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Presenting her fourth collection last Sunday, February 14th during Mercedes-Benz New York Fashion Week, 35-year-old singer-turned-designer Victoria Beckham has received a very positive response for her fall/winter 2010/2011 collection. The collection was focused on dresses and high platform shoes embodying her own personal style.

For a change, Victoria opened the show by greeting the audience, which designers normally only make an appearance on the runway at the end, and continued to comment on the designs as they came down the runway. She said, “I feel the clothes express how my own personal style has evolved, more relaxed, a little more slouchy, but still structured.”

The dresses are classy, chic, and sophisticated ready for any red carpet with the use of draping throughout the backs and necklines. Puffed hemlines were used to enhance the strict silhouettes and long slits were added along the sides to add a sexy touch. The range of dresses were inspired by the comic book detective Dick Tracy using deep reds, blues, greens, nudes, and a dazzling pale gold. With this collection, Victoria feels that the fashion world is finally taking her seriously as a designer and her dream is to open her own boutique within the next five years. As a designer, she says, “But, I’m still learning. I still feel I need to prove myself – all my life I’ve had to prove myself. Each season, I have to better myself. I really want to grow as a designer.”

About Victoria’s collection, WWD said, “The collection Beckham showed for fall … presented none of the neophyte awkwardness one might expect from a four-seasons’ new designer (and not just one with a pop star past).”

Lauren David Peden of British Vogue praised Victoria’s collection saying, “Beckham presented a very beautiful collection that evolved her body-con aesthetic while still leaving room – literally – to breathe, thanks to a new-found focus on draping and fluidity.”

Lisa Armstrong of The Times also said, “These clothes are not being churned out to make a quick buck (leave that to her jeans, perfume and sunglasses) – they’re extremely work intensive. I like the collection a lot, it’s just what I prefer wearing.”

35-year-old fashionista Victoria Beckham is featured on the cover of Glamour US for the March 2010 issue showing a slightly more casual housewife side to Victoria. She is showcased in a Wildfox tee and her own brand of jeans, a black Marc Jacobs bra and white cardigan with Moschino Cheap and Chic shorts and lilac Christian Louboutin heels, a floral Dolce & Gabbana bodysuit with peach Christian Louboutin heels, a Sonia Rykiel top with her brand of denim shorts and green Christian Louboutin heels, a pink Burberry Prorsum trench, a cream dress by her own brand, and a lavendar Marchesa dress along with the cutest golden retriever puppy. I really like how Glamour showed Victoria doing the everyday housewife tasks from washing the floors and giving the puppy a bath to throwing a birthday party for the kids, cooking in the kitchen, and running errands.

In the magazine, she talked about what she thinks is the sexiest part about a woman. She says, “I think the sexiest thing about a woman is confidence, but confidence in a humble way, not in an arrogant way. Sense of humor is definitely important. And sunglasses always hide a multitude of sins. Sunglasses and a great pair of heels can turn most outfits around.”

Pop sensation turned designer Victoria Beckham’s spring/summer 2010 collection is a stunning mixture of geometric cutouts, peplums, and quite conservative colors. The collection is surprisingly simple without any showstopper pieces that you would find on your typical runway. Rather, her collection is very wearable staying true to her own unique style with cutaways and sheer detailing as a very sophisticated and feminine collection perfect for the high fashionistas.