While at London Fashion Week last month, I wrote a story for The Weekly Standard on the “Middleton Effect” on London Fashion Week. In my story, which you can read online here, you’ll get my take on Kate Middleton’s role as a fashion icon as well as a taste of collections like Vivienne Westwood, Lee Klabin, and Maria Francesca Pepe. An excerpt:

Kate Middleton…is on the cover of tabloids across the globe, and as an attractive and polished woman in the public eye, she’s a candidate to have designers at her feet, as William’s late mother, Princess Diana did. Or, for that matter, as Michelle Obama does across the pond. A former accessories buyer for a mid-priced British boutique chain, Kate has fashion chops and chooses pitch-perfect outfits, such as the royal blue silk jersey dress she wore for the engagement announcement, designed by Daniella Helayel of Issa London.

Despite the media obsession with the royal bride and her every feathered fascinator, and the yet-to-be-named designer of her wedding gown, the fashion industry here isn’t wholly focused on wooing her.

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Kate Middleton in Issa