NY Fashion Week Spring 2011: Victoria Beckham

since her very first collection, i've loved the collections Victoria Beckham has created. she keeps the aesthetic is true to herself, and it's so obvious every piece is something she would wear. for spring 2011, the chic momma incorporated some bright pops of color and played with more billowy silhouettes.


love this handbag! bold eyecolor created using Lancome Color Design eyeshadows in Trendy and Drama.

featuring shoes from Brian Atwood and the debut of her very first handbag collection (insert a Rachel Zoe catchphrase here, wink), each look was complimented by bold, purple shadow on the eyes and middle-parted hair that was mostly sleek-- a waving tool or curling iron was used to crimp hair at the midsection, for an unexpected pop of texture.


white is always fab for spring

what was Beckham's inspiration? she says, "this season we really have a minimal aesthetic, so we're really focusing on the seaming to help with the details. i'm celebrating a woman's curves this season-- it's all about shape. women want to look sexy in a minimal way. it really does bring out the best in a woman's body."



to see the entire collection, visit style.com


xo
source: stylelist.com; images: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images North America

Oh, it's a black thing: The search for great coverage

The number of times I have been shown something that could only be
described as milky beige and told ‘That’s the darkest shade we do…’.
Foundation is one of the most difficult things to get right on black
skin. MAC do a good job but surely in this day and age all brands
should cater for darker skins? Most cosmetics companies don’t have the
right shades or they have way too much red pigment in

Oh, it's a black thing: Alex Babsky

Alex Babsky was the make up artist and I was the fashion stylist’s
assistant. We’ve worked together on shoots everywhere from Dalston to
Dorset to Antigua. One day, I caught a glimpse of his sketch book (he
sketches make up looks on paper before his brush ever touches a model's
face) and that was it for me... I didn’t even have a boyfriend at the
time but I made up my mind right then and there: