How to dress your child like Prince George or Princess Charlotte

Want your little darling to look like a prince or princess? Follow the lead of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, and shop for classics that suits every occasion and can be handed down through the family

Princess Charlotte is often seen in pretty blue smocked dresses. Picture: Mega

WANT to kit your little prince or princess out like a Cambridge? Then clad them in traditional children’s wear, like that sported by Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis.

Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, styles her kids in shorts and smocked frocks straight from the 1950s and although many are from high-end stores, like any other mother she recycles and hands down to the next child.

Keen to avoid a shopping frenzy every time her children are photographed (a shame, as she has the power to single-handedly save the ailing high street), she treats their outfits like a uniform, picking a signature style for George and Charlotte and repeating it — meaning Charlotte’s blue floral dresses all look the same.

Here’s what they wear and how to buy them in Australia:

Prince Louis wore a hand-me-down knitted sweater set from Irulea for his first official portrait. Picture: AFP

Prince George’s Rachel Riley sailboat dungarees were an instant hit when he wore them on his 2016 visit to new Sealand. Picture: Getty

BABY CLOTHES

Like any third child, Prince Louis is making do with hand-me-downs — albeit posh ones. His first official photo released in May showed him in a traditional white knitted sweater set and leggings, first sported by his sister. The $366 set is by Irulea — a Spanish baby shop in San Sebastian and was a gift from Catherine’s Spanish nanny.

Catherine favours classic baby clothes, such as the $137 Rachel Riley sailboat dungarees George wore in New Zealand in 2014 and the $53 floral dress six-month-old Charlotte wore for her first solo portrait, from another Spanish brand m&h.

How to buy: Irulea.com offers online shopping on inquiry; myhbaby.com delivers to Australia for $57; Rachelriley.co.uk for $53.

Prince George wore this shirt and shorts set from Amaia Kids to his brother’s christening this week as well as to the trooping Of The Colour last month. Picture: Mega

The little prince rugged up in a quilted jacket from department store John Lewis when he started nursery school in 2016. Picture: AFP

PRINCE PICKS

Prince George’s go-to outfit is shorts and shirts and it was no exception at his baby brother’s christening on Monday. The soon-to-be-five-year-old re-wore his shirt, $75, and shorts, $78, from Chelsea children’s label Amaia Kids, that he first sported at the Trooping the Colour last month. Other brands his mum favours are The Little White Company, where his polo shirt and shorts set, $60, came from at the Beaufort Polo Club last month. But it’s not all expensive brands — George often sports clothes from department store John Lewis, which supplies his school uniform for St Thomas’s School in Battersea. He wore one of their $50 quilted jackets for his first day at nursery school in Norfolk in 2016. And by far one of George’s cutest outfits was the $47 My 1st Years monogrammed dressing gown he wore to meet the Obamas in 2016.

How to buy: Amaiakids.co.uk ships to Australia for $19; thewhitecompany.com from $36; johnlewis.com for $18 and my1styears.com from $41.

Princess Charlotte was dressed in a signature smocked frock, this one probably from Amaia Kids, for her brother’s christening this week. Picture: Mega

Princess Charlotte wore a pretty yellow cardigan from John Lewis for her second birthday portrait. Picture: Getty

PRINCESS DRESSING

She’s only three but she already has a signature style. Princess Charlotte’s favourite outfit is a smocked floral dress — often blue — with Mary Jane shoes and a cardigan. She wore a blue smocked dress, $80, from Little Alice London, to watch the RAF centenary fly-past on Tuesday and previously to visit her new baby brother when he was born in April. On Monday she had on a similar blue frock with ruffle collar, which looks like a $196 style from Amaia Kids, for Prince Louis’ christening, and a very similar unidentified blue smock at the Trooping the Colour last month. She wore another blue dress by Pepa & Co, $132, on her Canadian tour in 2016.

Catherine’s more budget buys for Charlotte include the pretty pink summer dress from The Little White Company, $53, she wore to the Beaufort Polo Club last month and a $32 yellow John Lewis cardigan she wore for her second birthday portrait. The department store also carries traditional smocked dresses as part of their Heirloom Collection, from $57.

How to buy: Amaiakids.co.uk ships to Australia for $19; littlealicelondon.com for $32; pepaandcompany.com for $32; thewhitecompany.com from $36; johnlewis.com for $18.

SHOES

Prince George is often clad in a smart pair of leather loafers — he wore a $123 pair from British label Papouelli for his brother’s christening. When he does go casual he opts for Hampton Classics canvas shoes from Trotters, $46, like his sister Charlotte, which the pair wore at the Beaufort Polo Club recently. Charlotte’s dress-up shoes are usually Mary Janes from Spanish brand Dona Carmen, $47, which she also wore on Monday and has sported for years in an array of colours.

How to buy: Papouelli.com delivers to Australia for $45; Trotters.co.uk for $36; Donacarmen.com for $55.

Mary Janes, like these from Dona Carmen, are a favourite with Princess Charlotte.