‘Don’t mess with your boobs’: Victoria Beckham admits her biggest style regrets

VICTORIA Beckham has went through a massive style evolution since her days as Posh Spice. But the fashion icon herself admits she made some mistakes.

Some of the looks from Victoria Beckham’s style evolution.

VICTORIA Beckham has went through a massive style evolution since her days as Posh in the Spice Girls.

Along the way she’s made some interesting choices — and she’s the first to admit some of her looks weren’t the best.

The singer-turned-fashion designer has penned a letter to her 18-year-old self for the latest issue of British Vogue. In the honest piece, Beckham talks about body image and marriage and warns her younger self about some of the more outlandish style choices she’ll make over time — the main one being breast enhancements.

“ ... I should probably say, don’t mess with your boobs. All those years I denied it — stupid. A sign of insecurity. Just celebrate what you’ve got,” she wrote in the magazine.

Victoria walks the carpet at the 2007 MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles.

Beckham, 42, also comforted her younger self about her insecurities.

“Your complexion will sort itself out (in fact you will launch your own make-up brand); as soon as the eighties are over, your perm will die down, and your weight will settle itself,” she wrote. “At school you eat Super Noodles and boxes of Frosties because they say they are fat free, and you will endure many other silly fad diets (including an addiction to green juices). Instead, learn to embrace your imperfections — that is what I want to tell you.”

Victoria, at the height of Spice Girls fame, arrives in Sydney for a 1997 Spiceworld screening.

The designer continued: “Let your skin breathe; wear less make-up. (And don’t ever let that make-up artist shave your eyebrows! The effects last forever.) You will always be addicted to Elnett hairspray but you will tone it down. Less of the ‘Hello! I just got stuck in a wind tunnel’, please.”

Victoria Beckham at the Spice Girls reunion announcement in London, 2007.

Victoria walks the runway in 2000.

Beckham in 2003.

Despite her tongue-in-cheek warnings, Beckham added the dramatic looks during her evolution from pop star to fashion icon add “interest” to her life.

“You are going to have so much fun with your clothes — PVC catsuits; chokers that say absurd things; weird spiky blonde hair. It will never occur to you that you appear ridiculous,” she wrote. “You will turn up at awards ceremonies resembling a drag queen. But I look back at you and smile. It will add interest to your life to go from one extreme to another. I love the fact that you will feel free to express yourself.”

The former Spice Girl arrives at the 2000 Elle Style Awards in London.

She told her younger self that even though she would go on to build a respected fashion empire, she should not become “stifled” by it.

“You will learn, as you mature, to swap heels for Stan Smith trainers, minidresses for crisp white shirts. And you will never be one of those people who just roll out of bed,” she wrote. “Wear sunglasses a lot. Even inside. Especially at airports. They turn a nothing-outfit into something quite pulled together and cool.”

A more toned-down Beckham after showing her collection at 2016 New York Fashion Week.

Remembering the time she met her husband David Beckham in the Manchester United players’ lounge, she offered advice on their marriage.

“Have patience. Bite your tongue. Be supportive. And preserve a bit of mystique,” she wrote. “Never let yourself go completely (at least brush your hair, clean your teeth, have a bit of a brow going on because you will always want him to look at you and feel attracted).”

“Wear sunglasses a lot”: Victoria practices what she preaches at LAX in 2016.

Originally published as ‘Don’t mess with your boobs’: Victoria Beckham admits her biggest style regrets