Fashion Casualty
Sat, 05/12/2009 - 11:47 by Harry Bow

England's handy World Cup draw won't have brightened Victoria Beckham's mood... Not only did Posh have to go out and face *shudder* food last night whilst dining with her sons in LA, but her 350,000 dress collection has been pinched

No, not Victoria's own wardrobe of size double-zero frocks (if that was the case, the culprits could be narrowed down to Alexa Chung, LiLo and Marc Anthony), but her VB fashion-line... 

 

According to the Mirror, the entire next season collection, believed to be between 50 and 75 dresses, were stolen from a lorry after it picked up the range from Posh's management offices in West London. A source told the paper:

“Everyone from Madonna to Elle Macpherson has been seen wearing Victoria’s dresses and, as a result, they’ve developed a money-can’t-buy exclusivity about them. This operation was meticulously planned. The thieves must feel they can make a fortune selling the collection on the black market.


“The lorry was on its way to the airport where the spring/summer collection was to be flown to New York designers Neiman Marcus.


“After pick-up from Victoria’s London offices, the van was followed to another address. The driver made a delivery and on his return he noticed the vehicle’s padlocks were broken.


“Two men then burst out of the back of the van and made off with two huge boxes of dresses. he driver was pushed to the ground and badly shaken but he immediately called the police.


“Victoria was informed straight away about the incident and was shocked and deeply saddened, although her first priority was the well-being of the driver.”

The gowns sell for up to £8,500 each, which might seem like a lot, but Victoria's ingenious designs, such as the above, now make it possible to eat AND look fashionable thanks to the special optical illusion print. So very clever - although we have seen the idea before.

 

  • I imagine she's a designer in the sense that Kate Moss, Fearne Cotton, Sienna Miller etc are designers. Takes her favouite dress to some underground sweatshop where desperate fashion graduates are ordered to recreate the basic form but with different colours, fabrics and whatnot. I mean...don't you actually have to learn how to make clothes? I can draw a bridge but that doesn't make me Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

    charl25 Wed, 09/12/2009 - 10:30
  • Regardless of the dubious facts around this incident, one thing is for sure- the dress in this picture is NOT by Victoria Beckham. No, no, no. This dress is by London based designer Julian J Smith. Spring/Summer 2010 collection, check it, picture 16 sans necklace: http://www.vogue.co.uk/fashion/show.aspx/full-length-photos/id,8493/Page,1

    maurice Mon, 07/12/2009 - 01:06
  • TT that is one episode of what ever prog she appears on that I would avidly watch. This anoreic twat is on the same level of the Hiltonesque when it comes to much ado about fuck all

    Blartmonster Sun, 06/12/2009 - 19:51
  • As a matter of interest has anyone ever seen her designing any gear or does she just point to someone else's sketches and say "That one".
    Perhaps some fawning hack could ask her about the design process or her choice of fabric or stitching - anything technical to expose the talent vacuum.

    tigerstail Sun, 06/12/2009 - 18:07
  • Mmmmmmm!
    Yummy Mummy!!!

    ken tate Sun, 06/12/2009 - 04:19
  • Try ebay once the thief realises the pile of unfashionable shite that would even put a pikey grandmother to shame, that they have got on their hands.

    whereswaldo Sat, 05/12/2009 - 21:20
  • Exactly what I was thinking.

    suckmebeautiful Sat, 05/12/2009 - 20:00
  • Obviously this incident didn't actually happen and is the complete fantasy of a rather lazy PR person (a little like the Samantha Cameron M&S dress story)?

    bugalugs Sat, 05/12/2009 - 15:29
  • How can a kid turn out to look exactly like his Daddy? you are watching at mini David on the left, with a rather ridiculous hat "MJ" style...... poor kid. Hopefully, unlike Daddy, his voice WILL break when he reaches puberty!

    kermits Sat, 05/12/2009 - 15:16
  • “Everyone from Madonna to Elle Macpherson has been seen wearing Victoria’s dresses and, as a result, they’ve developed a money-can’t-buy exclusivity about them."

    Really? So for 8 and a half big ones, you too can dress like a student teacher with a persecution complex on a day out round Matalan?

    Über pretentious bollocks

    Blartmonster Sat, 05/12/2009 - 13:08
  • “Everyone from Madonna to Elle Macpherson has been seen wearing Victoria’s dresses and, as a result, they’ve developed a money-can’t-buy exclusivity about them."

    Really? So for 8 and a half big ones, you too can dress like a student teacher with a persecution complex on a day out round Matalan?

    Über pretentious bollocks

    Blartmonster Sat, 05/12/2009 - 13:08
  • How can a kid turn out to look exactly like his Daddy? you are watching at mini David on the left, with a rather ridiculous hat "MJ" style...... poor kid. Hopefully, unlike Daddy, his voice WILL break when he reaches puberty!

    kermits Sat, 05/12/2009 - 15:16
  • Obviously this incident didn't actually happen and is the complete fantasy of a rather lazy PR person (a little like the Samantha Cameron M&S dress story)?

    bugalugs Sat, 05/12/2009 - 15:29
  • Exactly what I was thinking.

    suckmebeautiful Sat, 05/12/2009 - 20:00
  • Try ebay once the thief realises the pile of unfashionable shite that would even put a pikey grandmother to shame, that they have got on their hands.

    whereswaldo Sat, 05/12/2009 - 21:20
  • Mmmmmmm!
    Yummy Mummy!!!

    ken tate Sun, 06/12/2009 - 04:19
  • As a matter of interest has anyone ever seen her designing any gear or does she just point to someone else's sketches and say "That one".
    Perhaps some fawning hack could ask her about the design process or her choice of fabric or stitching - anything technical to expose the talent vacuum.

    tigerstail Sun, 06/12/2009 - 18:07
  • TT that is one episode of what ever prog she appears on that I would avidly watch. This anoreic twat is on the same level of the Hiltonesque when it comes to much ado about fuck all

    Blartmonster Sun, 06/12/2009 - 19:51
  • Regardless of the dubious facts around this incident, one thing is for sure- the dress in this picture is NOT by Victoria Beckham. No, no, no. This dress is by London based designer Julian J Smith. Spring/Summer 2010 collection, check it, picture 16 sans necklace: http://www.vogue.co.uk/fashion/show.aspx/full-length-photos/id,8493/Page,1

    maurice Mon, 07/12/2009 - 01:06
  • I imagine she's a designer in the sense that Kate Moss, Fearne Cotton, Sienna Miller etc are designers. Takes her favouite dress to some underground sweatshop where desperate fashion graduates are ordered to recreate the basic form but with different colours, fabrics and whatnot. I mean...don't you actually have to learn how to make clothes? I can draw a bridge but that doesn't make me Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

    charl25 Wed, 09/12/2009 - 10:30

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