EXCLUSIVE: VICTORIA BECKHAM MOCKED OVER ‘FASHION ICON’ CLAIM — ‘SHE'S NO ANNA WINTOUR!’

SHE'S A POP STAR WHO STARTED A BRAND, JUST LIKE JESSICA SIMPSON!

Victoria Beckham may think she’s a “fashion icon” — but not everyone’s buying it.

While the former Spice Girl turned designer proudly declared herself a style queen in a new Instagram video (reminding husband David Beckham who he married), fashion insiders tell #ShuterScoop that in the real industry?

“She’s seen as a celebrity brand — not a true fashion visionary,” one high-profile fashion editor snipes.

Victoria’s label, Victoria Beckham Holdings, has faced financial struggles for years, surviving largely thanks to millions in private equity bailouts — and hefty personal investments from the Beckhams themselves.

Though her company has recently shown signs of life — narrowing losses to £2.9 million in 2023 — insiders say the success owes more to expanding into handbags, beauty, and online shopping than to Victoria’s so-called "fashion genius."

“Jessica Simpson built a billion-dollar brand, too — and you don’t hear her calling herself Coco Chanel,” another fashion insider quips.

Victoria’s long, rocky road in fashion hasn’t stopped her from maintaining the image of a high-fashion powerhouse, even after over a decade of mixed critical and financial results.

“There’s admiration for how hard she’s worked,” one fashion publicist admits. “But calling yourself a ‘fashion icon’ is like giving yourself a Grammy. It just doesn’t work that way.”

Even Victoria’s newly revamped Mayfair store — a key driver in the brand’s small turnaround — was seen by some insiders as “a very expensive way to stay in the conversation.”

Still, in true Posh fashion, Victoria’s confidence remains unshakable.

“You know you’re married to a fashion icon, right?” she teased David in the now-viral radish-harvest video.

David, ever the charmer, gamely responded, "Am I? You look like one."

Maybe he’s right — at least in the Beckham household.

But elsewhere in the fashion capitals of the world?

“Let’s just say,” laughs one source, “Donatella Versace isn’t losing sleep.”