Tuesday, 19 May 2009

The black widow: Victoria Beckham's takes obsession with dark clothing to new lengths

Victoria Beckham has remodelled herself from garish Spice Girl, to fashion designer with a well-received collection of clothing.

But now it seems her foray into fashion has led her to develop an obsession with the fashionista's favourite look - head-to-toe black.

Black widow: Victoria Beckham reveals an increasing obsession with the colour black, seen leaving the UK for Los Angeles where she arrived today, right.

In the last three months Mrs Beckham has been seen wearing colour on just three occasions, but on all other appearances has rigidly stuck to classic black.

Posh's religious wearing of the colour is puzzling to say the least.

Black has been routinely adopted by women as the 'slimming' colour by most women, which best hides excess weight.

But as the super-thin clothes horse is not overweight, her reliance on the dark look is becoming increasingly bizarre.

David and Victoria Beckham

Woman in black: Seen on the weekend with husband David leaving Claridges, Victoria shows off a black strapless cocktail gown and matching shrug in black

MAY: Victoria does her worldwide airport run in dashing for planes in black hat and jacket, black minidress and boots and a black polka dot Mac

Husband David Beckham is well known for his Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) - a complaint which drives sufferers to carry out bizarre and persistent rituals.

He said the condition leads him to count clothes and place magazines in straight lines and symmetrical patterns.

Wife Victoria has said: 'Everything has to match in the house. If there are three cans of Diet Pepsi, he'd throw one away because it's uneven.'

And it seems that she is following in his footsteps with her obsession for constantly wearing black.

APRIL: Victoria heads to Wembley, shops at the Grove in Los Angeles, and arrives at the airport all in her signature black colour

Breaking away: On the few occasions when Victoria has veered away from her all black palette this year she has opted for nude tones and a hot pink mini

Black has long been a favourite with fashion editors, and Posh who has remodelled herself as a style icon has clearly adopted the look to fit in with the fashion community.

It is a far cry from her previous tacky WAG style, when she famously wore over-long hair extensions, cut-off denim hotpants with high-heeled boots - to the World Cup football games.

But clearly, Victoria's obsessive fashion habits don't stop there.

Yesterday it was revealed she has amassed a collection of 100 Hermes Birkin bags.

A US financial website worked out that her collection of the coveted bag alone is worth £1.5million.

Thebigmoney.com revealed that the 35-year-old owns around 100 of the style, which start at £4,200 for the basic model.

MARCH: Black is back, Victoria goes back to the colour she feels most comfortable in for dinner at Claridge's, left, and to attend a game at Wembley

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