Kate's Style: Smart, Chic Fashion from a Royal Role Model Paperback – January 1, 2013

I read the reviews so far and cannot say I agree with all of them. I pre-ordered this book the moment I saw it featured on Amazon.com......I am an avid fan of Princess Diana and by extension -- also Kate Middleton / Catherine Duchess of Cambridge.......I am a member of facebook group page & website of Diana's Legacy and on the website I host a page about the Royal Dolls, along with hosting a group page for the Diana & Kate dolls on facebook. We have featured several doll seamstresses on the website, who take Diana and Kate's fashions and reproduce them for the Franklin Mint 16" Princess Diana and Kate Middleton (engagement / bride) dolls. We are always sharing pics from the internet to help these seamstresses re-create the outfits worn by both Diana & Kate. Even the jewelry, accessories, shoes, etc. We are very passionate about this also....This book is a great resource for these seamstresses - pics of the outfit, where she wore the outfit first, etc. In the next book I would like to see them show the backs of the outfit too - that view helps these seamstresses greatly.... Overall, I was overjoyed to receive this book and was not disappointed.I read in one of the previous reviews about the bad picture taken of Kate at the closing ceremony for the London Olympics --- I went on line and pulled up the numerous shots of that evening..... as bad as this shot is, it is one of the few taken that evening that shows the full length view of Kate's dress.... all the other pics she is behind the partial wall where she was seated - even when she is standing the wall comes up to mid thigh on her - shots of her talking with the Prime Minister and his wife before they were seated, never show a full shot of Kate. So I believe out of all the pics taken that evening.... this was the best full-length view of the dress.And I realize that no matter how through these editors / writers / fashion people thought they were being - you can never satisfy everyone - someone will be overly critical over something.... and maybe the overly critical readers of this book should try and put the next book together of Kate's fashions and see how well they do.... just sayin!Anyway, I hope the author / research people / publisher, etc., continue to publish similar books on Kate as the years go by --- to keep us up on what Kate wears along with the activities that she is involved with..... Overall, I really enjoyed and enjoy the book -- and I am appreciative of the work entailed to put this together. I would like to see them include pics on All the jewelry, accessories, shoes, scarves, etc., that Kate wears -- believe me when I say, we fans take note of all of it and feel cheated when these images are not included (i.e. no picture of the earrings Kate wore to the premier of the Disney movie "African Cats" - they were described but no pic....).Thank you for this wonderful resource -- keep up the great work and I and other Diana/Kate fans look forward to additional books such as this, to be published.

I just got the book & skimed through it. It one of the best books on Kate's fashion, make up, hair, etc. out there. It doesn't get into the detail of Kate's journey to become Will's wife like Kate Style by Orme does. It just focuses on the fashion mostly after the engagement & wedding. They just touch on the engagement & wedding a little. Even talk about some of her early pregnancy choices and a nod to Pippa too. This is the most update book focusing on her fashion choices only-outside of a few magazines like People-I have seen so far. If your a Kate chaser like me, you already have Kate Style by Orme & Kate Style Princess By Cywinski in your collection. I would highly advise adding this one. Pictures(clear & glossy-you see every detail) & details-a whole index is focused on her outfits & accessories .There are tips where you can find look-alike items. This book is so worth the price! Definitely a collector's item!I also want to add that there are some pictures that I have not seen. I am not into the blogs or the fan pages as others who follow Kate's every move closely. Their views are different than mine as far as this book is concern. I do want to mention "The Cecile" dress by Erdem Moralioglu. I got a identical copy of it from ASOS Cruve. Yes, I am a big girl on a budget who tries to get some of Kate's style in clothing & accessories whenever possible. ASOS dress ran about $70.00 from their U.S. site. I was informed By Ashley Falcon(a writer for People Style Watch's Plus Size Style. Yes, she sometimes does answer fan questions/e-mails.) where to find some plus sizes in Kate's style. Another place she mentioned to look is Eloquii by The Limited. It has a similar dress(shorter sleeves) looking like the Issa's "Sapphire" dress worn on the engagement announcement. I paid about $50.00 for it. However @ this writing,this store SEEMED to be going out of business. Do check it out anyways! Compared to Kate's choice, it came at a reasonable price. ASOS is brought up in the book as a maternity selection. I wouldn't knock all of this book's resources that it gives. I still say it's worth getting.

Compared to other "Kate Fashion" books this, in my opinion, is better. However, that being said, the author gets some things wrong. Like calling Kate's Tiffany & Co. diamonds by the yard bracelet a Links of London bracelet (page 40) and calling Kate's black Imperia Pied a Terre wedges the L.K. Bennett "Maddox" shoes (page 48). I'm sure there are other mistakes as well, but those two really stood out to me. For me, there was no new information in this book. If you follow Kate blogs and know a fair to a good amount of information then there will be nothing new for you here. If you are just diving into the world of the Duchess of Cambridge you'll really get a lot out of this book.My main reason for purchasing this book was for the updated pictures. Most of the pictures are from just pre-engagement right up to Kate's appearance at the National Portrait Gallery on January 12, 2013 for the unveiling of her portrait. That being said there are a couple of older pictures of Kate and Kate with Pippa as well. I found most of the pictures to be of good quality, there are a couple that are weird looking, probably taken by a camera phone (like Kate's attendance at the 2012 London Olympic Games Closing Ceremony). And just as an FYI there are no engagement photos in this book, either from the announcement or when Will & Kate had their picture taken by Mario Testino, however, they are in many of the other Kate fashion books.