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Unfortunately, this can also often result in a much more negative kind of feedback. If Victoria Beckham's story—explored more in depth than ever before in the Beckhams' recent Netflix documentary—teaches us anything about being the more famous partner of a sports star couple, is that many people, from fans to coaches to entire countries, will unjustly blame you for your partner's misfortunes on the field and weaponise both your relationship and your femininity against you. But for every person who protests the ‘WAGs'’ presence in the stands, there's so many more who rightly appreciate them for their role as a supporter and partner, and, of course, idolise the incredibly iconic and sartorial way they go about it—because how could you not?
When it came to '90s sporty-luxe fashion, for instance, no one did it like Victoria Beckham did. Ironically having made a name for herself as Posh Spice—not Sporty Spice—the singer threw herself into a reinvention of sportswear anyway, paving the way forward for the aesthetic, culminating in some of the styles we wear today. With her proclivity for vintage fashion and Hermès bags, Beckham's ‘WAG’ days were marked by moto leather jackets and bug-eye sunglasses, strappy low-cut singlets and tongue in cheek sports merch, all of which have succinctly circled back into a modernised style today.