Kate Middleton’s announcement of her cancer diagnosis has shocked the world. It ended the months of uncertainty and settled conspiracy theories once and for all – especially that of social networks – however, the announcement by the Princess of Wales has created a certain paranoia among the British. Local newspapers have dubbed it “the Kate effect.”
According to newspapers such as the Daily Mail on Tuesday, 24 hours after the British princess’s announcement, the National Health System website registered an increase in visits of 373 percent. Nearly 2,800 Internet users entered it and more than 4,000 people searched on the Internet to find out what the symptoms of cancer are. In addition, on other related websites, such as Cancer Research UK, it registered a wave of visits that amounted to 200,000, the highest figure since the first weekend of the first wave of Covid, in March 2020.
The so-called Kate effect not only refers to her current health situation. Since she became a public figure, the influence of the Princess of Wales has even reverberated in the population’s closets, and her style choices are analyzed in detail. Her image in the advertisement released by Kensington Palace, in which she appears wearing a sailor-striped sweater and jeans, has been analyzed by several experts who attribute her decision to wanting to show a friendly image, as an ordinary citizen and not like a princess
Be that as it may, the sailor-striped sweater is flooding social networks these weeks and although before the aforementioned announcement it was already predicted as a trend of the season, it has now become an object of desire thanks to the ‘Kate effect’.
Luxury, mid-range and low-cost brands are betting on the versatile piece and are already filling the shop windows with their proposals. Specifically, the one that Princess Catalina wears is from the Erdem brand and has a price of 750 euros.
Although there are several models and patterns, the princess one is especially flattering since the striped print begins below the shoulders. This version of the sailor striped sweater is joined by brands such as Pedro del Hierro, Adolfo Dominguez or even Pull
