Victoria Beckham sheds Posh persona in Netflix doc

The series chronicles the Spice Girls alum's pivot from pop stardom to fashion.

- BY MALIA MENDEZ

FASHION is Victoria Beckham's focus now, and she's still hungry for success.

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When Netflix dropped its 2023 docuseries "Beckham," Victoria Beckham stole the show with her British humor and viral Rolls-Royce moment. But the spotlight was still largely her husband’s to relish.

The tables have turned in “Victoria Beckham,” released Thursday on Netflix. The three-part docuseries—helmed by Nadia Hallgren, who directed “Becoming,” the streamer’s documentary about Michelle Obama — follows the U.K.’s favorite honorary royal on her journey from awkward theater kid to pop icon to fashion mogul. The documentary is bookended by and structured around the Victoria Beckham Paris Fashion Week show in 2024.

“It’s not about him,” Victoria says, referencing her legendary footballer husband in the documentary’s opening minutes. “It’s about me.”

Produced by David Beckham’s production company, Studio 99, “Victoria Beckham” inevitably paints its eponymous subject in a flattering light, doubling down on her characterization as an “underdog” from a working-class family. But after hearing, over the course of the docuseries, British broadcasters lambaste Victoria about everything from her weight to her naivety, it feels like she’s earned it.

Concerned about how a documentary about her might be received, Victoria said she was initially hesitant to agree to the project.

“At first, I said ‘no,’ but then I took a bit of time and I really thought long and hard about it,” the designer said.

“I have been so defined by when I was in the Spice Girls, which was only a four-year period in my life, whereas fashion I've been in for coming up to two decades.”