Victoria Beckham Rewears Her Own Design for the Louvre’s Grand Fashion Dinner With David Beckham
Victoria Beckham wore a black dress from her eponymous label at the Louvre’s Grand Fashion Dinner in Paris on Tuesday. The star-studded event marks the museum’s first fundraising gala, which is being staged in honor of the new exhibition, “Louvre Couture: Art and Fashion — Statement Pieces.”
The fashion designer’s shiny jersey frock, one of her signature silhouettes, features bold shoulders and a gathered skirt. Beckham wore her brunette tresses in a sleek ponytail.
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The former Spice Girl was accompanied by her husband, soccer star David Beckham, who layered a beige scarf over a classic tux and bow tie.
Victoria previously wore the same look in December, when she and David attended a state dinner at Buckingham Palace honoring the emir of Qatar.
In partnership with Sotheby’s, Victoria recently staged an art show at her London boutique, which featured pieces by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat that will soon be auctioned off.
“Art has always been a source of inspiration and over the years, I’ve so enjoyed learning and educating myself. It has the power to spark ideas, evoke emotion — and in the case of contemporary art in particular — it speaks to the world around us,” she said.
The Louvre’s debut fashion exhibit spotlights precious objects from the Byzantine era to the Second French Empire, tracing their influence on designer clothing.
More than 30 tables were put up for auction for the Grand Dinner, with the Louvre revealing that “its fundraising goal of 1 million euros for the opening event has been reached.” The “biggest houses and foremost designers lending to the exhibition” are represented among the guest list.
“Louvre Couture: Art and Fashion — Statement Pieces” features 66 outfits and 30 accessories, all displayed alongside items from the Louvre’s permanent collection of decorative objects.
“This is really the first time that the Louvre has decided to create an exhibition about the relationship between fashion and its own collections,” Olivier Gabet, director of the decorative arts department at the Louvre Museum, told WWD last August, when the show was unveiled.
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