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" As Victoria Beckham took her place onstage at the 92nd Street Y last night, a candid Fern Mallis exclaimed, &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m really thrilled to share the stage with Victoria Beckham, whether her husband is here or not!&amp;quot; As part of Mallis&amp;#039; Fashion Icons series, the Spice Girl-turned-fashion-designer was there to talk about everything, from her early childhood to jet-set life with four kids. Fittingly, Victoria Beckham has risen from the ranks of &amp;quot;just another celebrity designer&amp;quot; to a serious fashion player whom stylish women respect and want to wear. Read the highlights of the talk below. On aging: &amp;quot;I like how 41 feels. I don&amp;#039;t much like how it sounds!&amp;quot; On early luxuries: Her dad drove her and her siblings to school in a Rolls-Royce. She was mortified and begged to be dropped off around the corner. Her first major purchase after her first Spice Girls check: White patent sling-backs by Patrick Cox Her fashion obsession started early: &amp;quot;When I was at school, I would customize my uniform in the bathrooms.&amp;quot; On what the Spice Girls were almost called: &amp;quot;We were going to be called Spicy Girls, but then we realized there was a porn site called that.&amp;quot; She sang &amp;#039;Mein Herr&amp;#039; from Cabaret for her Spice Girls audition: Apparently, if you search hard enough, video footage can be found online. On the lasting power of the Spice Girls: &amp;quot;We were real, we weren&amp;#039;t choreographed. Individually we weren&amp;#039;t that great, but collectively, we worked together and all the girls were relatable.&amp;quot; On girl power: &amp;quot;The message was to be different, that&amp;#039;s where Girl Power came from\u2014and to really value friendships between other girls.&amp;quot; She believes in love at first sight: She spotted David Beckham after a soccer match. When all the other players were with friends having a drink, David was with his mom, dad and younger sister. On her extravagant gift to David: &amp;quot;I spent everything I had on that Ferrari. He always loved cars and I just wanted him to have something that he would have never bought himself. I just wanted him to have what he wanted.&amp;quot; Her kids aren&amp;#039;t spoiled: 16-year-old Brooklyn even has a weekend job. She was nervous to walk the runway for Roberto Cavalli: Her mom told her, &amp;quot;You&amp;#039;ve been walking for 30 years, if you haven&amp;#039;t got it together now, then you never will.&amp;quot; On the identity of her customer: &amp;quot;My customer is a woman who loves fashion, appreciates luxury and someone who wants to feel empowered. I want to make a woman feel like the best possible version of herself. My customer travels a lot. She&amp;#039;s me, really!&amp;quot; She takes criticism of her brand very seriously: &amp;quot;I read every single review and as much as people say, &amp;#039;I don&amp;#039;t care what they say,&amp;#039; I think they&amp;#039;re lying. You do care.&amp;#039;&amp;quot; She used to personally talks buyers and press through her collections: She loves to talk, and it comes naturally. The one person she&amp;#039;d love to meet: Hillary Clinton She&amp;#039;s not competitive with her husband: &amp;quot;David wouldn&amp;#039;t want to do what I do, working from 9-6, and I wouldn&amp;#039;t want to be a footballer.&amp;quot; She&amp;#039;s not sure how many tattoos David has: &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ve lost track!&amp;quot; On what&amp;#039;s next for the Victoria Beckham fashion empire: &amp;quot;Shoes, childrenswear, menswear.&amp;quot; Also, a store in Hong Kong as well as New York, hopefully. On the possibility of doing a lower-priced collaboration: &amp;quot;I want to offer clothes to people who can&amp;#039;t pay designer prices.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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