Victoria Beckham's Vera Wang Wedding Dress Flew Across the Ocean Four Times

Talk about committing to the craft.

David and Victoria Beckham at Premiere of Netflix Docu-series 'Beckham'
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Even more bombshells are coming to light after the release of David Beckham's buzzy Netflix docu-series, Beckham. Except this time, instead of being about David's cheating allegations or the birth of the couple's son Cruz, it's a little bit of fashion drama (Posh Spice, is involved, after all.)

Beckham Family at Premiere of Netflix Docu-series 'Beckham'

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According to Vera Wang, who designed Victoria's famous Champagne-colored wedding gown (along with a bevy of other celebs' wedding dresses, including Ariana Grande, Kim Kardashian, Jessica Simpson, and more), the dress flew across the Atlantic four different times on the retired Franco-British airliner known as the Concorde.

"I call it the transatlantic dress," Wang told People during a recent interview. "That bodice flew back and forth four times on the Concorde." Talk about a Sky Priority member. The famed fashion designer added that it was the frock's foundation that had to make the commute. "The actual under bodice was made by a very famous couture corsetiere named Mister Pearl, who works only out of London."

The Spice Girls alum's dress featured a sculptural strapless neckline, a voluminous crinkled ballgown skirt. and a tiny corseted midsection, which is actually Mister Pearl's signature (he is responsible for the corset in Kim Kardashian's 2019 custom Thierry Mugler Met Gala dress).

"He makes corsets that have to be pulled [in] with these metal things, which is how corsets were done in the old days," Wang explained to the outlet. "It takes about 45 minutes to lace up, and it can take your waist down to literally 18 inches [like] Scarlett O'Hara," although Wang added that the extreme cinching isn't a look she'd wear herself. "I could not live with that, because I need to be comfortable, as I always say. But Victoria did."

According to People, Vera and Victoria also flew back and forth from the U.K. and New York City for fittings.

Victoria became pregnant with her and David's first son Brooklyn during the process, and the wedding was delayed for two years, Vera noted. "So, then we delayed the wedding for two years," she said. "Then we resumed, or maybe a year and a half. So, that is [what] I call the transatlantic wedding with Victoria and David."

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