Kate at the National Portrait Gallery

USA Rights Only - London, UK -20180228- Catherine Duchess of Cambridge arrives at the National Portrait Gallery to unveil the Patron's Trail and visit the Victorian Giants: The Birth of Art Photography Exhibition -PICTURED: Catherine Duchess of Cambridge -PHOTO by: Doug Peters/PA Images/INSTARimages.com This is an editorial, rights-managed image. Please contact Instar Images LLC for licensing fee and rights information at sales@instarimages.com or call +1 212 414 0207 This image may not be published in any way that is, or might be deemed to be, defamatory, libelous, pornographic, or obscene. Please consult our sales department for any clarification needed prior to publication and use. Instar Images LLC reserves the right to pursue unauthorized users of this material. If you are in violation of our intellectual property rights or copyright you may be liable for damages, loss of income, any profits you derive from the unauthorized use of this material and, where appropriate, the cost of collection and/or any statutory damages awarded

This definitely looks better ON a person than it does in photos on the Orla Kiely website. This is how a version of it is described online: "Round neck with ribbon detail, long sleeves, gathered cuffs, ruffled v at chest and back, cinched waist, all over floral pattern, velvet ribbon and rickrack trims, gathered hem." That's... A LOT GOING ON. I am pleased she's continuing to experiment, but this needs to subtract two elements, I think.

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Tim Rooke/REX/Shutterstock (9445148f) Catherine Duchess of Cambridge Catherine Duchess of Cambridge at the National Portrait Gallery, London, UK - 28 Feb 2018

Those are also the most tolerable of her beige shoes, for me, in terms of cut and texture. But red would have been so cute! Or even pink. Or blue. Or yellow. There's plenty of color in this ress to work with, girl, and it's not like beige suede was going to be snow-safe anyway (in terms of not getting wet spots).

Catherine Duchess of Cambridge at the National Portrait Gallery, London, UK - 28 Feb 2018

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Beretta/Sims/REX/Shutterstock (9445168i) Catherine Duchess of Cambridge Catherine Duchess of Cambridge at the National Portrait Gallery, London, UK - 28 Feb 2018

Kate, as patron, is there to open a new exhibit: "Victorian Giants: The Birth of Art Photography (1 March – 20 May 2018), will combine for the first time ever portraits by Lewis Carroll (1832–98), Julia Margaret Cameron (1815–79), Oscar Rejlander (1813–75) and Lady Clementina Hawarden (1822-65). The exhibition will be the first to examine the relationship between the four ground-breaking artists." And she is not even bothering with gloves or a coat, which is a baller move in a blizzard, Duchess. For real. Respect.

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Beretta/Sims/REX/Shutterstock (9445168z) Catherine Duchess of Cambridge Catherine Duchess of Cambridge at the National Portrait Gallery, London, UK - 28 Feb 2018

"You're always on at me to remove my coat during engagements. HOW DO YOU LIKE ME NOW?"

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Nils Jorgensen/REX/Shutterstock (9445170g) Catherine Duchess of Cambridge Catherine Duchess of Cambridge at the National Portrait Gallery, London, UK - 28 Feb 2018 Duchess of Cambridge, NPG patron, attends Victorian Giants,The Birth of Art Photography, an exhibition bringing together the works of four of the most celebrated figures in Victorian art photography, Lewis Carroll, Julia Margaret Cameron, Oscar Rejlander and Clementina Hawarden, at National Portrait Gallery, London

"Smile, Kate. Soon enough you will see your awful portrait in there, pronounce it in desperate need of cleaning, and get it taken down for as long as possible."

"And I said to Meghan, 'Just wait until they give YOU eye bags the size of Balmoral.' She shrieked."