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Originally Posted by Spike413
Oh she may very well not be truly stupid, but to me this is completely mocking her. She's in a designer shopping bag, legs dangling like a Barbie doll or a mannequin, basically it's saying that she's a product.
If this was someone else, someone who has that tongue in cheek downtown art vibe I could totally see this as being a funny thing, but she's not, she's a parody of what fashionistas are. There's a fine line between satire and mocking, I think this crossed it.
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Disagree.
It isn't mocking her. Becks, the wife, is a savvy businesswoman who has cultivated real relationships with designers. Whether we want to accept or not, Victoria is a player in the fashion world who is a held idol for Cavalli, Lagerfeld, and, yes, Jacobs - she is beloved by some of the most prominent designers. And Victoria herself knows she is a product. She has her own clothing line, she has a fragrance, her husband is being used to market underwear. I think she is one of the few celebs who realizes she is marketable.
She is very tongue in cheek, really, if you paid attention to her interviews. She's candid, a little bit of a tart, and rather laidback. She definitely puts her best foot forward when out for things because she realises she is a celebrity and has to look and act a certain way for the camera. I think this collaboration has been her sacrificing that to show how dedicated she is to the fashion world and for her, with Marc, to satirize the celebrity worship in fashion. She's hidden. We see her legs. We're not seeing her face. Yet? Marc is still using a celebrity, not a look a like. This is clearly not a mockery of her. This is one of Marc's closest celebrity fans and one of the few I think truly understands commercialism.