Kate Middleton Embraces Vintage-Inspired Wool Tailoring

We are nearly two months into the year and Kate Middleton has attended several engagements. Earlier, she made a surprise visit to London’s Charing Cross before heading to Bradford in her Baker boy hat and braid. On Tuesday, February 3, the Princess of Wales continued her schedule with a tour of textile factories in West Wales. She stopped at Melin Tregwynt, a woolen mill set in a wooded valley along the Pembrokeshire coast.

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The Princess of Wales arrived in an outfit referencing the textile surroundings. She wore a red coat featuring a vintage-rose design, crafted from Welsh tapestry wool in a 1960s-inspired pattern.

Beneath the coat, she paired dark grey Victoria Beckham trousers with an olive turtleneck, completing the look with suede heels from Gianvito Rossi, continuing her familiar tailored, blazer-style dressing for the visit to the textile factory.

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The Princess of Wales showed a keen interest in the craft, reportedly speaking with staff and also watching the weavers at their looms to learn about the double-cloth weaving process and blankets production.

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This was not her first visit to textile mills. She has made several trips to promote British textile craftsmanship, which are significant to her family’s heritage. Last fall, she toured mills in Suffolk, including one that has been operating for more than 300 years. In 2023, she visited AW Hainsworth in Leeds, established in 1783 and still producing woolen cloth and other fabrics today.

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Her choice of a tapestry-inspired coat and carefully tailored pieces was in line with her recent experience in Stirling, Scotland at the Radical Weavers charity, where she tried her hand at traditional tartan weaving.