Where do we begin with the incredible Victoria Beckham? This uber mama of four and incredible fashion designer has been wowing us with her style since many of us were kids ourselves, dancing around to Spice Girls in our bedrooms and dousing ourselves with sparkles.
And while there are countless celebs who boasted enviable maternity styles during the nine months they were growing buns in their ovens, none of them really came close to the impeccable, cool and sophisticated Victoria Beckham, who defied trends – and said “heck no” to flats – throughout each of her four pregnancies.
Beckham, who started from humble roots in Essex, England before becoming a pop star in beloved 90s girl band Spice Girls, isn’t just a token celeb-turned fashion designer. She’s the real deal.
She made her modeling debut at London Fashion Week in 2000, the year the Spice Girls split, going on to sign contracts with Dolce and Gabbana and Rocawear. But that was just the beginning. Beckham was moving up fast in the style world, eventually launching her own line – dvb Style – and the fashion world took notice. In 2011, a few months after the birth of her daughter, she won Designer Brand of the Year at the British Fashion Awards.
And it’s not just Victoria who continually turns heads and sets new trends in fashion. Her husband, soccer star David Beckham, and her four teenage sons are fashionistas themselves. Her eldest, Brooklyn, has started a career in fashion photography, and her middle son, Romeo, is an up-and-coming model.
So here’s to the gorgeous style icon and hands-on mom Victoria Beckham. And to four sets of baby bumps under the most incredible maternity clothes the world has ever seen.
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Brooklyn Baby Bump
This seems like as good a place as any to start a photo list of fashion icon Victoria Beckham’s ever-evolving – and always inspiring – maternity style. In fact, this may well be the first known paparazzi-snapped pregnancy shot of the gorgeous former Spice Girl.
At six months pregnant, she’s very much embodying her inner Posh Spice, wearing a clingy black dress and short cropped hair. And while she will often opt for more belly-disguising outfits in subsequent pregnancies, there’s no mistaking the growing baby bump here.
Beckham announced she was expecting with boyfriend and soccer star David Beckham in 1998 – a year after the famous couple starting dating. They welcomed their son Brooklyn Joseph Beckham on March 4, 1999, and were married four months later. Baby Brooklyn was even the ring bearer.
It may be hard to believe, but the bump under that black dress is now an 18-years-old aspiring photographer, and is dating actress Chloe Grace Moretz. They grow so fast.
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Stage Baby In The Making
The Spice Girls were known for their crop tops – it was the 90s, after all. And Victoria Beckham was no exception, even in pregnancy.
In fact, the friends and group mates who performed together also got pregnant together. Well, they didn’t get pregnant together… you know what we mean. In this pic of the Spice Girls on stage, both Mel B and Victoria Beckham are expecting their first babies. While Mel B opts for wide-legged pants and a large jacket to cover her growing bump, Victoria bares hers proudly in a signature crop top covered with a plum-coloured leather jacket.
Mel B would give birth to a little girl named Phoenix Chi Gulzar in February of 1999, only one month before Victoria and David Beckham welcomed Brooklyn.
A year later, the group unofficially announced the beginning of an indefinite hiatus. Thus ending the Spice Girls era, and setting Victoria Beckham on her path to becoming a fashion designer.
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Sleek And Chic Mama-To-Be
There’s no mistaking Victoria Beckham’s baby bump here, in this smart monochromatic outfit and ankle-length trench coat with a pop of red. And while the style icon’s fashion sense does evolve over the years, black will continue to be a signature look – in pregnancy and otherwise.
The Beckhams announced they were pregnant with baby Number 2 in 2002, and Romeo James was born in September of that year.
Romeo Beckham – the little bump pictured here – is now a teenager and fashion trendsetter. In 2014, then-12-year-old Romeo landed a modelling campaign with Burberry, following in his proud, stylish parents’ footsteps.
He’s also got himself nearly 1 million followers on Instagram.
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Keeping The Baby Bump Under Wraps
If Victoria Beckham’s typical fashion style is classic, form-fitting and cutting edge, her maternity style can be described in slightly different terms: casual, flowing and comfy. Not that that makes her pregnancy style any less chic or stunning. After all, this is Victoria Beckham we’re talking about, and she’s always impeccably-dressed.
Case in point is this oversized grey off-the-shoulder sweater she wore while pregnant with her third baby, Cruz David. The tousled hair, rolled up jeans and tall, comfy boots tell the story of a busy mom and businesswoman on the go.
Cruz was born in Spain in February, 2005. And if big brother Brooklyn has his dad’s eye for photography, and Romeo has his mother’s sense of fashion, Cruz has inherited Victoria’s talent for performance.
The youngest Beckham even released a single called If Everyday Was Christmas. He’s got his sights set on a music career and stardom. It’s in his blood.
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Golden Glow
When people talk about moms-to-be having a pregnancy glow, they’re usually talking about their aura, but Victoria Beckham is double downing here with a stunning gold dress, under which you can just make out a wee little baby bump.
The style icon recently teamed up with Vanity Fair’s David Blasberg for an installment of Derek Does Stuff, where Blasberb walked around Central Park with a donation jar, an iPad and a makeshift advice booth. On the iPad was Victoria Beckham (via FaceTime), who made herself available to passersby, offering fashion advice in real time.
When asked about maintaining a sense of style during pregnancy, Beckham admitted to cutting little slits in her favourite jeans, then inserting elastic in the sides so that she could keep wearing her jeans throughout her pregnancy. No belly hands and maternity pants for this hip mama.
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What Baby Bump?
It’s there, she’s just keeping her bump under wraps as she makes her way through London’s Heathrow Airport on Feb. 8, 2011.
Only Victoria Beckham can wear a plain white shirt, black blazer and messy hair and look like she’s just been swept off a runway, rather than a trans-Atlantic flight.
And we’re not sure if those pants are leather or pleather, or how either of those fabrics would work with a baby bump, but she looks totally comfortable and totally stylish.
Of course, simple and elegant define this jet-setting style icon. We already know that her teenage sons have inherited her incredible fashion sense, and can’t wait to see how it gets passed on to her youngest, daughter Harper – who’s been adorable since babyhood. Obviously.
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Comfy Cozy In Grey
My Grandma always told me to dress comfortable yet fashionable when I travel, and I’ve never forgotten those words. I wonder if Victoria Beckham received the same advice, because she epitomizes that clever suggestion here while strolling through Los Angeles International Airport in a chic, billowy sweater from her own fashion collection.
Beckham, who’s six months pregnant here with baby Number 4, completes her enviable ensemble with a co-ordinating carry-on bag (also from her collection) and black ankle boots. The boots, you’ll soon see, become a wardrobe staple during the rest of her pregnancy.
The style icon, who is often caught by paparazzi while travelling, has admitted to treating the airport like her own personal fashion runway. She’d probably be appalled at what I wear while dashing through the airport, but of course, I don’t have swarms of people taking pictures of me, unless you count the security cameras (which I don’t).
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Oh, But Those Heels
There’s a little Kim Kardashian in this chic and simple outfit. Or perhaps, it’s the other way around – there’s a little Victoria Beckham in Kim Kardashian. Either way, the style icon looks cool and sophisticated while shopping in Beverly Hills with her son Romeo.
It might be hard to tell, but that’s baby Number 4 under Beckham’s flowing white shirt.
When Victoria found out she was expecting her first girl, eight-year-old Romeo announced that he wanted to name his baby sister Justine Bieber. Sorry Romeo, mom and dad had other plans for your little sister, and a punny name is not one of them.
Before we move on, can we also stop for a moment to appreciate those incredible shoes? Most of us can only commit to either heels or platforms. Both is usually a recipe for disaster. Not for Victoria Beckham, whom we imagine wears high-heeled slippers at home. The fact that she’s preggers, to boot, just adds to our awe.
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Channeling Her Inner Audrey Hepburn
This dress, those sunglasses, those signature black ankle boots. Victoria Beckham is not someone known for wearing anything with an empire waist, but she pulls it off effortlessly here. As you would expect.
In her Derek Does Stuff stint in Central Park (of course, she wasn’t in Central Park, but she was on Facetime with Derek Blasberg, who was in Central Park), Victoria Beckham got on the topic of her famous footwear.
“When I do wear a heels, I try to go for something a little bit on the comfortable side of things, because normally I’m running after four children, so I’ve got to be able to move in those heels,” she said.
“Heels” and “on the comfortable side of things” aren’t usually synonymous, at least not among the general population of women. But that’s what sets Victoria Beckham apart from the rest of us. Among many things.
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Double Date Night
Another is-it-or-isn’t-it a baby bump? It is – Victoria Beckham’s fourth baby. The power couple are seen here heading home after having dinner with close friends Gordon and Tana Ramsay in Los Angeles. With Gordon Ramsay in attendance, we’re guessing the food was incredible.
Celebrity chef and fellow Brit Gordon Ramsay has three daughters and a son, while the Beckhams have three sons and a daughter. Apparently, the families are tight-knit, and all the kids, with the exception of the Beckhams’ youngest, are close in age.
As for whether any of Ramsay’s three daughters might become romantically involved with the Beckhams’ three sons, Ramsay assures us that’s a big “No.”
We’ll see. Although I wouldn’t want to cross Gordon Ramsay.
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Just Your Typical Soccer Mom
Victoria Beckham raised some eyebrows for wearing all black and heels to her son Romeo’s soccer game in Los Angeles, a month before giving birth to her little girl, but we think it’s perfect for a Spice Girl-turned soccer mom. (That’s her youngest son Cruz running along beside her).
It looks like a casual, comfy and (mostly) practical outfit to wear to a child’s soccer game. But who knows, those Christian Louboutin ankle boots might not sink too far into the turf. Besides, this is Posh Spice here.
You may have noticed that Beckham has a thing for Louboutin. I would, too, if I had a cool grand to spend on footwear. Beckham admitted to Vanity Fair that when she was nine months pregnant with Romeo, she spent a day at Disney Land wearing Louboutin heels.
Not at all surprised over here.
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Champagne For Valentine’s Day
If you’re looking for a word to describe Victoria Beckham here and can’t quite put your finger on the appropriate term, let me suggest “stunning.” Victoria and David Beckham are spotted in New York City leaving Minetta Tavern on Valentine’s Day, following a romantic dinner date. Baby Harper came along too: if you look closely you’ll see a little baby bump there.
First of all, big props to any couple with three children and full-time jobs that finds the time to go out together just the two of them. Part of what we love about the Beckhams is how much they are still in love with each other.
But we’re not here to talk about romance, we’re here to gush about Victoria Beckham’s pregnancy style. And everyhing about her silk champagne dress with matching heels and overcoat make us want to swoon. (Ya, David looks great, too).
Victoria has made an art out of monochromatic simplicity. When she does monochromatic, she looks elegant and timeless, the embodiment of minimal chic.
When I do it, it’s called “Canadian tuxedo.”
I have so much to learn.
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Red Carpet Stunner
There’s nothing more “Victoria Beckham” than a simple chic black dress. And yet there’s nothing simple about the stunner she’s wearing here in 2011 at the Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony to honour legendary music manager, Simon Fuller.
Beckham’s elegant knee-length silk dress is gathered at the waist, and paired with a taupe handbag with matching Louboutins platform heels. At her side is eldest son Brooklyn, big brother-to-be.
Simon Fuller, who managed the Spice Girls, has had a long relationship with Victoria Beckham, and encouraged her to pursue a career in fashion when the group dissolved in the early 2000s. That was sound advice, it seems. Beckham is now a renowned fashion designer with her own line of clothing and handbags, fashion shows, and a net worth (combined with David Beckham’s) of nearly $860 million. If you’re not sure exactly how much $860 million is, it’s close to infinity.
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Sun Goddess
What’s stunning about this beautiful candid photo of Victoria Beckham sunbathing while pregnant with her daughter is that it was snapped, unbeknownst to her, by her husband.
The soccer star posted this lovely photo of his wife and her gorgeous bump on Facebook, with this sweet caption:
“Took this pic of Victoria while she wasn’t looking. She looks amazing, so close now to the baby being born!”
Earlier, Victoria had been quoted in Women’s Wear Daily saying that she wasn’t keen on showing her bare bump to anyone other than her husband.
“I’m not really one of those people that likes to go out and pose and flaunt being pregnant,” she said. “Not like there’s anything wrong in that. I’m so proud to be pregnant and I feel so blessed and so happy. But I’m just not that kind of person. So, no, I won’t be taking my clothes off.”
Well, we think she looks stunning.
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A Bump At The Royal Wedding
The bump belonging to baby Harper Seven Beckham – Victoria and David’s fourth child – was probably the most photographed of all the Beckham children. Perhaps Victoria simply attended more events, or perhaps she wore outfits that showed off her bump more than in the past. Regardless, this multitude of pregnancy shots just gives Victoria Beckham fans more maternity style eye candy.
Victoria Beckham, who has a clear fondness for darks and solids, looks chic here with her equally fashionable husband David Beckham, at the April 2011 wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton at Westminster Abbey.
Undoubtedly, part of the reason this dress looks so stunning on the soon-to-be mom of four is that she designed it herself. Of course she did
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Red Hot And Ready To Pop
There’s nothing comfier when you’re pregnant in the summer (and the height of summer, to boot) than a long, light, flowing maxi dress. And even Posh Spice, who’s known for her form fitting tailored clothing and mile-high stilettos, needs be able to kick back at the beach with her family. Especially when she’s nine months pregnant.
So while this may not be the typical polished Victoria Beckham outfit, she still looks stunning while spending the fourth of July – and 12th wedding anniversary – in Malibu with her three sons and soccer star husband.
Only six days after this family beach outing, Victoria gave birth to her fourth baby and only daughter, Harper Seven, in Los Angeles.
So we started with Victoria Beckham’s first known pregnancy shot, and ended with her last. From start to finish, she’s been stunning. Now she needs to start designing a maternity line.
