Victoria Beckham covers the new issue of Harper’s Bazaar UK, and I’m not crazy about the photo shoot. Yes, Posh’s body snapped back about two seconds after she gave birth, and while I’m happy for her, I’m kind of tired of Posh doing these kinds of “lounging around in a bustier” photo shoots. The problem seems to be that Posh thinks she’s one of us. She thinks she’s “normal”. She says so in the Bazaar interview when she’s discussing how she designs, and how she can’t relate to the six-foot-tall amazon models she works with. Because although Posh is a size 2 (if that), she’s SHORT. Thus, in Posh’s words, “I stand for the general public here.” O RLY?

She famously snacks on edamame beans, and frozen grapes and endures a diet of steamed fish and raw vegetables to keep a svelte size 6 frame. But Victoria Beckham has insisted that she is just like the average woman, especially when it comes to her catwalk creations.

In a stunning photoshoot for the British edition of high fashion glossy Harper’s Bazaar, the married mother of four said that she feels she represents the general public – when it comes to testing out her own designs. The revealing interview was accompanied by glamorous photos of the star in swimwear, which was very reminiscent of old Hollywood actresses and pin-ups Elizabeth Taylor and Marilyn Monroe.

Victoria explained that since she became a designer she prefers to wear her own clothes to feel more at one with the customer. But last year she was left disappointed she couldn’t try on her designs as she was pregnant with her much longed-for daughter Harper.

She told Harper’s Bazaar: ‘We always joke that we have this fabulously gorgeous 17-year-old model who is six-foot-whatever and then I say “OK, I’m going to put it on. I stand for the general public here”. It’s how I work. I found it really difficult when I was pregnant and I couldn’t do that. It’s part of the process – I’ll stand here in my knickers and start draping fabric over myself. It was very hard when I didn’t have my body.’

But with the average British woman wearing a size 16, and certainly unable to afford a dress from the Victoria Beckham collection – adored by the A-list – and costing thousands, it’s a claim that stretches the imagination somewhat.

[From The Mail]

CB and I figured out that Posh identifies herself as a size 6 in the UK size charts, which is a 2 in the American size charts. I’d still claim that Posh is probably a zero or even a 00. And no, I can’t relate to that. I’ve been doing a “get healthy” thing lately, and I have lost some weight, but I know I will never be a size 2. That’s not my goal, that’s not my body type and I personally can’t relate to women who are a size 2 (as opposed to women who just claim to be a size 2 when they are obviously a size 12). This isn’t vanity sizing – this is just delusion, where a size 2 Posh Beckham thinks she represents the “average” woman. Still, I’m not really that offended. It’s just Posh.

Photos courtesy of Bazaar UK.