Hats worn by Kate Middleton shown at Kerry Taylor Auctions. Image via Telegraph video footage.
The Duchess wore an elaborate black and white creation by Philip Somerville for a Knight of the Garter ceremony back in 2008; it was auctioned off yesterday for £3,224. Photo Credit: PA
A black Aurora hat worn by Kate to the 2010 wedding of Harry Meade was auctioned off for £3,720. Photo Credit: PA
Two hats rented and worn to engagements with Prince William (now the Duke of Cambridge) by the former Kate Middleton have sold at auction for three times their guide price, say reports.
An anonymous American bidder snatched up the pieces of fashion history at the Passion for Fashion auction in London yesterday, reports The Belfast Telegraph.
The now Duchess of Cambridge rented the items for an estimated £100 each at Get Ahead Hats in Reading, says The Daily Telegraph.
The hats were expected to sell at auction for £1,000-£1,500 a piece, but they fetched much more than that: the Philip Somerville hat brought in £3,224 and the Aurora hat went for £3,720.
Rental receipts, and diary entries showing Kate’s appointments at Get Ahead Hats, were auctioned off as well.
Events took place at the very same auction house (Kerry Taylor Auctions) that sold the famous see-though dress Kate wore in a St. Andrews University Fashion show; the frock is said to have piqued William’s interest in Kate.
The above dress, worn by the former Kate Middleton at a St.Andrews University fashion show in 2002, was auctioned off for £78,000 at Kerry Taylor Auctions in 2011. Photo Credit: M Neilson / Getty Images file
