Inspired by... Kate's BCBG ruffle cropped jacket

One of my all-time favorite Kate pieces has been this cream ruffled BCBG jacket that she wore just prior to her 2011 wedding.  You might remember my previous post on this item.  

I have a serious crush on this cropped little jacket.  It is a light weight woven twill jacket with ruffles down the front and 3/4 length sleeves.  I believe the jacket is circa 2006 (?) but I'm not sure.  In any case we do know that Kate has a habit of keeping and re-wearing clothes for a loooong time.  This jacket seems to be no exception.  In fact you can see in the picture below that a bit of the hem seems loose.

Image via kate-middleton.us.

Sorry for the silly capture below, I just really liked how her dress is flaring out and I think its a great shot of the entire outfit as well.

Image via kate-middleton.us.

Of course I like to keep a special eye out for my personal favorites and I'm always on the look out for a dupe of Kate's BCBG jacket.

Fortunately I found one that is slightly reminiscent of the Duchess' cropped ruffled version.

This jacket from Dorothy Perkins reminds me a bit of Kate's.  It features ruffles all along the front opening.  The ruffles also come down around the waist and it features long sleeves and comes a pale beige pleather.  This jacket retails for approximately $95 USD.

Okay so it is slightly removed from Kate's version but a girl can always dream.

Dorothy Perkins - ruffled pleather jacket in beige.

BCBG Ruffled Jacket

Kate was snapped in this outfit the evening before her April 2011 wedding (at that time she was still just "Kate"!)  The future Duchess acknowledged well wishers as was finalizing wedding details and arriving at the hotel with her family.  She wore an Issa bird print dress with a BCBG ruffled 3/4 sleeve jacket.

Its a simple/casual/stylish look, except as always Kate has her hair pushed to the front and you can't really see the ruffle detail.

Via Tumblr.

But that's okay since I managed to find this stock photo.  As you can see it has slim slash pockets and the ruffles go up and around the neck.  Lovely piece!

One estimate for this piece puts it at approximately $238 (I'm assuming U.S.)

BCBG woven twill cropped ruffle jacket via Coolspotters.

I was able to find a light-colored jacket with many of the similar elements: the slim, tailored cut, the 3/4 length sleeves, the ruffled front, and the cropped length.  Not bad!
This jacket retails for approximately $79.50 U.S.

INC International Concepts via Macy's - front ruffled coated cropped jacket.