At her 51st birthday party on April 17, fashion designer Victoria Beckham wore a white outfit she designed for her daughter-in-law Nicola Peltz.
The former Spice Girls member also wore her hair in a ponytail, similar to the look her wife, Brooklyn, wore more than a year ago.
The white outfit, which consisted of a corset top and straight-leg trousers, cost £1,190 and is part of Vic's 2024 collection. British media reported that the designer gave the outfit to her daughter-in-law, and Nicola Peltz wore it to the premiere of Lola, which she directed and starred in, early last year. The outfit quickly became a bestseller.
However, more than a year later, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationship is said to have deteriorated, making many people curious about why Mrs. Becks wore this outfit. "Could it be that Mrs. Beckham was trying to mock the American actress when she still looked good despite the 21-year age gap?" commented the Daily Mail. Meanwhile, The Sun wrote: "Victoria showed who is the boss when she wore a corset-style dress she designed for her daughter-in-law."
The Daily Mail also added that it could be a gesture of goodwill from Vic to her son and his wife amid the noisy rift. "Nicola and Brooklyn are expected to attend David Beckham's 50th birthday party on May 2. Maybe then, Victoria's intention in using this outfit will become clear," the source said.
On Vic's 50th birthday last year, daughter-in-law Nicola Peltz posted a photo of the two of them together at the premiere of the movie Lola. "Happy birthday to my beautiful mother-in-law. Love you so much and love being your dance partner forever," Brooklyn's eldest son's wife wrote at the time.
However, when her mother-in-law celebrated her 51st birthday on April 17 this year, the Becks' daughter-in-law and her husband did not make any public posts on their personal pages congratulating Vic or liking her mother's birthday posts. The young couple only showed off photos of their fun at the Coachella music festival. A few days earlier, the Becks also did not publicly congratulate or interact on Instagram when Brooklyn and Nicola celebrated their third wedding anniversary. For a family that "lives on Instagram", this is an unusual sign, Daily Mail commented.
The former England midfielder's family has been rumored to be in internal turmoil since early April after Brooklyn and his wife did not appear at many Becks family events since the beginning of the year. Page Six reports that the feud began when Brooklyn disapproved of his younger brother Romeo dating Kim Kardashian. The British model and DJ was close to Brooklyn and once dated the son of pop queen Madonna. Sources say Brooklyn thought Kim had bad intentions when approaching his brother, while Becks and Vic supported the relationship. The disagreement led to Brooklyn and Romeo not speaking to each other.