Meet Victoria Beckham on Twitter

Victoria Beckham, the fashion designer formally known as Posh Spice, has joined Twitter ahead of New York Fashion Week, amassing more than 120,000 followers in just six days.

A Sep. 2 plea from Desperate Housewife @evalongoria helped nudge up Becks' tally.

Hey everyone, my dear friend Victoria Beckham is finally on twitter! Give her a warm welcome! @vbfashionweek

Socialite @KimKardashian took Eva's advice on Sep. 4.

OMG one of my fashion icons has joined twitter! Fashion week is now every week with Victoria Beckham on here! Follow @vbfashionweek NOW!

Buoyed by her celebrity pals, Mrs. David Beckham has entered the Twittersphere with the confidence of a woman who can squeeze herself into a rubber band—a woman who isn't afraid to mix fake tan with hair extensions.

Leaving for UK tomorrow "Airport is my runway!!!" Can't wait for fashion week! In love and light x VB

A few days later, when she flew back to New York, we learned that she likes to cross the Atlantic in vintage André Courrèges, shoes from Miu Miu and sunglasses from her own label. The first image she posted was of her pet bulldog wearing a pink bow and nail polish (it's already been viewed more than 50,000 times).

http://twitpic.com/2kwjmg - Introducing Coco Beckham! check out the red nails!! in love and light, vb xxxx

Tweeter @LarryA3rd wasn't amused.

@vbfashionweek om friggin g, you painted the bulldogs nails....what a shame. It's a BULLDOG. CRUEL AND UNUSUAL!

Despite the occasional gaffe, NewsFeed is falling in love with the former Spice Girl all over again. Sure, she's publicly bragged about the size of her husband's genitalia and we're still angry that she coaxed us into sitting through Spice World back in 1997. But a recent profile in the New York Times reminds us that as a fashion designer she seriously deserves to be taken seriously.

In just four seasons the gamine mother-of-three has overcome skepticism from the fashion elite to become a staple of fashion's front row. Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz, and Jennifer Lopez have walked down red carpets wearing her curvaceous cocktail dresses. And sales exceeded $7 million last year—no small change for a company born amid a luxury downturn.

Her success is tempered by humility. “I'm very aware that I'm working my way up the ladder,” she said in that profile. “I have a long, long way to go.”

She can rest easy knowing she's climbed a few rungs in recent months. As she points out on her Twitter feed, the British Fashion Council recently shortlisted her label for its prestigious Designer Brand of the Year award, along with fashion heavyweights Burberry and Mulberry. We're not betting against her.

New York Fashion Week Opened

New York's Lincoln Center was christened as the new home of Fashion Week Tuesday night with the largest fashion show in the history if the city, featuring 150 models and some 1,500 guests.
Organized by Vogue editor Anna Wintour, the Fashion Night Out show was designed to showcase fall fashions already in stores in advance of the global Fashion Night Out event on Friday. The fashion show was webcast live on CBS.com and will be aired on CBS Tuesday, Sept. 14, at 10 p.m.

New York Fashion Week

The brainchild of Wintour, the two-year-old Fashion Night Out aims to spur sales in a sluggish economy and to make fashion more accessible to everyone. Stores around the globe are featuring special sales and events for shoppers Friday night, showcasing designers, models and other celebrities.

Tuesday's show gave a taste of what is available in stores and highlighted the fall season's hottest trends -- 1950s retro, The Roaring Twenties look and music video styles. The biggest names in the modeling business -- Gisele Bundchen, Naomi Campbell and Adriana Lima , to name a few -- were among the string of 150 models who trouped off red double-decker buses to take the catwalk.

There was a surprise performance by Pharrell, and Neil Patrick Harris was host . But the most famous faces were in the audience. There were designers (Tommy Hilfiger, Donna Karan, and Zac Posen), athletes (Amare Stoudemire and Roger Federer) and actors ( Blake Lively and Leighton Meester).

The fashion show and Friday's Fashion Night Out kick off New York Fashion Week, which runs through Sept. 16. The semiannual event moved this season to Lincoln Center from Bryant Park, its home for the last 13 years.

Runway shows start Thursday and will feature designer fashions for the spring of 2011.