Victoria Beckham Inks Deal With HarperCollins

Posted on August 16, 2007

Victoria Beckham has finalized a deal with HarperCollins to bring her U.K. bestselling style guide to U.S. readers. The guide, That Extra Half an Inch: Hair, Heels and Everything in Between<, is already a bestseller in the U.K.

Beckham told E Online, "I've always been a girl's girl. And I know from experience that making the very best of yourself is something any woman can do. I was never the six-foot-tall pinup."

She also says, "I've always been the girl next door who got lucky. I've come a long way in the last 10 years, but this book isn't my attempt to tell you what or what not to do. It's just to share some of what I've learned."

We will definitely be reading this one. We just hope they don't "Americanize" the book. We want to hear Victoria in her native language -- calling people "cows" and saying "it's major!." Or "MAY-Juh," as she says it. Oh, and did we mention we saw her reality show, Victoria Beckham: Coming to America and fell totally in love with her? She's not stuck up at all -- she's hilarious. She has a dry, British sense of humor and she is always poking fun at her image. She can now do no wrong in our eyes. None. We already give her book five stars and we haven't even read it yet, that's how much we adore her.

Ok, even for our beloved Posh -- we just can't do that. What if we completely disagree with her take on false eyelashes, for example? But we are favorably disposed to hear her thoughts on all things style-related. And you can see the special for free online here, in case you missed it.

The book will arrive in bookstores this November in the U.S.