Why we'll all want to BE the Victoria, Victoria Beckham girl next season (and the designer herself is right there with us

Most of the guests left the Victoria, Victoria Beckham show at New York Fashion Week this morning wishing they could channel the look of the girls on the catwalk.
Victoria Beckham's second collection, now in its fourth season, was probably her best yet, having graduated from a covetable-yet-small capsule collection of dresses to what seemed a more fully-fledged offering with plenty of texture and imaginative detailing.
Still heavy on the dresses and the drop-waists, the collection featured easy-to-wear shift and cocoon shapes in grey, berry and dark blue tones.
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Her best season yet? Victoria Beckham's Victoria, Victoria Beckham show at New York Fashion Week today featured tailored looks in a school uniform palette

 

 

Instant hit: Many show-goers left wishing they too could resemble the girls on the catwalk, whose styling was inspired by an imagined muse that the designed called 'the Victoria, Victoria Beckham Girl'
Masculine tailoring and the school uniform palette gave an androgynous feel that was softened by high, flirty hemlines, sequin embellishment and polka dot motifs.

 

The styling, by Camille Bidault-Waddington, definitely had a Gallic feel, reminiscent of chic French labels like Isabel Marant and Sandro.

Round of applause: Mrs Beckham takes a shy bow at the end of her second New York Fashion Week show

Crisp buttoned up blouses were layered under several looks, while skinny high-waist belts worked with - rather than against - the hip-level waistlines.
The Walter Steiger knee-high boots had a Seventies silhouette, while kitten-heel pumps lent an easy, nonchalant feel, as did oversized woolly hats that we'd have gladly worn home, given the chilly weather outside.
Mrs Beckham, whose toddler daughter Harper could be spotted watching from the lap of her nanny in row two, clearly has a very strong idea of who her muse is.
'I feel like the Victoria, Victoria Beckham girl this season is an engaged intellectual with a sense of humour,' she said in the show notes.
'She can wear anything with aplomb yet she chooses the simplicity of a dress. She marches rather than walks, she drinks espresso and she devours books and art and film. And she is subversively sexy without trying.'
Speaking backstage afterwards, she admitted that she didn't know whether she wanted to meet the Victoria, Victoria Beckham girl or be her.
Of course there is plenty of Mrs Beckham herself in the collection though.
The mother-of-four, 38, says she designs the kind of clothes that she herself wants to wear - and as a woman who always looks so photo-ready - the rest of us would do well to take some lessons.

 

 

Modern classics: The collection featured layers of different textures, and plenty of understated details

 

 

Too cool for school: The grey, berry and navy palette with crisp white shirts gave a un

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A day of shame for British banks: Watchdog accuses them of gambling your nest eggs

High Street banks will today be accused of gambling the hard earned savings of the vulnerable by selling thousands of customers risky investment plans.
In another day of shame for the industry, the Financial Services Authority will publish a devastating dossier exposing how salesmen gave poor and misleading advice which put customer nest eggs at risk.
It is the latest damaging revelation as they desperately try to restore their reputations in the wake of the interest rate rigging scandal.

 

Exposed: The Financial Services Authority will publish a devastating dossier exposing how banks gave poor and misleading advice which put customer nest eggs at risk

At least one major bank faces fines totalling millions of pounds and compensation payouts after being referred to the City watchdog’s serious investigations unit.
The findings are the result of a secret probe in which investigators masqueraded as ordinary members of the public to uncover the way sales staff at banks and building societies were giving advice.
In a large number of cases, salesmen recommended investments that were far more risky than the customer should have been offered.

 

This can include directing people who cannot afford to lose any money into  shares or other products with similar dangers.
The FSA is expected to say there was a serious risk of mis-selling.
In December, the City watchdog privately issued a set of demands and called for drastic improvements from the banks.
Although it is not expected to name the worst offenders, a number of big names have already made changes to their sales staff.

 

Spanish-owned Santander suspended its 800 investment advisers in December. Many have been sent on an ¿intensive¿ retraining programme

On December 7, Spanish-owned Santander suspended its 800 investment advisers. Many have been sent on an ‘intensive’ retraining programme.
These salesmen are scheduled to have crunch talks with the bank in Birmingham today. Santander refused to confirm whether it had been warned by the FSA.
Justin Modray, founder of advice website Candid Money, says: ‘Banks have long been among the worst culprits of giving bad financial advice.
‘All too often advisers are under intense pressure from bank bosses to sell profitable products, with scant regard for whether they are suitable for customer.
'Every time these incidents come to light the banks make noise about improving standards and procedures, but it’s clear very little ever changes.’
The probe is the latest effort by the City watchdog to stamp out shoddy practice.

 

In December 2011, HSBC was fined £10.5million after thousands of frail elderly people were lured into gambling their life savings

Carpets soaked in urine, sewage running down walls and onion sandwiches for dinner: Passengers reveal the dire conditions of disabled Carnival cruise ship that they will be stuck on until Thursday

Passengers on the nightmare Carnival cruise ship stranded in the Gulf of Mexico are using patchy cellphone coverage today to reveal that 'conditions are getting worse by the hour.'
Some of the 4,200 people on board reported that cabin carpets are soaked in urine, passengers are sleeping in tents on deck and scarce food supplies has reduced them to eating cold onion sandwiches.
The ship has been stranded since Sunday after a fire in the engine room crippled the power system.
The first tug boat reached the Carnival Triumph on Monday night and it is being towed to Mobile, Alabama at the rate of a few miles per hour. It is expected to crawl into its destination on Thursday. 
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Cry for help: The stranded passengers on the Carnival Triumph line the top deck today in the Gulf of Mexico. The picture was taken by a guest on the Triumph Legend when the sister ship pulled up alongside to drop off supplies

 

 

Stranded at sea: The Carnival cruise ship has been stuck in the Gulf of Mexico since Sunday. The first tugboat arrived on Monday night and a sister boat brought extra food (pictured)

 

Assistance: The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Vigorous closes in on the Carnival Triumph cruise ship
Reports say that there are only five working bathrooms for the more than 3,000 passengers on board.
The rest are being asked by the crew aboard the vessel to urinate in cabin showers and defecate in bags.
Ann Barlow told CNN: 'It's disgusting. It's the worst thing ever.'
She told the network that the staff has been helpful, but that is doing little for the putrid conditions, including the unbearable heat and long lines for food and bathrooms.

STRANDED AT SEA: HOW A DREAM VACATION BECAME A NIGHTMARE

'Toilets are overflowing in the cabins, we are having to sleep in the hallways. Onion and cucumber sandwiches last night.
'Cabin carpets are wet with urine.'                              Debra Rightmire, passenger
'No power, no water, having to use the bathroom in bags.'
                  Gary Keyes, whose wife is on board
'People are fighting over food and stuff - that's a bunch of savages.'      Brent Nutt, whose wife Bethany is on board
'We have no power AT ALL, which means we can't use the toilets, wash our hands, or take a shower'
A blogger Clinty76 reporting what his wife told him on board the Triumph
'There's no lights, no water, we can't flush. Some people were able to shower.'                                Donna Gutzman, on board

Another passenger, Debra Rightmire, texted ABC: 'Conditions are getting worse by the hour. Cabin carpets are wet with urine and water.
'Toilets are overflowing in the cabins, we are having to sleep in the hallways. Onion and cucumber sandwiches last night.'
Another Donna Gutzman wrote: 'There's no lights, no water, we can't flush. Some people were able to shower.'
Those on board were only able to make contact with land via their phones when sister ship, the Carnival Legend pulled up alongside to drop off limited supplies on life rafts. 
Holidaymakers have been forced to sleep outside as there is no air conditioning in their sweltering cabins.
Some passengers have no options other than bags or buckets for toilets with reports of 'raw sewage running down the walls'.
The news came amid claims that those on the ship have turned into 'savages' and are fighting over food, relatives said.
Passengers are reportedly queuing up to four hours to get a hamburger.
David Raynes, from New Hampshire, is on sister ship the Carnival Legend.
He took a picture of passengers on the Triumph on Monday, lined along the top deck, staring out to sea.
He wrote on Facebook: 'Our ship shuttled supplies to them, which was not an easy task due to the wind and high waves – it was hard for the boat they were using to get up close to the other cruise ship and then back to ours. They made at least two trips.
'Another ship, the Conquest, came along to bring more food to them. We could hear announcements from the Triumph, and their guests cheered when they heard the news that a tugboat was just 17 miles away. It arrived before we left. We were there about five hours.

 

Slow crawl to shore: The tugs Resolve Pioneer and Dabhol tow and steer the Carnival Triumph cruise ship in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday as the boat heads for Alabama

 

 

Coming to the rescue: Another Carnival cruise liner called the Legend went off course to help the other boat but dropping off supplies proved difficult in high seas, according to one passenger

 

Nightmare vacation: Bethany Nutt (center) pictured with two friends who had joined her in a group trip on the Carnival cruise. She called her husband hysterical about the conditions on board the boat

The Triumph made a pass by us and the guests cheered and waved to us.'
CBS Houston reported that 500 passengers are McDonald's workers from the Houston area, mostly local franchise owners and executives of the restaurant chain.
The ship is listing to 4.5degrees and although not dangerous, the angle of the boat is 'not normal and would definitely be felt by passengers walking around', an expert told MailOnline. 
A 25-mph south-southeasterly wind has made it too difficult to tow the ship to its original destination of Progreso, Mexico, so the vessel has changed course and is heading north to Alabama.

 

Carnival Cruise Lines president and CEO, Gerry Cahill, said: 'All guests on the current Carnival Triumph voyage will receive a full refund for the cruise, along with transportation expenses. 
'In addition, they will receive a future cruise credit equal to the amount paid for this voyage, as well as reimbursement of all shipboard purchases during the voyage, with the exception of gift shop and casino charges.
He added: 'We're terribly sorry for the inconvenience, discomfort, and frustration our guests are feeling.

 

Diabolical: Passengers are reporting that cabin carpets are soaked in urine because toilets are overflowing on board the stranded ship (this is a stock image which has been posed by models)

 

Party's over: The Carnival Triumph normally offers abundant buffets for guests - who are now being forced to eat onion sandwiches and queue four hours for a hamburger (stock image)

 

Filthy: Passengers on board the Triumph (stock picture) will spend another two full days at sea before landing in Mobile, Alabama

'We know they expected a fantastic vacation, and clearly that is not what they received. Our shipboard and shoreside teams are working around the clock to care for our guests and get them home safely.
Brent Nutt, whose wife Bethany is on board, claimed that brawling has broken out among hungry passengers because food is so scarce.
At least one person has also been transferred off the ship because they are in need of dialysis and can't wait for the power to come back on.
The National Transportation Safety Board said it has opened an investigation into an engine room fire that crippled a cruise ship carrying more than 4,000 people in the Gulf of Mexico.
The NTSB said in a statement Tuesday that the agency and the U.S. Coast Guard are sending investigators to Mobile.
The NTSB says the Bahamas Maritime Agency will lead the investigation since the ship carries a Bahamian flag.

 

Scarce supplies: The Carnival Triumph is running out of food having been stuck at sea longer than expected. Guests are resorting to onion and cucumber sandwiches

 

Saving the day: Another ship called the Conquest also turned up with food for stranded guests on the Triumph

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Not smiling anymore: Brent Nutt, husband of Carnival cruise passenger Bethany Nutt, both pictured here, said that fights were breaking out over food onboard the nightmare holiday ship.

 

The Carnival Triumph was left stranded 150 miles off the coast of Mexico after a fire broke out in the engine room.
By Monday afternoon, some of the ship's power had been restored, but not enough to get the disabled ship moving again.
Although none of the 3,150 passengers and 1,100 crew were injured, the ship was adrift off southern Yucatan peninsula for an entire day before the tugboat arrived.
Mr Nutt, of Angleton, Texas, said his wife called him to say the plumbing wasn't working - but he was horrified by what he heard next.
He told CNN: 'She said that that would be the last phone call I was going to get. They have no power, there's no way to charge cell phones or anything.
'To hear your loved one crying saying she just wants off of the ship and it all has to end.
'All of the girls in their group were calling their family members as well and they were crying. Everybody wants off of this. It's a big mess, there's no power, there's no toilets, there's no food - it's like a bunch of savages on there.

 

Getting a tow: The ship is now being taken to Mobile, Alabama, where it is expected to arrive on Thursday afternoon

'People are fighting over food and stuff - that's a bunch of savages. It's ridiculous. Carnival has nothing at all in plan in case something like this happens.'
Asked if his wife had been given any help, Mr Nutt said: 'The only help they've got is that they told them they needed to stay on the decks or in common areas.'
Writing on Cruise Critic, a blogger named Clinty76 whose wife and mother-in-law are on the ship, painted a similar picture.

 

No shock: Previous passengers of the Carnival Triumph said the were not surprised, citing engine trouble on past journeys. The ship's troubles on this trip has left passengers fighting over food and toilets and sleeping in tents on the decks to get out of their sweltering, air conditioner-less cabins

 

Lights out: Passengers are being forced to sleep in tents on the decks because the AC on board has stopped working during heatwave conditions (stock image of the Triumph)

He wrote that they told him: 'We are about to get supplies from another cruise ship and apparently the tug boats should be here tomorrow around noon.
'We have no power AT ALL, which means we can't use the toilets, wash our hands, or take a shower.'
On USA Today, Gary Keyes of Baton Rouge, La, wrote: 'My wife (is) on this cruise and has said the conditions were horrible. No power, no water, having to use the bathroom in bags'.
Carnival said that none of the passengers are in danger and that many of the toilets are being brought back online.
It also said that some power has been restored to the buffet, meaning that limited food and hot coffee service is being offered.

 

The engine room fire, which took place on Sunday morning, was quickly contained thanks to the automatic fire extinguishing system and but the ship was left to operate on emergency generator power, Carnival Cruise Lines said in a statement.
This is the latest commercial catastrophe to hit Carnival Cruise Lines, which reported it's 'most challenging year' in the history of the company in 2012.

 

 

In January last year, the Costa Concordia, a 114,500 ton luxury cruise ship operated by the Carnival-owned Costa Cruises, ran aground and sank off the Tuscan island of Giglio in Italy, killing 32 people.
Last month, Costa Cruises said Italian investigators were looking into Carnival Cruise Lines' potential responsibility for the shipwreck.
The company lost more than $310 million in full-year revenues compared to 2011 and although bookings for 2013 were at the same capacity as previous years, the company has been forced to lower their prices.
The Carnival Triumph set sail from Galveston, Texas, on Thursday, and was due back on today.

 

However, recent travelers with the Carnival Triumph were not surprised, San Fransisco Gate reported.
Cruise fans took to Twitter and online forums saying recent trips with the vessel had been plagued by engine problems with some experiencing delays and others prevented from reaching their destination.
A Carnival official told the paper that he was uncertain of problems on previous cruises.
Carnival said all passengers would receive a refund and ‘cruise credit equal to the amount paid for this voyage’ and the next two voyages for the ship has been cancelled.

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Royal fury after Italian magazine publishes pictures of pregnant 'bikini-clad' Kate on the beach in Mustique

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge faced fresh anguish over privacy last night after an Italian magazine published photographs of pregnant Kate in a bikini.
Palace sources condemned the ‘violating’ pictures, which show the couple walking along a beach while holidaying on the secluded Caribbean island of Mustique.
Gossip magazine Chi, which caused outrage when it published a photograph of Princess Diana as she lay dying, splashed pictures of the duchess and her growing baby bump across its front page.

Pregnant: The Duchess of Cambridge, seen here with her husband at the unveiling of her picture at the National Portrait Gallery, has been photographed on holiday in Mustique

Kate, who is about four months pregnant, is wearing a bright blue halter-neck bikini with her slightly rounded stomach clearly visible.
Her arm is draped over her husband’s shoulders while William, who is wearing blue baggy shorts and sunglasses, has an arm protectively around his wife’s back.

 

The headline on the magazine, which goes on sale today, reads ‘Kate and William – honeymoon for three’.
Last night, royal sources said William, in particular, still felt ‘very bruised’ about the fresh breach of privacy so soon after the same magazine splashed topless photographs of Kate across its front page beneath the headline ‘the queen is naked’.

 

Luxury Island getaway: The couple are staying at a £5million, five-bedroom mansion, one of the most opulent on the island

The source said William felt very strongly at the time that he had somehow ‘failed’ to protect his wife.
The intimate photographs are thought to have been taken from a boat using a long lens camera.
The celebrity magazine, which is owned by former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, boasts: ‘The extraordinary images of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on their dream holiday in the Caribbean.
‘The future mum, now four months pregnant, wore a tiny bikini which showed off her visible bump.’
The photographs are believed to have been offered to several other magazines around the world and could fetch up to £250,000.

Safe haven: Mustique is well-known amongst celebs as a place to go to avoid media intrusion

Members of the Middleton family have accompanied the couple on their holiday. (L-R) Carole, James, Michael and Pippa

Yesterday a spokesman for St James’s Palace said: ‘We are disappointed that photographs of the Duke and Duchess on a private holiday look likely to be published overseas.
‘This is a clear breach of the couple’s right to privacy.’
A palace source said: ‘It’s violating’. The duke and duchess, who are expecting their first child in July, flew to a £19,000-a-week luxury villa on the island of Mustique last week.

 

 

 

LIFE IN THE PUBLIC EYE: ROYALS, THE PRESS AND THE BALANCING ACT OF THE RIGHT TO A PRIVATE LIFE AGAINST BEING FIGUREHEADS OF A NATION

In the wake of the Princess Diana's 1997 death, when the car she was in crashed while being pursued by papparazi, the Royal Family has asked the media to limit its intrusion into the private lives of the aristocracy.
A Royal spokesman once said: 'Members of the Royal Family feel they have a right to privacy when they are going about everyday, private activities.

'They recognise there is a public interest in them and what they do, but they do not think this extends to photographing the private activities of them and their friends.'

The UK media has for the most part observed this request. When the topless pictures of The Duchess surfaced, no UK newspapers or magazines published the images, even though they had spread all over the internet.

Similarly, only the Sun published the naked pictures of Prince Harry as he partied in a Las Vegas penthouse.

However, the right to privacy has been a source of contention between the press and the Royals.
Clarence House once even refused to reveal the name of Kate and William's new cocker spaniel puppy, calling it an invasion of their privacy.

Kate finally revealed the name of the black pup three weeks after royal aides refused to confirm it.
She told schoolchildren in Oxford it was called Lupo (Italian for wolf) while on an engagement.

 

 

 

The Royal couple are two of the world's most recognisable people but it can be a struggle to guard their privacy

Kate’s parents, Michael and Carole Middleton, and her sister Pippa, flew out at the same time and are renting a villa nearby.
It is understood that bikini photographs of Pippa are also being touted for sale.
Mustique, a private island with just 74 villas and one small hotel, is where Princess Margaret once had a holiday home and is frequented by stars including Mick Jagger.
Kate and William, who were accompanied by a team of bodyguards, have chosen the island for seven of their last eight holidays because of the privacy it affords them.
Mustique is patrolled both on-shore and off-shore by the island’s private security team, but they failed to spot the paparazzi waiting for the couple to emerge on the beach.

MUSTIQUE: ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST EXCLUSIVE HOLIDAY DESTINATIONS

Paradise: Mustique is a private island in the Caribbean where Princess Margaret once had a holiday home

Famed for its palm-fringed beaches and upmarket watering holes, Mustique is one of the most exclusive holiday destinations in the world.

The tiny Caribbean island was made famous in the 1960s when its owner, Lord Glenconner, gave the Queen's late sister, Princess Margaret, a 10-acre plot of land as a wedding present.

Lord Glenconner bought the island, which had been left to wrack and ruin following the decline of the great sugar plantations in the 19th Century, for £45,000 in 1958.

In the early days, life on the island was simple: with little fresh water and dusty tracks for roads.
But the eccentric Scottish noble struck on the idea of parcelling up and selling off small pockets of land to carefully vetted buyers.

Princess Margaret commissioned theatrical designer, Oliver Messel, to build her a villa, Les Jolies Eaux. She adored Mustique because it was somewhere she could let her hair down away from prying eyes and public scrutiny.

Visitors included her cousin Lord Lichfield, who had a villa nearby, gangster John Bindon - with whom Princess Margaret is rumoured to have had an affair - and Mick Jagger.

It was here, too, that she conducted her long relationship with Roddy Llewellyn, a landscape gardener 17 years her junior.

Princess Margaret gave Les Jolies Eaux to her son, Lord Linley, when he married in 1998, but, much to her distress, he quickly sold it.

In 1989 Mustique Island was transformed from a family estate into a private limited company - The Mustique Company - with the 100 or so homeowners as shareholders.

Its status as a private island means that the paparazzi are banned - making it a Mecca for celebrities including Mick Jagger and David Bowie.

 

Paradise: In 1989 Mustique Island was transformed from a family estate into a private limited company

The island's only watering hole, Basil's Bar, and its legendary 'jump-up' sees rock and roll stars sipping rum punch next royalty without a care in the world.
Wealthy holidaymakers are attracted by the island's balmy climate and beautiful beaches. There is no 'out of season' as Mustique is far enough south to avoid hurricanes and enjoys temperatures of around 24C (75F) to 27C (80F) all year round.

It is also one of the safest places in the Caribbean. The only murder in Mustique’s recent history occurred 10 years ago when a French heiress was found stabbed to death in her villa - a crime that has never been solved.

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