Victoria Beckham. Icons! Victoria Beckham style
In 1994, in the UK, against the backdrop of wildly popular boy bands, a female pop group appeared. At that time, no one thought that it would be successful, and at the time of its creation it even seemed like a utopia...
But the group not only became popular - it became famous all over the world and sold more than 55 million albums. Everyone knows the name of the group - the Spice Girls.
It consisted of five girls, including the today famous singer, designer and wife of the famous football player David Beckham - Victoria Beckham (Adams).
Fans are interested in the details of the biography and personal life of Victoria Beckham, whose height and weight arouse the envy of girls: her height is 163 cm and her weight is 45 kg.
Biography of Victoria Beckham
Victoria Caroline Adams was born in England on April 17, 1974 in Essex. Father's name is Anthony Adams and mother's name is Jacqueline Adams. The family also has a brother and sister - Christian and Louise. They grew up in the vicinity of the village of Goffs Oak, Broxbone, Hertfordshire.
Victoria's father was an electronics engineer and owned his own business, so Victoria's family had a good income. While still a child, she had a complex about her financial situation and asked not to be taken out of her Rolls Royce car near the school. She studied in Cheshunt (Hertfordshire), at St. Mary's High School.
According to the star’s recollections, they were not friends with her as a child. She considered herself an ugly duckling and therefore worked hard on herself. I learned how to walk, sit, talk correctly, and how to combine things.
Victoria Beckham set a goal in her youth to become famous. The incentive for her was the musical Fame. Around the same period, she began attending Jason Theater School. When she turned 17, she entered the Laine Theater Arts dance college in Epsom (Surrey). During the same period, Vicky Adams became a member of the group Persuasion.
Spice Girls career
Victoria got into the Spice Girls group completely by accident. In March 1993, she read an advertisement in The Stage newspaper that an all-female pop group was looking for ambitious, confident girls who could sing and dance well. More than four hundred young talents responded to the newspaper advertisement. The result of the casting was a place in the main group.
As a result, Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholmy (Mel C), Geri Halliwell and Victoria Beckham became participants. The girls in the photo are not very different in height, but the shortest of them is Geri Halliwell, and the tallest is Melanie Chisholmy. Victoria Beckham's (Adams) height and weight were average among them.
An interesting fact is that the creators of the group called the group Touch, but later they came up with the idea to rename the group the Spice Girls. The first composition Wannabe, released in 1996, became number one in 31 countries around the world.
From that moment on, the group repeatedly occupied a leading position in the world charts. Each performer had her own style of clothing, and Victoria's main theme was a little black dress and high-heeled shoes. She would later be called Posh Spice.
The group's first two albums were successful, but the same cannot be said about the third - Forever. Victoria decides to start a solo career, and on August 14, 2000, she, already Beckham, recorded her first album, Out of Your Mind. Victoria's composition took second place in the hit parade. Several more singles followed, but they only occupied sixth place. The last one was recorded in 2002.
In 2007, the Spice Girls decided to reunite and go on tour with a new Greatest Hits album. To participate, Vicky dyed her hair brunette. Later, a film about the Spice Girls: Giving You Everything, directed by Bob Smeaton, was released. The film was first shown in Australia and later on BBC One in the UK.
In addition, the girls accepted an offer from Tesco to appear in advertising and earned £1 million each.
Meet David Beckham
In addition to the successful development of her career, Victoria’s personal life also did not stand still, although she did not set herself the goal of getting married and was fully engaged in creative activities.
Her bandmate Melanie Chisholm invited Vicky to attend a football match with David Beckham. Mel C loved sporting events, which is why she was called "Sports Spice". Victoria agreed, and the couple’s fateful acquaintance took place at the match.
It turned out that David had seen Victoria on TV earlier and he immediately liked her. And when they met, she made an even stronger impression on him with her energy and self-confidence, and besides, the girl did not ask the famous football player for an autograph. She also liked his appearance and a spark immediately jumped between them. She wrote down her phone number on her boarding pass from the match.
When he returned home, he wrote down her number six times to make sure it wouldn’t get lost. By the way, Beckham still treasures this coupon with trepidation. From that moment on, a stormy relationship began between them.
Despite the fact that they were both popular at that moment, the couple’s financial situation was different. Victoria was from a wealthy family, and David's parents' income was more than modest. His father was a kitchen assembler, and his mother was a hairdresser. Both parents loved football and instilled this passion in little Beckham.
Their parents were skeptical about the close relationship between them. The singer’s father did not understand what she saw in an ordinary athlete, although when they met, the parents were pleasantly surprised that David liked to help wash the dishes.
Beckham's mother feared that a relationship with the capricious singer would ruin her son's career. And few people thought that the relationship between the stars would last long. But David Beckham continued to meet with the future Victoria Beckham and photos of their turbulent relationship continued to appear in the media. The fears were in vain - a year later the couple announced their engagement.
Fairytale wedding
At that moment, Beckham's future wife was already pregnant, although doctors had previously diagnosed her with infertility. Their first child was born four months before the wedding, on March 4, 1999. He was given an unusual name - Brooklyn.
On July 4, 1999, the luxurious wedding of David and Victoria Beckham took place at Luttrellstown Castle in Ireland. 300 people attended the celebration, and the pavilion where the wedding took place was consecrated by the Bishop of County Cork. The bride wore a hundred thousand dollar dress from designer Vera Wang.
Two luxurious thrones were built for the bride and groom, and another, smaller one for baby Brooklyn. The celebration cost about eight hundred thousand dollars, however, they easily compensated for all the costs. The stars sold the rights to an exclusive photo report to Ok magazine and received one and a half million dollars for it.
Victoria Beckham's children
As of 2018, the star couple has four children. Three sons and one daughter. Three years after the wedding, on September 1, 2002, the couple had their second child, Romeo James Beckham. Cruise David Beckham was born on February 20, 2005, and in July 2011, Victoria Beckham gave birth to her daughter Harper Seven Beckham. Victoria Beckham's children love their father very much.
Family problems
Despite the fact that the Beckham family looks ideal, and the photos show an undisguised reverent attitude towards each other, the couple periodically experienced crises, like any other family.
In 2003, their second child was diagnosed with epilepsy. And this was not the only blow for Victoria Beckham: photos of her husband and his assistant in an informal setting began to appear regularly in the media. At that moment he was under contract in Spain without his wife.
Victoria did not comment on what was happening and went with her family to Spain. Later in an interview she will say that these were very difficult times that affected the whole family. Victoria realized that everything in the world has a price, and people too. David swore his fidelity, Victoria believed him.
David and Victoria Beckham were able to survive this difficult period, moreover, they decided to get married again. After re-marriage, they got tattoos with the inscription “All over again.”
But this is not all the trials they faced. Scotland Yard prevented the abduction of Victoria Beckham and her children from the home. The terrorists planned to receive a multimillion-dollar ransom for the kidnapping, but upon learning of this, David turned their house into a real impregnable fortress.
Career after the Spice Girls
After completing her musical career in 2003, Victoria was offered to become the face of the Italian brand Dolce & Gabbana. And from that moment on, Mrs. Beckham decided to connect her life with fashion.
In the early stages, she collaborated with the Rock and Republic brand, and then released her own line of denim clothing under the dVb Style brand. At the same time, Victoria started working on the line of optics and perfumes.
After moving to America in 2007, a year later at New York Fashion Week, Beckham presented the first collection of formal dresses from the Victoria Beckham brand. The collection received positive reviews from fashion critics and the press. She later launched her own line of bags and a line of democratic clothing, Victoria by Victoria Beckham.
Her achievements were two books. The first is an autobiography, the second is style lessons from a truly English lady.
Victoria Beckham tattoos
The star has several tattoos that she dedicated to her husband and children. Some of them are of a pair nature and were also made by her husband.
The inscriptions and drawings are located on the lower back, between the shoulder blades, and on the wrists of the right and left hands. The inscriptions are in Arabic, Hebrew, and Latin.
The eight-pointed stars on the lower back symbolize her, David and their children.
Along the spine is an inscription in Hebrew, which translates as “My man belongs to me, and I belong to my man.”
On her left wrist, Victoria made her husband's initials, and later added an inscription in Hebrew, which translates as "Forever together."
On her right wrist she imprinted the date of her and David's first lovemaking - VIII-V-MCMXCVII, but later decided to change the meaning and corrected the year 1997 to 2006 and wrote the word "Anew" in Latin.
British designer, businesswoman, singer, former band member Spice Girls, wife of football player David Beckham.
Biography of Victoria Beckham / Victoria Beckham
Victoria Beckham/ Victoria Beckham (née Victoria Caroline Adams) was born in the spring of 1974 in Essex, the son of Jacqueline and Anthony Adams. Her father was an engineer and was involved in the wholesale trade of electrical goods. Victoria Beckham grew up in Hertfordshire with her brother Christian and sister Louise.
The children in the Adams family were never denied anything - the family lived in abundance. But Victoria was embarrassed by her financial situation, and by her own admission, had no close friends. Moreover, she was an outsider within the school.
The creative path of Victoria Beckham / Victoria Beckham
Victoria Beckham studied acting at Jason Theater School, inspired by watching the musical Fame. A year later, she entered the choreography department at Laine Theater Arts College in Surrey, and began performing on stage as part of the Persuasion group.
In March 1993, Victoria Beckham read an ad in the newspaper about recruiting a new musical group. A year later she joined the five called the Spice Girls. Her colleagues on stage were Geri Halliwell, Emma Bunton, Melanie Brown and Melanie Chisholm. The singles from this project were an incredible success, and the Spice Girls are still called one of the most famous pop groups of the 1990s. The girls began their solo careers after the release of their third album, Forever, as it was much inferior in popularity to the previous two records.
Victoria Beckham was also known on stage as Posh Spice.
In 2007, the Spice Girls went on tour and released their latest album, Greatest Hits. Despite the fact that all members of the band were busy with solo musical projects, the Spice Girls' concerts were a resounding success. Director Bob Smeaton produced the official tour video. Soon the girls signed a contract with the Tesco brand - they received a million pounds sterling for participating in the advertising campaign.
Victoria Beckham about his musical career: “ Was music my true calling? Was I talented at it? I don't think I was anything outstanding. But together with the five girls, we worked well. But talent? I am categorical about myself!”
Victoria Beckham released her debut single Out of Your Mind in August 2000, but this composition was inferior to Spyler and Sophie Ellis-Bextor's "Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)". Despite a large-scale PR campaign, the second single, entitled "Not Such An Innocent Girl" also took only sixth place in the British chart, this time with a competitor. Victoria Beckham became Kylie Minogue and her hit “Can't Get You Out Of My Head”.
Victoria Beckham made a total of four attempts to release her solo album. In addition to pop music, she tried herself in hip-hop and urban styles, but did not get the expected results.
Despite her unsuccessful solo career, Victoria Beckham is the only member of the Spice Girls whose compositions appeared at the top of the British charts.
In September 2001, Victoria Beckham released her debut book entitled "Learning to Fly". The title was a line from the musical “Fame,” which inspired young Victoria to devote herself to creative activity. The autobiographical book sold more than five hundred thousand copies throughout the UK.
In an interview with a Spanish publication in 2005, Victoria Beckham said: “I have not read a single book in my entire life.” She later refuted this statement, explaining the error as an incorrect translation from Spanish. In fact, Victoria told the journalist that she never had time to finish reading the book because she was too busy taking care of her children.
Victoria Beckham's second book, a style guide of sorts, known as "An inch and a half more: hair, heels and everything in between" came out in October 2006. This work also became a bestseller, translated into several languages around the world.
Victoria Beckham has starred in five documentaries. The fourth was dedicated to the celebration that the Beckhams organized at their mansion in Hertfordshire to coincide with the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Several tickets for the celebration were auctioned for £100,000, with the proceeds going to charity.
In 2001, Victoria Beckham auditioned for the lead role in the film Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, but lost to Angelina Jolie. In the summer of 2007, Victoria Beckham appeared in an episode of the second season of Ugly Betty. Six months later, she acted as a member of the jury as part of the fourth American Project Runway.
Victoria Beckham known throughout the world as a style icon. She made her London Fashion Week debut at the Maria Grachvogel show in 2000. She has also been the face of Dolce and Gabbana and Rocawear collections. Victoria Beckham designed a limited-edition fashion line for Rock & Republic in 2004. The Victoria Beckham fashion house was created at the height of the financial crisis, but by 2011 sales revenue had grown by 70 percent.
Victoria's fashion collection featured trapezoidal silhouettes in the style of the 1960s. The “cat” print attracted particular attention from fashion industry figures, which Beckham explained as follows: “When I was pregnant for the fourth time, I really wanted to surround myself with animals. I tried to start a conversation about the cat, but David was categorically against it."
In January 2006, she walked at the Roberto Cavalli show during Milan Fashion Week. She also became a stylist at a photo shoot for her close friend Katie Holmes for Harper's Bazaar.
In July 2006 Victoria Beckham introduced its own collection of sunglasses called “dvb Eyewear”. She also designs jeans, bags and jewelry. In addition, the Beckham couple released a pair of perfumes of the same name, staging a luxurious presentation of the fragrance in Venice.
Victoria Beckham: “My style is very British. Almost like a school teacher. I love pencil skirts, blouses, classic-cut dresses and jeans that fit perfectly. My favorite fashion era is the 50s. I love the chic and graceful style of Jacqueline Kennedy and Audrey Hepburn."
Victoria Beckham was twice awarded by the British publication Glamor in the categories “Woman of the Year” and “Entrepreneur of the Year”. She has appeared on the cover of Vogue magazine several times.
Victoria Beckham is a staunch vegetarian and does not wear fur, which delights all PETA activists. Mrs Beckham had five tattoos, but gradually began to get rid of them.
Personal life of Victoria Beckham / Victoria Beckham
In 1995, pop star Posh Spice dated Corey Haim, and two years later she met football player David Beckham at a charity match.
In 1998, Victoria and David announced their engagement; journalists dubbed their extravagant couple Posh and Becks. On July 4, 1999 they got married.
The wedding ceremony took place in an Irish castle, and their four-month-old firstborn was the main guest at this celebration. The Beckhams have signed an exclusive contract with OK! and received a huge fee by allowing the publisher’s photographer to attend the ceremony.
In 1999, Victoria and David Beckham purchased a mansion worth two and a half million pounds. Later the house was named Beckingham Palace.
Victoria Beckham and her husband have four children: sons Brooklyn Joseph (born 1999), Romeo James (born 2002), Cruz David (born 2005) and daughter Harper Seven (born 2011) .
In January 2000, a scandal erupted in the press: a plot to kidnap Victoria and Brooklyn Beckham was uncovered, as a result of which the family was forced to move to an unknown location. In 2004, Rebecca Loos, personal assistant David Beham, stated that she had an affair with a famous football player. But the couple denied the fact of betrayal.
Victoria Beckham has a serious expression on her face in her photographs: “I created this image for the public, but the real me is very different from it. I don’t think I should shout at every corner that I’m happy: the main thing is that I feel happy. So I'm not too upset by comments about my sad expression. People think that I am constantly in pain. And you know, sometimes I feel the same way when I look at photos.”
In the summer of 2007, the family moved to Los Angeles, as David Beckham signed a contract with the LA Galaxy team.
Victoria Beckham and her husband top the Forbes list and are also among the 19 richest people in the UK.
Besides, Victoria Beckham She is actively involved in charity work - she is an activist with Save the Children.
Victoria Beckham: “I'm proud of what I have. Natural hair color, relaxed clothing style - all this is an organic part of me. Now I am satisfied with myself both professionally and in terms of my appearance. And I can say that I am not afraid of getting old. After all, I’m growing old next to the best man I can imagine!”
Victoria Caroline Adams was born on April 17, 1974. His father, Anthony William Adams, was an electronics engineer and also founded his own electronics wholesale business. Mother - Jacqueline Doreen, worked as an insurance clerk and hairdresser. The future star has a brother Christian (1979) and a sister Louise (1976).The future singer graduated from St. Mary's High School" in Hertfordshire. After seeing the famous musical “Fame”, Vicky set herself the goal of becoming famous. The parents decided to develop their daughter’s hobbies and sent her to the Jason Theater School, and then to the Laine Theater Arts College, where she studied dancing and clothing design. During her studies, the future star was a member of the music group “Persuasion”.
In March 1993, Victoria noticed an advertisement in the newspaper about a casting for a girl group, which was attended by more than 400 girls. Having successfully passed the selection, in April 1994, Victoria Adams joined the group Touch, which in 1996 was renamed the Spice Girls. It also included Melanie Chisholm, Emma Bunton, Melanie Brown and Geri Halliwell.
In March 1995, the girls signed a contract with the Virgin Records record label and began recording their debut album.
In 1996, the British pop group's first single, "Wannabe", was released. It was followed by their debut album, Spice, released on November 4, 1996. It went ten times platinum in the UK and
If you still think that good taste is given at birth, and if it wasn’t given out, then that’s it, then you urgently need to get acquainted with the story of a woman who dressed so badly that designers asked not to mention their name if she wore their clothes.
Victoria Beckham went through fire, water and copper pipes on the way to creating her unique style, which, without exaggeration, is crazy about almost half of women around the world. She received the status of a style icon and created her own clothing brand, a dress from which is the dream of every successful woman!
The next series of ICONS awaits you below :)
I’ll be honest, Victoria’s style is close to me, so the photo shoot at the end of the article turned out, in my opinion, one of the best in the history of the project! Let's reach a new level :-)
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Victoria Beckham's style history
Today she is a designer, writer, wife of the most charming football player on the planet, mother of four children and, part-time, a style icon for millions of women! In the past, she is the lead singer of the Spice Girls and one of the most terribly dressed women.
You say: “Paradox!” But no! Victoria Beckham became what she became thanks to titanic work on herself. Alas, neither wealth nor connections are a 100% guarantee of good taste. Victoria's case is a clear confirmation of this. Her path to style was thorny, but that’s what made it interesting.
Victoria Caroline Adams was born in Great Britain in 1974. This is not followed by a story about a difficult childhood and a difficult fate. The future Mrs. Beckham was born into a fairly wealthy family, studied at a good school, where she was driven daily in a Rolls-Royce.
From a young age, Victoria was interested in art. She studied acting, singing and ballet. And at home she loved to organize entire show performances with dancing and dressing up.
Victoria Adams first attracted the attention of the paparazzi as a member of the Spice Girls. Between 1994 and 1996, the group gained popularity exponentially. The producers and PR people did a great job turning the group into a real youth idol. Each soloist had her own role, thought out to the smallest detail. Thus, every teenage girl could see herself in one of these five. Adams was cast in the role of a sexy fashionista - Posh Spice.
Tight dresses, heels, an arrogant look. Even at the airport during tours, Posh could show up in stiletto heels and a latex dress.
The Spice Girls received a lot of attention. So it’s not surprising that Victoria became interested in a young football player from Manchester United, David Beckham.
In 1998, the group broke up, but Victoria no longer worried about her future and was completely immersed in her personal life.
in 1999 she gave birth to her first son, Brooklyn, and married David Beckham.
Mrs. Beckham designed the dress for her own wedding on her own, giving her sketch to the best master in this matter - Vera Wang. It was a classic champagne princess dress with a six-meter train. Victoria always loved to shock.
But the attention focused on the dress seemed not enough to her. And immediately after the wedding, the newlyweds changed into purple suits from Antonio Berardi.
In those days, Victoria was very fond of family looks and often appeared with David at parties in matching outfits. The most memorable were the leather suits from Gucci. Almost 20 years later, in an interview with Vogue, Victoria said that this was perhaps her worst outfit.
In the early 2000s, Beckham became busy with her solo career. For the stage, she often chose brutal images that were not typical for her. The skin, thorns and image of a rock princess did not harmonize at all with the fragile woman with a thin voice. Unfortunately (or fortunately), Victoria just wasted millions of pounds on record labels. In 2004, she finished everything with music, surrendering to her true passion - fashion.
Since the mid-2000s, Victoria has been a guest at every fashion show and takes her first steps in design, participating in the development of clothing and accessories in collaborations with other brands. So, with a light hand, in tandem with Rock&Republic, her first line of jeans comes out, and later her own collection of sunglasses.
Alas, for Victoria Beckham's style this time cannot be called golden at all. At social events and red carpets, she behaves like a “typical football player’s wife.” The self-proclaimed fashionista wears incredibly tight outfits, trying to reveal all parts of the body at once.
Insiders will long remember the times when Beckham's representatives were called by brand advertisers and begged Victoria not to wear their clothes, even if she bought them herself. Nobody wanted their brand to be associated with an anorexic tanned woman with silicone upturned breasts.
In 2006, at Milan Fashion Week, Victoria took part in the Cavalli show, after which she became an ambassador of the brand. For quite a long time, the fashion house provided her with outfits for going out. In the same year, Victoria first tried herself as an editor on the set of a magazine, stylizing a photo shoot with Katie Holmes.
The period from 2006 to 2007 became very productive for Beckham. She launched her own denim brand dVb Style, presented her perfume line and developed a collection of bags and accessories for the Japanese brand Samantha Thavasa
In the summer of 2007, thanks to her achievements in the field of fashion, Victoria Beckham received the prestigious Woman of the Year award... And in the same year she joined the list of the most anti-style people.
But Victoria does not give up on her dream of connecting her life with fashion.
In 2007, the Spice Girls reunited again to go on a world tour. Beckham takes full advantage of this opportunity, forcing the band's fans to look at themselves with new eyes. At every concert she puts on real fashion shows, changing clothes for each number and becoming the most popular member of the group.
Positive dynamics in Posh's style began in 2007, when she replaced tight minis with laconic sheath dresses. But do not forget that this woman loves to be the center of attention. And even if she dresses in a formal dress, it doesn’t have to be black. Her image in a pink case with the same Birkin, in which she appeared at one of the press conferences, hits fashionistas to the heart.
A year later, Beckham becomes the face of Marc Jacobs' collection. Victoria has been friends with Mark for a long time and does not deny that he repeatedly inspired her during her first steps in fashion. Having become a designer, she often turned to him for advice.
For the first time, people started talking about Victoria as a self-sufficient designer after NYFW in 2008. There she presented her collection of midi-length sheath dresses. Critics received the effort very positively, and some were truly delighted with her almost manic attention to detail and elegance.
Finally, the title of style icon, which Victoria had dubbed herself, began to justify itself. Three times in a year she was invited to be the face of the cover of Vogue, and that means something. Especially knowing the unyielding nature of Anna Wintour.
In 2011, Victoria received the prestigious British Fashion Awards, and in 2014 she opened her first Victoria Beckham store.
Today, the income of the Victoria Beckham brand is only growing, and now, according to general estimates, it is estimated at 100 million pounds sterling. In addition to the main luxury line, the brand also produces clothes for young girls. This is the second line - Victoria by Victoria Beckham. The only thing that unites all Victoria’s creations, no matter what label they are released under, is the traditional British style. Straight lines, conciseness, a minimum of details and constant elegance.
Now Victoria herself is the best face of her own brand. Her images are verified to the smallest detail. Whatever she wears, be it jeans for a walk with her daughter, or a dress for a fashion show, she always looks chic.
In my opinion, Victoria Beckham is another shining example of the fact that if you set a goal, you can create yourself anew. And as this story shows, it's not just about the money!
Victoria Beckham's style as read by Tatyana Timofeeva
My turn! Hope you like it :)
And this is a behind-the-scenes piece about how we created Vika’s image :-)
Victoria Beckham is rightfully considered the most stylish star of our time. Victoria is a singer, former member of the Spice Girls, designer and businesswoman.
Childhood
Victoria Caroline Adams is from England and was born on April 17, 1974 in the town of Harlow, Essex.
Vicky spent her childhood in the picturesque Broxbon area of Hertfodshire. Vika's family was wealthy, so from childhood the girl did not deny herself anything.
Father Anthony Adams worked as an electronics engineer and ran his own business, thanks to which the Adams family could live comfortably.
Jacqueline's mother was a housewife and raised children. Victoria was the eldest child in the family; she also has a younger brother, Christian, and a younger sister, Louise.
Despite her comfortable childhood, Vicky suffered because of her family's condition. The envy of her classmates gave rise to numerous ridicule of young Adams.
In one of the interviews, the girl said that she had no friends at school, every day she became the object of ridicule and bullying.
The girl felt comfortable only at home. There she could truly open up: little Vicky constantly gave her relatives a show, dressing up and performing her favorite songs.
One day a girl saw the musical “Fame” on TV. Fascinated by this musical, she was determined to become popular.
Having received incomplete secondary education in St. Mary’s High School, Victoria did not want to go to high school.
Instead, she persuaded her parents to send her to Jason Theater School, where the girl learned the basics of theatrical art.
After graduating from drama school, 17-year-old Victoria entered Laines Arts Theater College, where she chose the modeling and dance department.
Vicky successfully combined her studies with participation in the music group “Persuasion”. Then the girl began attending various castings and participating in photo shoots.
Spice Girls
In March 1993, Victoria Adams' life changed forever. It was then that the girl accidentally came across an advertisement in The Stage newspaper, which announced recruitment to a female musical group.
Victoria decided to try her luck and signed up for an audition. Success awaited the girl there, and soon she became one of the members of a new pop group, which at first was called “Touch”.
After some time, the group was renamed the “Spice Girls”. The group also included Melanie Brown, Melanie Chisholm, Emma Bunton and Geri Halliwell.
Each girl had her own nickname, and Victoria was nicknamed "Posh Spice." Adams received this nickname due to her refined taste and beautiful appearance.
For several years the girls prepared for their debut, selecting a repertoire and practicing dance routines, and in 1995 the “peppercorns” began recording an album.
In 1996, the debut single entitled “Wannabe” was released, which overnight topped the music charts around the world.
Soon the world saw the group's debut album called "Spice". The album, which included 10 songs, was eagerly listened to all over the world, and very quickly its circulation reached 20 million copies.
In November 1997, the peppercorns released their second album, Spiceworld, which was not inferior in popularity to the first record.
The Spice Girls became the most popular group of the 90s, everyone knew their songs, and a multi-million army of fans anxiously awaited the concerts of their idols.
On November 6, 2000, the third album entitled “Forever” was released. The album was not so successful. The group existed for 6 years and broke up in 2000, the participants began solo careers.
The long-awaited reunion of the Spice Girls took place in 2007. The girls released the collection “Greatest Hits” and went on a world tour in December 2007.
During the tour, each participant earned $20 million, and the official film of the tour, “Spice Girls: Giving You Everything,” was soon released.
Solo career
In 1999, the singer married football player David Beckham, taking his last name. In August 2000, Victoria Beckham's first solo composition, “Out of Your Mind,” was released.
The debut single reached number two on the UK music chart. After the release of the single, the singer released her debut solo album “Victoria Beckham”, but it did not bring success to Victoria.
It was followed by the song "A Mind of Its Own", which took sixth position in the British charts. The singer decided not to present the third single called “I Wish” at all.
In August 2004, Victoria canceled the release of the album “Open Your Eyes” due to pregnancy. This is how Victoria’s career as a singer ended.
After trying to build a music career, Victoria began promoting her own brand.
Fashion industry
Even during the existence of the Spice Girls group, Victoria met many designers. After her luxurious marriage to David Beckham, Victoria began actively collaborating with famous brands.
Initially, Beckham was a guest model at designer shows. Victoria's debut as a model took place in 2000 at the show of designer Maria Grachvogel in London.
Increasingly, the star began to appear in public, and then the newly minted socialite was called a style icon. Then the girl began actively promoting the family brand.
Victoria contributed to the fact that her husband began to appear more often on the covers of magazines and appear in advertising.
In 2004, Beckham released a limited collection of clothing for the Rock & Republic brand. At the same time, she creates collections for her own fashion house.
Victoria has released her own line of denim and knitwear clothing under the “dVb” brand. The collection also includes glasses, bags and perfume from Victoria.
The Beckham family at the Burberry show
In 2007, Victoria created a line of cosmetics called “V Sculpt” especially for Japan. In 2009, the collection of dresses “Victoria Beckham Collection” was released.
That same year, at New York Fashion Week, Beckham's collection was recognized as one of the best. To this day, Victoria produces clothes, glasses and shoes under her personal brand. Beckham products are popular all over the world and are sold in many famous boutiques.
The British edition of Glamor awarded Victoria the “Woman of the Year” and “Entrepreneur of the Year” awards; Beckham could be seen several times on the cover of Vogue.
Books
Victoria also tried herself as a writer. In the fall of 2001, the world saw Beckham’s first book, “Learning to Fly.” This autobiographical book was a success in the British market and sold 500 thousand copies.
Beckham released her next book in 2006. The book was called “An Inch and a Half More: Hair, Heels and Everything in Between” and was a kind of style guide in which Victoria shared her beauty secrets.
Film and television
In 2001, Victoria auditioned for the main role in the film Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, but the role went to .
In 2007, Beckham got a cameo role in the second season of Ugly Betty. Six months later, she became a jury member in the fourth season of the American show Runway.
Victoria Beckham also starred in 5 documentaries about herself.
Personal life
The whole world is watching the relationship between Victoria and David Beckham with delight. The first meeting between Victoria and David took place at a football match in 1997.
David had been following the performances of the charming “Posh Spice” for a long time and had long wanted to meet her. Vicky was brought to the football match by Spice Girls member Melanie Chisholm.
After the match, David and Victoria met, after which the singer left Beckham her phone number. As David admits, he still keeps the piece of paper on which Adams wrote down her number.
The young people immediately fell in love with each other, their romance was swift, and a year after they first met, the couple announced their engagement.
In the summer of 1998, the press learned that the girl was expecting a child. This was a great miracle for Victoria, because at the age of 20 she was told that the girl would not be able to have children.
David's experiences affected his career: before one of the matches, Beckham had an argument with the opposing team's football player Diego Simeone. The altercation reached the point where Beckham kicked his opponent.
Then David’s career was under great threat, everyone began to insult the football player and call him “the disgrace of English football.”
4 months after the birth of their first child, the couple had a luxurious wedding. Edition "OK!" paid $1.5 million for the rights to exclusive filming of the wedding.
The ceremony took place at Lutrellstown Castle in Ireland and attracted more than 300 guests. After 4 months, the newlyweds bought their own mansion in the southeast of England.
The Beckhams' second child was born in September 2002, the boy was named Romeo James.
A few months after the birth of his son, a happy family life was overshadowed by scandalous news: the tabloids started talking about David having an affair with his assistant Rebecca Luz.
