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GOING SUPER-TIGHT ON SAFARI
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Kate Middleton’s 22 Most Controversial Outfits
She's worn skinny jeans plenty of times, but her Zara trousers on safari in India were "tight enough to accentuate more of Kate's assets than are acceptable for a Royal wife," sniffed one blogger. Photo: Getty
SHOWING HER KNEES
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Kate Middleton’s 22 Most Controversial Outfits
Even with all of these rules decreed by the Queen, Kate still manages a rebellion every once in a while. Just get a load of those knee caps she showed off at the Queen's 90th birthday celebration! Photo: Getty
MIXING UP COUNTRIES
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Kate Middleton’s 22 Most Controversial Outfits
While visiting the Solomon Islands in 2012, Kate accidentally wore a dress by a designer from the Cook Islands, a different country that's about 3,000 miles away. It was one cute sundress that led to multiple press releases. Photo: Getty
PLAYING PEEKABOO
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Kate Middleton’s 22 Most Controversial Outfits
During the Cambridges' tour of Canada, Kate's floaty yellow dress got a little too floaty. Photo: Getty
STANDING OUT IN RED
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Kate Middleton’s 22 Most Controversial Outfits
At the Queen's Diamond Jubilee in 2012, Kate must have missed the memo from her in-laws to wear a neutral outfit. Calling her red suit "as striking as it was inappropriate," the Daily Mail's headline for the event said: "Did Kate really have to steal the show in her scarlet dress?" Photo: Getty
REPEATING OUTFITS
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Kate Middleton’s 22 Most Controversial Outfits
With all the attention on her style, it's a significant decision when Kate decides to wear the same look twice. Yes, she repeats staples like shoes and jewelry, but she's worn this particular Roksanda Ilinic dress to at least four major functions. Photo: Getty
FORGOING WEIGHTED SKIRTS
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Kate Middleton’s 22 Most Controversial Outfits
While in Australia, Kate had another skirt blow up in front of photographers, prompting the New York Post to say, "Mooning the world is the most interesting thing Kate Middleton has done." Photo: Getty
SHOWING MAJOR SKIN
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Kate Middleton’s 22 Most Controversial Outfits
Kate wore this completely transparent lace dress at a charity fashion show in college, and legend has it that the frock is responsible for catching William's eye for the first time. Designer Charlotte Todd has called it "a piece of fashion history." Photo: Getty
WEARING SHORT SHORTS
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Kate Middleton’s 22 Most Controversial Outfits
During their separation in 2008, Kate attended a charity event at a disco clad in tiny shorts, a sequined halter top and roller skates. The Daily Mail called the look "inelegant" and reported that royal sources were "appalled" by "a most unladylike display." Photo: Getty
STICKING WITH SKINNY JEANS
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Kate Middleton’s 22 Most Controversial Outfits
You wouldn't catch Queen Elizabeth dead in skintight pants that leave nothing to the imagination ... but they also weren't in fashion when she was Kate's age! Her tendency to wear jeggings was cited as one reason British researchers now caution women to be careful about the circulatory complications that come with these pants. Photo: Getty
INSPIRING A WIKIPEDIA PAGE
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Kate Middleton’s 22 Most Controversial Outfits
Kate Middleton's Alexander McQueen wedding dress was such an exciting fashion moment that the gown earned its own Wikipedia page — prompting some royal haters to demand the company take it down. "The sheer presence of this article is one of the lowest points ever reached by Wikipedia!" complained one commenter, as discussed at a conference.Photo: Getty
SHOWING TOO MUCH THIGH
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Kate Middleton’s 22 Most Controversial Outfits
After yet another short skirt flapped up in the breeze, the Queen reportedly demanded a makeover for Kate in 2014, prior to her tour in Australia and New Zealand. Photo: Getty
ROCKING TOO MANY WEDGES
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Kate Middleton’s 22 Most Controversial Outfits
Along with her shorter hemlines, the Queen rung the death knell for Kate's ubiquitous wedges, her shoe of choice for many casual public appearances. Photo: Getty
HURTING OUR EYEBALLS
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Kate Middleton’s 22 Most Controversial Outfits
Royals fans were divided on Kate's loud, ruffly Erdem dress, but one fashion blogger said it was "hideous," "horrible," and that "the sight of it gives me heart palpitations and makes me want to cry." Photo: Getty
WEARING RED TO WIMBLEDON
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Kate Middleton’s 22 Most Controversial Outfits
Wimbledon has a notoriously strict dress code — all white, down to women's bra straps — but those rules typically don't extend to spectators. That said, Kate only wore white dresses until the last tournament, when she turned heads in red. Photo: Getty
PLAYING A ROLE IN A LAWSUIT
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Kate Middleton’s 22 Most Controversial Outfits
Years after her wedding, Kate's Alexander McQueen gown made headlines when designer Christine Kendall sued the fashion house for breach of copyright. She claimed McQueen stole her initial sketches for the dress, and the case is still pending. Photo: Getty
BEING TOO BUTTONED UP
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Kate Middleton’s 22 Most Controversial Outfits
The Daily Mail officially declared Kate the "Duchess of Drab" following the Queen's style makeover, calling out this coat dress in particular for being too stiff. Photo: Getty
WEARING FUR GLOVES
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Kate Middleton’s 22 Most Controversial Outfits
Shortly after releasing fun-filled photos of a family skiing vacation, Kate was criticized by PETA for wearing fur-lined gloves on the slopes. Photo: Getty
SKEWING TOO CONSERVATIVE
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Kate Middleton’s 22 Most Controversial Outfits
"Why Does Kate Middleton Dress Like She's 50?" asked the Daily Beast after she wore a conservative suit to daughter Charlotte's christening. Photo: Getty
STAYING TOO "DRAB"
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Kate Middleton’s 22 Most Controversial Outfits
Fans anticipated that the Cambridges' tour of India and Bhutan would be a nonstop parade of brilliant southeastern style, but the Independent called Kate's subdued choices "embarrassing" "dowdy," dreary" and "lacking pizzazz." Photo: Getty
GOING MARILYN MONROE
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Kate Middleton’s 22 Most Controversial Outfits
GOING MARILYN MONROE
In her most painful wardrobe malfunction to date, Kate's cream dress flew up while she was placing a wreath at a war memorial in Delhi, India. Photo: Getty
BEING BAREFOOT
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Kate Middleton’s 22 Most Controversial Outfits
The same day, Kate slipped off her shoes at the Gandhi Smiriti museum as a basic sign of respect — and was met with nervous breakdowns across the U.K. over her unpolished toes. "Corns, clawed toes, bunions AND fallen arches" cried the Daily Mail. Photo: Getty
