Victoria Beckham. The love story of a football player and a model - how it all began for the Beckhams

Victoria Beckham is rightfully considered the most stylish star of our time. Victoria - singer, former member 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 since 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 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 at school she had no friends, 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 drama school, 17-year-old Victoria entered Laines Arts Theater College, where she chose the modeling and dance department.

Vika successfully combined her studies with participation in 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" ( gorgeous 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 training dance numbers, and in 1995 the “peppercorns” began recording the album.

Released in 1996 debut single entitled “Wannabe”, which overnight reached the top of 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 90s, everyone knew their songs, and the 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 took up solo career.

The long-awaited reunion of the Spice Girls took place in 2007. The girls released a 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 releases 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 musical career Victoria started 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 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 on 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 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 Me.

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. On Soccer game Vicky was brought 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. It has become 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.

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 is waiting for 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 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.

WITH youth 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 in geometric progression. 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.

Dress for own wedding Mrs. Beckham came up with her own idea, giving her sketch to the best master in this case - 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 for her. And immediately after the wedding, the newly-made spouses 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. Leather, spikes and the image of a rock princess did not at all harmonize with fragile woman with a thin voice. Unfortunately (or fortunately), Victoria just wasted millions of pounds on record companies. In 2004, she finished everything with music, giving in 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. Yes, with 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 prestigious award Women of the Year...And in the same year she joins the list of the most anti-stylish 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. After becoming 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 the clearest example 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! I hope you will enjoy:)

And this is a behind-the-scenes piece about how we created Vika’s image :-)

Victoria Beckham is a unique person in her own way. It’s rare that any media person today manages to succeed first in one business, and then, perhaps even more fully, in another. Those who grew up in the 1990s and were interested in foreign pop music will definitely remember the brilliant Spice girls, and the new generation is delighted with the work of Victoria Beckham as a fashion designer and businesswoman promoting her own brand.

One cannot fail to note her marriage to a famous football player: it seemed that Victoria was exceptionally successful in everything she put her hand to. Victoria Beckham's biography is intense and rich in events, including not always positive ones, but she is known for her ability to stoically endure any adversity that befalls her. Today Victoria Beckham is 44 years old, but time seems to have no power over her. Despite appeals to plastic surgeons and silicone implants, Victoria Beckham's parameters are attractive and close to the natural proportions of a young girl.

• Real name: Victoria Caroline Adams
• Date of birth: 04/17/1974
• Zodiac sign: Aries
• Height: 163 centimeters
• Weight: 75 kilograms
• Waist and hips: 58.5 and 84 centimeters
• Shoe size: 38 (EUR)
• Eye and hair color: Green, blonde.

Rising Star

Victoria's biography begins in the English county of Hertfordshire, or more precisely, in the village of Goffs Oak. Maiden name future star – Adams. Victoria Beckham's nationality is English. IN school years the girl experienced communication with her peers, learned to dance and dreamed of one day waking up as a celebrity. And, oddly enough, her entry into girl group The Spice Girls began with a banal ad in the local newspaper. When asking what group Victoria Beckham sang in, fans usually mean this name, although few people know that the first name of the “peppercorns” was Touch. Along with the four other members of the group, she probably had no idea that just three years later she would one day wake up famous.

After releasing three recorded albums, where Victoria Beckham sang, the group decided to cease to exist. And only in 2007, the awakened nostalgia of the participants made it possible to recreate the famous girl band of the 90s. The 20 million dollars earned during each of the performers' last tour can certainly be considered the main reason why it was decided to reincarnate the Spice girls, but as Victoria herself stated, her task was to show her grown-up children what had previously been the main milestone in her life. Until 2004, the singer also made attempts to continue solo career, however, they were not so successful as to speak of independent formation nova from the old train.

De Integro

Today, Victoria Beckham is known primarily as a designer and owner of clothes named after herself. However, her start along a completely new path for her was not as successful at first as she would have liked. The dVb perfume line, V Sculpt cosmetics for the Japanese market, several other fragrances and branded bags brought her money, but did not provide her with fame in her new role.

And only in 2009, Mrs. Beckham gained fame as a fashion designer, justifying the Latin saying tattooed on her body - De Integro - “again”. Just ten dresses from the Victoria Beckham Collection winter collection bring both fame and money to her brand, Beckham Brand Ltd. Perhaps this top ten is remembered by everyone who is at least somewhat interested in fashion: dresses with a simple but attentive to detail haute couture cut were highly appreciated by critics and fashion bloggers. Bright, local tones, collars reminiscent of school outfits, medium lengths without an ounce of vulgarity and slimming universal styles created a boom effect.

Subsequently, Victoria only consolidated her achievements with new collections, which included silk items of a more elaborate cut. It should also be noted that the ex-singer always attached great importance own appearance. How can I demonstrate my own clothing line if I look bad - these were her words in response to all the attacks from critics of her figure. And they were definitely found, because Victoria’s weight for her height and age remains almost critical.

Scandals with photos of her with a problematic breast implant added fuel to the fire, but today, it seems, the paparazzi have given up trying to influence Mrs. Beckham’s behavior, recognizing it as impossible to lead her astray from her chosen path. Victoria's 2015 collection is designed in soothing colors and is reminiscent of the English noble families of the northern counties and their attire of the early twentieth century.

Personal life of the “chic spice”

Posh Spice, as reporters dubbed her, in 1999 made all the fans of football player David Beckham bite their elbows by becoming his official wife. Since then, the yellow press has repeatedly tried to identify possible conflicts in the couple, but until now both form a harmonious union and follow the ideology family life. In total, the couple had four children by 2015, of which three were boys. Since 2013, the Beckham couple left the United States, preferring cozy London to noisy Los Angeles.

The future singer graduated high school"St. Mary's High School" in Hertfordshire. Seeing 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. While studying future star was a member of the music group “Persuasion”.

In March 1993, Victoria noticed an advertisement in the newspaper about a casting in women's 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 first single of the British pop group called “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

The paparazzi regularly pamper her fans with photographs where she is constantly in a hurry to business meetings, walks with children, goes shopping or visits beauty salons. Who would have thought that someday a member of a pop group would become not just the wife of a famous football player, but also a style icon that millions of girls from all over the world would look up to.

Biography

Victoria Adams was born in 1974 on April 17. Her family was quite rich, which is why the girl was often subjected to envy and caustic remarks from her classmates. Moreover, she has adolescence There were skin problems, which became an additional reason for bullying.

Victoria Adams began Star Trek in 1994 as a singer for the Spice Girls and immediately received the title of the most stylish member and the nickname “Posh Spice” (posh spice).

After the breakup of the group, the girl released her solo album, but, unfortunately, it did not bring her success. An unsuccessful vocal experience gives Victoria a start as real girl, changes his hairstyle to a stylish bob and begins the path of a famous trendsetter.

Spice Girls: life after world fame

In 2007, the “peppercorns” united to release a new album and world tour. Victoria Adams did not become a good singer, but she charmed all her fans with her appearance and style. By this moment the girl clearly realized that vocal career not for her and she is ready to realize herself in another area. Of course, in the fashion industry.

She designed a denim line and became the founder of her own brand, Beckham. This was followed by the release of collections of sunglasses, jewelry, perfume and bags. In addition, the “peppercorn” tried her hand at literature. Her first book, “Learning to Fly,” not only broke sales records and became a bestseller, but also strengthened the girl’s popularity.

Fateful kiss

Their marriage has long been considered a role model, and they met on the football field. After another victory for Manchester United, Victoria Adams ran out to the team in delight and kissed David. After a while, information appeared in the press about the beginning of their relationship. Literally a year later they officially announced their engagement, and in 1999 they got married. By the time of the wedding, the couple had already had their first child, Brooklyn.

The wedding took place on the outskirts of Dublin in an ancient Irish castle, where about 300 guests were present. If rumors are to be believed, the ceremony cost the couple $800 thousand. However, these costs were fully recouped, since HELLO magazine received exclusive rights to filming and paid one and a half million dollars. In one of his interviews, David proudly said that his world rests on three pillars - his wife, football and children.

Beckham children

Brooklyn Joseph was born in 1999 on March 4th. The boy received his name in honor of the area where he was conceived. Brooklyn is a real tomboy and loves to copy her dad, from style to hobbies. In addition to football, he has a passion for surfing and snowboarding. By the way, Brooklyn is not only Elton John’s godson, but also one of the heirs to his multimillion-dollar fortune.

Romeo James was born in 2002 on September 1 and was named after the hero of the famous play. If the Beckhams' eldest son is daddy's boy, then the middle one spends a lot of time with his mother. He knows about fashion and ordinary life prefers to wear things in a casual style.

Cruz David was born in 2005 on February 20 and named after Hollywood actor and close family friend Tom Cruise. The boy is fond of dancing, and to develop his talent, his parents decided to hire a star teacher for him - Raymond Asher. But after some time, Cruz became interested classical dances and entered the choreographic school. The boy dreams of becoming a ballet dancer.

Harper (vintage) English name) Seven (the number under which David played) is a long-awaited daughter who was born in 2011 on July 10. Like many women, Victoria always dreamed of having a daughter so she could go shopping with her and teach her how to do manicure and makeup.

Victoria Beckham (Adams): her style and dresses

Of course, in the mid and late 90s, the most popular pop group were the Peppercorns. This is where the chronicle of Victoria's style needs to begin. The wardrobe of those years included night dresses, mini-length skirts, stiletto heels and high platforms. The "chic peppercorn" makeup included black eyeliner and dramatic brows.

Since becoming Mrs. Beckham, she has been criticized more than once for her style. A girl could wear a strict trouser suit and a provocative deep neckline, a flowing dress with uncultured slits to the middle of the thigh (by Roberto Cavalli) or an outfit that completely showed off her bra.

The path to the triumphant, elegant look we see now began in 2007. Later in an interview she will say that she always dreamed of finding herself in the fashion industry, and she succeeded. In 2011, it became known that Victoria Beckham (Adams) won the “Designer of the Year” category (British Fashion Awards).

Her style today is dresses with a clear silhouette, fitted style, high-quality fabrics, discreet shades and harmonious accessories. In her book on style, the “chic peppercorn” gives this advice to all girls: “Classics are a canvas on which you can paint any picture.”