Kate Middleton Re-Wears Alexander McQueen, $31 Zara Earrings

GRAZIA was constructed on its love for a hi-lo look, however none do it higher than the Princess of Wales, Kate Middleton, who stole the 2023 British Academy Of Movie And Tv Arts’ pink carpet on February 19. Resplendent in a white, floor-length, one-shouldered Alexander McQueen robe with lengthy black Opera gloves, the Royal paired the look with AUD $31.50 earrings from Zara.

However upon nearer inspection, it seems Middleton wore this Sarah Burton for McQueen gown to the identical occasion in 2019, its flower applique eliminated and changed with a bow for this yr’s soiree. Throughout the years, the now 41-year-old mother-of-three has had an affinity for Spanish clothes chain, as evidenced by many pictures of Middleton in Zara blazers, culottes and clothes. However given the UK’s price of residing disaster, this upcycled, revamped look is probably the Royal’s most well timed.

It’s not the primary time Middleton has re-worn a McQueen quantity. On the inaugural Earthshot Prize in London in 2021, visitors had been requested to put on a recycled look on the inexperienced carpet. The Royal chose to revisit a lilac goddess gown by McQueen which she first wore for the BAFTA Awards in summer 2011.

Elsewhere on the carpet, Australian actress Cate Blanchett wore the identical John Galliano black for Maison Margiela high fashion robe that she wore to the 2015 Oscars, with Louis Vuitton jewelry added. Blanchett, 53, took dwelling the BAFTA for Greatest Actress for her position in TÁR.

For the uninitiated, TÁR tells the story of the extremely layered, world-renowned conductor Lydia Tár. A maestro of orchestral assortments, we meet Lydia by way of lengthy, drawn-out scenes mere weeks earlier than she is to file the symphony that can elevate her already illustrious profession. However it’s the happenings within the conductor’s periphery – her wandering eye which places strain on her relationship together with her spouse, her stepdaughter who’s being bullied, and her ex-assistant accusing her misconduct – that sees Lydia unravel right into a dramatically unchecked particular person. Whereas Lydia’s comeuppance stays unclear, Blanchett’s efficiency, notably within the final scenes of the movie, is pure energy.

“It’s a movie that has a conductor at its centre nevertheless it’s not a movie concerning the classical music world,” Blanchett advised the viewers at a complicated screening in Sydney in December. “You don’t have to know any terminology in any respect – simply permit that to scrub over you. Don’t try to make sense of it!”

Watch Blanchett’s second under. TÁR is in cinemas now.