Kate Middleton Slammed At Fashion Week For Not Setting Trends: 'She Blends Into A Crowd'
Posted on Sep 14, 2011 @ 03:30AM
By Alexis Tereszcuk - Radar Senior Reporter
Kate Middleton isn’t at New York’s fashion week, but she’s the big topic of conversation there, and a lot of it isn’t very nice.
When the Duchess of Cambridge is pictured wearing a new outfit it flies off the shelves and crashes retailers websites, but the New York fashion crowd doesn’t seem to be very impressed with her sense of style.
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Gregg Andrews, the fashion director at Nordstrom had a backhanded compliment for Kate: “She is stylish, but she’s not setting trends, she’s following trends. If you take Kate out of the Royal Family, put her on a street in New York, you wouldn’t look at her twice. She’s a beautiful woman, but she blends into a crowd," he said.
Ouch!
Elle magazine fashion news director Anne Slowey was a little more kind to the 29-year-old future Queen of England: “Is she a style icon of the likes of a Kate Moss? Absolutely not. Is she in the public eye? Are people going to become obsessed with everything she wears regardless of what it is? Yes.”
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Neiman Marcus fashion director Ken Downing acknowledged that Kate does have influence over the fashion world: “Is she iconic at the moment? Time will tell. She’s certainly influential. In the position that she’s in you can’t be simply stunning as she is and not have influence,” he said.
Do you think Kate Middleton is a style icon, or just a popular woman with pretty clothes? Tell us in the comments section below!
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Posted Wed, 09/14/2011 - 5:53pm
"style icons" are jokes. Kate has a timeless look so when people from 2560 look back they'll say she is beautiful & geniune looking, then look at women like Lady Gaga and gasp in fright.
Posted Wed, 09/14/2011 - 11:36am
These idiots are just pissed because they want her to wear stuff that will "fly off THEIR shelves". She doesn't owe them the favor of pimping their clothes for their sales quota. Kate, you rock! Do your thing and wear whatever u like OFTEN!
Posted Wed, 09/14/2011 - 10:04am
I think she really doesn't care what the fashion industry thinks, neither do most normal people. The fact that she is comfortable wearing the same thing twice is proof enough. Love her attitude, love her style, she is a timeless, classic beauty.
Posted Wed, 09/14/2011 - 9:38am
DITTO!!!
Posted Wed, 09/14/2011 - 10:04am
Greg Andrews sounds like an azzhat.
Posted Wed, 09/14/2011 - 9:36am
Leggings and doing coke make a person a style icon? KateMoss is a model and a wreck what icon? DuchM buys retail and retail markets follow trends set from the runways at least 2 seasons ago...so duh.
Posted Wed, 09/14/2011 - 9:24am
Way to go Kate. There is more in life than clothes and I guess you have more important things you care about. This shows you have class young lady and I applaud you!!
Posted Wed, 09/14/2011 - 8:56am
Haha wow people have nothing better to complain about? You could put her in a trash bag and she'd still stand out because she's beautiful. She has class, something that is rare these days.
Posted Wed, 09/14/2011 - 6:51am
She stands out beautifully but clothes do not make her...When you look at something so cheap at Leanne Rimes or warped like Chastity Bono you can get used to freaky but then you see someone like Kate and it feels good to see it..
Posted Wed, 09/14/2011 - 6:46am