Kate Middleton Adds Chic Twist to Her Festive Look with $25 Hair Bow from Her Pre-Royal Job

Mar. 15, 2025

Kate Middleton arrives at her Together at Christmas carol service at Westminster Abbey on Dec. 6, 2024.Photo:James Manning/PA Images via Getty

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Kate Middletoninventively refreshed her outfit for herTogether at Christmascarol service with a hair bow from an affordable brand where she previously worked.

The bow created a fashion statement, and PEOPLE confirms it is a $25 hair clip from Jigsaw, the British shop where Princess Kate worked while she was dating her now-husbandPrince William.

The polyester bow comes in burgundy and black and is stillin stockonline — from Princess Kate’s former workplace.

Kate Middleton at the Together at Christmas carol service on Dec. 6, 2024.Getty (1)

Getty (1)

After graduating from the University of St. Andrews (where she met William) with a degree in the History of Art in 2005, the future Princess Kate got a job as anaccessories buyerfor Jigsaw, a fashion brand, in 2006. She landed the job after contacting Belle Robinson, the brand’s founder and a family friend, and reportedly spent a few days a week in their London office.

“She sat in the kitchen at lunchtime and chatted with everyone from the van drivers to the account girls. She wasn’t precious,” Robinson told theEvening Standardin 2008.

Kate left the role in 2006, and went on to work for her family’s company, Party Pieces, before Clarence House announced her engagement to Prince William in 2010.

Prince Louis, Prince George, Prince William and Kate Middleton at the Together at Christmas carol service on Dec. 6, 2024.Getty Images

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The royal mom and daughter are known to bestylishly in syncat official events, and the whole Wales family coordinated in burgundy and red (coats for Charlotte and Kate, ties for William, George and Louis) at the carol service.

(Left) Kate Middleton at the Together at Christmas carol service on Dec. 6, 2024; (Right) Princess Charlotte at the Together at Christmas carol service on Dec. 6, 2024.James Manning/PA Images via Getty; Aaron Chown - WPA Pool/Getty

James Manning/PA Images via Getty; Aaron Chown - WPA Pool/Getty

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Princess Kate’s Jigsaw bow moment wasn’t the brand’s only moment royal circles in since she worked there. Most notably,Meghan Markletapped themin 2019 to take part in the launch of her capsule collection, which benefittedher patronage Smart Works, a charity that helps women find employment with coaching tips and professional attire for their job interviews.

Though the Duchess of Sussex and her husband,Prince Harry, relocated to California in 2020, Meghan has stayed in touched with the organization and penned aspecial messagefor their inaugural carol concert in London on Dec. 3.

source: people.com