Today as Catherine departed for Brisbane she was wearing a dress from LK Bennett that had caught my eye many many times.

It should be no surprise that the dress has sold out in both the blue and orange colorways in all sizes by the time of this writing.

I’ll be back with details about today’s events as things unfold.

Catherine and William started out the day with a traditional greeting at the import in Dunedin before making their way to Palm Sunday Services.

Catherine wore a dress by New Zealand-born and London-based Designer Emilia Wickstead today.  Her hat is by a name we see often when Catherine is in need of a hat for an occasion, Jane Taylor.  She completed her look with her Emmy Bag and Shoes in Charcoal.

Photo Courtesy Stephen Lock/I-Images

If you think you’ve seen this dress before it’s because you have, it was just in a different color when you saw it on her at a Garden Party at Buckingham Palace in 2012. She also wore it to a luncheon at Windsor castle earlier that month.

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Tonight’s look was simply elegant.

Catherine wore a bespoke piece by favored designer Jenny Packham. It is described as black, knee-length (maybe a tad below the knee) and with beadwork detailing of a silver fern on the shoulder. The dress has what i think is a boatneck, and I think the dress is just beautiful.

Some may wonder about the use of the silver fern on the dress, here is what i learned in researching it as a symbol:
The silver fern (Cyathea dealbata) has come to embody the spirit of New Zealand. This distinctly New Zealand symbol is considered a badge of honour by the people, products and services of our country that carry it.

Many were thinking that we might see something by a local designer tonight, but with the Duchess choosing a piece by Jenny Packham I wonder if Palm Sunday services might be our next best chance at seeing something local.

For her first event today Catherine wore a piece by Alexander McQueen and like many pieces in the past this one has bespoke touches that means that we have to do a bit of “Fashion math”.

Catherine’s coat was a beautiful cornflower blue. It appears to be A combination of the two coats shown below.

Catherine appeared to be wearing a black dress underneath and finished off this outfit with her blue McQueen suede pumps, her sapphire and diamond earrings, and her navy muse clutch by Stuart Weitzman