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Tesco’s Knockoff of Kate Middleton’s Blue Issa Dress is Pretty Pathetic
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Tesco’s Knockoff of Kate Middleton’s Blue Issa Dress is Pretty Pathetic

From Primark to Topshop, the Brits love their knockoffs. So it’s no surprise Tesco, one of the nation’s biggest discount stores, decided to replicate the pretty-but-let’s-face-it-boring Issa dress Kate Middleton wore to announce her engagement to Prince William. It retails for about $25.

The problem with the “Kate” dress, as Tesco has apty named it? Well, it’s not really a replica. In fact, we’d never think of it as a copy if Tesco wasn’t touting it as one.

Unsurprisingly, there’s another, better copy out there.

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