Queen Elizabeth rarely repeats Outfits: She does this with the used ones

Unlike her granddaughter-in-law, Kate Middleton, who is an expert at saving outfits, Queen Elizabeth rarely wears the same clothes.

Every outfit the Queen wears is recorded, and repeats are purposefully spread out so that similar crowds of people don't see her in the same thing, according to seasoned fashion writer Elizabeth Holmes' book, “HRH: So Many Thoughts on Royal Style.”

“After the second or third public outing, it will either be reworked into a new design or relegated to private holidays or meetings,” Holmes wrote in “HRH.”

The queen has worn several of the same costumes more than once, but it's always on purpose. For example, she wore the same pastel blue coat and matching dress during a visit to Malta at the Eden Foundation in Zetjun in 2008, as well as Ladies Day At Royal Ascot in 2008.

According to the Telegraph, careful precautions are in order to ensure that Her Majesty does not wear the same outfit twice. To stop repetition, her dressing squad keeps track of any item she wears and where she uses it.

According to Holmes, the Queen is often noted for wearing skirt suits in a similar style. The Queen dresses for the occasion in a straightforward manner, and she's not generally known as a trendsetter.

“The Queen and the Queen Mother do not want to be fashion setters. That's left to other people with less important work to do. Their clothes have to have a nonsensational elegance,” one of the Queen's favorite fashion designers, Norman Hartnell, told The New York Times in 1976.

The Queen's outfits, according to Hartnell, are “deliberately low-key.”

What she does with all her old clothes

Her Majesty offers the items to her dressers, who will determine whether to wear them or sell them, according to Brian Hoey's book Not Infront of the Corgis. However, if they prefer the latter, they must adhere to a strict requirement before something leaves their possession.

It must be impossible to tell if the garments actually belonged to the monarch, “all of the labels found on the clothes are removed and anything that could possibly identify it as having come from royalty are obliterated,” according to Hoey.