Did Pippa's Kiwi outfit upstage Kate again?

Herald online

6 Jul, 2015 11:25 PM2 mins to read

Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, and her sister Pippa Middleton wearing similar outfits to Princess Charlotte's christening. Photos / Getty Images

Pippa Middleton has caused a stir by wearing a glamorous dress by New Zealand-born designer Emilia Wickstead to Princess Charlotte's christening at the weekend.

Some have accused Pippa of trying to once again 'upstage' her sister, the Duchess of Cambridge. Pippa famously wore a figure-hugging, spotlight-stealing dress to Kate's wedding to Prince William in 2011.

Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, wearing Alexander McQueen as she arrives with Princess Charlotte. Photo / Getty Images

31-year-old Pippa's head-to-toe cream Emilia Wickstead dress was strikingly similar to Kate's Alexander McQueen number, a faux pas in the eyes of etiquette expert William Hanson.

"If attending an event where you are on good terms with the host then asking what colour they are planning on wearing is good manners so you avoid clashing too much," he told the Daily Mail.

So what should Pippa have done when she turned up and realised she was matching her sister?

"Should you see a guest in exactly the same dress you could either make sure you stand at opposite corners of the room, or you could be bold and 'own' the mistake, laugh it off (it isn't the end of the world) and have a photograph next to each other, clearly finding the whole thing amusing," says Hanson.