Victoria Beckham’s “Royal” Style Trajectory Shows She Was Born To Be A Designer
The journey towards national treasure status tends to be accompanied by a fast track to the palace, as Victoria and David Beckham, who rose up the ranks as cultural bellwethers in the ’90s and have since been awarded OBEs for their services to fashion and football, respectively, can attest. While meeting Queen Elizabeth II at royal gala performances was once a novelty for the girl band of the moment to tell their parents about, ever closer ties with The Firm soon saw Victoria deployed to South Africa with Prince Charles, for example, to help boost media attention around state visits. Invitations to the most significant royal weddings followed, as Posh and Becks brought a dash of glamour to traditional celebrations at Westminster Abbey (Kate and Wills circa 2011), and Windsor Castle (Harry and Meghan some seven years later). While pictures of third and fourth generation royals in ill-fitting fascinators are prime paparazzi fodder to some, nothing quite beats David and Victoria smizing at the nation while backdropped by beefeaters.
Throughout her time hobnobbing with heads of state, one thing has remained constant in Victoria’s royal-adjacent image: her tailoring. Even back in the ’90s, it was as if VB knew that one day she would look back on these photos and never regret a classic suit – even one rendered in Tippex white, or chocolate-brown satin. Yes, there were the LBDs, which she accessorised with razor-sharp bobs and girl-power peace signs, but that was basically her compulsory uniform when zig-a-zig-ah-ing her way from Top of the Pops to the palace gates. And, in comparison to her bandmates in Kappa trackies and sequined showgirl bodysuits, Posh escaped lightly. There’s nothing really to regret about a plain black spaghetti-strapped mini, is there?
