Victoria Beckham fashion collection to be auctioned by The Outnet to help mothers living with HIV

VICTORIA Beckham’s enviable wardrobe is going under the hammer. Posh Spice is selling off her duds for a most worthy cause.

VICTORIA Beckham will sell more than 600 items of her clothing, with all the auction proceeds going to a cause close to her heart.

From Dolce & Gabbana to Roberta Cavalli, Prada, Chris Walker and even Aussie designer Rebecca Davies, all of the pieces will garner much media hype and more importantly, big bucks.

Following an invitation from Anna Wintour and American Vogue to visit South Africa, Victoria met with mothers2mothers (m2m) founder Dr. Mitch Besser.

Doctor Besser’s charity trains, employs and empowers Mentor Mothers, who are women living with HIV, to educate them about how to prevent the transmission of HIV from mothers to babies.

The charity, m2m, also aims to improve the health of HIV-affected women and their families.

Posh Spice was so moved by the experience that she wanted to do all she could to raise money and awareness.

She will be selling more than 600 items from her personal wardrobe, many dating back to the Spice Girls days including standout iconic outfits from her many red carpet appearances.

The OUTNET.COM will host the sale from August 20-25, and registration is essential.

Ten of the most valuable collector’s items will be sold via auction, also through the private sale portal.

Dress for sale: The then England captain & Manchester United player David Beckham & Dolce & Gabbana-clad wife Victoria arrive for MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles in 2003

As a fashion fix for Victoria Beckham fans, an auction of 10 of the most iconic pieces from Victoria’s wardrobe will be put up for sale in a ‘Going, Going, Gone’ reverse auction, where the starting price reduces by a fixed amount every five minutes.

Pieces such as the full length white Dolce & Gabbana dress worn for the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards (above) and a fluorescent yellow Roberto Cavalli gown worn for the pre-World Cup party in 2006 at David and Victoria Beckham’s country house will be part of the auction.

For those not in the fashion know, The OUTNET.COM is an online fashion outlet launched by the people behind NET-A-PORTER.COM and has established itself as a go-to destination for the global style-conscious shopper looking for the best designer products at great prices. Check out www.theoutnet.com

Another of the pieces Victoria Beckham is auctioning with The Outnet -a Michael Hoban does she wore to the MTV 2007 Movie Awards in Los Angeles. Picture: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images/AFP

About the mothers2mothers program:

Significant progress has been made over the last decade towards the elimination of paediatric AIDS. Yet each day, nearly 700 children are still infected with HIV. Ninety per cent of these children live in sub-Saharan Africa, and most acquire HIV from their mothers during pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding.

This is unacceptable and tragic, because the transmission of HIV from mother to child is almost entirely preventable.

Working alongside doctors and nurses in understaffed health centres as members of the healthcare team, Mentor Mothers provide essential health education and psychosocial support.

They are rigorously trained and paid, which benefits not only their families but also the community as a whole and reduces stigma associated with HIV. Since our founding, m2m has reached more than 1.2 million HIV-positive mothers in nine countries in sub-Saharan Africa, and catalysed affiliated Mentor Mother programs in two additional countries.

mothers2mothers is a partner in the United Nations’ Global Plan towards the Elimination of New HIV Infections among Children by 2015 and Keeping their Mothers Alive.

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Originally published as Victoria Beckham fashion collection to be auctioned by The Outnet to help mothers living with HIV