The fact that she kept the sensibility of Indian aesthetics in mind and chose to wear a brightly coloured gown while in India instead of the typically grey, white or black gowns that they usually wear in Britain is something that I really admired about her.”Finally, the cobalt blue evening gown by the Wholesale jacquard fabric Duchess’s favourite British designer, Jenny Packham, drew a fairly mixed bag of reactions, much like the McQueen ensemble.Ever since the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William and Kate Middleton, have landed on Indian turf, fashion circles have been abuzz about the lady‘s elegant style choices.

Kate Middleton shines in an Anita Dongre tunic dress as she pays a visit to Banganga tank Mumbai with Prince William. She always looks fairly flawless.| NANDINI D. Kate looked extremely charming and down-to-earth in it, which I personally found very appealing. 

It’s tough to fault her, actually, because she’s a very safe dresser in general, but there is something deliberately understated about her that suits her very much. It was nice to see her enjoying colours, silhouettes and prints a little more here. I also thought she was styled very well, very elegantly. Rishi Raj, who feels that the choice of this particular Anita Dongre dress served to make monarchy more relatable and accessible, affirms, "I totally loved Kate’s choice of the mint and berry-hued Mughal-inspired tunic dress. It would have added another dimension to her look. This looked like a fairly regular red carpet appearance and she looked older than she really is too. While Anupama avers that the red Alexander McQueen number wasn’t really Kate’s style and she would’ve preferred a minimalist Indian garment instead, Nida feels that the silhouette was the real problem.

 Beginning with a chic Alexander McQueen ensemble with paisley prints and peplum detailing, the Duchess went on to sport a relaxed and colourful Anita Dongre dress from the designer’s recent ‘Love Notes’ collection as she paid a visit to Oval Maidan in Mumbai to meet children from Indian charities, finishing the day off with a cobalt blue style crescendo in a beautiful, intricately embroidered full-length gown by British designer Jenny Packham. I would have preferred her in something more modern and generic because the Thai silhouette is a bit out of place within an Indian context,” she says.” 

Celebrity stylist Rishi Raj and designers Anupama Dayal and Nida Mahmood beg to differ, however. "I’m not so sure about the blue gown, to be honest,” Anupama says and adds, "See, she is a great model for any garment so it’s hard to find fault in how she looks because there’s really nothing that she doesn’t do justice too.”I also thought it was a more playful choice of attire as compared to what she usually wears back home in England.

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