WHEN Victoria Beckham’s business was at the height of its extravagant spending she admitted some of her most ostentatious requests included “flying chairs from one side of the world to the other.”
She also spent £70,000 a year on plants for her office – then paid someone £15,000 a year to water them.
Victoria Beckham reveals some of her most ostentatious requests when her business was at the height of its extravagant spending[/caption]
Small wonder, she admits, the company was struggling financially.
But she confesses in her new documentary that she’d naively gone from the ostentatious world of entertainment to the more business-minded world of fashion.
“I didn’t realise it at the time, but the waste was mind-blowing.” she says in the Netflix three-parter, out now.
“I hear it now and I’m horrified but I allowed that to happen.”
She is nothing if not candid in the mini-series, but doesn’t stop there.
She goes on to admit, seemingly, that already being a Spice Girl married to a famous footballer meant she was unwittingly at a disadvantage.
People thought that I wasn’t used to hearing ‘No’.
Victoria Beckham
She said: “Part of the problem was people were really afraid to tell me ‘No’. I think probably there’s a power, if I’m being honest, the power of celebrity.
“People thought that I wasn’t used to hearing ‘No’.
“I’ll hold my hands up and hold myself accountable for things that I’ve done, that I should have done, and could have done differently.
“And I was in debt – there was a lot I had to change.”
If ever you needed definitive proof that Victoria Beckham is as sharp as a razor, then this documentary is it.
She could have delivered a bog standard warts and all autobiography for Netflix, or a no holds barred snapshot of her life as a fashion designer.
Instead she’s carefully curated both elements and woven them into this version of events.
She says being married to famous footballer David Beckham meant she was unwittingly at a disadvantage[/caption]
The new documentary is proof Victoria Beckham is as sharp as a razor[/caption]
Victoria was accompanied by Jackie Apostel, Cruz, Romeo, Harper and David at the premiere[/caption]
It shows how she went from a Spice Girl to the darling of the catwalk and, of course, the head of one of Britain’s most famous families with husband David.
Here she also admits to her own flaws, to the moments when she lost her way and picked herself back up when she inevitably faltered.
But despite now being the successful global fashion icon that is Victoria Beckham, she does it without seeming pious.
Instead she oozes genuine humility and sense of humour that proves a huge part of her is still Posh Spice.
