Victoria Beckham at New York Fashion Week
On Sunday Victoria Beckham gave her fashion show presentation as part of New York fashion week.
Initially, not taken seriously by the fashion world when she first made her foray into the arena of fashion design, she now has five successful seasons behind her & despite the recent recession her designs have been a sell out with demand far outstripping supply & the balance sheets to prove it. Figures for November show that orders for her dress collection are 64% higher than last year! Last autumn Beckham was nominated for her first British Fashion Award alongside industry giants.
Five months pregnant with her fourth child, she wore a loose cashmere draped dress for the presentation. Her unique, now familiar style of intimate presentations at which she talks through each design have proved popular with audiences, & inspirational for other designers.
The collection she presented featured longer lengths & pleats, loose draped styles – one featuring over 4 metres of draped fabric - as well as austere shapes – designs that may have been less well received prior to her phenomenal success in the fashion world. She was quoted as saying as much herself: “I’ve had to wait until now to do this. People just wouldn’t have understood it before.” There were four coat designs – all with sleek, skinny arms. One featured a giant buckle at the neck. Vibrant colours such as magenta & saffron featured strongly during her show.
Her designs have garnered her a celebrity clientele who are flocking to buy them; Madonna, Sarah Jessica Parker, Cameron Diaz, Demi Moore & Jennifer Hudson among them. They could be about to be joined by Kate Middleton, whose engagement to Prince William was announced back in November. Beckham is reported to have said that her family have requested to see a selection of dresses from her previous collection. “Apparently, she likes my clothes and has asked to see a selection. It will be from my current spring/summer collection. It’s tremendously exciting and I would be honored if she were to wear my designs. I admire her tremendously. She’s a beautiful young girl, she has a wonderful figure and I think she wears clothes beautifully.”
As well as interest in reporting on her latest designs at New York fashion week, newspapers have been rife with stories speculating on the sex of Victoria & David Beckham’s fourth child. Despite the tabloids claiming that they are expecting a girl this time around, Victoria says they have no idea as yet, though she says her sons are crossing their fingers for another brother! “I can go on the record and say, contrary to rumours, I do not know the sex of my baby. We feel so lucky and so blessed.
“We know what to do with a boy. The kids are excited about having a little brother to teach how to play soccer … But, if it’s a girl, we’d be over the moon as well”
Posted: February 15th, 2011 under Victoria Beckham.
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