
Victoria Beckham
Spice
Girl turned footballer’s wife turned respected designer Victoria
Beckham on Sunday unveiled her latest collection at New York Fashion
Week, showcasing safari chic and her first ever shoe line.
Husband
David, popular in the United States thanks to his retail underwear line
and footballing career at LA Galaxy, sat in the front row next to
English editor-in-chief of Vogue Anna Wintour.
But while the whole
family turned out for her 2014 fall/winter show, there was no sign of
the couple’s three younger children — only eldest child Brooklyn, 15,
who earlier this year made his modeling debut.
Victoria said the
imminent opening of her first flagship store in London had “inspired and
pushed” her “to focus on the DNA of my brand more than ever.”
Long a fan of a very precise, tailored silhouette, her spring/summer 2015 collection showcased safari chic.
There
were mini-dresses with boxy pockets, hopsack style, a long, belted
coat, shirts with shoulder pads and a black jacket with shoulder pads
worn over a soft, long white dress with wide black stripes at the
bottom.
There were also some floral prints, a rarity for Beckham.
She
said she wanted to create “an eclectic uniform in the form of an exact
yet wearable wardrobe that embodies the evolution of the collection.”
But
the chatter after the show was about her shoe collection: towering
platform black sandals edged with beige, and white leather flats
decorated with flowers.
“I have designed the show shoes under my own name in my London atelier for the first time,” she said.
“Creating
all the elements of the collection under one roof enabled me to
complete and strengthen the silhouette and this has been key in the
design journey for me.”