Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, again makes Vanity Fair's best-dressed

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Her Royal Highness, the former Kate Middleton, has made Vanity Fair’s best-dressed list for the fourth time. (Chris Jackson / Getty Images)

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Actress Kerry Washington attends the 2013 CFDA Fashion Awards at Alice Tully Hall in New York. (Brad Barket / Invision / AP)

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Justin Timberlake arrives for the 55th Grammy Awards at Staples Center. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

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An advertisement featuring Carmen Dell’Orefice in the July 2008 issue of Vanity Fair. (Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)

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Keith Richards signs copies of his autobiography “Life” at Waterstone’s Booksellers Piccadilly in London. (Ian Gavan / Getty Images)

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Victoria Beckham attends Glamour Women of the Year Awards 2013 at Berkeley Square Gardens. (Gareth Cattermole / Getty Images)

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Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen arrive at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Gala in New York. (Evan Agostini / AP)

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NBA player Lebron James onstage after being presented the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the 2013 ESPY Awards at Nokia Theatre. (Frederick M. Brown / Getty Images for ESPY)

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Designer Thom Browne attends the 2013 CFDA Fashion Awards in New York. (Andrew H. Walker / Getty Images)

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Dree Hemingway attends the fourth amfAR Inspiration Gala New York at The Plaza Hotel. (Michael Loccisano / Getty Images)

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Beyonce performs on her “Mrs. Carter Show World Tour 2013” in San Jose. (Robin Harper / Invision for Parkwood Entertainment / AP Images)

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Designer Jenna Lyons attends the 2013 CFDA Fashion Awards in New York. (Andrew H. Walker / Getty Images)

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Caroline Issa attends the Sergio Rossi presentation during Milan Menswear Fashion Week spring-summer 2014 in Milan. (Jacopo Raule / Getty Images for Sergio Rossi)

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Fashion designer Ralph Lauren, shown with his wife Ricky in London. (Peter J. Jordan / AFP)

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From left, Dasha Zhukova and Christina Tang at a cocktail party for denim line Kova & T at Chateau Marmont. (Christine Cotter / Los Angeles Times)

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Brooke Shields arrives at the premiere of “The Hot Flashes” in Hollywood. (Angela Weiss / Getty Images)

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Spanish Crown Prince Felipe of Borbon and his fiancee Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano, from left, and Spain’s then-Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero and his wife Sonsoles Espinosa shown in Madrid. (Angel Diaz / EPA)

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Vernon Kaye, Tess Daly, Lara Stone and David Walliams attend Barclaycard presents British Summer Time at Hyde Park in London. (Jon Furniss / Invision for Barclaycard / AP Images)

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Actor Jack Huston and model Shannan Click attend the HBO Documentary Special Screening of “Love, Marilyn” at HBO Theater in New York City. (Michael Loccisano / Getty Images for HBO)

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Dita Von Teese attends the 2013 Fragrance Foundation Awards at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City. (Dimitrios Kambouris / Getty Images for Fragrance Foundation)

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Princess Madeleine of Sweden attends the Valentino show as part of Paris Fashion Week Haute-Couture fall-winter 2013-2014 at Hotel Salomon de Rothschild in Paris. (Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images)

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Charlize Theron arrives at the Oscars in Hollywood. (Frazer Harrison / Getty Images)

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British top model Stella Tennant wears a creation as part of Dolce & Gabbana’s autumn-winter 2004-2005 women’s collection during the Milan fashion week. (Patrick Hertzog / AFP / Getty Images)

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Designer Tory Burch attends the 2013 CFDA Fashion Awards in New York. (Andrew H. Walker / Getty Images)

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Chinese First Lady Peng Liyuan, shown at a ceremony in Mexico City. (Mario Guzman / EPA)

By Adam Tschorn

July 31, 2013 1:17 PM PT

H.R.H. the Duchess of Cambridge was named to Vanity Fair’s 74th international best-dressed list, the magazine announced Wednesday, making it the former Kate Middleton’s fourth time on the annual roundup of the world’s most fashionable folks.

“Suit & Tie” singer Justin Timberlake made the list for the second time (he debuted in 2011), as is New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady -- though this is Brady’s first team effort since he’s in the couples category alongside wife Gisele Bündchen. And it’s a three-peat for fashion designer Tory Burch.

Perhaps what’s most notable about this year’s list is the first-timers club. Among the well-heeled making their debut appearance are Beyonce, Charlize Theron, Kerry Washington, Brooke Shields, Ronan Farrow (the writer-lawyer-diplomat son of Mia Farrow), J. Crew creative director Jenna Lyons, China’s First Lady, Peng Liyuan, and burlesque beauty Dita Von Teese.*

But our hands-down favorite of the freshman class? That’d be the Rolling Stones’ most-often rumpled, wrinkled and do-ragged Keith Richards. (Favorite place to shop? “I don’t shop!” Favorite accessory? “My silver.”)

The 2013 International Best-Dressed List, which appears in the September issue (on newsstands Aug. 1), can also be found at the magazine’s website.

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[*Updated 7/31/2013, 3:37 p.m.: An earlier version of this post omitted one of our other favorite first-timers on the list -- L.A.’s very own Dita Von Teese. We felt we had to set the record straight.]

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