From chic PJs to T-shirt slogans, how Gemma Collins is channelling Victoria Beckham after Towie star said she's new Posh
ONE is a born-and-bred Essex girl with a love for fashion and diva reputation to uphold – the other is Gemma Collins.
Yes, when it comes to Essex exports, Victoria Beckham has paved the way for her fellow county-women.
Just ask Gemma, who yesterday told The Sun she and fiancé Rami Hawash plan to move to the Cotswolds.
Whether they end up close to the Beckhams' £12million bolthole near Chipping Norton remains to be seen, but one thing is clear – the Towie star has her eye on that very Posh crown.
'The only way is the Cotswolds for me. It's real class,' Gem told us.
'Me and Rami are the new David and Victoria.'
As Charlotte Oliver reveals here, Gem has been channelling VB for a while now, judging by her red carpet looks that say: 'I'm a high-powered fashionista with a gorgeous partner and the world at my feet.'
But if the GC really wants to copy VB, maybe she just needs to smile less . . .
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IN The Sun's Fab Daily yesterday, Gemma said: 'The only way is the Cotswolds for me. It's real class.
'I'm ready for the quiet, country life. It's my spiritual home.
'Me and Rami are the new David and Victoria – it suits me like nobody's business.'
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LOOKS like Gemma was green with envy when she saw Vic's floaty dress, then she realised Towie was the answer – The Only Way Is Emerald.
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VICTORIA knows that black is always in style.
Gemma might know it, too, but she also knows that PVC is stain-resistant.
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BEING a one-woman powerhouse is tiring, so perhaps it's no surprise that both like to slip into their jim-jams, ready to go up to Bedfordshire.
Or Oxfordshire, in their case.
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WHILE both The GC and VB might wear their hearts on their sleeves, they wear their thoughts on their chests.
And no cruel jokes about not having enough thoughts to fill a T-shirt, please.
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SOME might find life in the Cotswolds countryside a little dull . . . a bit beige, you may say – but if it's good enough for Posh, it's good enough for Gemma.
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