Reuters
Victoria Beckham, wife of British soccer star David, launched her debut denim collection in New York on Thursday to a crush of photographers, television cameras and journalists. Ahead of a summer move to Los Angeles – where David has signed to play with L.A. Galaxy – Beckham boosted her US profile by unveiling her dVb collection of denim pants, skirts and shorts at Saks department store on Fifth Avenue. Wearing white jeans, silver high heels, and a sparkly, silver singlet top, Beckham posed for photographers – who, a security guard said, outnumbered fans – before heading upstairs to sign autographs for about 70 fans waiting in line. She s been my idol for 10 years and everything about her is just fantastic, said Melissa Zartz, 18, a student from Jersey City, NJ, who had waited for more then six hours and was a little annoyed and surprised more people hadn t turned up. I m sure there will be more people coming, said Zartz, who had paid $80 for a charcoal drawing of the Beckhams that she planned to give to her idol. But Zartz and her friends had not yet purchased any of Beckham s denim clothing with the dark jeans, which have a large star stitched on the back pockets, selling for around $250. I promised myself my next pay check will be to buy some, said Gabriella Greco, an 18-year-old student from Manhattan. During Middle School I became the ugly duckling and I didn t have many friends and then I started following Victoria and her fashion tips and people starting telling me I was beautiful, she said. I have her to thank for that.
The dVb range by Beckham, known as Posh from her days in the 1990s pop group The Spice Girls, also includes sunglasses.
