I swear if Victoria’s Secret Spice Beckham Posh-a-Lot told me she was born on this planet, I’d start believing in extraterrestrials. She’s just that full of it.
First we caught her talking about keeping herself out of the sun. (‘Cause sunlight’’s bad, m’kay…?) While she was visiting tanning salons on the side.
Then she kicked it up a notch by working with Marc Jacobs on a line of t-shirts to benefit a New York University cancer research group. (‘Cause cancer’s bad, m’kay…?)
And last month Posh went all PETA on Liz Hurley, claiming some sort of Girl Power moral high ground about fur. Liz Hurley models it. Posh says she only wears faux. (‘Cause wearing fur is bad, m’kay…?)
I bet you know what’s coming.
On Thursday, Poshity-Posh-Posh was photographed arriving at the airport in Milan wearing the ensemble at right.
Mmm Hmmm.
Over at Dlisted, Michael K’s readers are vigorously debating the question: Is it real?
So I did something kinda cool. I’m actually proud of myself here.
I called six furriers yesterday, and asked them. Two were in New York. One was in Washington, DC. One was in Las Vegas. And the other two were in Los Angeles.
All six explained that there’s simply no way this photo could be of a “faux” fur, since the garment is made up of a variety of colors and lengths of hairs. Which, I suppose, makes sense. The consensus is that Posh is wearing “red fox” (not Redd Foxx). I’ve never owned a fur, but here’s what real fox fur looks like. And here’s what fake fox looks like.
I think it’s obvious which one matches Posh’s style. The fake stuff probably feels like a velvet Elvis painting without the paint.
Two of the furriers I spoke with said that the hairs in Posh’s wrap looked too “lifelike” (yes, they both used that word) to be synthetic. One of the New York guys sells both real and fake furs. He told me that “if anyone could make a fake fur that looked that good, I’d never sell another $5,000 coat. Just $400 knock-offs.”
I’m convinced. You?
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It’s been mentioned elsewhere that Victoria Beckham almost never smiles.
How can she keep a straight face while telling all these whoppers??
I’m no expert on furs, but I’d think there’d be some better looking fakes than that one at the “FurOutlet”. Reminds me of my late dog, a tan cocker spaniel after getting his summer haircut. Very smooth and velvety, like you said. I guess Posh wouldn’t be caught alive in something like that.
Wow. Smart and kinda sneaky too. Need a new stalk- wait where’s this going?
What? A gossip blog actually doing original research instead of just repeating items copied from US Weekly? Impossible!
Naw, seriously that’s why I love Deceiver for being unique. I tried going down TMZ’s blogroll one day and fell asleep not halfway through the endless parade of generic blandness.
Full disclosure: You may be right, but I spent a half-hour looking for a better example of red-fox faux online and I couldn’t find one. Have at it. If you find it, post a link here. I still don’t think it would look like Posh’s get-up.
This is definitely real. My grandmother had one and you just do not get that sort of color quality from faux. Faux fur doesn’t look anything like real fur, IMO. Look closely at it, you can see the darker color on top and the lighter fur color on the bottom. Having also seen many a real fox, not just fox fur coats, I’d bet my paycheck that the thing is real.
Poor Posh – doesn’t eat enough calories to support normal brain function. Come to think of it, maybe that’s the problem with all of these dumb celebs…
And yes, kudos for the original research!
She just hates that Liz Hurley is older than she is and looks a million times better.
While I am not against people wearing furs, the least she could have done was pick one that looked good. I won’t even guess what that cost, probably more than my car.
Everyone should know by now that she (and others) are all about “Do as I say, not as I do” Look at the all the “environmental friendly” celebs who flew on private planes to Obama’s inauguration. They could not just bring themselves to fly with the commoners.
I’m of the understanding that faux fur is not supposed to look too realistic, as wearing a fur coat that is too “lifelike” somehow does not discourage cruelty to animals. This goes for the high-end faux fur as well; a girl I know who is really into that sort of thing has a faux mink jacket that cost her $800, and anyone who mistakes it for the real deal needs an eye exam stat. It looks sort of like black AstroTurf. Apparently, that is the point. She doesn’t want anyone to think she’d wear real fur any more than she wants flour or paint thrown on her. Besides, even if truly realistic faux fur IS available somewhere, I don’t think Posh would wear a fake fur jacket any more than she’d wear cubic zirconia earrings.
Oversneer – great article, love the research and links.
Thanks for the link to the real fur site – I’m drooling over some Canadian Beaver right now…
I’d hit it!
Jrod, the fur or Posh?
You know, I’m only squicked a little by real fur, but I am squicked a LOT by furs with identifiable animal body parts attached to them. I’ve never seen a fake fur with claws or a tail.
That is some great sleuthing, you guys are great! I took one look at that fur and thought the same thing: the colors are too varied for that to be fake. Its like the difference between someone’s natural hair color, and fake or dyed hair. The color of each of the strands is a huge giveaway.
Did she tease up the fur to give it shoulders?
That fur is real, but it’s 100% Posh.
She joined The Hair Club for Men. Back-hair is the new black.
What gets me are these celebrities who go around acting like there isn’t a camera on them all the time. I mean, normal people, to a certain degree, we can adapt ourselves to a situation. When with one group of people, I can agree out of politeness, but when I go hang out with my friends, I can take the other stand, and no one knows or cares because this is just how humans manage themselves most of the time. But these celebrities are constantly on tape or film or in front of an audience–if they say “fur is bad,” they aren’t just agreeing to be polite, they’re making a universal statement they owe it to themselves to stick to before they look like complete idiots.
Oh, wait, this is Posh Spice we’re talking about. Who already looks like a complete idiot. Never mind.
My mom owns a real fox coat. This is either the world’s greatest fake or it’s real foxy-fox.
Maybe she got it as a gift. Or a poor wittle fox curled up and died of natural causes on her country estate’s doorstep. Not willing to let a thing of beauty go to waste, Posh took the expired little beast to her local tannery and had it fashioned into the creation she is wearing today. The rest of the remains were buried at the estate with a full honors, including a 21-gun salute.
I wonder if Perez Hilton will finally stop jacking off to Posh’s “faux fur” image and realize she’s full of .
…..No. Probably not.
I bet if your poke her pelvic bone, you could break her vagina or something.
Hmmm…maybe it was a gift?
Didn’t one PETA-tard say that it was OK for her to wear fur because it’s a gift? She’s odd…against fur, but carries around Hermes bags, made of *leather*?
As someone who’s also worked with fur, I could tell by looking at it that it was real. The color and texture variations are what gives it away.
BTW there’s rare pics here and there of her smiling and she actually looks really cute. She should do it more often.
Jay has a good point as to why fake fur is probably so short.
To Oversneer: In my paltry 10 min’s or so (I bow to your 30 – I only looked at one site), I pretty much only found short stuff. Here’s 3 examples:
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A nice brown item, with a longer-haired collar…which made me wonder if that was at least real. Well, even though this is listed in the faux fur group, “jsg0805 Women’s Faux Fur Coat”, it also says “Material: fur”, with no mention of acrylic or other non-animal composition. Guess you can’t be too careful when you buy this stuff.
http://www.globalsources.com/gsol/I/Faux-fur/p/bg/1005621931.htm
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White, with a hood, and some bulk to it. A little more than the “velvet” feel.
Composition: 100% acrylic
http://www.globalsources.com/gsol/I/Faux-fur/p/bg/1007996468.htm
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This is just material, and not the best picture, but it is longer-haired.
Pile: 100% acrylic; back side: 100% polyester
http://www.globalsources.com/gsol/I/Faux-fur/p/bg/1001520660.htm
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I’m a lot smarter, now — thanks Deceiver.com !!!
Tsk Tsk Posh! To make up for it, she should send that coat over to Africa to warm those poor sheep herders. There are people with freezing shoulders!
that def. looks like real fur! and i swear i’ve seen her in real fur before too. whatever that is over her shoulders, its gross looking.
Why not just come out and say, “I wear fur and I don’t care? Suck it, PETA!” I would have a whole lot of respect for anyone that did that.
Not only is she a hideous looking beast, now she’s wearing beasts as well?
Oh, that’s charming. What a HYPOCRITE!
That’s not a fur, she’s BEING ATTACKED BY A FOX!!11! SOMEONE CALL ANIMAL CONTROL!!!ONE!!
Hey this is a really cool article. I’m very impressed with the genuine facts!! The fur that posh is wearing looks revolting anyway just like the rest of her. So typical of people with that much money thinking it makes them look classy to wear fur, when in fact it looks like she is being consumed by a hairy spider…no thanks.
So Vickie Beckham wears fur! WHO CARES? You called 6 furriers? Really? Because it’s so damn important to expose her as a fraud! Like we don’t already know that? Look at her you idiot, her whole life’s a sham! The real crime here is the fact that you’re wasting your life caring what celebrities do!
Read a book. Have a conversation with a real person. Go for a walk. Something!
And yet here you are.
Oh bravo Simon Scowl…bravo…well said!
Wow! In this red fox stroller Victoria look great!!!
I love women wearing natural furs, especially fox furs!!!
I don’t take issue with her wearing fur. I don’t object to fur per se (as long as it’s not a rare breed). For example, rabbit fur to me is totally acceptable for clothing, as rabbit is an environmentally friendly resource, and the fur can be a side-line to meat production. I eat a lot of rabbit, so also wearing it would not be inconsistent with my beliefs.
Her hypocracy is a bit grating, although unsurprising. Many celebs are probably paranoid about what the public think of them. I’m glad I have the luxury of not having the same worry.
I have to admit I don’t see the appeal of fur, unless you live in the far north. That said I am not much of a fashionista. I shop at REI for most of my clothes. If my girlfriend asked for a fur coat, I would probably dump her, not because I am a PETA person, just because I associate fur with old ladies who wear too much makeup and I would have to wonder what is under my girlfriend’s foundation.
In regards to her leather bag, I sent a message to her PR and they said it was o.k. because it’s not leather, it’s ostrich.
So what if she wears real fur? Good for her. She looks amazing in this fox fur jacket. I love Victoria, her jacket is gorgeous and if I had her money I would have a closet full of real furs too.
She’s gorgeous, and that is a great looking coat. If I was a millionaire, I would do the same thing. Fake fur looks, well, fake!
HA! and ostrich’s not leather? XD just ‘coz it came out of a bird?
Could be faux-fur, couldn’t it? I don’t think it is, but we should still give her credit just out of human kindness
I guess the decent thing to do would be to give her the benefit of the doubt. Maybe someone gave it to her as a gift and she chose to use it so that it would not go to waste? (haha, fat chance)
Hee, Christi. Because if there’s anything Frowny McStick is known for, it’s her frugality and her sensitivity. Except not really.
Doesn’t the girl modeling the “real” fur (via the “heres what a real fox fur looks like link) look a lot like the Octo-mom?
It just might be excess body hair from all the dietary supliments.
side effects may include adoption.
I think people underestimate what can be created for a haute couture faux fur vs. an “order them off the internet cheap!” faux fur.
If Victoria was looking to save money by buying fake, then sure: she’d be limited to less realistic furs.
But if she’s willing to spend $20k or more on the fake, she can find someone in this town with a team of people to spend a month hand coloring each strand of that shawl. Calling six furriers and asking if faux fur looks as good as their genuine product is exceptionally unlikely to have generated honest answers from any of them.
I am a costumer, and you would be amazed at how realistic they are making high quality fake furs nowadays, even with an undercoat and guard hairs. What strikes me about these photos is the shine. That is hard to fake. So in my fake fur dealing expert opinion I say real.
Here is what some higher quality fake fur looks like. The site also has a lot more varieties.
http://www.imstuffedfur.com/wolfcoyotefurs.html
Who cares if she’s wearing fur? Animals are here for our consumption. Cows are made for milk and beef. Pigs for bacon and ham. Foxes for fur.
Oh but I suppose we’ve gone so far into producing artificial alternatives for everything we use that we somehow feel it is wrong to use the original stuff.
Its not morally wrong to butcher a cow and feed people.
It is the cow’s function.
Sure a heck of a lot of people would disagree with me and that’s fine, but we didn’t get anywhere in primitive times without using the tools and resources at our disposal.
Imagine if in ancient times, people made a stink about using real fur or real meat.
Where would we be?
Extinct.
So allow them to oppose it, but don’t feel bad if you enjoy it.
I haven’t managed to read all msgs but ‘jeese’ this is my kinda site. People who know bullsh*t when they see and smell it. This chick point blank does NOT deserve her fame. Throw HER in a big pile of bullsh*t I say. Who is with me…who will help me.
Did you know that human beings are programmed to notice the faults of others more than the faults of themselves?
Yes but when those ‘others’ are in your face all the time..suddenly their faults really do loom large. She has still got to go. Celebrity in my opinion should be saved for those who have charm and personality, or who are just darn likeable.
15 February 2009
People.co.uk
POACH SPICE
By Katie Hind
Victoria Beckham outfoxes the animal rights mob and keeps her fashionista credentials in a cheeky fake fur.
Posh’s threads turned heads at New York’s JFK airport because the jacket looked so real.
But Victoria, 34, has made no secret of her anti-fur stance in the past and her faux number came from vegan designer pal Stella McCartney.
A source revealed: “Victoria wouldn’t dream of wearing real fur. The Stella number she was wearing looks like it could be fox. But it’s strictly imitation, and still looks great.”
Why would I believe something with no quote or references to back it up? Go back to college, and stop blogging if you want to be taken seriously.
Let’s go easy on John, kids.
Here’s the UK “People” (not the same as U.S. PEOPLE magazine) website article:
http://www.people.co.uk/news/news/tm_method=full&objectID=21124258&siteID=93463-name_page.html
There’s no photo. But Janet Charlton has one: http://janetcharltonshollywood.com/gossip/victoria_beckham/victoria_beckham_wouldnt_miss_fashion_week_for_the_world_20090214.php
Looks like the same shawl to me.
Here are more snaps at Gossip Girls: http://www.celebrity-gossip.net/celebrities/hollywood/victoria-beckham-arrives-in-nyc-for-fashion-week-211336/
I’ll ring up Stella McCartney’s peeps on Wednesday and see if it’s true, okay? Hold your horses. If she says she made it with rayon fibers and a pair of micro-tweezers, that’ll be the end of it. And I’ll eat my (non-leather) hat.
— Oversneer
Hey Cassandra…Until you learn how to do a Google search to verify information, stay off the boards. Perhaps you can ask someone to teach you how. It really isn’t that difficult if you’re over 5 years old and not completely internet illiterate.
Here’s the latest, folks — Stella McCartney’s company refused to go on the record one way or the other today. I phoned them at the company’s British headquarters location.
I was told by a lovely woman in the PR department that “Stella McCartney Ltd does not comment on any specialty garments produced for famous persons.” Basically, if we want to know whether Stella made a fake fox for Posh Spice, the info has to come from Posh.
Which raises a good question: How come she’s not saying anything?
Maybe because she’s trying not to upset Giorgio Armani, who is being targeted by PETA. Just a thought.
I just love to see Victoria in fox fur. Even the very best fake fur doesn’t look this good.
I think Posh isn’t saying anything b/c if she opens her mouth too wide, the top 65% of her head will crack and fall off. Ain’t enough Bondo in the WORLD to fix that.
Hell with the money that she has I wouldn’t be suprised if what she’s wearing isn’t available to the public.
Not to defend posh spice, because I DOUBT she’s innocent, but fur manufacturers are sneaky about mislabeling their products as faux fur,because of the negative stigma real fur has. Although as others pointed out you’d have to be ignorant to make this mistake and this doesn’t go for super expensive fur like the one posh is wearing. The manufacturers would lose profit by mislabeling.
Love it! I have a red fox jacket very similar to this and always receive compliments when I wear it. I could’nt care less if the odd anti disapproves of me wearing real fur – it is my decision and nobody has the right to tell me or anyone else what I can or can’t wear. Fake fur is no substitute for the real thing and Victoria knows it. She looks amazing as usual.
Well, I think women look great in real fur–it’s sexy and kind of primitive. The fake stuff is just not the same. Most animals used for fur are rodents, which multiply exponentially. The anti-fur lobby is a bunch of narrow-minded rubbish. BTW, Posh’s fur is definitely real, and I’ve certainly seen her in real fur on many occasions. Celebs tell the media their fur is fake becsue they are so image conscious. Sometimes it is fake; many times it is real.
Why shouldn’t Poss wear real fur? She wears real python and alligator skin shoes. She wears calfskin, lambskin, kidskin, etc. Is there really that much difference between wearing baby lambskin and wearing some rodent? I don’t think so, and neither would any reasonable person that actually thought about the issue instead of reacting emotionally to it. And please don’t tell me that we eat animals so it’s okay. Few of us eat alligators–those animals are primarily used for their skin. And does it matter to the baby lamb that it’s being eaten? No. The difference between leather and fur is so small that it is ridiculous to argue about it.