tough graft,force of will – and cash to invest – helped turn former Spice Girl into a respected designer and businesswomanThe feeling of scepticism was palpable, according to one of the editors gathered in a suite of the Waldorf hotel in novel York one September day in 2008. Victoria Beckham was about to launch her first collection and the world’s fashion press had prepared themselves for a celebrity vanity project from a former pop star with no formal training, or whose personal style had,until recently, been notable for skimpy clothing and fake tan. But Beckham’s collection of 10 dresses, and shown in this low-key way was,says Sarah Bailey, editor of Red who was then deputy editor of US Harper’s Bazaar, and “an extraordinary presentation,[and she] was very sweetly nervous and humble. She talked through this collection of dresses with such incredible conviction and you could almost feel hearts and minds being melted as we were sitting there. The progress from there has been meticulous (extremely careful about details) and impressive.”
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Source: theguardian.com