr comments, that tells me if it runs too small or what. Shoe shopping hard!
Thanks! I think I’ll probably end up going the amazon route, or soft moc. As long as I have a decent return policy, it’s not so bad.
John David Shoes in Park Lane and Soft Moc at HSC. 😉
(I think you are in Hfx, right? Sorry, hope it isn’t creepy I remembered that. It’s just neat to see other Bluenoses online so I usually remember that)
Hahah, not creepy at all! I’m actually 3 hours outside of Hali, I’m in South West Nova. I love seeing other bluenosers too! But I do have family living in Halifax, so I could always send them on a fact finding mission before heading up. I was actually just looking at the soft moc site – there’s quite a few options. Thanks so much 🙂
Erinn, my boyfriend’s family is from West La Have! We visited in September, and it was beautiful. Can’t wait to go back.
DM’s are generally true to size, I have about 3 pairs and my normal size fits fine. You may have to break them in but it depends on the leather you go for.
Well, had you told me she was going to be at this event, I would have predicted her outfit and I would have been wrong (I would have predicted one of her field jackets and a sweater with a blouse under it.) So, nice change (at least somewhat, still has the jeggings and boots lol), and this is one time where the theme dressing doesn’t bother me. Wearing red and green to pick out Christmas trees with kids is cute.
Doesn’t the Queen normally assign patronages? I also think those are just regular skinny jeans and they look cute and are appropriate for the setting. I think she looks great here.
Yes, the Queen does do the patronage assignments. While I think this charity is a great fit for Kate, the cynic in says the Queen had a look at Kate’s work events totals for 2019 and told her to get off her ass and do some work before the holidays. As well, it’s likely the RF has been told to look busy and useful to offset the Prince Andrew disaster.
I adore that red jacket, and the sweater is fine. The boots are cute too, but I just do not care for these jeans at all.
Same!
A straight leg fit in a dark wash would have been perfect.
This outfit is horrific.
It would’ve been okay without the usual jeggings. Combined with the color of each piece, the whole look is pretty tacky. Yes it’s a happy, casual Christmas outing, and yet this themed outfit still manages to look awful.
I agree. Those pants are inappropriate for someone in her position. The jacket looks too small to me.
I do like the sweater, what I can see of it. If I were to redesign this look, I’d keep the boots, put a looser jean on her, and get a larger jacket in a different color, not red.
I like the outfit except the colour. Red and green are like christmast tree ornaments
You know that’s why she is wearing those colors! She was probably like – “Christmas trees??? I MUST DRESS IN RED AND GREEN!”
I usually make fun of the theme dressing but I think with the kids and for this event its cute.
Even though it’s a casual setting, skin tight pants seem inappropriate for a royal engagement. She should take a cue from Sophie Wessex who is always smartly dressed & appropriate without being dowdy.
Sophie’s almost 20 years older lol.
Yes, but she looks more modern than Kate does in her 1983 housewife dresses 😉
@carmen, agree! I’m 43, I wouldn’t wear jeggings to a work event
I’m confused why these keep being called jeggings. They look like regular skinny jeans, which is appropriate to wear at a Christmas tree event imo.
Me too! These are skinny jeans not jeggings. If you look at other pics from the event there are several other women wearing almost the same thing, some even more casual than Kate
They are allowed to be more casual. Kate is a Duchess, representing TQ/Royalty. This is a work event. She *should* look a bit “more” than folksy casual (IMO) when she’s “on duty”. I think she really should keep the skin-tight jeggings for personal time.
Eh, these days there’s a lot of jeggings that imitate the look of skinny jeans better. Whichever she’s wearing, it’s definitely not appropriate; these photos don’t really show it though. I saw a video of this visit on Twitter and the jeggings/skinny jeans were like a second skin on her.
Kaity keen is DESPERATE to look relatable! I hatd her sausage rolls. It’s so childish and I’m guessing that’s what she wanted!!
Another charity that will be forgotten past 4th visit! Let’s see if the new year brings any change in relation to her work load🙄
It’s a big deal that the Queen gave this to Kate. The organization is 150 years old and has only had two royal patrons for all 150 years – Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth. QEII took over after her grandmother’s death in 1953. Now (future) Queen Catherine is the patron. I don’t think it was forced on Kate at all.
Given Kate didn’t respect the Irish Guards tradition enough to show up in 2016 after 115 years of royal women attending I doubt she cares much about this charity or its history.
That 115 years of royal women at the Irish Guards thing continues, and isn’t true. Please look it up. The Queen Mother did it for many many years, and it was a great tradition without the exaggerations.
@Erin – if my memory serves me correctly, it only continues because Anne stepped in to do it that time Kate skipped.
Kate does so few work events, its pretty mind-blowing that she skipped a traditional one like that because she just didn’t feel like doing it.
Also I bet the Queen is hoping that giving it to Kate will ensure she is the patron for a LONG time to keep the tradition going.
That’s future, future Queen Consort and I predict she will drop it the minute the Queen’s gone, if not sooner. I actually expect the two of them to shed a great deal of their patronages as soon as she’s gone. If you think this pair is lazy now, wait until what they fear has left the picture.
You’re disgusting, Lady D
No, I’m not. You honestly think I have any respect left for the Queen?
Disgusting should be used when talking about Andrew. Being critical of someone’s work ethic is not even on the same level.
how is that disgusting?
Kate’s aides came out and said that she would is going to become increasingly pickier about what engagements she does, and that they are going to focus on a few key issues and only have relatively few patronages (compared to the Queen and Charles.) Considering how few engagements she already does, its natural to conclude that they have no plans to become less lazy.
Disgusting? Really? Please explain what exactly was so “disgusting” about that statement.
I really heart you guys, thank you.
I don’t think this patronage was forced on Kate at all and I doubt she’ll drop it like some people are predicting. She visited a location in 2017 and just this past January, and she and Will visited their “Family Monsters Garden” at the Chelsea Flower Show. (Not saying that’s an incredible amount of work on their behalf or anything, just that she has some experience with them.) I also saw elsewhere that Aida Cable, who does Early Years work at the Royal Foundation, is a trustee for Family Action and Family Action’s CEO is on the Early Years steering group Kate convened. So, yeah… I think this handover has been in the works for a while.
Skipping right over Camilla – good.
Cute outfit, casual event, jeggings smeggings. Am happy she’s doing something and looks happy doing it. Certaintly the good press and a little friendly competition has done her some good. Should keep it up ,!
Ask Meghan how friendly the competition has been. What might be a friendly competition/game for Kate, was also a let’s see if we can get Meg to miscarry while embiggening the FFQC game, for the press.
Excellent point, Lady D!
It’s not the skin tight pants that bother me…It’s just the the outfit is bad. Red and green is tacky, but we’ll let it pass for Christmas…then the green socks have nothing to do with the rest of the outfit and her jeans are bunched into them because the boots aren’t high enough. If you had told me she were shoveling manure from the horse stalls, I would understand.
As it were, I just don’t understand this outfit. It just shows this woman does not know how to appropriately dress at this stage in her life and career. Mind boggling.
Seriously if she wore a Santa hat and was holding a pumpkin spice latte, the look would be on point.
Loosen up. She’s at a Christmasy festive event. She put together a fun and playful look that makes her easier to relate to by the youth. If she came in a skirt and heels everyone would be complaining about how distant and elitist she is.
Does anyone know how many official patronages the young royals have? It’d be interesting to know which of their patronages align with their causes/interests such as mental health, early child development, education, etc.
You can search for them on royal.uk.
Kate is the patron of 18 organizations. Honestly, I think she does one event a year for each one. And I think probably half of them were given to her in the past 2 years.
Meghan is the patron of 6 organizations, I expect that will increase in the next year or so.
William is patron of 38 and Harry is patron of 20. I assume both of those will pick up several more in the next few years as the Queen steps down from more.
I’ll point out for Harry, Invictus Games is not listed (maybe bc hes not considered a “patron” of it?) but Sentebale is.
Also there will be a few more openings since pedo Andrew’s patronages all dropped him like hot bricks. I’m sure some of the Royals will get them, assuming those organizations want anything to do with the Royal family after Andrew.
She’s wearing skinny jeans, “jeggings” aren’t a thing anymore. I wear skinny jeans like this when I am being casual. People on here prob can’t fit into skinny jeans which is why they constantly refer to them as “jeggings”. Ohhhh sorry skinny shaming us slim women is the only thing acceptable on these threads. I forgot…… I’ll just go ahead and eat my burger & fries to put more weight on to become unhealthy!
You’re always on here going on and on about body types and calling the other posters fat in some way, you seem to have self-esteem issues about your own body, look into it.
Yes, she rarely misses a chance to mention her ‘right’ weight. Maybe she had to work really hard for it? Or perhaps she’s terrified she will be that way one day? Hangry? Ornery and cranky like Yosemite Sam?
Jeggings are totally still a Thing, and so are skinnies. I see both on the street all the time. The distinction is really about the fabric anyway. People are losing their minds over this.
She looks engaged. She looks FINE. I would wear this (and no, I’m not skinny – but I have skinny jeans). So, please get over yourself.
No one was skinny shaming. People are style shaming.
Enjoy your burger and fries!
What a horrible thing to say. Go stuff your face.
This is her kind of one off event but what will she do with it? Sounds like a great charity. Honestly, not crazy about the look. It’s very 25 yo Kate, especially those jeans. Would prefer something more up to date. She’s starting to look a bit like Ally McBeal ( late 90s- dating myself) , with that lollipop head.
I wear skinny jeans with a lot of stretch when I’m doing stuff with my niece and nephew. Old girl was squatting and picking up trees, do you want her to do that in trousers and heels?
She missed a chance to wear her favourite boots, and I’d really like to see her in a pair of Levi’s bootcut. With her frame, she would look good in them. Or Silver ™ jeans. The give the no ass look (like mine) a boost.
I dislike her intensely so this is not coming from a place of admiration but I think this outfit looks fine and I didn’t cringe at the jean/jeggings which often fit her strangely. These work well with the boots.
Yuck. Skinny jeans or Jeggings don’t look good on her.
I don’t think so either!
Most likely a very unpopular opinion, but I really have never quite seen the problem with Kate’s jeggings. I don’t think its either she or title inappproaite given she doesn’t wear wearing them cropt tops up to her boobs and cleavage on display for God and everyone. These are actually some of my favorite looks of Kate’s. I think she looks most confident and natural in this brand of casual, athletic type attire.
Everyone has their sartorial pet peeves and I just this is just a look I happen to personally like. It just seems there are many substantial matters that would be fair criticism and I understand the website is called Celebitchy and a place for snark…I’m just always a big lost as to why this is so bad. It’s a good look for her, she seems to feel comfortable 🤷♀️
I personally don’t care for any of her jeggings because they look cheap and thin, and stretchy. I like the Zara olive ones she wears occasionally, but these are an exception.
She does look good in regular trousers.
I don’t mind the jeggings/skinny jeans in general, especially when she wears them to an event like this. Sometimes she wears them and they are styled horribly, but this is a nice look overall IMO. But, like I said above, I saw a picture of these from the back, and they looked way too tight. Like, I don’t think I would wear them in public without a tunic/longish sweater on top.
I think it makes sense, from a continuity standpoint, for the younger royals to take on patronages from the Queen/DoE, instead of adding new charities to the mix at this stage of the game. They have hundreds of patronages between them, and those patronages are becoming increasingly lost in the shuffle as they get older – and many of them haven’t been visited in years. If there are charities in there that align with the younger generation’s interests and focuses, why not let them take them over now, in stages, rather than trying to distribute them all (or some of them, I doubt all will keep a royal patron) in a mad rush when those two pass away? Not saying they should take on *just* those charities as patronages, but I don’t think it means it’s being forced on them either, just that they’re planning ahead for that transition.
@MEGO
You should go see emily nash’s picture of her turning back to grab the tree!🤦♀️almost see through leggings
Yes, it did not look right.
For this event Kate should be causal. However, the leggings and/or skinny jeans were way to tight. When she turned her back it was obvious.
Yeah that didn’t look good at all. A longer jacket would have been much better.
You’re right a longer jacket would have worked better.
She looks unprofessional and skin-tight jeggings are NOT appropriate to her position in the BRF.
+100
Agree
Shes lucky to have tabloids on her side🙄 they would’ve brought the fashion & body language critic s for Meghan
Ikr?! They would be all over Meghan is she wore this outfit
Some store call tighter jeans jeggings even if they have a zipper. I love them because I have skinny legs and a big butt. So they tend to look better on me than jeans that have bigger legs.
I love wearing red and green in December. Why not? It’s fun!
I find jeggings rather comfy and I am far curvier than Kate. My big question is is the wiglet back?
Theme dressing is her thing and I don’t mind that too much. The jacket I like but its a no for the skin tight jeggings – look at photo’s from the back and you will see why. If another Duchess wore these to an event she’d be crucified for her ‘unbecoming’ ways.
Am I the only one who doesn’t think that Kate has “extremely short legs”? Even Harry was rumoured to be complimentary of Kate’s legs back in the day.
It’s her proportions, long upper body, broad shoulders extremely narrow hips, and shorter legs in proportion
Thank you for your seasonal colour cooridination, here, heres a million pounds.
She’s still theme dressing 😂 Long live the Jeggings of Doom!
Is it just me or has her sausage curls gone when someone arrived on tne scene?
She looks like she’s about to pull her wedgie in the clip, but remembered the cameras lol. The body hugging jeggings are not apporpriate especially since she pairs it with shorter top to elongate her legs it exposes too much butt.
people on here saying she has short legs makes me laugh. If you say it enough maybe it will be true
Like the coat. Dislike the pants.
[*I will always dislike those pants.*]