21-05-2025
Victoria Beckham Resort 2026: A Return to New York City
Victoria Beckham returned to New York City on Tuesday morning, presenting her resort 2026 collection against the picturesque skyline views from Centurion New York on the 55th floor of One Vanderbelt.
'I started showing in New York,' Beckham recalled of her first presentation in 2008 — a showcase of 10 dresses at the nearby Waldorf Astoria hotel. 'Then the collections grew season on season and I was in New York going from small presentations to what turned into really significant, big shows. Then we went back to London to celebrate our 10th anniversary, spent a few years in London, and now, in Paris. It's been 18 years.'
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Beckham said the reason she'd been looking back at her 18-year journey as a creative director was due to the Netflix documentary she's been working on, with its release date set for October.
'We'll be doing the premiere here in New York because it really is about my journey in fashion and beauty. Obviously there are elements of my family in there, but it's really about what I do as a creative director across both fashion and beauty,' she explained. She added the trip to New York City was a time to give thanks to, celebrate with and show her latest lineup to the journalists and wholesale accounts who have been on the journey with her. Furthermore, she's proud of what she and her teams have done with the business, noting that fashion, in its own right, is profitable, 'then you've got beauty as well,' she said.
Speaking about the collection, Beckham pointed out the codes she built in the beginning that remain important each season, including silhouettes that are elegant yet effortless, feminine and modernly sexy and imbued with thoughtful details. Color remains an important part of that message, with resort's muted tones with pops of vibrancy inspired by the works of the painter Francis Bacon featured in the brand's flagship store earlier this year as part of her third Sotheby's curation.
The hues came to life through her high-shine silk jersey dresses with ruched and knotted waist details, or a zip-down décolletage, and slinky bias-cut gowns with slim metal chain straps alongside a mix of strong, signature tailoring. Here, suited looks came both tuxedo-style for holiday (and cheekily paired with satin short shorts and ballerina-inspired knit bodysuits) and utilitarian-bent for the everyday, both with intriguing cummerbund folded, waist-cinching waistbands.
'All of these things, they're strong codes that I respect every season, but with making sure that I still have a strong fashion message and a point of view, because you do want to have that element of surprise each season as well, which is really important. I never want to be that brand that people just know what they're going to see,' she said.
For resort, her casual daywear was the unexpected, welcomed element, as seen through chenille jumpers, slick bomber jackets, debut rigid Japanese denim bottoms and a collaborative Mackintosh jacket featuring an interior floral print (inspired by one of the first pieces of Gary Hume's art in Beckham's personal collection).
Beckham pointed out many pieces she's worn throughout her recent travels.
'I'm so honest with everything that I produce, that it really is about what I desire, what I want and what I know that my customer wants. So I genuinely do want everything [in the line]. I don't know what I would do if I didn't create my own clothes, because ultimately, I started doing this because I couldn't find what I wanted,' she said of the full circle moment in the city.
Launch Gallery: Victoria Beckham Resort 2026 Collection
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