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Mumbai: Fashion designer and international style icon Victoria Beckham sits down with CNN correspondent Anna Coren for an in-depth one-on-one interview on CNN?s ?Talk Asia?. In Hong Kong to promote the launch of her new line ?Victoria?, she discusses her design philosophy and her experiences entering the fashion industry. The former Spice Girl also opens up about family life with husband David Beckham and their four children, living in the public eye for more than 20 years, and how she responds to critics. CNN?s Talk Asia with Victoria Beckham airs on Tuesday, May 22 at 1300 IST and Thursday, May 24 at 1000 IST.
Please find excerpts from the interview with Victoria Beckham below.
?CNN?s Talk Asia? must be credited for any use of this material.
ON THE TRANSITION FROM POP TO FASHION
BECKHAM: ?I?m very respectful of my past and what I?ve done with the Spice Girls, and I?ve learned an enormous amount from that. And now I?m doing what I?ve always wanted to do, you know, fashion is my passion."
ON HOW SHE RESPONDS TO CRITICS
"I care what people say about what I do professionally, I care about what my customer says, you know, that?s what I do care about, because why do I do what I do? I do what I do because I love women. I want to empower women, I want women to feel good, I want them to feel beautiful and so I care about what my customer thinks because I want to give her what she wants."
ON HER CAREER HIGHS
BECKHAM: "One of the most exciting points of my career was dressing Oprah, for example, a woman that...I mean I met Oprah and I didn?t know whether I should shake her hand or curtsy. I mean literally, and the fact that I had the opportunity to dress Oprah, who is definitely a more curvaceous women. So that?s what feels very exciting for me. It?s the fact that I am designing dresses that are for women, whatever age and whatever shape and size."
ON BEING IN THE PUBLIC EYE
BECKHAM: "I can?t bear it when people complain about that sort of thing [being followed by paparazzi]. It is what it is. It comes with the job if you like, and we are used to it and we have a private life. So I kind of don?t pay too much attention to that side of it really."
"I?m never going to sit here and say ?poor me, I?m being followed by photographers,? are you kidding me? I?m the luckiest woman in the world and I appreciate absolutely, absolutely everything."
Highlights of the Victoria Beckham interview with ?Talk Asia? will be available online at www.cnn.com/talkasia
Airtimes: Indian Standard Time*
Tuesday, May 22 at 1300
Thursday, May 24 at 1000
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