EXCLUSIVE: Watch Victoria Beckham Prepare For Her First Ever Collection In Five Years The Victoria Beckham Fashion Story

Stop what you're doing ladies. Today is the day that Victoria Beckham fans across the world will be able to watch how she built her eponymous label. That's right folks, 'Five years - The Victoria Beckham Fashion Story' will be available to watch on The Skype Collaboration Project from 5pm. This is going to be MAJ-OR!

The lovely ladies over at Victoria Beckham have given us an exclusive clip, which shows Victoria presenting her first ever collection. We are suckers for a fashion flashback here at Grazia HQ. Victoria talks us through how she felt before her first collection as she reveals: 'I felt really anxious. Sick. Nerves like I have never had nerves before. I worked really hard on this collection.' Victoria adds: 'I remember the night before I was downstairs with a florist in a pair of hotel slippers at about four o'clock in the morning, re-doing the flowers because I didn't like the way the flowers looked.'

As for the inspiration for her first collection, Victoria reveals 'I looked at the past, I looked at couture details. I looked at corsetry. It was all about dresses that were very fitted to the body. Lots of grosgrain used around the waist to really make the waist look tiny. Everything was corseted; the length was just below the knee. I do continue to do those dresses in a similar shape.'

The project follows the journey of the Victoria Beckham brand, from just three people in a room to 100 employees in London and a satellite office in NYC. It will be made up of exclusive interviews and narration, with references to how her knowledge of fashion was shaped as a child. Victoria said of the project: 'I hope by sharing my story, I will inspire others who are interested in fashion and encourage them to work hard and follow their dream as I did.'

So get your mouse at the ready, 'Five years - The Victoria Beckham Fashion Story' will go live at 5pm today!

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The great cape comeback

The cape is a very alluring item. With an in-built superhero swish, a blanket-like comfort and the ability to transform almost any outfit from sofa- to soiree-ready in an instant, there are many reasons to covet one come the colder seasons.

They enjoyed a resurgence back in 2011, when designers from Chloe to Lanvin put them back on the catwalk, then fell into charity shop bags countrywide as they suddenly found themselves out of vogue once again. But they're back and this time it's thanks to the red carpet.

IN PICTURES: The caped crusaders showing us how it's done

As Gwyneth Paltrow so excellently demonstrated at the 2012 Oscars in Tom Ford, a cape really is a starlet's best friend. Then, when Lupita Nyong'o stepped onto this year's Golden Globes red carpet in a vibrant red Ralph Lauren caped wonder we were captured (or should we say cape-tured), hook, line and sinker by the trend.

Katy Perry followed suit just weeks later in a matching dress-and-cape combo by Dolce & Gabbana. While she may not have pulled the look off to perfection, it was, of course, the floral cape that caught our eye.

READ: From coat to cape, the fashion pack's latest styling trick

Though it's red carpet style that's tingled our trend taste buds, fear not, for the cape is setting itself up for a real-life comeback too. From shirts with in-built 'capelets' by the likes of Giambattista Valli, McQ and Maison Martin Margiela to caped dresses on the high street (find them at ASOS and River Island) to traditional cape coats and cosy cashmere - if you look around you, capes are, actually, everywhere. Or, you can always make like Kate and pick up a vintage one.

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Can You Improve Your Skin By Spending Less Time Online?

Skin care and healthy skin isn't just about what topical skin care products you use. It's also about what lifestyle choices you make, what you put into your body and how you adapt to and deal with Cultural Stress®. It's all part of Dr. Murad's revolutionary philosophy of Inclusive Health®, which gives you the tools to achieve healthy skin and a healthy body by teaching you to Look Better, Live Better and Feel Better. While it may not seem as though the amount of time that you spend on the internet can impact how your skin looks, it's actually the opposite that is true. You may be surprised by the number of ways in which the time that you spend online can impact the health of your body and its largest organ, the skin.

 

Online Time Equates to Cultural Stress Time

You may feel as though the time that you spend on the internet is your relaxation or "zone out" time, but studies have shown that online time can lead to stress. This is particularly true if you spend a lot of time participating in social networks. Studies have shown that social networks increase your stress level. Your brain isn't relaxing when you're online. It's actually in over-drive. This is even truer if you use your mobile device to browse the internet and participate on social media at all times of the day and night. This means that you are never disconnected from an ongoing stream of issues, "live-up-to-expectations" and chatter. While most of the studies on social networks and stress have been performed on teenagers and young adults, the impact is just as powerful for people of any age.

 

Stress impacts your skin no matter what your skin type or skin care concern is. For people with acne-prone skin or using an acne treatment regimen, stress triggers the adrenal gland. That creates an over-production of androgens, which leads to an excess of pore-clogging skin cells that then lead to inflamed blemishes. For all other skin types, stress affects hormones, which when out of balance can cause dry skin, oily skin, depleted collagen or even dark spots.

Inclusive Health Tip: Set limits for how much time you spend online per day. Give yourself a "media diet" that minimizes the amount of time that you spend in front of any type of screen to improve your overall health.

 

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When you are online, you can simultaneously be improving your skin by using a skin-nourishing facial mask. Murad's Vitamin-C Radiance Peel is ideal for all skin types and energizes and improves tone.

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Online Time Is Sedentary Time

A sedentary lifestyle isn't healthy for you or your skin. The American obesity crisis has shown how the impact of diet and exercise can deteriorate or improve your overall health. When you're sedentary, your body simply begins to underperform. Circulation, which is critical for healthy skin, is not as vibrant. Related conditions to being sedentary and overweight as a result, such as diabetes and low-blood sugar can result in marred skin. Whether you're seated and online as a requirement for work or as an option during personal time, every moment that you're not moving is a moment that you're not optimizing your body and your health. The health of your body is directly correlated to the health of your skin.

 

Inclusive Health Tip: If you have to be online, you don't necessarily have to be sitting still. Ask for a standing desk, a treadmill desk or simply be sure to get up and walk around for regular breaks. Just because you are online, it doesn't mean that you need to be "planted."

 

What's Better for Your Health Than Being Online?

If you want to improve your health (and that of your skin), one of the first things to ask yourself is "What could I be doing right now that's healthier for me than sitting in front of my computer?" The list is probably quite long! But to get you started, here are ten options.

 

-       Take a walk (yes, even if it's cold outside)

-       Read ten pages of a book or magazine

-       Call an old friend (or your mother!)

-       Create home-spa time for yourself

-       Make a smoothie

-       Do ten sit-ups

-       Enjoy ten minutes of silence and peace

-       Listen to music

-       Clean up your kitchen counter

-       Write in your journal

 

 

Having healthy skin and an energetic body are completely within your control, but spending more time than you should online can diminish your body and strip the glow from your skin. Begin by evaluating if you spend too much time online and then making choices to replace your "virtual" time with "living" time.

 

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Kristen Stewart's Fashion Regret: "Ridiculous Outfit" at Panic Room Premiere

She's come a long way! Marie Claire UK caught up with Kristen Stewart in New York last week, and got the Twilight actress to share her biggest fashion regret -- a sartorial choice she made when she was just an 11-year-old kid star.

"I think the pictures that they took at the premiere of Panic Room," Stewart, 23, shared. "It's like a popular image to show from when I was younger, you know, like 'she was a kid!' And I look at that and I'm like, 'Oh . . . my . . . gosh.'"

"It shouldn't be embarrassing because I was so young," she added. "But it doesn't even matter how young you are, you're just so, so embarrassed."

Stewart walked the red carpet for Panic Room with costar Jodie Foster in March 2002. Rocking a short blonde bob, she wore a long black trench coat over what appeared to be a dark dress. Stewart accessorized the ensemble with black tights and black sneakers.

What exactly doesn't she love about the look now?

"I had like these baby hairs and I was being weird about them, so I was like, 'I'm just gonna cut them off.' And I had like these little things like poking out from under my hair and behind my ears, and a ridiculous outfit," Stewart said. "I did not know how to get dressed up at that age at all, I didn't even know what I liked. I was just like completely . . . a goofy kid."

Robert Pattinson's ex-girlfriend still considers herself a tomboy, but told Into the Gloss on Jan. 24 that she likes to get dressed up now for red carpet appearances.

"If you looked at pictures of me when I was 14 or 15, you couldn't tell the difference between me and my brothers. I looked like a boy, fully. I really like extremes," the Camp X-Ray actress said. "I wear jeans and t-shirts and am a total tomboy, but at the same time, when I pull out all the stops [for an event], I want to f--king go for it, polarized in the other direction from my reality."

Stewart does hope to someday take her tomboy look to the next level, however, before she dies. "If I wasn't an actor, I would definitely do things to my hair. I would cut it more, I would dye it more. At some point I want to do a total boy cut, completely -- not a pretty, girly version -- like a straight up James Dean haircut," she told Into the Gloss. "And then, I'm definitely going to shave my head before I die. I will definitely tattoo my head while it's shaved before my hair grows back.

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