When Kate Middleton loves something, she brings it back again and again. Such was the case on Wednesday morning when the Duchess of Cambridge stepped out for a royal engagement in London, officially opening the Magic Garden at Hampton Court Palace. For the bright Spring morning, Kate wore a favorite temperate-weather piece: a Michael Kors coat dress [1] she debuted during her tour of Australia in 2014.

In 2014, Kate wore the piece as a dress, but this week, she layered it as a coat. She completed the daytime look with a pair of nude heels and a matching clutch, one of her longtime favorite styling tricks [2].

Michael Kors is a top designer for royal women [3], but he's not the only American who has had the good fortune to dress Kate. She's also known to adore Tory Burch [4] and Ralph Lauren [5], proving that when it comes to fashion diplomacy [6], international is best.