Victoria Beckham will present her autumn-winter 2024 collection on the Friday of Paris Fashion Week—which means Nicola and Brooklyn Peltz Beckham have spent the past couple of days being photographed on the steps of the Ritz, sometimes carrying dust bags that I can only assume contain a selection of get-well-soon remedies for the Beckham matriarch. (Victoria suffered “a clean break” to her ankle earlier this week and has since been shuffling around Paris with a cast attached to her leg.)
But Victoria—brave, noble, and well-accustomed to life in the chiffon trenches—is refusing to purchase sensible shoes. This is, after all, the same person who has forbidden herself from smiling in photos out of “a responsibility to the fashion community.” The whole thing feels reminiscent of the Baden Baden World Cup, when Victoria was reported to have worn Saint Laurent even while swimming. (Remember: A broken bone is temporary, but a personal brand is forever.) And yet, there was an even more nostalgic throwback to those Posh Spice days, when Nicola Peltz was photographed in a spring-summer 2001 Dolce & Gabbana biker jacket first belonging to Victoria Beckham.
