Alluring Victoria Beckham

34-year-old international style icon, Victoria Beckham graces the cover of the August 2008 issue of Allure Magazine and shares her views on beauty, fashion and style.

On her looks: “I just make the best out of what I have. I’m not out-of-the-ordinary-looking at all. I’m incredibly ordinary.”

Yes, don’t we all wish we were as “ordinary” as VB.

Fashion a là VB: “For me, fashion is about different looks. Anything I wear is relatively simple, but has character.  I think at the end of the day, people dress in a way that suits them. I think with all these people, what they’re wearing suits their personalities and who they are. Don’t forget that fashion isn’t everything to the same people. They wear what they want to wear, and that’s it. Some people just don’t care.”

On wearing designer dresses: “This was Elton John’s White Tie and Tiara Ball, and that was a Cavalli dress—the famous Ming vase dress. That was one of the best dresses Cavalli has done, I think. If I’d had a big grin, it wouldn’t have matched the outfit. It’s about making the dress look good. I have a photographic memory [for clothes]. I can remember what everybody wears, all the time.”

On hair: “I think long hair is great, but I like to change it up, move on and do different things. I don’t want to always look the same.”

On smiling: “Of course I smile. They don’t use those pictures. It’s a better story to say that I’m a miserable cow. I get it.”

On dressing in character (left picture): “I look like a librarian. I like to dress in a character. This is a Marc Jacobs sweatshirt, a Chanel scarf, Hermes bag, Christian Louboutin shoes, DVB glasses, and a Roland Mouret skirt. We’d been to FAO Schwartz [where we bought my son's scarf and hat]. He wanted to be Harry Potter. I do think maybe I’m dressing more conservatively. Look at how English that looks.”

On having a look (right picture): “We had a lot of fun at the Met event (Costume Institute Ball 2008). I do look at myself and think, ‘Oh, give us a little smile.’ But you know what? That’s me. I like to really do a look. I’ve never worn Armani before, but I created this with Armani. We put a new collar on it and changed the shape of it slightly. The earrings were my own—they’re vintage Chopard. It just felt like the right thing to do, to put the hair up, to have a red lip. Some people are going to love this, some will hate it—but it was a real look.”

Source: Allure