Kate Middleton Got a Fashion Shoutout on ‘Emily in Paris’

Kate Middleton may not channel French Girl style very often, but the Princess of Wales’s fashion influence can’t be denied—and it was on full display in season 4 of Netflix’s Emily in Paris. In one scene featuring Ashley Park, royal fans noticed a very familiar-looking Balmain outfit, and with a little sleuthing, it was revealed that the Balmain dress that Park wore was actually a fashion homage to Middleton.

During one scene, Park’s character, Mindy Chen, receives a dress from her boyfriend. The piece in question comes from the fictional fashion house JVMA in the show, but in real life, it’s a Balmain creation (Netflix confirmed the speculation). And back in 2023 at Wimbledon, Kate wore a similar Balmain blazer (hers was in a minty green, not pink) to take in one of her favorite annual events. When she wears the pink dress, Emily Cooper, played by Lily Collins, says that it seems a “little more Kate Middleton than you normally go,” giving the princess a name-check in the love-it-or-hate-it series. To add one more layer of real-life love to the tribute, Chen wears the outfit to a tennis event.