A fiftieth birthday is a serious milestone in any lady’s life — although not everybody has to step into it like Victoria Beckham, who not way back broke her foot in a gymnasium accident. Nonetheless, Mrs. Beckham was decided to have fun in fashion in London on Saturday, when, not less than for one evening, she changed the medical boot she has been carrying for months with pointed toe stilettos, seen panties and an extended sheer sea-foam-green robe from her personal label.
“As I get able to step into 50 (in heels, after all!), I really feel so extremely blessed to have reached this milestone,” she wrote in an Instagram submit final week. “Blessed, but additionally completed and deeply content material. That is the start of an thrilling new chapter, and I’m solely simply getting began.”
Right here’s what occurred on the massive birthday bash thrown by the style designer and former Spice Lady.
The Location
The get together came about at Oswald’s, an unique personal member’s membership owned by Robin Birley within the Mayfair neighborhood of London. Mr. Birley, London’s king of golf equipment, named Oswald’s after his grandfather, whose portrait hangs behind the reception desk.
The membership is thought to draw a who’s who of friends. When Beyoncé was on the town final yr, she headed to Oswald’s. When Princess Eugenie celebrated her wedding ceremony anniversary, she did it at Oswald’s. When former prime ministers like Tony Blair and Boris Johnson e-book date nights with their wives? Oswald’s. Don’t consider us? You’ll should take our phrase for it: The membership has strict insurance policies towards taking photographs and utilizing social media accounts.
The Visitor Listing
After all David Beckham, Mrs. Beckham’s husband of 25 years, was there, as have been their 4 kids Romeo, Cruz, Harper and Brooklyn, who have been all wearing black and white. Brooklyn’s spouse, Nicola Peltz Beckham, didn’t attend however made it very clear she was unhappy to overlook out by way of a gushy Instagram submit.
Among the many 100 invited friends have been a constellation of Mrs. Beckham’s movie star buddies, together with Tom Cruise, Eva Longoria, Salma Hayek, François-Henri Pinault, Marc Anthony, Man Ritchie and Gordon Ramsay. Friends additionally included all 4 of Mrs. Beckham’s former Spice Women bandmates: Geri Halliwell-Horner (Ginger), Melanie Chisholm (Sporty), Melanie Brown (Scary) and Emma Bunton (Child).
The Leisure
Get together friends — and the web — went into meltdown after Mr. Beckham, 48, posted a video on Instagram of his spouse and the opposite Spice Women dancing and singing to their 1997 hit single “Cease.”
“I imply come on,” Mr. Beckham captioned the 12-second video, his head arising and down in entrance of the 5 girls, who haven’t carried out collectively publicly for the reason that London Olympics in 2012. Mrs. Beckham later reposted the video on her personal account, writing: “Finest evening ever! Pleased Birthday to me! I really like you all a lot!” and accompanying the caption with the hashtag “Spice Up Your Life.”
The Gossip
In keeping with The Day by day Mail, tequila (Mrs. Beckham’s tipple of selection) was effectively and really flowing. Mr. Cruise, 61, was mentioned to be doing splits on the dance ground within the early hours, after serving to up a photographer who tripped on the sidewalk earlier within the evening. The Telegraph mentioned that friends have been handled to goody luggage stuffed with Victoria Beckham branded items, together with a candle and a perfume.
Ms. Brown, higher referred to as Scary Spice, hinted at a possible reunion for the Spice Women when she reposted Mr. Beckham’s video on her Instagram Tales, writing: “About final evening #tourdatescomingsoon.”
The clearest indicators of a efficiently spicy evening could possibly be discovered within the final paparazzi photographs of Mrs. Beckham leaving her get together at 2:30 a.m., in sun shades, by way of a piggyback from her husband, who carried her straight right into a ready limo. No phrase to the press concerning complications the next morning.
