Victoria Beckham has been nominated for Designer Brand of the Year by the British Fashion Awards.  This is an impressive achievement for the relatively new designer.  She began her designing career with dvb, her denim collection.  Then she worked her way to a high-end dress line called Victoria Beckham Collection.  Her dresses are feminine without the frills.   The shapes are the most compelling things about her dress collection.  They are very architectural, yet soft and approachable.  Beckham’s signature style is all over this line; it’s as if she designs each piece for herself.  Just take note of the images of her Russian Vogue editorial early last year. 

The former Spice Girl is in excellent company for this nomination; Burberry, Mulberry and Pringle of Scotland are also in contention.  The winners will be announced on December 7th.  It appears to me that in this esteemed company, the nomination has already made Beckham a winner.

Designer Brand of the Year:

• Burberry
• Mulberry
• Pringle of Scotland
• Victoria Beckham

Rumor has it that Victoria Beckham is in talks to collaborate on a handbag line with Katie Hillier.  Beckham has already exceeded expectations with her dress collection, and many are curious to see if she could deliver the same stylish aesthetic to a bag line.  Her collaborative partner, accessories designer Katie Hillier, is also the reason for much of the excitement.  Hillier’s work on the Marc by Marc Jacobs line still lingers in the minds of accessories lovers.  Everyone is left anticipating the confirmation of this project.  No doubt they are also waiting to make that purchase.

The Beckham Bag Lady [Vogue UK]

Crimes of fashion occur everyday, but usually its just an unfortunate outfit recklessly thrown together.  However, that not was not the case last Thursday.  Victoria Beckham’s VB dress collection en route to Neiman Marcus was taken at knife point from the delivery van.  The driver was unharmed aside from a few bruises, but up to 75 dresses worth about $250,000 were taken.  The dresses were in London at the time of the attack, and the dresses were on their way to the New York area.  Victoria Beckham is reportedly in shock about the incident.  She now hopes that her spring/summer 2010 collection can be remade and delivered to Neiman Marcus prior to its launch.

Beckham Robbery [Vogue.com]

Victoria Beckham is relaunching her denim collection with a sleeker new look.  She’s not only changing the look of her jeans, but the name as well.  Her jeans label once known as dVb, has been renamed Victoria Beckham Denim.  The jeans start at $235 a pair.  You will have your choice of leggings and boyfriend jeans, as well as cutoff shorts and denim jackets.  The new collection will be available just in time for spring 2010.

Victoria Beckham’s New Jeans  [Elle UK]

It appears that Victoria Beckham will be on the cover of Vogue for the month of October.  It’s still in the rumor phase, but worth a mention.  She’s graced the covers of British, Russian and Indian Vogue, but American Vogue has eluded her, until now that is.  Posh has made the cover with her fellow Spice Girls over a decade ago, but this time she’s going solo.  I can’t wait to see if she’ll be wearing her own designs. [FWD] via [The Cut]