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Hi, everybody.

Hi!

Jane should be here in a minute. Lara should be here in a minute.

I'm caffeined up to the max.

Did you say you're doing seating?

- Yes. Here. - Yeah. Okay.

- Um, Giancarlo can come now-- - Yeah, he literally just messaged us.

- Okay. So where are you gonna sit him? - He's next to Carine Roitfeld.

It's Joel, Christine, Juergen, Dovile, and Helena, so...

Can we not put him...

- He would be opposite. - Okay.

With Carmen Kass, like, with some nice people...

Show day is always so chaotic.

I am worried about that skirt.

I was up really worrying about that whole look, to be honest with you.

It's on a model called Felice who is just...

She's absolutely incredible, and it's a transparent skirt.

We were meant to make another one, but we didn't have time.

- Did you stay all night? - For sure.

We finished here at, what, 3:00 a.m. this morning.

Back at... 9:00 this morning.

But it's just making sure we're getting everything done.

Don't lie. It's stressful!

I said it's stressful!

The show is in, what, six, seven hours,

and... we're getting there.

We're getting there.

When you take a control freak...

I always call myself a control freak, but in a nice way.

When you take someone that likes to be in control

and you put them in a situation which is out of their control,

it makes them feel very uncomfortable.

So much of my life has been out of my control.

The bullying, and then, later,

what was being written about me, said about me.

There are so many things we can't control.

And on show day, that makes me nervous.

Now everything is looking better and better.

Everything is being settled everywhere.

We turned down the candles so it doesn't take the rain, in case.

- We have the goose. - Oh my God, it looks amazing.

It's gonna be good. It's gonna be good.

Projection's square and until the ceiling. Everything's looking good.

This weather is giving me more anxiety than the weather on my wedding day.

Yeah. Yes. Yes.

I mean, it did rain on my wedding day. It cannot rain today.

So, yeah, this is more important.

Let's not look there. Let's not look left or right.

My team have banned me from checking the weather.

Walking into this venue today,

you get a sense of the scale of the ambition that you have.

It's been a long road, right?

I remember when you did those intimate presentations in New York.

- What's in your head? What's the vision? - I've been doing this for about 17 years.

The business has been through an enormous amount.

And as an independent brand,

what we're achieving is something I'm very proud of.

Just think of all the good things that come from cold weather.

They're gonna have very taught skin, aren't they?

And very firm nipples.

I hope Harper brought a coat. Or a jacket.

There's an enormous amount of pressure.

I need this to be a big success.

This business is everything to me.

It's absolutely who I am.

But it's been a hell of a journey.

I almost lost everything.

And that was a dark, dark time.

I used to cry before I went to work every day

because I just... I felt like a firefighter.

Let's talk about the Beckhams now.

- Always making headlines, but... - Royalty of another kind.

What I find interesting about this is the phrasing,

that "hubby" has bailed her out, her business out.

- Can you explain this? - So...

We were tens of millions in the red.

Yes, I'm going home to my husband,

but I'm going home to my business partner as well.

And so I would talk to him about it.

I had to. He was invested.

And I hated it. I absolutely hated it.

We both sat there, and we looked at... what I'd invested.

And I think part of that conversation broke my heart

because Victoria is a proud woman.

When we met, she was a lot richer than me.

She actually bought our first house in Hertfordshire,

known as Beckingham Palace.

So for her to have to come to me and say,

"Can I have some... We need some more money. The business needs more money,"

that was hard for both of us.

Because I didn't have the money to keep doing this.

And eventually, I was like, "This cannot continue."

The entire house was crashing down.

I was losing my business.

I needed outside investment.

I needed someone to help me.

Victoria was not looking for

a financial partner that would just put money.

She needed a partner that knew the business,

understood her dream,

and was capable of making it happen.

When I looked at the business, talked to people,

talked to people outside of the business,

I realized this was a very, very difficult situation.

It was a disaster.

We started to look at the press.

Horrible.

They were like, "This is the worst business ever."

Then you look at the book and you look at the numbers.

Losses, losses, losses, losses.

Never made a profit.

Frankly, I had never seen something as hard as that to fix.

When I met David Belhassen,

I knew that my dream would be for him to invest in my business.

But it's like having an enormous ship that has set sail,

and you've gotta turn the whole bloody thing around.

And I didn't know if he was up for that challenge.

And that was really stressful for me 'cause I was...

I really was desperate,

not just for the money

but everything else that he could bring to the table.

I never invest in something I don't feel like is right. I don't do it.

So after we closed the books,

I said, "We're not gonna do it. Forget it. No way."

I felt heartbroken, absolutely heartbroken,

because it's taken so long to get to this point.

So I was to announce to the team, to everyone, that,

"Sorry, we decided not to do it."

And then I go out with my wife on the Saturday night,

and I see her. Stunning.

And I said, you know, "What are you wearing?"

"Victoria Beckham."

I said, "Are you buying a lot of Victoria Beckham?"

And she said, "Tons. I love it. It's amazing."

And the flame lit there. It became like a fire.

And on Monday, I gathered the team, and we say, "We have to do it."

"If we fail, we fail."

So we signed.

And I remember she was very emotional,

and she told me, "I won't let you down."

I was never afraid to put the hard work in,

but I had no idea how painful it would be.

- You look amazing. - Thank you.

You look so beautiful. Are you happy?

You've done your hair and makeup so nice. You both look gorgeous.

Cold.

Victoria, in show mode, she's obviously very focused.

- Where is she? - On the left, over there.

She's going over the collection, over the looks,

going over the models, going over the music.

I've never seen my wife flustered.

This year was different.

And I could tell she was like, "Okay, go now."

Okay, so I have news.

Felice fell off her bike.

- Okay. - And this is her leg.

- What the fuck! - And she's wearing the see-through skirt.

- She's okay. - Thank God she's okay.

- How long is the skirt? - Or do we just--

Does it cover the knee?

I said, "Put on your look. She's gonna see."

Why don't we just change her look?

- Because I don't know if it's gonna fit. - We can try to find someone similar.

- Let's think about it. - Like length and stuff.

I really would like to try and keep that skirt, wouldn't you?

I mean, her skirt comes to here, but you're gonna see it.

You're, for sure, gonna see it.

We should look at all the different options.

Wait a second.

Why don't we first try that on Felice and see what it looks like?

It's not here yet.

What about if I pull her and just explain the situation?

You don't like the idea of the pants, no?

Black pants and a pink top?

They're not just black pants. They're corseted.

They're really bloody good, those pants.

- Let's-- - When we put...

It's hard to swap a look last-minute

because the whole week before you've been agonizing over

"Is this the right look for the right girl?"

So it's not really an option to swap a look just before the show.

So now, instead of a skirt, we've now got a pant here

because we've gotta put her legs away because she's got a very aggressive... knee.

God, no wonder I drink.

Feel like we're giving birth to fucking triplets.

It keeps on giving. "And one!" "Hey, yeah, there's still two."

In five minutes, we have enough music, let's say.

Not the final one, but enough music to start the rehearsal.

Guys, if we don't have the music, I'm just gonna have to sing to you.

- But that's probably miming for me! - I mean, literally...

I think it's gonna be fine.

Me and Clément, we'll be like the new Sonny and Cher.

Oh! I love it.

Okay, so we're just waiting for a rough mix of the music.

Can someone take this? I'm getting post-traumatic stress syndrome.

Okay. Right.

- It's gonna be all right. - We're good. Okay.

- Oh fuck, it's started raining. - Oh no.

Okay. Excuse me.

- I just heard it's started raining. - It started raining now.

Excuse me, guys.

Oh wow.

I'm like, I don't even know what to say.

Oh my God.

No!

It will all go well.

Oh my God! I can't handle it!

It is not productive if I lose my shit.

That is not productive at all.

There's been a lot of investment that's gone into this show,

a lot of people's effort, talent, passion.

I mean, it is really raining.

I can't handle this. I might need to go sit in a dark room.

This is a joke, no?

It's a joke.

A joke.

I assume we're postponing?

Yeah, we have to postpone. We have to.

We can't start the show when there's obviously torrential rain.

No.

Victoria, it's up to you what you wanna do.

She knows the challenge.

She knows that the game might stop or be very difficult going forward.

When I became partners with Victoria,

the business was in a very, very challenging situation.

So I needed to understand,

is she really capable of accepting what had to happen?

For years, she had people telling her what she wanted to hear.

I remember one of the expenses was the office plants.

'Cause she loves plants.

And it was costing, like, 70,000 a year.

And then there was someone who was coming to water the plants

for 15,000... a year.

And that's only the beginning.

So I went to her, and I decided to just tell the truth, exactly the way it is.

And I didn't know how she would react.

And I said, "Victoria, we have to change everything,

restructure the business, and that's gonna be painful."

And when I finished, she just listened, and she left a little silence.

I took it on the chin.

And it was hard, you know, hearing those things.

I hadn't been to business school.

I'd come from an entertainment background.

We were an entertainment company

that had never ever, ever worked in fashion before.

I didn't realize it at the time,

but the waste was mind-blowing.

I mean, I had 15 different linings for the insides of the outerwear.

People thought that I was used to getting the best and getting everything.

Bizarre things, like flying chairs from one side of the world to the other.

I hear it now, and I'm horrified.

But I allowed that to happen.

And I think part of the problem

was people were really afraid to tell me no.

Why?

I think, probably,

there's a power, if I'm being honest.

The power of celebrity.

- Thank you, Victoria. - Thank you.

People thought that I wasn't used to hearing "no."

I'll hold my hands up and be accountable for things that I have done

that I should have done and could have done differently.

And I was in debt.

There was a lot I had to change.

I realized I'd lost my way.

One of the big problems we'd identified

is that her DNA was fading away in the brand.

It was no longer becoming Victoria Beckham.

It was becoming something else.

I needed to put Victoria Beckham back into Victoria Beckham.

And then, one day, I had an idea.

I phoned Juergen Teller,

and I said, "Juergen, I wanna recreate the Marc Jacobs campaign."

Normally, I don't repeat myself. I rather would do something new.

But it was sort of special because of... it was her idea

and it's her own label.

When he shot me ten years before,

the laugh was on me.

But I wanted to reclaim that image for myself.

I wanted to say something with that photo.

She took control.

And people got it. It's fun. It's nice. But it was literal.

She was getting back in it, working the product to death,

working her vision, what she was all about.

The chicness, the glam.

I was beginning to step up to the challenge,

to lead my business,

and I wanted to do more.

Fantastic. Fantastic.

- Amazing. - Hi, Victoria.

Thank you.

So I went back to something that I knew.

This really is me working from home.

I've got my technical makeup mirror.

And just wanting to share with you,

and really just showing you what I'm wearing, makeup-wise, every day.

Here we go, ladies.

When I launched Beauty, I knew what I wanted to create

because I feel like I've spent half my life in the makeup chair.

So I take the bushy end,

and I'm going to put it in this darker color.

When I was in the Spice Girls, I was in that glam chair all the time.

Something that people really associated with me

was that smoky eye.

So I really wanted to say,

"This is how I do it. If I can do it, you can do it."

I use just one product to create my smoky eye.

That one product...

I trusted my instinct.

I allowed people to see the real me.

You have to excuse the fact this filming is not ideal.

I'm not great at this.

I remember waiting to see what the reaction was gonna be.

Oh my God.

And it was incredible.

The minute that Beauty was a success,

to have something that was finally working...

It was good to meet you. Love your hair. Gorgeous.

...that made me believe in myself.

But I knew that I had to keep going...

Thank you so much.

...because the fashion business was still struggling.

I don't know what we're gonna do. The girls spend two hours,

three hours, four hours in hair and makeup.

They're wearing high-heeled shoes,

they're wearing garments that can't be getting wet,

and we've gotta get them from the house into the covered environment.

In any business, an entrepreneur puts everything there is

in his or her personality into the business.

They know that success is about perseverance.

You have to sort of keep going, keeping on, keeping on, keeping on.

If you don't have that in you, being able to really persevere, nonstop,

the only outcome is failure.

I've worked hard to earn my place in this industry,

and I don't wanna lose everything that I built.

Fuck this.

We're doing this show, no matter what.

Everyone, we're starting the rehearsal. Please clear the runway.

Let's put the shoes on, and someone hold the girls' hands down the stairs.

- I can hold... - Let's do that.

Girls, we're gonna have somebody holding your hand walking down the stairs

so you don't slip.

I'm just worried that if you don't have a run-through,

it's gonna be hard for you to keep your timing.

There's no guarantee it's all gonna be okay.

That worries me because I do like to be in control.

But I really try to not project that

because then the whole house of cards will just come down.

It's incredible how much work it is

to put together a real collection and a show.

It's six months of inspiration boards, of fittings, of choosing fabrics.

And people can tell whether the person who was designing that piece of clothing

loved it and was into it and was excited about it,

or whether it was designed by a merchandiser

and really doesn't have any soul.

To see Victoria evolve from the beginning,

when she had this idea of, like, "I might do this brand,"

to the first show in New York...

to now.

I mean, I have never seen Victoria pull off something this big.

In the journey of a creative person,

every decision you take is what make you who you are.

In the five years I worked with Victoria, my job was like,

"Okay, let's feed the roots all the time for you to grow."

If she wants to become a fashion designer,

you have to be true to yourself for every moment of that process.

I wanted her to find that

because following your dreams is to try to find yourself.

So then the runway.

Is it still raining?

- No, it stopped. - It stopped.

- Okay, shall we get the girls in lineup? - Yeah.

Everyone's in the cold. We need to get this show on the road.

Are you okay? Are you sure?

Are you sure? Are you just cold?

Okay, good.

Don't worry.

Wait.

- Have it over the side. - Have my jacket.

Yeah, because everybody's got it on that side.

- It's like you've run a marathon. - I don't know why I'm shaking so much.

We've got the tinfoil out!

I wanted to bring you somewhere quiet and calm where you can sit, maybe,

before the show.

On the other castle, which is just next to the runway.

You have more than one castle, David?

Oh, you're taking Anna. Okay. I'll see you in a minute.

Okay.

Oh, wow.

You don't look very ready here.

The fashion press, we see a lot of fashion shows,

and we've been on the road for over a month,

and when we all got there, and it was wet, and it was cold,

and we could all see there was a long way to go...

Is it meant to stay dry?

Victoria faced an audience that was maybe not 100% on her side.

I think we're gonna try and get people to sit down if we can.

- We can do this. - Yes, just between there.

Can we have all girls ready in lineup? Please take your position. Thank you.

Is Jasmine ready for us?

No, she's... Look, she's putting everyone down.

Do you know where my seat is?

- Yes, I need... - Yes, of course.

No, I need someone from Lucien Pagès.

I know roughly, but I don't know the exact number.

You guys are on the other side, actually. We can cut through here.

- How we doing? - People are not really seated. Jasmine's...

We need a bit more.

You need a bit more? I'm with Victoria. Can you speak?

A lot of people to sit down still.

Jasmine is saying we need to wait 'cause she's sitting down people.

- Why? People are late? - Well, yeah. People are late. Big people.

Okay. Thank you.

We're really running out of time, guys.

Let's get them lined up. I am worried now.

Yeah, you're right. That's the right decision. Let's go.

I'm so sorry it's so cold and so rainy,

but you look absolutely gorgeous.

And there's a lot of people that have worked very, very hard

on all these garments in this collection that you're wearing.

Now it's down to you girls, and we love every single one of you.

And thank you so, so much. Good luck.

Let's do it!

- Good luck. - Good luck.

Love you.

Good luck.

This show is so important, not just for me but for my whole team.

All the people that have believed in me.

I want my business partners to be happy.

I want my kids to be proud of me.

I want David to be proud of me.

If he hadn't have believed in me, I wouldn't still have a business now.

So, when I'm in final lineup and the girls are waiting to go out there,

no one knows any of the above more than me.

- That wasn't meant to have a bag. - What wasn't?

- Apolline's look. - Fuck. Sorry.

That should've been taken off.

I'm sorry. Sorry. Apolline wasn't supposed to have that bag.

It's okay.

- Wow. - Gorgeous.

Wow.

Incredible.

I've always said to Victoria,

"Don't look left. Don't look right. Just be who you are."

And that, I think, has been so much of what's fed into her success.

I felt, that night, she was achieving her dreams.

I really did feel that put her exactly where she wants to be.

Amazing. You know what? It's another level.

- Unbelievable. - Oh, thank you so much.

She never gave up.

And finally, it's working.

We turned the business around.

But it's just a drop in the water.

There's such a huge world we haven't tackled.

It was unbelievable. Well done.

When I started laying the foundations for the business,

I was pregnant with Cruz,

and it's taken nearly 20 years to get to this point.

And now, I can really start building.

- How nice are these blossom trees? - Blossoms.

But have you heard? Listen to them. When you get there, listen to them.

- What, listen to the trees? - Listen to... Just listen.

It's amazing what you've built here.

I built it for you guys.

I did.

I know.

It's amazing.

Boys over there?

Can you not hear them booting the ball around?

Sorry, one minute.

Oh my God, I thought that was a ball coming at me right then.

You're welcome!

It amazes me that anyone would see a ball flying at them

and have the instinct to...

- To run and kick it. - ...kick it. My instinct is to...

Pick it up or duck.

Things have drastically turned around for you.

Don't you feel confident enough that you can just sit back and relax?

You are so driven and so passionate and so dedicated.

- What, in a good way or a bad way? - Oh my God, in a great way.

In a great... I...

It makes me quite emotional because

you're always trying to prove yourself to people.

What is stopping you from just saying, "Okay, I've achieved it"?

Because I've spent so many years fighting and building

that I feel now I really have an opportunity,

and I don't wanna let that slip.

But who are you trying to prove this to?

Maybe, a lot of it, to you.

You know, of course I feel bad

about all that time when I had to ask you to help me out--

- You don't have to prove it to me, ever. - And I...

No, but I want to, myself.

I want to. I want to.

You know, when I saw your face

and the kids' faces backstage after the last show,

it was not the first time,

but it was a real moment for me

where I could see how proud of me you were.

You know?

You could make a cheese toasted sandwich, and we'd be proud of you, to be clear.

Let's be honest, I couldn't actually make a cheese sandwich very well.

No, you couldn't.

But that doesn't matter.

No, but...

I don't know. I've still got so much that I wanna do--

I think you're trying to prove it to yourself, not to me.

- Maybe. - I think you're so stubborn

in the fact that you are trying to prove everybody wrong.

Yeah, but success,

it feels good, I'm not gonna lie.

I'm proud, and I'm not ashamed to say that I'm ambitious,

and I've still got a lot that I wanna do.

Now we're both... Well, I'm almost 50.

You're 51.

Oh my God. David.

- But are you-- - We're 101.

- We don't look bad for 101. - But...

What's next?

What's next?

- Another baby? - There's so...

Another baby? My God. No.

We've still got so much that we wanna do.

- So you're not stopping yet? - I'm not stopping yet.

Good evening, everyone.

I'm so excited to be here, presenting the Entrepreneur of the Year award.

Should I curtsy at the start?

Why? Is the king in the room?

- Hello, son. - How was that?

Oh, hi.

Okay, so I'm going to say, "Thank you to my wonderful husband David,

and for our beautiful family. I am eternally grateful."

- Is that all I get? - That's all you get.

To a truly inspiring woman who means the world to me,

my amazing mummy, Victoria Beckham.

- That's so cute. - It's very cute.

- Are you crying? - No.

- Yeah, you are. - I'm not.

No! Yes! Yes!

I don't actually think there's anything in there.

Why are you digging it, then?

I was just checking. There's nothing in there.

- I thought there was. - No, that wasn't nice.

- That wasn't nice. - I did. No, I did...

I'm proud of you. I know you're not gonna kiss me.

No, 'cause I've just spent two hours in hair and makeup.

I don't wanna get your fake tan on my jacket.

It's all right.

Harper, you wanna come in this one?

Wait, why is it called Harper's Bazaar?

That's the name of the magazine.

Oh, I thought it was 'cause of me.

To present our award for the Entrepreneur of the Year,

it's a delight to welcome to the stage Harper Beckham.

Can I go?

I'm so nervous.

I'm so excited to be here presenting the Entrepreneur of the Year award.

Especially as tonight is a school night.

Hopefully this means I get to skip my homework.

Tonight, I'm so proud to present the Entrepreneur of the Year award

to a truly inspiring woman who means the world to me,

my amazing mummy, Victoria Beckham.

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