Kate Middleton and Alexa Chung in Sage-Green Dresses

last updated 5 March 2019

The Who What Wear UK team has a Slack channel where we share celebrity outfits all day long. Both Kate Middleton and Alexa Chung are regular features, but it's only today that we've ever considered they could be on the same wavelength when it comes to the current trends.

Last night we were all discussing just how ethereal and romantic and lovely Alexa Chung looked in a shirred chiffon sage-green gown from Stella McCartney. She wore it for the designer's show in Paris and promptly stopped us in our digital tracks.

Fast-forward to midday today and it would appear that the Duchess of Cambridge is also clued up on this major colour trend for spring 2019, choosing the very same pistachio/mint/whatever you'd like to call it hue for another chiffon dress of a different cut. Hers was less dramatic and more neat—a polished, bell-sleeved '70s-inspired midi that will see a royal through many a function.

Keep scrolling to see the two very different British style icons and their take on this new dress trend.

On Alexa Chung: Stella McCartney Ruffled Silk-Chiffon Gown (£1620)

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Stella McCartney

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Hannah Almassi is the Editor in Chief of Who What Wear UK. She joined in 2015 when she launched the UK sister site following a seven-year tenure at Grazia magazine as fashion news and features editor. With experience in print and digital across fashion and beauty, Hannah has over 18 years of experience as a journalist, editor and content strategist. Her opinion has been sought by the likes of CNBC, BBC, The Sunday Times Style, The Times, The Telegraph and MatchesFashion.com and she is often called upon for her take on trends, becoming known as a person with their finger of the pulse of what’s happening in the fashion space for stylish Brits.