She has been called ‘perfect’ for her style sense, has been voted as the most influential style icon of UK, has had a trench coat named after her, even had the media splash a ‘copyKate’ headline to classify fans of her style notes… 
But fashion is the last thing that Kate Middleton, Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, has associated herself with.
For someone who famously said, “I don’t know if I have a favourite colour,” Kate Middleton is a classic style icon, indeed. With her pure sartorial elegance she has influenced millions of women’s wardrobe choices. What, perhaps, makes her style feel easy and comfortable, is her preference for high street fashion, more so since she is expected, as a member of the Royal Family, to wear clothes that are beyond the reach of average women.
The perfectly groomed Duchess has been seen in a variety of high street clothes that have made her an endearing style icon. Her picks have made these clothes instant bestsellers, with fashionistas flocking to the high street stores to buy their share of Kate style. Whatever she wears is said to be sold in minutes. 
She remains down to earth in her fashion ensemble and hasn’t coveted any designer labels to prove her style statement. In fact, she is quoted to have said, rather in jest,
“By far the best dressing up outfit I ever had was a wonderful pair of clown dungarees, which my Granny made.”
Kate is not afraid to repeat her clothes and, generally, opts for cheery pieces that complement her body. But that doesn’t take away from her the poise and the elegance with which she carries every outfit that she wears – whether it is a formal occasion or a sporting affair.
Interestingly, style was not always her forte. Born Catherine Elizabeth Middleton, she had her share of bullying as a young student for her looks and the way she turned up to school. Following her parents’ success in business, which made the Middleton family multi-millionaires, she’d attended prestigious boarding schools, but things were not in her favour. While she is said to have left the exclusive Downe House all-girls boarding school due to bullying and taunts from other students, it was the two out of ten rating that some of the boys in her new school gave her that crushed her. The rating of new students, by older boys in the campus, was based on attractiveness and personality of the girls.
From that initial setback to her present status, not just as the Duchess of Cambridge, but as the most stylish woman in Britain, Kate Middleton has lived her style protocol by her own standards. As she says, “I’m still very much Kate.”