Sixteen years in, Victoria Beckham is on her way to becoming a fashion success story, recently reporting a 52 percent uptick In revenue to 89.1 million pounds, powered largely by dresses, belts and denim. While still a small brand, that’s nothing to sneeze at in this environment, and after many years of twists and turns and losses. And the spring 2025 runway collection was another step forward with more focus than ever before.
She is also set to enter a new phase of melding fashion, beauty and celebrity with a Netflix docuseries coming out next September following her journey from Spice Girl to fashion boss. It’s being produced by husband David Beckham’s production company Studio 99, which also produced his “Beckham” documentary.
With the crew in the background filming her every move, naturally, her spring 2025 show was a Hollywood worthy spectacle at the dreamy Château de Bagatelle in the Bois de Boulogne, with models walking down a dramatic staircase, her famous family and pals Eva Longoria and Sofia Vergara in the front row, and an afterparty with tequila cocktails scented like her new fragrance.
On the runway, the collection was a drama-filled exploration of silhouette, tailoring and sex appeal “using skin as an accessory,” as she put it during a preview.
She opened with an incredible resin-dipped chiffon bustier freeze-framed like a scarf caught in the wind, over mannish trousers with an asymmetrical exposed waistband, setting up the yin and yang of her sculptural feminine/masculine collection.
The dipped resin technique was applied to spectacular effect to draped chiffon tops and breezy floral chiffon dresses shaped to the busts. And they weren’t just for the runway; Beckham said there will be versions sold in stores. Many of her recent bestsellers have veered more toward tea dress territory, and there were those, too, including one in a deep apple green draped silk worn by Gigi Hadid and available to shop…