'Victoria Beckham's designs are more like H&M, she's doesn't make clothes the same way as a fashion designer' Dolce and Gabbana hit out at designer of the year

Her designs have been worn by the likes of Cameron Diaz and Blake Lively and in 2011, she beat off stiff competition from the likes of Stella McCartney and Tom Ford to be crowned Designer of the Year at the prestigious British Fashion Awards.
However, while the world can't get enough of Victoria Beckham - she was named one of the UK's most influential women in BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour 2013 Power List - two industry heavyweights aren't exactly her biggest fans.
Designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana of Italian label Dolce & Gabanna this week praised Britain's 'cool' style and designers like Vivienne Westwood, but were less enthusiastic about Victoria.

Not her biggest fans: Designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana of Italian label Dolce & Gabanna spoke about Victoria Beckham's designs with a lack of enthusiasm

Speaking at the launch of The Glamour of Italian Fashion, a new exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum, Gabbana said the former Spice Girl had turned to fashion
after doing 'many, many, many different things.'

Victoria may have served as an ambassador for the Italian fashion house but Gabbana continued: 'she's a designer but...for us, she don't make (clothes) the same way like a fashion designer.'
Dolce grouped Beckham, whose designs have appeared on catwalks at New York Fashion week, with mainstream retailers such as Zara and H&M.

Take a bow: Mrs Beckham steps out from backstage at the end of her New York Fashion Week show, which was met with rave reviews but it seems not everyone was a fan

The museum's exhibition, which opens Saturday, traces the global rise of Italian style, from the rebuilding of a shattered economy after World War II through the 1950s and '60s, when stars including Elizabeth Taylor and Audrey Hepburn made Italian design synonymous with sophistication.
It also looks at how Italy's fashion and textile industries are coping with the globalised 'fast fashion' world of the 21st century.
The show, which runs until July 27, features designs from fashion houses including Georgio Armani, Prada, Gucci, Valentino and Versace - and of course, Dolce & Gabbana.
Nonetheless, Victoria Beckham recently revealed that she wants to design footwear in a conversation with Parsons' Dean of Fashion, Simon Collins, in New York.

Unfair: Dolce grouped Beckham, whose designs have appeared on catwalks at New York Fashion week, with mainstream retailers such as Zara and H&M

The event was attended by over 800 fashion students and fans, according to Fashionista.com, and saw the designer, 39, open up about the future of her empire.
'You know, I do want to start a shoe collection,' she said. 'If anybody here is a shoe designer, please do come and see me! I definitely think shoes is probably the next category that I’ll look at going into; it's quite a competitive category but I would love to go into [it].

Mrs Beckham admitted that she does not expect it to be easy though.
'I actually work with Manolo Blahnik on the shoes for my show every season and working with him is remarkable,' she said. 'I think it’s very complicated… I wouldn’t just want to do a signature shoe - I'd have to make sure I’m working with the right factories, do a flat…'

Her biggest fans: David Beckham takes a photo of his four children, Brooklyn Beckham, Romeo Beckham and Cruz Beckham in the front row before the Victoria Beckham show, as daughter Harper Beckham sits in David Beckham's lap

All the colours of the rainbow: Glamour magazine has put together a montage of 40 A-listers wearing Victoria Beckham's dress designs

As Victoria prepares to turn 40 in April, Glamour magazine have celebrated some of her finest designs.
The publication has put together a fun rainbow montage of 40 A-listers who have worn 40 of Victoria's stunning dress designs.
Beyoncé, Kelly Rowland, Jennifer Lopez, Cameron Diaz, Oprah Winfrey and Kim Kardashian are just some of the famous names who feature on the page.
Supermodel Naomi Campbell recently told You magazine that she's a huge fan of the former Spice Girl's work.
'I love Victoria Beckham's dresses - I have many of them, as well as her jeans. I admire her work and she's a great mother and good friend.'

Time to celebrate: The looks can all be found in the May Issue of Glamour magazine

And Cheryl Cole also said: 'I think that what she has done is brilliant. I'd love to do what she is doing.'
Victoria launched her jeans line VB Rocks for Rock & Republic in Japan in October 2004, before launching her own denim line dVb Style and an eyewear range in 2006.
In September 2008, Victoria received rave reviews for her first collection for spring/summer 2009 at New York Fashion Week.
She went on to win Designer Brand of the Year at the British Fashion Awards in November 2011 and she recently announced her first store will launch in London's Dover street this autumn.
An interest in fashion clearly runs in the family, as Victoria's eldest son, 15-yer-old Brooklyn, has made his modelling debut.
The teenager appears on the cover of Man About Town magazine in a black and white photo shoot which evokes the old Hollywood images of a young James Dean.
The pictures were taken by photographer Alasdair McLellan, who shot Victoria for UK Vogue and David for Fantastic Man, and is a 'friend of the family'.
The May issue of GLAMOUR is on sale from Thursday 3rd April.

She won't be happy: Victoria with Stefano at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala in 2003

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