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This story is a few days old in a sense because Victoria Beckham has already been making the rounds to pimp the new Range Rover that she “designed.” Victoria’s “Posh Rover” is a limited edition, Range Rover Evoque that (according to WENN) goes for twice the price of a regular Evoque at £80,000 (or roughly $130,000). Only 200 of these cars will be sold, and surely, some rich fools who love the Spice Girls will clamor for the pleasure of owning one of these vehicles. Or maybe not.
Victoria has given an interview about her “bag on wheels” to Vanity Fair (which understates the price at $90,000 — still expensive as hell). According to the article, Victoria was in charge of selecting the lustrous matte-gray exterior finish with black accents, and she also chose “a luscious baseball-stitched leather interior in a shade of saddle tan so rich it’s almost Italian.” Victoria also made the call on the interior’s mohair carpets and included a 4-pc, black-leather luggage set as well. Mohair carpets in a car, really? Here are some excerpts from the interview, and Victoria mentions David at every opportunity:
Why people will want her car: “I think that people will look at the car, and they’ll obviously see Range Rover, but they’ll also see me. It looks like me. I joked the other day–I had a matte-black crocodile structured handbag with me, and I looked at the bag and I looked at the car, and I said, ‘The car looks like a bag on wheels.’ It’s very me. It’s very, very me. I wanted it to be a car that I want to drive, and I wanted it to be a car that David wants to drive as well.”
On her first car: “My parents bought me a red Fiat Uno. I was 17 and just so happy to have a car, so I was very fortunate that my parents were in a position to get me one–it was a secondhand car, but I was just so happy to have it. And my mum, to make it extra special for me, sprayed the hubcaps red. When I got my first paycheck from the Spice Girls, I [then] got an MG-F convertible. It was a really nice purple color. But it was very cool, very stylish. I mean I’ve always loved cars, as does David. And definitely the cars got better after I met David.”
Does she have a driving story? “Oh my God, you know what I did the other day? This is a funny story. I got up in the morning, and I knew that I had a whole morning full of conference calls. So I got up early with Harper, sorted Harper out, got all the kids their breakfast, got them ready for school, put Harper in the car seat, and said, ‘Come on, kids, we have to get going or we’re going to be late’–every morning I take Brooklyn, and David takes the little boys to school. We take it in turns because they go to two different schools. So I jump in my Range Rover, put the car seat in, put my iPod on–obviously very important–and I drive to school. And then I realize, I’d left Brooklyn in the kitchen. I was driving along, talking away, and all the sudden, I looked at the front seat, and I was like, ‘Sh-t! Sh-t! I’ve forgot something!’
“I’d gotten down the road, and I literally had to turn around and drive back up the driveway. And David was standing there in the driveway with all three boys, just [shakes her head]. And I felt like such an idiot because I was in such a rush. Harper was in the car, I was in the car, and we were on the way to school. But we did not have the child who needed to go to school.”
[From Vanity Fair]
Victoria’s actually kind of amusing in an out-of-touch sort of way. Such excess! Her story about accidentally leaving Brooklyn at home is cute, and it reminds me once of something my own mother did. She drove off with my sister and me in the car and accidentally got halfway down the block before realizing that my brother was still sitting inside his baby carrier in the living room at home. I’m probably not supposed to tell that story, but oh well.
Here are more photos of Victoria promoting her “design.” I wonder if it those baseball-stitched leather seats are super-tight with a zipper up each of their backsides. That seems to be the theme of her dress line, and I can see why she’d aim for, uh, consistency.
Photos courtesy of WENN and Vanity Fair
Written by Bedhead
Posted in David Beckham, Victoria Beckham
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I know she’s a bit excessive, but I love her.
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I feel the same way. I admire her tenacity. Who wouldn’t mention David all the time if they were married to him?
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You can’t help but like her a little bit. I almost get the impression that her stand offishness is actually shyness around people. I could be wrong, but I don’t want to believe that she’s stuck up.
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agree, I think she can be utterly ridiculous at times but I still can’t help liking her.
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Well for me, it’s like…omg who is this girl, she is so full of herself. But then I was like…even at the tender age of whatever, she did proclaim herself as Posh spice…so, she’s always been this way. That sort of ebbed my hating.
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Really? The “Posh Spice” thing is what made me not like her initially.
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I liker her as well I just can’t stand how she always poses like that. Pose normally and for gods sake smile once in awhile.
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I wish she’d smile too, I think she has a nice smile. But it’s not part of her “image” or whatever. Which sucks, because I remember when I watched her reality special she had a really cool, dry sense of humour.
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The vehicle is interesting looking. But not worth the 130K price tag.
How tall was the box, that Victoria was standing on, in that picture? (the one with the car and her in the ballgown) She looks 6’2 in that picture.
I can not begin to explain, how bad I detest, those peep toe boots. On anyone.
Our girl Mariah had on the same type of boots with her red/black, camel toe bearing, Lycra ski suit over the weekend.
And she looked just as dumb wearing them too.
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I have to say, that camel toe was the best thing I have seen from a celebrity in a while. It was next level.
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She have a nice style that for sure and she dress very nice but she is so thin and fragile looking ,size zero is not that healthy .
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Eurgh, crocodile skin handbags. This woman is smug, vile, and extremely limited in terms of ‘talent’.
PS. There’s a reason she mentions David in every sentence – she realises that’s the only reason most people in America know who she is.
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Her expressions are always so miserable looking. I want to force feed her some Taco Bell or a McDonalds Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese and Checkers’ french fries…and have her wash it all down with a 24 pack of Natty Light.
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If it comes with copies of the Spice Girls CD’s, movie, and a cute British flag mini-dress then I’m in! Otherwise, it’s meh. I’ll stick with my Jeep Wrangler.
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@Bedhead Who’s mother didn’t?
My mother left my newborn sister in a shop and was on her way with me to another when she realized something was off
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I don’t care for her designs, but I actually like the sleeveless dress she is wearing. I don’t like the boots, they are horrid. But I do like the dress.
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Hi Celebitchy, Kaiser and Bedhead! I think that you should do a post about the new Victoria and David Beckham pictures. They were kissing for the KissCam at a basketball game. They are soo cute!
Love your site! Keep up the great work!
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She can do whatever she wants, and i will love her still. She is my favourite Spice.
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Insert giant eye roll HERE~
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I love her, but ENOUGH with these boots. They’re awful!!!
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She has not looked well since Harper- I think she’s overdoing it and her body is having a hard time. On another note- has anyone noticed that her boobs are smaller? Either she’s sorta gained a little weight allover and has stopped hoisting them, or she got her boobs redone after the baby. That would be a lot of surgery to recover from.
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Want that car!
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I love me some Victoria Beckham. She is one of those people who come across better in audio interviews than print. She has a wicked sense of humor. YouTube the interview she did with Sasha Baron Cohen as Ali G, the girl is sharp.She comes from money herself but she is and has been working for awhile now so I don’t judge her.
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I. Me. I. Me. Me. I.I.I. David. I. Me. I. Me. Me. Me. I.I.I.David. I. Of course. I. Me. Stylish. Of course. I. David. Me.Very.Very. I. Me. I.
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That yellow and white dress (skirt and top? not sure) in the second image. Waaaaant.
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LOL at her leaving one of the kids at home. I did that once when I was a new mom. My son was…3 or 4 weeks old at the time, and we hadn’t really adapted to parenthood. So DH and I got ready to leave, got in the car, started the car…and then realized we forgot the baby!
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Does she ever smile? Why does she look so sad all the time?
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Because she’s hungry!!! lol
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How can leather be ‘almost italian’? Dumb.
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The Top Gear guys (UK, of course) named the Evoque their car of the year for 2011, and the styling was lovely
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Rise of the ZOMBIES!!!! Oh well, that’s what she usually looks like to me….
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