Kate Middleton’s a Proud Outfit Repeater, Just Like Us! See Her Best Recycled Looks From Over the Years

Kate Middleton is an outfit recycling queen … er, well, duchess! The 38-year-old mom of three won’t necessarily wear the same sweatpants three days in a row like Us, but she’s unafraid to rewear her fashion favorites on special occasions.

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Take one of her go-tos, for example: her blue Alexander McQueen coat that’s made several appearances over the years. She debuted the pretty closet staple in 2014 and it’s earned a total of four public appearances, which is truly impressive for a royal.

It just so happens that the brunette beauty is a big fan of the luxury British label. Another piece that's made headlines is the white-and-gold polkadot gown she wore to the BAFTAs on February 2, 2020. The stunner styled the look with a matching gold clutch and dangly earrings. Eight years prior, Middleton wore the same dress to a fancy state dinner while on a royal tour of Malaysia. From a glance, it even looks like she accessorized with the same pieces!

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Just when you think the royal’s retired an outfit for good, she casually wears it again and makes it look ten times better than the previous time. A recent example is the mom’s white Reiss peacoat, which she packed in her luggage for her three-day tour of Ireland and wore on March 4, 2020. Get this: the last time she wore it was in 2008, when she wasn’t even engaged to Prince William yet!

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We don't know about you, but Us Weekly's dying to know Middleton's secret to holding on to nearly every fashion item she's acquired in the past 15+ years. While you daydream about the size of her closet, Us invites you to scroll through to see some of the duchess' best outfit rewears, including the aforementioned looks and more!

Fourth time's the charm! For her visit to the Imperial War Museum in November 2021, the royal paired her Catherine Walker navy coat with a military-inspired blouse that she previously wore on three separate occasions. She first wore the top in 2011, again in 2014 and most recently, in 2016 to an engagement in Portsmouth.

The royal looked stunning in a houndstooth-print Zara dress, Hugo Boss heels and Mappin and Webb Empress earrings while visiting University College London in October 2021. The Duchess of Cambridge previously wore the belted dress in January 2020 when she visited Bradford in West Yorkshire with Prince William. 

The Duchess of Cambridge was a vision in white in May 2021 while virtually celebrating the end of Nursing Now, a three-year campaign that supported the profession. She previously wore the peplum-style Alexander McQueen dress in Warsaw, Poland, during the royal tour in 2017.

In a video released on the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s YouTube channel in May 2021, Kate is seen wearing the same $151 Whistles blouse she wore for her engagement photo shoot with Prince William in 2010. This time around, while talking with a participant from her Hold Still photography competition, the duchess styled the cream-color top with black pants.

When arriving at the Edinburgh Waverley Station in Scotland, the duchess stunned in a perfectly tailored Catherine Walker coat. She was originally spotted in this piece back in January 2019 while attending a Sunday morning church service at St. Mary Magdalene Church in Norfolk.

The Duchess of Cambridge met with parents that were helped by support networks during the Covid-19 pandemic on September 22, 2020. For the laid-back affair, she paired pink Mark & Spencer ankle-cut pants with a white T-shirt and matching sneakers. The $59 trousers are actually part of a pantsuit that she last wore when visiting a London Ambulance Service call center in Croydon on March 19, 2020.

During a visit to the London Bridge Jobcentre on September 15, 2020, the royal rewore a $700 red Beulah London floral dress with tan Ralph Lauren heels. She was originally spotted in this number back in May when appearing on a Zoom meeting for Heads Together in honor of Mental Health Awareness Week.

On June 9, 2020, the duchess recycled the summery number for a Zoom call to share some of her favorite photographs submitted to the Hold Still project. She's worn it a bunch of times over the years, but she debuted it for the first time on July 19, 2012, at the National Portrait Gallery.

The Duchess of Cambridge attended the Commonwealth Day Service on March 9, 2020, looking positively radiant in a monochrome red ensemble. The British royal wore a long double-breasted Catherine Walker coat that she last wore publicly on Christmas Day 2018! This time around, she paired the fabulous number with matching heels, a velvet clutch and a hat adorned with flowers.

Peacoat perfection! The royal looked sophisticated in a chic white Reiss peacoat on day 2 of her three-day tour of Ireland. Her last public debut of the stylish topper was in 2008, when she wore it to her 26th birthday dinner with then-boyfriend, Prince William.

A red carpet repeat! For the 73rd annual British Academy Film Awards on February 2, 2020, the duchess donned a white-and-gold Alexander McQueen gown that she last wore to attend a state dinner in Malaysia on September 13, 2012.

On January 27, 2020, the royal visited the Evelina Children's Hospital in London, wearing a chic Dolce & Gabbana skirt suit. The last time she wore it was to attend a mental health conference on February 13, 2019.

A royal favorite! The mom of three donned her beloved blue Alexander McQueen coat to attend an event with Prince William on September 26, 2019. She’s worn it on multiple occasions, the most recent being three years prior on February 7, 2016. 

Whenever the brunette beauty wears this off-the-shoulder Barbara Casasola number, people justifiably lose their minds. The last time she wore it was to a gala dinner for the UK-based charity Action on Addiction. Previously, she turned heads in it at the Art Fund Museum of the Year prize event on July 6, 2016.

The duchess wore a summery Alexander McQueen dress to the royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on May 19, 2018. She also wore it to Princess Charlotte’s christening on July 5, 2015.