This Article is From Apr 29, 2013

Victoria Beckham uses own body for inspiration

Victoria Beckham uses own body for inspiration

Victoria Beckham says that she juggles between her fashion empire and parenthood

Highlights

  • Victoria Beckham works in the nude.
  • The 37-year-old fashion designer uses her own body for inspiration when creating her dresses and gets completely naked so she can model her designs on herself.
  • Giving a speech at the Vogue Festival at London's Royal Opera House, she described her creative process saying: "I start by sitting down with the team and discussing ideas first.
  • "We're all very close and we sit down and we're open and we talk and I normally, you know, get naked and make clothes on myself. That's pretty much how it works."
  • The glamorous mother-of-four - who was joined by her eldest son, 14-year-old Brooklyn - was good humoured as she poked fun at herself, insisting she is "nice" despite constantly being pictured pouting.
  • She quipped: "I'm nice! Everyone thinks I'm going to be such a cow. I understand it actually. I think exactly the same when I see the pictures."
  • Victoria - who also has sons Romeo, 10, Cruz, eight, and daughter 21-month-old daughter Harper with soccer star David Beckham - further admitted to the audience she tries to juggle her fashion empire with being a parent and faces the same struggles as other mums, including her son not going to bed on time.
  • She added: "I'm up early in the morning doing spelling tests and maths quizzes before the school run, then up late with a baby and a 14-year-old who refuses to go to bed - Brooklyn."
London: Victoria Beckham works in the nude.

The 37-year-old fashion designer uses her own body for inspiration when creating her dresses and gets completely naked so she can model her designs on herself.

Giving a speech at the Vogue Festival at London's Royal Opera House, she described her creative process saying: "I start by sitting down with the team and discussing ideas first.

"We're all very close and we sit down and we're open and we talk and I normally, you know, get naked and make clothes on myself. That's pretty much how it works."

The glamorous mother-of-four - who was joined by her eldest son, 14-year-old Brooklyn - was good humoured as she poked fun at herself, insisting she is "nice" despite constantly being pictured pouting.

She quipped: "I'm nice! Everyone thinks I'm going to be such a cow. I understand it actually. I think exactly the same when I see the pictures."

Victoria - who also has sons Romeo, 10, Cruz, eight, and daughter 21-month-old daughter Harper with soccer star David Beckham - further admitted to the audience she tries to juggle her fashion empire with being a parent and faces the same struggles as other mums, including her son not going to bed on time.

She added: "I'm up early in the morning doing spelling tests and maths quizzes before the school run, then up late with a baby and a 14-year-old who refuses to go to bed - Brooklyn."
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