Victoria Beckham has recalled the “dark times” of her fashion brand, sharing why she “hated” receiving financial help from husband David Beckham.
In her new Netflix docuseries under her name, the Spice Girl alum has lifted the lid on the difficult time it took to launch her career in the fashion industry after a successful career in music.
Victoria admitted that due to her poor knowledge of the industry, she was “scared” of doing business 18 years ago.
“I was scared because I loved fashion and it was always my dream, but I knew what people were thinking. ‘She was a pop star. She’s married to a footballer. Who does she think she is?'” Victoria shared in the three-episode series.
After launching her fashion brand in 2008, she received immense love and positive feedback from the public and the fashion brand grew steadily with shows in New York, London and even Paris.
However, her brand hit a point where she hit rock bottom and fell into heavy debt, forcing her husband, David, to spend her money, which eventually created problems in their relationship.
Recalling the “dark times”, the singer revealed that she “almost lost everything”.
“I used to cry every day before going to work because I felt like a firefighter. There were tens of millions of us in the red,” she recalls in the docuseries.
On how this created problems in her marriage to David, Victoria shared her feelings: “Yes, I’m going home to my husband, but I’m also going home to my business partner. And so I was talking to him about it. I had to do it. He was invested. And I hated it. I absolutely hated it.”
David revealed in the docuseries that the lack of money even made them rethink maintaining the brand.
“We both sat there and looked at what I had invested. And I think part of that conversation broke my heart because Victoria is a proud woman,” David recalls.
He went on to explain: “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 more money.’ The business needs more money, it was difficult for both of us because I didn’t have the money to continue doing this, and eventually I said to myself, “This can’t continue.”
