Kate Middleton, Katie Holmes Embrace The Sheer Black Tights Trend (PHOTOS)

Kate Middleton and Katie Holmes have more in common than just having the same name, being gorgeous brunettes and having mega-famous husbands. (Okay, wow, so they have a ton in common already.)

Middleton, 29, and Holmes, 32, are both embracing sheer black tights.

Kate and Wills were out tonight in England to pay a visit to the homeless charity Centrepoint. The Duchess paired her green Ralph Lauren turtleneck dress with a black belt, black wedge boots and those sheer black stockings -- a twist on her famous nude pantyhose look.

And we know what's coming next after these pics of Catherine holding her stomach: another wave of baby bump rumors.

And back on this side of the pond, Katie Holmes wrapped up her week-long birthday trip in New York last night, heading to a Manhattan helioport with Tom Cruise and Suri. Holmes looked comfy and casual in a gray skirt, black and white top and black flats, paired with, yep, those sheer tights.

Katie also wore the translucent tights the night before, to attend to the premiere of Cruise's movie "Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol."

The Holmes/Duchess worlds collide ever further: Mrs. Tom Cruise even praised Kate Middleton's style on the record this June, telling The Mirror:

"I love both [Kate's and Pippa's] style and I think they are incredible. I'm so happy for Kate -- I wish them the best!"

It's a battle of the sheer hose; or, perhaps just the start of the next budding legwear trend.

Check out photos of both the Duchess and Katie Holmes below.

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[mlw1965]

10:43 PM on 06/30/2012

HP desperate headlines. The only thing they have in commen is marrying for money honey.

[roblabrousse]

07:20 AM on 12/27/2011

Black Stockings!!!!!!!!! Really!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! As if noother women in the world has ever or does ever wear them!! Get Real ,Please HP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[treabeton]

05:25 PM on 12/24/2011

Er, that's duchess not princess. Lay off the wine, treabeton.

[joannevlavender]

11:10 AM on 12/26/2011

She is married to a prince, therefore she is entitled by common law to be called a princess.

She is Princess Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge.

[treabeton]

05:20 PM on 12/24/2011

The prince and princess appear to be very much in love.

Merry Xmas.

[Richard Aron]

10:08 AM on 12/23/2011

They are both beautiful, but Katie Holmes has a more beautiful body. Middleton needs to put on some pounds (or kilos), her body is like a skeleton.

[roblabrousse]

07:16 AM on 12/27/2011

Inane comments Try to go for something intelligent next time.

[Brian Gorrell]

08:24 PM on 12/22/2011

They have nothing in common.

[jafsie]

03:54 PM on 12/22/2011

Middleton's hot. Holmes has bad legs and a fake marriage.

No comparison.

[brokenleoheart]

01:07 PM on 12/22/2011

HOW on earth is this a trend?! women been wearing em since forever. i have 4 pairs in my drawers -.-''

[treabeton]

05:21 PM on 12/24/2011

That would be a bulky look...........

[IsabelRingin]

12:46 PM on 12/22/2011

Hmm, they both prefer black stockings and they both married well?

[ingeborg shewbridge]

11:36 AM on 12/22/2011

What there have in common is Money!

There fix their faces body’s and buy great clothes!

[mantiposa]

10:08 AM on 12/22/2011

"Sheer Black Tights"? Those look like nylons to me.

[suzannji]

11:01 PM on 12/22/2011

Same thing. In Britain, they're called tights instead of pantyhose.

[mantiposa]

08:09 AM on 12/23/2011

Thanks for the clearing up the confusion!

[Watching rock grow]

08:54 AM on 12/22/2011

Sorry, Ms. Misener but the Duchess has been favoring black sheer hosiery since at least her 2005 graduation from St. Andrews. There is a picture of her wearing them dating to January 9, 2007. Then later that year while ‘enjoying’ her break-up from Prince William then again, in 2008 when he graduated with his wings. The last picture I have of her in black sheer hose is her appearance at St. Andrews after their engagement.

Leading me to suspect Prince William, likes sheer black hose on the young woman he saw for the first time; when she wore a very sheer black outfit in a fashion show :)

Come to think about it in light of the pictures she might be the source of the return to black sheer hosiery!

Happy Holidays!

[joannevlavender]

11:12 AM on 12/26/2011

Black hose (pantyhose or tights) are always available. Diana wore them with an orange suit, and on other occasions.

It's the other colors of tights that come and go with the seasons. Try finding Navy blue in a year when the fashion houses are touting Persimmon and Spruce.

[Westies]

08:20 AM on 12/22/2011

Kate ofcourse looks beautiful in anything she's wearing, Katie should NOT wear flats if she wants to look good and she's not all that to begin with!

[PedroVision]

07:42 AM on 12/22/2011

Three-letter word for Kate = FOX

Three-letter word for Katie = MOM

Both are AOK in any mans book.

Merry Christmas!!!