Kate’s released from the hospital and causing maternity wear mayhem!

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Kate Middleton is feeling “much better” or so she mouthed to a bunch of nosey reporters waiting outside the hospital, as she stepped out carrying cheery yellow flowers.

Poor thing, she’s just released from a 3-day hospitalization after puking her guts out, and she has to be camera ready—complete with a floral wedding bouquet. Wonderful Prince William continues to be right there by her side, every step of the way.

But enough of the sappy stuff, let’s talk fashion! Kate has become something of a style icon, even dubbed the “Kate Middleton effect,” because when she appears in an outfit, it then immediately sells out. The “Kate effect” helped double the bottom line of the British label ‘Reiss’ from $6.7 million in 2010 to $13.2 million in 2011, after Kate wore their dress in her official engagement photo.

High end retailers of maternity clothes are waiting on pins and needles to see which designs she chooses, her Royal touch is expected to bring an increase in sales to the entire maternity fashion world. Now that’s power.

If Kate’s health condition persists however, the only maternity wear she’ll need are comfy sweats and a hair tie…