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Only one dress out of the 26 Victoria Beckham showed today featured a corset. That’s groundbreaking news for a glamour puss who looks so pulled together in paparazzi snapshots you’d swear she wears a waist cincher to the gym. But as Beckham said while narrating the collection, her own style has loosened up quite a bit, and it showed in the clothes. She opened with a draped parachute silk dress in ultraviolet knotted at the torso, and included a few more variations of the theme, including a striking gown in black with jet embroidery at the shoulder. Kudos for expanding the range, though the irony is a weightless fabric like parachute silk hides nothing; as easy as the new silhouettes are, they require a flawless body.
Hollywood is full of those, of course, but Beckham’s fans—even those with last names like Diaz, Lopez, and Moore—will probably gravitate toward the curving seams of the hourglass dresses she’s best known for. Hard not to like the way they reliably hold everything in place. Among the best examples today: a shoulder-baring iridescent jacquard with ribbon straps and a Cadillac pink double crepe with an asymmetric neckline and a contrasting zipper in back. At the designer’s request, Brian Atwood made the show’s rose gold platform pumps to match her new Rolex. As for the new Victoria Beckham bags, they featured luxe materials and classically ladylike shapes, as befits a lady who knows her way around a Birkin.
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I can’t say I like any of these styles…whether because one must be as thin as a toothpick to carry them off (and even THEN they’re totally unflattering) or because the models look as though they hate their jobs… [FB]
These are styles I picture VB in, but more fitted and slightly less exaggerated in cut. Nothing really stands out though, but I agree, it might have something to do with the models…
I can honestly say I’m not exactly blown away by anything I saw here. I really liked the first coral/peach long dress and I liked the very mod looking short white dress (although I like it for the runway – not for realistic cocktails with the girls!) Very cool that she’s decided to add BAGS to her collection!