Prince William is entering his fashion era, right before our eyes. Since summer, the Prince of Wales had been sporting a new look that sees him leaning into a more relaxed vibe, by growing out his facial hair into a full beard. Now, the prince is experimenting with vintage, and used his recent appearance at the Earthshot Awards in South Africa to debut a recently thrifted piece from his closet.
“Last night [November 6], he walked the “green carpet” in an eco superdome solo wearing a vintage blazer—a black and white Prince of Wales check, naturally—with £130 “sustainable trainers” by Purified Footwear—an Earthshot Prize finalist—which are zero plastic and biodegradable, royal report Rebecca English wrote for The Daily Mail. On X, the journalist added that the William’s thrifty blazer was “sourced from a vintage shop in London.”
During the event, William reflected on his family’s own sustainability practices. “Every family tried to do what they can to sort of help with the environment,” he told those in attendance. “We go through all the basics of recycling—making sure we minimize water use and turning off the lights when we leave the house…and making sure, what is sensible in what we do around the environment. I think every family has those conversations. You just try to do what you can.”
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It’s no surprise that William is so focused on sustainability—King Charles had a habit of frequently turning off the lights, which he passed down to both of his sons. William and brother Prince Harry described King Charles’s environmentally friendly practices in the documentary Prince, Son and Heir: Charles at 70 (via Aberdeen Live).
“He’s a stickler for turning lights off, and that’s now something that I’m obsessed with as well, which is insane because actually, my wife goes ‘Well, why turn the lights off? You know it’s dark’,” Harry said, adding that it’s “a habit, and those small habit changes he’s making, every single person can do. And I think that’s one of the key lessons certainly that I felt that he taught us.”
William hilariously added that the king has “got serious OCD on light switches now which is terrible.”
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