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Duchess of dresses: Kate’s best frocks for 2013

She's one of the world's most stylish women and having a baby hasn't stopped the Duchess of Cambridge from looking immaculate at every opportunity.

She’s one of the world’s most stylish women and having a baby hasn’t stopped the Duchess of Cambridge from looking immaculate at every opportunity.

From the moment Kate announced her engagement to Prince William in November 2010, every item of clothing she wears sells out in stores worldwide within seconds.

From red carpet glamour to garden party chic, she has the perfect dress for every occasion.

Here are our favourite frocks from the past 12 months.

Some of Kate’s best dresses from the past 12 months.

Kate looking lovely in peach while touring Winchester in April.

Kate’s dazzling return to the red carpet in September.

Kate’s sexy white Alexander McQueen dress at the Mandela premiere earlier this month.

Kate visiting an Action on Addiction program in London in February.

Pretty in polkadots in April.

Looking sublime in spearmint at Windsor Castle in April.

Kate looking sunny in yellow at a Buckingham Palace garden party in May.

Kate was praised for this blue polka-dotted number she wore when introducing George to the world in July.

Kate at the Trooping of the Colour in June, her last public appearance before giving birth.

Wearing a pretty patterned shift dress in Manchester in April.

Wearing a handsome coat dress while touring Grimsby in March.

Kate at the unveiling of her first official portrait in January.

A green coat dress on St Patrick’s Day in March.

A tartan coat dress in Glasgow in April.

Kate looking radiant in red in Scotland in April.

Kate in pale pink at a service to mark the 60th anniversary of the Queen’s coronation in June.

In animal print in June, at her last solo public engagement.

Kate in flowing black silk at a charity gala at Kensington Palace in October.

Kate in her favourite brown jacquard coat dress in November.

In a black lace Temperley frock in November.

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