Kate Middleton’s maxi bodycon is summer’s It-dress

Curve-hugging maxi dresses are a fixture at Kim Kardashian's Skims, Balmain and Rick Owens, this season

When the Duchess of Cambridge attended the Top Gun premiere last Thursday, wearing a maxi bodycon dress by Roland Mouret, it became clear there was a new contender for summer's It-dress.

British Vogue announced it was a departure from her normal red-carpet attire": minimalist black, curve-hugging, floor-skimming, and sexy. And a million miles away from the dress of last summer, the ubiquitous flower-print frock.