That Green Shawl

It had us stumped for a while, but it is now being reported that Kate was wearing a cashmere ruffle wrap from a little known American Brand (at least here in the UK!) Minnie Rose.

In the UK the brand only seems available at Donna Ida which happens to have a shop in Belgravia, one of Kates favourite shopping areas. In the US both Saks and Amazon are stockists. Although Kates wrap above is no longer available, we will certainly be keeping an eye out for Minnie Rose's Autumn/Winter collection!

*Update* several readers have noted that Kate's wrap may not be by Minnie Rose as was widely reported by the press. The Minnie Rose website is also not featuring Kate as part of their "media" section so I think we have to assume it is probably not a Minnie Rose (thanks Melissa for the heads up). Never the less we will keep our eyes peeled and hope that the designer of Kates wrap comes to light soon.

PS. If you are a knitter and want to knit your own Kate inspired wrap Ravelry.com are selling the pattern to a Princess Kate Shawl for a very reasonable £3 ($5). Thank you Debbie for finding and sharing the pattern with us!

Dress down at Waitrose - 5 May 2011

Taking her new role as the Housewife Duchess seriously Kate was spotted by The Daily Mail at her local Waitrose in Anglesey.

Sporting skinny black jeans, a cream v neck jumper and a green ruffled shawl it was nice to see Kate in "dress down" mode.

**UPDATE** According to the Daily Mail updated article Kate was wearing a pair of French Sole brown mock-croc ballet pumps (£92) and a pair of faded black Hudson skinny jeans (costing £195,  the brand is apparently her favourite).

She’s also wearing the same pair of Hope Egg earrings (by Links of London £275) that appeared in the couple’s official engagement photo taken by Mario Testino.

Kate heads down the aisle again!

It may be the first time we have seen the newly crowned Duchess of Cambridge since her wedding but Kate has proved she hasn't changed.  Kate was spotted shopping at her local waitrose accompanied by five protection officers. She was seen 'trolley skating' and talking to locals in Anglesey, Wales. Seen clutching a shopping list, wearing black flats, skinny jeans and a green cardigan, She seems to be settling into domestic bliss quite happily. Pasta, Washing powder, chocolate biscuits and pizza were among her purchases. According to shoppers she was checking prices and looking for value. It has been reported that William and Kate privately call each other 'Mr and Mrs Wales' William was involved in the rescue of a 70 year old man at his work with the RAF.