Women in Their 40s Who Want to Look Elegant Wear This Dress Trend With These Classic Heels

Shop the Kate Middleton-approved combination that works for women of any age.

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Kate Middleton wearing an A-line black-and-white gingham dress and slingback nude pumps at a charity polo match
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You'd be hard-pressed to find a more elegantly dressed woman in her 40s than Kate Middleton. I dare you to try. So if classic elegance is your goal, it's always a safe bet to look to what she's wearing. She's routinely appropriately dressed for any occasion in timeless yet trend-forward styles. Yesterday she wore an outfit that was the perfect example of this. While attending a charity polo match to cheer on Prince William, Middleton wore a trend that well-dressed women in their 40s know to choose when they want to look elegant: an A-line midi dress. With it, she wore the classic heels that complement it perfectly: slingback pumps.

Specifically, Middleton's dress was a gingham-print one with a square neckline. The flattering silhouette combined with the timeless print is as perfect as elegant summer dresses get. Her shoes were nude leather kitten-heel pumps, and owners of similar shoes can undoubtedly vouch for how often they wear them year after year. No matter your age, this is the perfect outfit combination for summer and can also work in any season with a few key tweaks.

Keep scrolling to see the dress-and-heel pairing on Kate Middleton and to shop elegant A-line midi dresses and classic slingback pumps for yourself.

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Kate Middleton wearing an A-line black-and-white gingham dress and slingback nude pumps at a charity polo match

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Prince William with Kate Middleton wearing an A-line black-and-white gingham dress and slingback nude pumps at a charity polo match

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Kate Middleton wearing an A-line black-and-white gingham dress and slingback nude pumps at a charity polo match

(Image credit: Chris Jackson/Getty Images for DMMI Royal Charity Polo Cup)

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Allyson Payer
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Allyson is a senior editor for Who What Wear. She joined the company in 2014 as co-founder Katherine Power's executive assistant and over the years has written hundreds of stories for Who What Wear. Prior to her career in fashion, Allyson worked in the entertainment industry at companies such as Sony Pictures Television. Allyson is now based in Raleigh, North Carolina, and is originally from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She holds a BFA in theater arts. Her path to fashion may not have been linear, but based on the number of fashion magazines she collected as a child and young adult, it was meant to be.