Victoria Beckham January 2009 Harpers Bazaar

 

Victoria Beckham, 34, is the cover girl for the January 2009 issue of Harper’s Bazaar magazine.  She talks about pregnancy rumors, family and her fashion/style routines.  Here are some highlights:

On pregnancy rumors between her circle of friends Katie Holmes, Eva Longoria Parker and Kate Beckinsale:

“You get a little water retention; it’s not news.  Me, Katie, Eva and Kate always joke about how one of us is allegedly pregnant, but no, we’re just a little bloated today! None of us is pregnant.”

On wanting a daughter:

“I’m such a girl’s girl,” she says. “I walk into my closet and go, ‘Crikey!’ To one day hand that down to another girl….”

On her “very disciplined” diet:

“It’s funny; I go to the gym now. I run four miles a day.”

On her routine before events:

“I go into hair and makeup, and I turn into ‘Victoria Beckham.’ I’ll try on all my dresses, and I’ll pick out a handbag, and I’ll put on shades. I instantly turn into into this person, and it sort of feels like a character. And there are so many pictures of it…But it’s a true character because it’s still me.”

On dolling herself up anytime she leaves the house:

“If I go to the supermarket looking like shit, that affects my work. I am selling an image.  Plus, I have fun with it.”

On trying no to have a scowl on her face all the time:

“I have started smiling. I’ve mastered this smirk; it’s a smile that isn’t a smile.” (She looks angry sometimes, she explains, because she’s “had so many things said about me over the years, like a public bullying.”)

On her nine-year marriage to David Beckham:

“We’ve had a lot of ups and downs,” she admits. “I love him more now than when I first met him.

“Back then, there was a certain innocence,” she says. “I look back and think if only I knew then what I know now. I’ve toughened up a lot.”