Kate Middleton’s Velvet Dress Designer Reveals They Had a Last-Minute Heads Up from the Palace

Designer reveals story behind Princess Kate's green velvet dress: 'She bought it a few seasons ago!'

The designer behind Princess Kate's green velvet dress at the Royal Variety Performance has shared how he and his team discovered the royal was wearing the stunning costume.Co-founder at Talbot Runhof, Adrian Runhof, said Buckingham Palace only notified the company the future Queen would be wearing their gown half an hour before her appearance."Our name and our dress have been posted worldwide, so we are very thankful to her," Mr Runhof told Peo…

Kate Middleton’s Velvet Dress Designer Reveals They Had a Last-Minute Heads Up from the Palace

“It’s a great honor for us that she picked this dress,” says designer Adrian Runhof.

Cele|bitchy | Princess Kate apparently bought her Talbot Runhoff dress ‘a few seasons ago’

For the Royal Variety performance on Wednesday, the Princess of Wales wore a new-to-us Talbot Runhof dress. Talbot Runhof is the design collaboration between Adrian Runhof (a German) and Johnny Talbot (an American). It was interesting that Kate didn’t go with a repeat, and it looks like this gown has been in her closet for years, because the designers confirmed that they had no idea she owned this and it’s a few years old. The designers sounded …