Kate Middleton's Wardrobe: Too Extravagant? [PHOTOS]

By IBTimes Staff Reporter | July 08 2011 5:39 PM

Kate Middleton's wardrobe has stunned the masses on her recent trip to North America.

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While in Quebec City on July 3, Kate Middleton wore a blue lace dress by Canadian designer Erdem. She paired her dress with nude L.K. Bennett heels and a beige print handbag.
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Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, and wife of Britain's Prince William, leaves in a Jenny Packham dress after visiting the University of Calgary hospital during their trip to Calgary, Alberta, July 7, 2011. The Prince and his wife are on a royal tour of Canada from June 30 to July 8.
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Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge wields a shovel to plant a tree at Rideau Hall in Ottawa

Middleton reportedly brought 40 outfits-countless individual articles of clothing, shoes and hats-on the excursion, according to PopSugar.com.

But isn't that a bit extravagant?

Kate Middleton's vast wardrobe is slightly reminiscent of another leading lady, much less loved.

Imelda Marcos-the wife of toppled Filipino dictator Ferdinand Marcos-was famous for having 3,000 shoes.

She also had 1,000 handbags and 508 gowns.

Who knows how much she packed on trips? Who knows how many more outfits Kate Middleton has waiting for her at home?

With a nearly eight percent unemployment rate, according to the CIA World Factbook, the commoner-cum-duchess-- often compared to the late Princess Diana for being a Princess of the People-- might do well to donate her wardrobe to London's poor.