Victoria, The Survivor



Victoria Beckham is one of those celebrities that everybody both loves and hates. Vic established herself as the cool and calm girl in the now-defunct girl group Spice Girls. She added to the cool girl persona with her excellent taste in clothes. Even after the Spice Girls demise, Posh kept on shining in the limelight. Two things kept her there, she is married to David Beckham and she is extremely stylish.

Since the Spice Girls disbanded, Victoria Beckham dabbled with a rather unsuccessful solo singing career, a stint as a talk show host, and an attempt at writing a book. It seemed that, apart from being a good wife for Becks and a doting mother to her brood of three, Posh Spice had absolutely no talent to conceive of - that is, until she designed a fabulous line of limited edition jeans for Rock and Republic called VB Rocks in 2004. We are well down the road from the launch date, but Harvy Nichols is still selling dVB's like crazy.

Victoria, The Designer

The 5th of September this year not only ushered in the New York Fashion Week, but also the birth of a new Victoria Beckham as couture designer extraordinaire. Victoria unveiled her debut fashion collection to a select few group of retailers and fashion editors.

The word of the day was 'classy', and that was exactly what Victoria Beckham's pieces were! All 10 of her original designs showed the designer's partiality to fitted dresses with raised waistlines and mid-calf lengths - the same styles that she's been sporting lately to great effect.

Victoria Beckham's use of fabrics like silk, organza, and wool was impressive, but it was her attention to detail that had spectators reeling with admiration. Not only do her designs look tasteful, she's also taken measures to avoid vulgar wardrobe malfunctions with such subtle details like inner grosgrain waistbands and folded tucks along the bustline, to name a few. Indeed, Victoria Beckham knows all about the subtle nuances of wearing a dress - like what makes it photograph well, or how to make a corset bearable for hours on end - and she's sharing her expertise to all and sundry, a gesture that's not lost to fans and critics alike.

Victoria, The Fashion Icon

It goes without saying that the first VB collection was very well received, and has already been taken on by Harvey Nichols, while negotiations are underway between the designer and other retailers. Posh is also currently designing a handbag line for Samantha Tharasa.

Good press, bad press - who cares? Oh no, not Victoria Beckham. The collection was very well received. If this is an indication of things to come, VB is set on the road of designer!