Kate Middleton 'The Duchess Of Cambridge' has gained some serious style kudos since joining the royal family, flying the flag for fashion in a series of designer pieces and high street fashion finds.

And with a growing baby bump to dress, we've found ourselves waiting on her every outfit. Kate Middleton is known to play favourites when it comes to fashion designers but the Duchess of Cambridge will most likely not wear one British label that she has worn in the past.

Issa, the label responsible for the Duchess' engagement dress (and many, many knock-offs), is launching a collection at Banana Republic on August 8. The description of the collection on Banana Republic's website proudly mentions the Kate Middleton relationship but what it doesn't say is that the new mom to Prince George will probably never buy a single frock from the line.

Why?

Well, according to the Middleton experts at WhatKateWore.com, Issa label founder Daniella Helayel left the company, but not before selling a controlling interest in the brand to Camilla al-Fayed. Does the name sound familiar? Camilla's father is none other than Mohamed al-Fayed, who used to own the luxury UK department store Herrod's, and whose son, Dodi al-Fayed, dated Princess Diana and died in the tragic car accident that claimed Kate's mother-in-law's life in 1997.

But that's not why Duchess Kate will most likely snub Issa; After Dodi's death, Mohamed al-Fayed made it known publicly that he believed the accident was part of a conspiracy arranged by the Royal Family.

Susan Kelly, of the website What Kate Wore, explained further:

"Nothing and no one created more publicity for Issa than Kate in her rich blue engagement dress. The company makes lovely garments, many that were stunning on Kate, it's a shame we won't see her wearing Issa designs in the future. I can't imagine any circumstances in which we see Kate wearing the label again, the only possible exception would be if Ms. Al-Fayed were to sell the label and even then, I doubt the Duchess wants to be associated with Issa going forward."

We're pretty sure Kate Middleton will want to have nothing to do with a label whose owner is part of the Diana death conspiracy theory. In fact, the Duchess hasn't worn an Issa frock since before the sale of the label in 2011, when she sported a pretty purple frock on Canada Day.

So with Issa exchanges its stakeholders again, we most likely won't see Kate in their frocks anytime soon in the future .

When it comes to style, it's pretty hard to knock the endlessly elegant Duchess of Cambridge. Stepping out in a faultless selection of designer coats and dresses during her pregnancy, Kate Middleton made bump dressing look so easy.

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