Victoria Beckham says her 'profitable and thriving' fashion and beauty brands have given her 'huge confidence' as she reflects on her 'rocky' rise to business success

Victoria Beckham has opened up on how her 'profitable and thriving' fashion and beauty brands has given her 'confidence' as she reflected on her 'rocky' rise to business success in a candid new interview.After leaving the Spice Girls, the star, 52, turned her hand to her other love – fashion – launching her eponymous fashion line in 2008.Her alternative career wasn't without its hiccups, with huge revenue losses and frequent bail outs by husband David, 51, over the years, which previously left Victoria fighting back tears of embarrassment.However, last year her business finally made a profit, turning over £7.3million after being hugely bolstered by her beauty range including the very popular £104 foundation make up.And speaking to Grazia magazine, Victoria looked back on her long road to success, noting how it was 'something I've worked hard for', as she told how her business triumphs have significantly boosted her confidence. She explained: 'I've been pretty transparent about how rocky the journey has been. Victoria Beckham has opened up on how her 'profitable and thriving' fashion and beauty brands has given her 'confidence' as she reflected on her 'rocky' rise to business success in a candid new interview Victoria looked back on her long road to success, noting how it was 'something I've worked hard for', as she told how her business triumphs have significantly boosted her confidence'To be able to sit here now and say that both the fashion and beauty arms of my business, independent of each other, are profitable and thriving, to be opening new stores, to sit here as the founder and creative director of two very successful brands, that gives me huge confidence as well.'Victoria added: 'It's something I've worked hard for, I wasn't just handed that.'During the chat, Victoria quipped that her confidence is also boosted by a spray tan, while amid a discussion about her capsule red lipstick collection, the star noted how 'strong' she feels while wearing an 'empowering' red lip. The mother-of-four was no doubt feeling very empowered last month after her company made a £7.3million operating profit thanks to her £104 foundation make up, which was so popular it was sold out within days, leading to a waitlist of 25,000. The former Spice Girl's foundation drops more than doubled the size of her skincare business after she launched the product in 2025, though her highly rated Satin Kajal eyeliners once again still proved popular.Accounts up to December 2025 for her firm Victoria Beckham Holdings, which includes both her fashion and beauty ranges and posted at the end of August, also revealed her revenue was up 15 per cent to £129.8milion from £112.7million in 2024, making it her fifth consecutive year of double-digit revenue growth.A source said: 'Victoria has worked so hard for the success of her company, she has put blood, sweat and tears into it.'She almost lost it some years back so she is just so happy that it has posted a profit like this.'Last year, she operated at a revenue loss of £1.6million.In her documentary released last October, Victoria, 52, held back tears as she recalled her embarrassment at her losses.After launching it in 2008, she was repeatedly bailed out by husband David, 51, which made her a laughing stock.'This business is everything to me, it's absolutely who I am but it has been a hell of a journey. I almost lost everything and that was a dark, dark time,' she said. She explained: 'I've been pretty transparent about how rocky the journey has been. 'To be able to sit here now and say that both the fashion and beauty arms of my business, independent of each other, are profitable and thriving... that gives me huge confidence as well' 'I used to cry before I went to work every day because I felt like a fire fighter. We were tens of millions in the red. Yes, I'm going home to my husband but I'm going home to my business partner as well and so I would talk to him about it, I had to. He was invested, and I hated it. I absolutely hated it.'David added: 'We both sat there and looked at what I had invested and I think part of that conversation broke my heart because Victoria is a proud woman.'When we met, she was a lot richer than me, she actually bought our first house in Hertfordshire known as Beckingham Palace so for her to have to come to me and say 'can I have some, we need some more money, the business needs more money', that was hard for both of us. Because I didn't have the money to keep doing this and eventually I was like 'this cannot continue'.Victoria added: 'The entire house was crashing down, I was losing my business. I needed outside investment. I needed someone to help me. 'I was so desperate to save this business. I was breaking down myself. I felt embarrassed but it's fact. It wasn't an opinion, it was at anyone being unkind. I was in a hole, I felt like I was in quicksand. I was desperate. Really, really desperate.'In 2008, she launched her eponymous fashion collection, starting with a collection of just 10 bodycon dresses.It swiftly grew to an extensive range that now includes handbags, coats, shoes and accessories.The line was not an instant success, though; in fact, it would take 14 years before the company was in the black.In 2011, Victoria's fledgling label had earned more than £15million in sales, but profitability remained a faraway dream. In 2015, the annual revenue had more than doubled to £34 million but the company's losses also rose significantly as Victoria focused on expanding aggressively. After launching it in 2008, she was repeatedly bailed out by husband David, 51, which made her a laughing stock Last month her company made a £7.3million operating profit thanks to her £104 foundation make up, which was so popular it was sold out within days, leading to a waitlist list of 25,000.This would mark the beginning of an especially challenging period for Victoria and her company, despite securing £30 million in investment from Neo Investment Partners in 2017. The following year, Victoria Beckham Limited posted a loss of £12.3 million that ballooned to £16.6 million in 2019 – marking 11 years of consecutive losses since the former Posh Spice turned designer.That year, David had reportedly bailed out his wife's fashion brand with a £23 million cash injection.The former England footballer gave Victoria's company a £4 million loan as well as £6.6 million in cash in Spring 2016 in order to keep her business afloat.The bright spark during this period was the launch of Victoria Beckham Beauty in 2019, which continues to be one of the company's biggest revenue drivers today. However, in 2021, post-Covid, auditors warned of 'significant doubt' about Victoria's fashion business' ability to continue operating when debts of £46million were reported.The luxury label had at that point borrowed more than £30million from other parts of the Beckham business empire.Without further financial support from shareholders, which include the Beckhams and private equity firm Neo Investment Partners, auditors said it would go bust.The luxury label has borrowed more than £30million from other parts of the Beckham business empire over the past 15 years.In her Netflix series, business leader David Belhassen – who invested in her failing brand – explained that he also helped by reining in her excessive spending habits. In one shock admission, he revealed the designer was spending £85,000 just on plants for the office. Weeks before her debut at Paris Fashion Week in 2022, Victoria's fashion venture had debts of £53.9million'.But profitability was around the corner, as Victoria prepared for her inaugural presentation in the fashion capital of the world.The collection was a seamless blend of her mainline sensibilities with the wearability of her diffusion line, and comprised 40 looks, including impeccably tailored suits, co-ord sets, skirts and dresses.And one ensemble in particular that stole the show.Supermodel Bella Hadid sashayed down the runway wearing a parrot green, gathered midi dress that, in the years since, has earned cult status – drawing comparisons to Herve Leger's cult bandage dress that was all the rage in the Noughties.The calf-length dress reportedly accounts for one of every ten Victoria Beckham outfits sold, making it one of the singer-turned-fashion designer's biggest hits. Victoria opened her first fashion shop in the US, an exclusive pop-up at Bal Harbour Shops running from May to October this year, and went on to open a New York store in early September, the first Victoria Beckham space in the city to house fashion, beauty and fragrance together.In April, the brand launched a sell-out multi-season partnership with Gap, reimagining its classic staples through Victoria's design lens. Meanwhile, it was reported in July that Victoria is set to expand her luxury empire by launching a range of homeware products.She's said to be taking the next step by branching into the homeware market, with trademarks covering a wide range of household items.The collection is set to include everything from silverware, bowls, knives, forks and spoons to glasses and mugs.According to The Sun, the designer also plans to put her name to products including vegetable slicers, cake domes, flower vases, plant pots, furniture and cushions.The Daily Mail has contacted Victoria's representatives for comment. In May, Victoria revealed she is open to selling her fashion business after her 18-year journey to be taken seriously as a designer. The Spice Girls star's business was reported to have debts of £53.9million in 2022 but profitability was just around the corner following her sold-out collection that year. Now her fashion line revenues have topped £100million, Victoria, who once had to borrow £30million from her husband David’s company, said she would 'never say never' to selling.However, she insisted she won't be making a return to singing as she has 'passed the baton onto her talented son Cruz'. Speaking to the Financial Times, Victoria was asked: 'Would you ever sell your business?''I would never say never and I like to look at opportunities,' she said. 'But at the moment I am looking at growth but I would never say never.'Victoria continued: 'I'm very excited, this is breaking news, my store in London is showing there is an appetite so we are about to open in New York and Miami. 'For me until I open the store in NY and Miami, I have been reliant on online but I want to be able to control the experience from the client walking in the store. 'The next step is retail expansion and we will see where it goes next. I'm very lucky.'I'm building a legacy brand there are categories I haven't entered yet so we see a big opportunity and we spent a long time fixing and now it's time for growth. I want to build the house.'Victoria gushed that she is 'very proud' of everything she has accomplished in the fashion industry after it took years for her to be taken seriously by other designers. 'I feel accomplished, it's been a roller coaster over the last 25 years and I was transparent in my Netflix documentary but to be able to say that fashion and beauty is profitable that is something I am very very proud of.'