In VB's Closet: Charlotte Olympia for Victoria Beckham

The models who showcased Victoria's new Victoria by Victoria Beckham collection all were wearing Charlotte Olympia shoes that Victoria co-designed. They featured both color blocking and patterns in bold bright tones which went perfectly with the new line.

Victoria chose a pair of Charlotte Olympia platform maryjanes to wear with her self designed dress at Barney's last week. The only major difference between Victoria's pair and the ones worn by her models is the thickness of the heel. We all know our girl favors a high stilletto so there's no major shock as to the fact that Victoria's heel is much thinner.

I love these with her dress! The color blocked combo is a perfect compliment to the fun print and the bold colors of her V by VB piece!

In VB's Closet: V by VB Spring 2012 - Patch Pocket Tunic Dress

Victoria Beckham surprised me with her outfit choice for her shopping trip to Barney's with Harper. I honestly didn't expect to see her out in one of her Victoria Cat print dresses so soon but I was pleasantly surprised last week when she stepped out in the patch pocket tunic dress from her Victoria by Victoria Beckham spring 2012 line. This dress is a camel color and has Victoria's signature cat printed all over it. Adorable!

What did you guys think of this look? I'm curious to hear your opinions... love it or leave it??
source: Style & CP

Victoria's Other Wardrobe

Victoria Beckham's new Victoria by Victoria Beckham may have lower price points and a more casual aesthetic than her main line, but don't call it a diffusion line.

"It's not a second line, or a diffusion line - it's another line, another side to my wardrobe," she told assembled fashion press and buyers at the collection's launch in a New York loft yesterday. "This is a way to give my customers what they want. They are really easy-to-wear day dresses. You can wear everything with heels, but you can wear them with flats as well. And they fit a lot of different people. Nothing's tight: everything's quite comfortable and roomy."

The collection, a pared-down and wearable departure from what was Beckham's signature skin-tight silhouette until pregnancy encouraged her to make her autumn/winter 2011-12 offering looser, features her first foray into placement prints - including fluffy blue clouds and cats.

"I'm very into conversational prints this season," Beckham, herself wearing a cat-print dress, told a reporter from the Guardian. "I want a cat but David won't let me have one - he doesn't want them bringing mice in the house. He's a dog person."

"This has been a real labour of love for me and we have been working on it for around a year," she said, the Telegraph reports. "I wanted something that was a little bit more affordable but I did not want to compromise with design or quality."
source: Vogue

V by VB Reviews: Hadley Freeman of The Guardian

"I'm not just that miserable cow, you know," announced Victoria Beckham to a room of somewhat startled fashion editors, all perched primly on white sofas in a large Manhattan loft, as they awaited her latest fashion show. "And here, this dress?" continued Beckham as one model walked out. "It looks like a giant Fabergé egg, doesn't it? And this is our moon print. Which is great."

Even if Beckham doesn't quite talk like a fashion designer of the classical couturier tradition, she is rapidly looking like one.

After a particularly strong show of what must now be referred to as her mainline collection over the weekend, and the debut of her secondary line, Victoria by Victoria Beckham, on Monday afternoon, which was possibly even better, there is no question that the Beckham brand is working in the fashion world.

But if the fashion industry has had to adapt a little to the Beckham modus operandi, and re-adjust their inbuilt cynicism about celebrity designers, Beckham herself is the one who is trying to evolve the most.

Victoria by Victoria Beckham – like Marc by Marc Jacobs and See by Chloe – is intended as an offshoot to the main, more expensive collection.

But lower prices – and to be clear, we're talking relatively low, Beckham-ishly low, with dresses starting at £650 and going up to £1,400 – means a greater reach in clientele which means bigger sizes, more practicality and more appeal for women who don't necessarily look like Victoria Beckham.

Just as her mainline collection for next season showed a marked development and did not seem to be mainly inspired by Beckham's own closet, the Victoria by Victoria Beckham collection was definitely a change from the body-clinging dresses with which most people associate Beckham.

Instead, the emphasis was on loose, crepe, satin, jacquard and something called "summer wool" shifts that barely skimmed the body, some in rich colours such as Kelly green and deep blue, and some spattered with sweet cartoonish prints, a look heretofore verboten in the Beckham wardrobe.

"I'm very into conversational prints this season," Beckham said, wearing one of the cat print dresses herself. ("I want a cat but David won't let me have one – he doesn't want them bringing mice in the house. He's a dog person," she revealed)

Other standout prints included moons and a particularly lovely long-sleeved shift covered in cloud prints.

"Having another cloud print on the back makes it more expensive, but it finishes off the fashion story," the pop star-turned-designer said, with the confidence of one who was suckled at the knee of a couturier.

Picking out a lovely black shift with scalloping around the neckline, she said: "I love this dress, I could wear this one with flats during the day and heels at night." It was a nice try on her part, but her claim to flats-wearing normality was slightly undermined by the fact that she was, at that moment, wearing gigantic stilettos while cuddling her nine-week-daughter, Harper.

The detailing is what really made the dresses stand out – a testament to Beckham's unquestionable love of fashion: zippers were visible, patch pockets sat elegantly on top of the silk, waists were dropped and seams stood out.

One of the last dresses was a simple white one which was downright Jackie O-like. Chic, simple and tasteful.

"And you see the neckline? There's a little V," said Beckham, indicating a tiny dip in the centre. "It's subtle branding." Oh, she's a wily one, that Victoria Beckham.

V by VB Reviews: Nicole Phelps of Style.com

Victoria Beckham was looking out for two babies at Milk Studios' penthouse today: the infant girl on her lap—her fourth child with husband David Beckham—and a great-looking new diffusion collection, which she was debuting to small groups of editors. Only, VB would prefer it if you didn't call it a diffusion line, thank you very much. The clothes are significantly less expensive than those in her signature range—the dresses will retail from $450 to $1,250—and the differences only begin there. Whereas the high-end frocks are all about a sexy, hourglass fit, these shifts have a girlier look and a looser, A-line shape, with hems that hit above the knees, "so you can wear them with heels or flats," Beckham said. Colors are peppy (poppy red, royal blue, candy pink), and prints are what the industry calls "conversational": crescent moons and cats. Yes, cats. By way of explanation, Beckham said the collection was inspired by Emily the Strange, the comic-book heroine for alternative-minded young women the world over.

There's not much countercultural going on with these dresses, but there's no arguing that they're not cute. A very sophisticated kind of cute. The egg-shaped dress in blue and gold jacquard? Beckham called it a Fabergé.

Victoria by Victoria Beckham Spring 2012

Inspired by the Emily Strange comic book, Victoria by Victoria Beckham is the newest addition to the Beckham brand. Dubbed the more affordable line with prices ranging fro $450 - $1,250, this collection for spring 2012 is sure to sell out incredibly fast. Full of color and fun prints, Victoria's latest collection was conjured up during her pregnancy and some say it's the most girly collection VB has ever brought to the table. It is very fun and filled with flair thaks to the short hemlines and playful trimmings. Yet another winner from Victoria Beckham!

I really like this collection! Some of my favorites are #1, 2, 3, 7, and 11. The ones I anticipate we will see Victoria in are #1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 11, 14, and 17.

All shoes for this collection were from Charlotte Olympia.
source: Style

In VB's Closet: Victoria by Victoria Beckham, Victoria Beckham, & Christian Louboutin

While out shopping and for lunch on Sunday, September 11th, Victoria Beckham debuted one of her new designs from her brand new Victoria by Victoria Beckham spring 2012 collection. This dress is from the more affordable line and was a lovely melon shade with a black scalloped trimmed neckline. I adore this dress and I'm sure this new line, since the prices start at $450, will sell out super fast!

Victoria toted a handbag from her fall 2011 collection with her fabulous new dress. This is the mini Victoria Tote and it's made of black buffalo skin. It also features a golden zipper encolsure.

On her feet were he newest favorites... her Christian Louboutin Daff Ankle Boots. As soon as I saw these, I knew for sure we were going to see them on Victoria since she's become quite a fan of the Daffodile style... she owns the pumps in black, nude, and navy crocodile.
source: CP, Zimbio, Christian Louboutin, & Style

Victoria by Victoria Beckham Featured in WWD

Victoria took to her Twitter to introduce her new collection... Victoria by Victoria Beckham. To unviel the line, she posted the above image of one of the designs that was released and featured in WWD.

I cannot wait to see the rest of this collection! So far it looks very playful and fun! I'm sure they will sell like hotcakes and be spotted on tons of celebrities!
source: Twitter - @VictoriaBeckham

Victoria Unveils a New & More Affordable Dress Line

As anyone with a passing interest in the tabloid side of celebrity knows, Victoria Beckham is about to have a baby. Though prior to gender confirmation she was loath to admit it, this mother of three gorgeous boys was, understandably, rooting for a girl this time. Now, the baby’s sex long confirmed, Beckham floats the notion that her daughter has already influenced her work, hormonally speaking.

The designer muses about a possible impact of the pregnancy on Victoria by Victoria Beckham, her new don’t-call-it-a-secondary-dress-collection due for fashion delivery for spring 2012. The two projects have been in the works for about the same time, give or take. Beckham recalls that early on when she informed her staff of her baby news after first being told she was having a boy, “One of my team said, ‘It would be funny if you found out you were having a girl.’ Because this is the most girly collection I’ve ever created.”

The girliest, youngest and, set to retail primarily in the $550 and $900 range, most accessible. Beckham characterizes the new dress line as representing her “other side,” the alter ego to her more glam self as manifested in the Victoria Beckham line, now in its sixth season. Her de facto chief executive officer, the charmingly untitled Zach Duane, refers to the launch in more concrete terms. “We had to do something,” he says, “or we’d be a niche brand forever.”

Inspired by the cartoon character Emily the Strange, an edgy adolescent often followed by four cats who dresses on that line where cute meets chic (and who has her very own brand), this collection centers on a loosened silhouette. “These are the kind of dresses I’ve been searching for,” notes Beckham, who admits to being her own archetypal customer. If she won’t wear it, it doesn’t make the line. “The perfect little summer dress, something that was fun, something that was girly, something that was easy to wear, something that would take you from day through the night.”

The girlishness and whimsy come through in the clean, vaguely Sixties shapes; vibrant colors and design details, such as scalloped edges and pleating; they should show up as well in a series of not-ready-to-shoot conversational prints. These include clouds, moons and, in the spirit of Emily, two of the kitty variety, one “Victoria Cat” and the other, “Cutey Cat.”

“Where I am currently, I like a more modern attitude,” Beckham explains. (In her main line, as well, she has in recent seasons introduced alternatives to her signature hyper-curvy shapes.) “Also, it means that I’m opening these designs to women and girls of all different shapes and sizes, people who maybe want something less tight and clingy and structured."

This makes me so excited because maybe now I can afford to buy atleast one! Can't wait to see the rest of the collection! I really love the colors and the playfulness of the silhouettes. What are your opinions on the new line? Anyone going to start saving up?
via: WWD