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Kate wears Erdem to a reception in Singapore

Kate MIddleton wearing Erdem at a Reception in Singapore during the 2012 Diamond Jubilee Tour

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On Day Two of the Diamond Jubilee Royal Tour, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge attended a reception at Eden Hall, the British High Commissioners’ residence in Singapore.  At the soiree, the Royal Couple met members of the British and international expatriate communities, including notable Singaporeans.

Here we take a look at William and Kate posing with High Commission staff and their spouses inside Eden Hall:

kate middleton in singapore

Earlier in the day, the Duke and Duchess spent the morning touring the Gardens by the Bay and the Rolls Royce factory, and the afternoon visiting Queenstown.

Kate’s outfit:

Kate chose an oriental-print dress in soft tone colours from one of her go-to designers, Erdem.  The floaty dress appears to be adapted from the “Meryl” dress from Erdem’s Spring/Summer 2012 collection:

kate erdem dress

You can see both dresses have the same pattern, pleating and waist detail, however, Kate’s version of the dress has a wider neckline and chiffon sleeves.

Here are another two photos of the ready-to-wear Erdem Meryl dress.  The dress on the left was photographed by the staff at nathalieschuterman.com while the image on the right is a catwalk photo taken from Erdem’s website.  You can see both dresses are sleeveless – unlike like Kate’s dress.

erdem Meryl dress

The Erdem Meryl dress is described as having: “[a] full pleated skirt, back cutout detailing and invisible side zipper closure.”

The dress is made from Polyester with 100% silk lining.

Kate wore her L.K. Bennett Harper pumps in light beige.

LK Bennett Harper Shoes

The suede court shoes retailed for £195.

Kate also carried an Alexander McQueen clutch bag.  She often carries their signature box clutch bags with the skull motif removed.

Kate wore a new pair of drop earrings, which you can see at the HRH Duchess Kate blog, here.   They are still unidentified.

12 Sep 2012

Brands: Alexander McQueen | Erdem | L.K. Bennett
Tagged with: Floral • reception • Spring Outfits • White

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  1. Steph says

    September 12, 2012 at 6:40 pm

    Hi,

    I love your blog! I grew up in Singapore and there’s no real requirement for conservative dress – exposed shoulders etc are completely fine. I think it’s just more Kate’s style not to bare her shoulders at events like this (think the modification of her red McQueen dress for the Jubilee flotilla).

    Keep up the great coverage!

    • Carly (admin) says

      September 12, 2012 at 6:41 pm

      Thank you for letting us know Steph. 🙂

  2. Bir says

    September 12, 2012 at 7:14 pm

    Hiya – please could you tell where I can buy a dress like Kate she wore to Eden Hall – Erdem design – look forard to hearing from you – bir

  3. melissa says

    September 12, 2012 at 10:43 pm

    gorgeous dress! i see she refused wine and has a beautiful glowing figure. God bless her.

  4. Ellie says

    September 12, 2012 at 11:07 pm

    I love this dress! Any idea if we can buy this dress yet or is it not on sale yet?

    Thanks

    • Carly (admin) says

      September 12, 2012 at 11:27 pm

      Hi Ellie,

      I think the dress is a modified version of the Erdem Spring Summer 2012 dress, Meryl. If you’d like to buy the Meryl from the ready to wear collection, then some shops may still have a bit of left over stock. Otherwise you’re looking at contacting Erdem for a custom piece. If you want the RTW version, now I’d guess you’re probably looking at little boutiques to find one. I struggled to find anywhere online myself.

  5. Bir says

    September 15, 2012 at 1:53 pm

    4 days have gone by and still nno comment about the printed dress worn by Kate in singapore reception edem – please help – Bir

    • Carly (admin) says

      September 15, 2012 at 2:45 pm

      I’m not sure what you mean? Do you mean the dress here, in this post?

      https://katemiddletonstyle.org/singapore-prabal-gurung-state-dinner/

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