LWeek Ast to Trooping the color, Wales' princess opted for an aspect “Mom and I” with her nine -year -old daughter, Princess Charlotte. Kate had a striking coat dress by Aquamarine Catherine Walker with a game fascinator, while Charlotte was dressed in an outfit of similar tones, in a movement that has been announced as “a master class in the mother-daughter style.”
It is not a new phenomenon. Princess Diana achieved a similar trick for the same event in 1988, wearing an elegant stewed green dress on the Buckingham palace balcony while taking a young prince Harry dressed in matching shorts. But the Wesses have adjusted the technique, appearing frequently in mass in coordinated outfits. Kate and Charlotte wore similar sailor -style dresses in trooping the color in 2024 and black coat coat dresses with deep folds and wide -winged hats at Queen Elizabeth II funeral in 2022. Kate combined a forest green fascinator with Charlotte's green coat while attending the church of Sandringham on Christmas day in 2019. They put a fascinating mother and daughter of Charlotte's daughter for the King for King's church. The coronation of III in 2023.
“Kate dresses her family in this way as a way to mark it apart from the rest of the royal family and also to provide a great sample of unity and union, because the strength of the monarchy is found in the Welles brand, especially at this time,” says Charlotte Griffiths, real commentator and editor to a large extent of much of much of much of Sunday mail. “After all, William is going to be king in the not too distant future.” The Wesses are “aware of the image” these days, he adds, and the coincidental outfits are a great opportunity for photos that can add a “mystical” level. In addition, he says, it is important for Kate that Charlotte is a “chip of the old block.” “The narrative is that Charlotte is like the late queen, and looks very formal and traditional with perfect hair games in this. Louis is the 'Joker', so he can have his bias tie. It makes George look as much as possible as William. It is a lineage and protect the future.”
And where the royals step on, the simple mortals tend to continue. The coincidental attire, particularly between mothers and daughters, have become a popular trend between celebrities and their sons. Beyonce and Blue Ivy often coordinate their outfits, with Gucci dresses to match with a floral rose and blue bees in Madison Square Garden in 2016, and Kim groaned with his youngest daughter, Chicago, with white and light blue dresses for the eve of Christmas in 2023.
Naturally, Joe Public has also participated in the spot. I recently saw a mother with a Maxi Bohemio dress with her child perched on her Bugaboo stroller with a classic cane dress with identical print, walking through Westbourne Grove. At a party for one of my daughter's classmates, the mother coordinated her look at all blank with the birthday girl. Another mother in the local recreation patio wore pyjama pink and white pyjama pants, while her daughter wore a dress with the same colors.
As expected, High Street hastened. Stores such as Trotters, Boden, La Coqueta and Needles & Thread, which have concessions in Harrods and Selfridges, actively attend to this luxury trend, with expensive rails and dream flyers that offer a “real” or bohemian appearance with many areas of mamas and me.
The flirtatious, a popular brand of Spanish children, is one of the favorites among the delicious mummies in Notting Hill, and this year has been associated with Hill House Home to create a “Mama & Mini” collection of 14 pieces that includes the Rita and Matilda dresses in their exclusive impression of Floral Bird Floral. It is more affordable, but still unequivocally middle class, is Boden, which offers identical mother elements.
Meanwhile, the Trotters remain the Holy Grail for middle -class parents who seek real emulation: the swimsuits “Daddy & Me” and the “Mummy & daughter” shoes and matching are proudly offered. So, aspirational is the trotadores that housing prices tend to increase in nearby areas, clothing equivalent to the “waiting effect”.
However, one wonders if these higher stores are helping to contribute to a sense of equality in the districts of the rich middle class, and beyond, through online sales. Its influence means that local communities run the risk of becoming mild raising of mom and me. In addition, something is childish over the mothers who wear Pajamas de Hello Kitty, and also, something remarkably excessive about the dream shots of mother and daughter in the wonderful sartorial harmony. They do little to reflect the real life disorder of the raising of children.
“Mother's dressing -there can symbolize the emotional connection and shared identity, with the child often seen as an extension of the mother,” says Professor Carolyn Mair, a cognitive psychologist who works in the fashion industry and the author of Fashion Psychology.
“However, although this behavior is often affectionate, the coincidental attire can also reflect the need of the mother to project aspects of herself on her child, sometimes crossing the projection of control or identity, particularly in cured public images.”
In general, most young children love the idea of dressing like a father, “says Charlotte Kewley, a fashion stylist for children and founder of the little stylist (Thelittlestylist.com).” But it can become problematic if the child does not enjoy attention, especially if he attracts them focus. ”
It can also deviate to the NAFF instead of Dulce, she says. “It is more successful when it is not completely identical from head to toe. As with any trend, some brands do it wonderfully, others, less.”
I can understand the young brothers with the same beautiful dresses for practicality and ease, and to prevent jealousy and arguments. But including a father in these moments of imitation gives too much importance to external appearances. It also runs the risk of eliminating childhood innocence by molding children in children educated. I never let my children be seen dead with the same outfit as me, and vice versa.
However, at least when it comes to preteen, even the most dedicated Matchy-Mother's mother will fight to take her son to the beautiful floating dress. No teenager wants to be seen dead in his parents' clothes, unless he is a great vintage designer attire, and that is how it should be. Hopefully Kate and Charlotte get the memorandum.
