Victoria Beckham appears on the new cover of Madame Figaro, a French publication we rarely discuss. I don’t know if it’s supposed to be a highbrow or lowbrow publication, but I’d say that if Posh Beckham deigns to appear on multiple covers, with a pouty, faux-sexy photo shoot, it’s probably not the most high-class magazine. Anyway, Posh is still trying to clean up her old chav, WAG-tastic past by letting us know that she would NEVER be caught dead in anything vaguely peasant-y. She sounds like Dame Gwyneth here:
She hates tracksuits: ‘You’ll never see me on the street in a tracksuit. I just love fashion too much to wear a tracksuit! The same goes for Ugg boots. I only wear them only at home.’
She loves Prada: ‘I’m addicted to Prada, to cardigans and bags Hermes… I’d love to see the world through the eyes of Miuccia Prada! The woman is a genius. Her vision is of ultra-intelligent fashion. Each season, she creates something new, she knows how to surprise.’
She’d love to dress Tilda Swinton: ‘I would like to design clothes for her.’
She’s a big fan of Net-A-Porter.com: ‘I am a big fan of Net-A-Porter.com. When the kids are asleep, I can travel on this site for several hours. I like the idea of quietly shopping at home for clothes and returning them if it don’t work. This is absolute freedom.’
[From The Mail]
The Mail makes a big deal about the tracksuit thing, because they have a photo of Posh from, like, five years ago when she was coming out of a doctor’s office or something, and she was wearing loose sweatpants. The Mail is all, “Hahaha, LIAR!!!!” But unless I’m mistaken, even the Brits distinguish between “tracksuits” and “sweats” right? Tracksuits are – in my opinion – made of nylon, and they make you look like a New Jersey mobster. Sweats are just workout gear. Right?
As for Posh’s attempt to be all fashion-y and high class now… look, I like Posh. She’s grown on me a great deal over the past few years. But she needs to stop trying to be Gwyneth. No one likes Gwyneth. No one wants to be Gwyneth. Gwyneth is only a legend in her own mind. Posh >>> Goop.
Photos courtesy of Madame Figaro.
That’s good that Vic is saying that because her emaciated look wouldn’t work with normal clothes anyway. The only reason people find it okay that she’s so skinny is cause she wears those super fitting outfits that really only look good on aneorexics anyway. I am laughing at the prospect of her being in a tracksuit though.
Sorry but I just can’t stand her. She’s always posing and it never looks natural; the woman just tries too hard and it ends up looking fake.
@Mary. I don’t want to body-snark, because I think she does have an eating disorder, which is not something to be taken lightly, but I also find her ultra-slender size very off putting.
No offense to track suit lovers but I could never ever wear one, although I love me comfortable outfits. But I join the chorus “would it kill her to smile once in a blue moon?” And yes, she does do obnoxious hard poses! Hard fight between her and Lea M of Glee. No wonder Anna Wintour will have nothing to do with her. Vogue cover-wise, that is.
Agreed, Spitfire. Tracksuits are comfy but, to me, just not for public. I’d not feel comfortable out and about in one. But there are options – nice cotton numbers for over your workout gear or such that are quite smart.
Also agreed on the Posh smiling call – though I love her studied *tres fierce* looks. However nasty it makes me sound, I have to admit that they make me lol.
Posh is indeed >>> Goop! I might be out on a limb here, but I generally love her fashion. Not the stuff she designs necessarily, but what she wears – she wears it well and I occassionally covet. I also like her shoes. But shoes are my pr0n.
I’m not sure if that is a swimsuit or a body, but I’d love it as a retro swimsuit!
I really like her dress designs. They are feminine and forward; and far too expensive for a peasant like me.
I generally like her. She is not pretentious like Goop who knows absolutely everything about everything.
Victoria sticks to fashion and answers other questions when asked….
I wish i could afford them too!*but one day…!* & as far as i remember, she was always high-fashion, reason why she was dubbed the Posh Spice
I used to wear tracksuits when I was 6 (and then after, Paulie and I would hit the Bada Bing)
the whiff of desperation coming from VB is ever-present
nothing she has done has ever been natural – take a look back to the spice girl days even, the poses and the pouting all so put on
Get a life girl, and do some garden work with your hands getting dirty. Sexiness is not clothes but attitude.
so true!
Tracksuits – in England, “tracksuit” is just a generic term for sportswear consisting of baggy jogging pants and a matching long-sleeved top (usually zip-up). It doesn’t necessarily mean any particular material – I guess when I think of my jogging bottoms, it’s what you in the US would call sweatpants.
You see girls wearing fashion tracksuits, those hideous pink Juicy Couture things, too, in velour. Blecchh.
I get what VB’s saying, that she doesn’t like to just go out in her slobby clothes, and if I had an infinite wardrobe and finances and nothing to do all day but give orders to the nanny, I’m sure I’d look as stylish as she does 24/7 too. It’s not like she’s ever going to have to throw on the nearest clean pants to run out for a carton of milk in an emergency, is it?
Track suit is the baggy thing to me and I don’t wear them either. My work out clothes are tight fitting .. Not because I’m a size negative 4 but because it’s easier & comfortable to workout in compression gear. Also maybe she wore baggy track suit when she had her boobs put in, then taken out. You have to be comfy for a few days during those procedures.
I don’t think she’s anorexic. I think she’s determined to be a certain way, to fit into clothes & look a certain way. Yes she restricts her diet, but so do a lot of people to stay on target or thin. If she lost another 15 pound then she would be entering dangerous territory.
Shallow as a pan of water. There’s more to life than clothing darling. Someone with your money and influence could be doing much more worthy and relevant work than self-aggrandizing and pose-hards.
I think maybe she focuses so much on her looks because she’s honestly got a complex about what people think of her. I feel bad for her, I think I read somewhere that she has a hang up about how she looks when she smiles and she’s very self concious about it.
“I just love fashion too much to…eat solid foods”
Bwahaha! I had to stifle my laughter because I did not want to wake the baby.
Does no one else think that the picture of the person in the tracksuit could be ANYBODY?? Their entire upper body is obscured!
I just looked at the photo and could not tell who it is because the jacket is completely obscuring their face. Maybe the foreheads are the same but you cannot convict someone for having a similar big ass forehead.
I like Victoria myself. Her designs take themselves a little too seriously but she does make NY fashion week much more interesting than her counter part Gwen Stefani does. I agree that no one should wear tracksuits outside, inside or hell anywhere. Uggs and their creators should be burned at the stake. But when does anyone ever see Victoria look anything other than put together within an inch of her life. You never even see her in flats and jeans. Like ever.
I hate the ugg boots, track suit/ “Pink” sweatpants, orange tan look as much as the next person but paying over $1000 for anything Victoria designs is worse in my opinion. Everything she makes kind of looks the same and its all very plain.
I LOVE my Addidas track pants and wear them where appropriate. That said, I think she looks great in that photo shoot.
Madame Figaro is sold with a newspaper, Le Figaro (right wing), on weekends.
Those pictures are silly – I have never in my life seen anyone who looks as constantly and seriously depressed as this woman does. Does she know how to smile?
I suppose if I worked as hard to stay thin as she does, I would be dressed to the 9s all the time too.
She tries so hard, like she’s on the verge of convincing the world that she’s a 6 ft tall runway model. She probably thinks that if she just looses a few more pounds she’ll have us all convinced.
I was thinking the same. I mean, she tries so hard and her shoes are so high… it seems like she wants to be a real fashion model.
she has good taste.
When I see photos of Gwyneth on the street or airport, she’s always dressed comfortably, in flat shoes and minimal make up. Yes she recommends expensive stuff on Goop but if she would put something very cheap people would say she’s pretending to be something she’s not. When you want to hate someone it’s always possible to find a reason.
I’m not a Posh fan but I can see where she is coming from. I don’t wear sweats outside the yard unless I’m camping and I’m pretty cautious of where I wear my lululemons too. It’d be far too easy to wear those everywhere. I wear them to the gym mostly but the odd Sunday I’ll wear them grocery shopping. BUT, I do look put together, not sloppy.
And really I’d love to see her laugh or smile more. I think that I might like her more if she did that. Oh and not seem so full of herself…
In England, we call ‘sweatpants’ joggers, and a tracksuit to us is long, pants usually of a stupid ass colour or black, with a matching jacket that is usually a zip-up. But I’d say 50% of England are chavs, that wear tracksuits and ugg boots together, and are caked in make-up and could blend in with a bowl of oranges that their ‘tan’ is so fake. They look pathetic, and speak pathetic.
Victoria is so much better than Goop. I don’t HATE Goop but anyone who sticks their face on a ‘cleanse’ that the BODY DOESN’T EFFING NEED (Jesus Christ, the body works perfectly well if you don’t abuse it. That’s why we’re still here today. These ‘doctors’ and celebs are so bloody conceited to think the body is flawed and they can help it along with their stupid detoxes and cleanses, UGH) is a no bueno in my book.
Victoria seriously loves fashion. She’s didn’t one day think ‘ooh I’ll design a shoe collection, hehe!’, she lives and breathes it. I’m starting to really respect her.
Victoria has always been like this, very fashion conscious with a love of all things Prada, ever since she was a teenager in fact. Hence the name “Posh Spice” No one is trying to make her into anything.
omg it must suck so bad to only talk about fashion. some people are so stupid. who cares about fashion… seriously, there are sooo many more interesting things to talk about or do. She bores the shit out of me. It must be so tiring being so fake. fk. I would just want to scream.
Victoria is the ultimate fashion icon. She knows being a celebrity is all about playing dress-up. I love her!
This woman has really got to go. She really is an anorexic and narcissist of an extreme kind.