What did Victoria's parents do for a living? What's wrong with coming from a middle class background, is she disappointed her parents weren't members of the aristocracy? I don't get why she and Lydia are so ashamed of their backgrounds, no one gets to choose theirs.
I'll try my best on explaining things. Please bear with me. I used to work on a digital fashion magazine, then I resigned. I now work on our family business.
For example, Chiara Ferragni came from a wealthy family. Her mother is an author, her dad is an entrepreneur. Same goes to Leonie Hanne. Caroline Daur comes from a political family in Hamburg. Camila Coelho, Evangeline Smyrniotaki came from well-off families.
So, naturally, brands especially luxury ones will find people who can cater to the audience of their brand. Of course, not all of them would want a chav from a small town in Manchester, as it doesn't translate well into their clients.
Of course, they are influencers out there that don't share the same well off background but can speak well for the target audience of the brand. They exude glamour, grace and class; three things Victoria doesn't have.
In fashion houses, Haute Couture week is the most important, since it speaks to the 1% of the world, for the women who can spend more than enough money for a dress or two. These dresses can sustain all workshops at once, and need not rely on the ready to wear, accessories and the things you see in their boutiques.
These brands try to cater all women, if Haute Couture is for the very wealthy, then the boutiques speaks for the women who can certainly spend money. These are career women, who sees luxury as it is: a splurge, a testament to hard work. These women know that these bags are collectibles, and would love to collect these.
And, last but is the least: beauty. These brands see the beauty department as a way to do cater to women of lesser economic standing. Makeup and perfumes are used to entice these women into spending $$ on a lipstick/foundation/eyeshadows to feel good about themselves.
As cruel as it sounds, brands will want to capitalize on this inner desire of these women to belong in the hierarchy of women.
Brands see Victoria as an influencer that caters to the audience of beauty, as she can only reach women who can only buy a lipstick or two during paycheck.
Victoria doesn't cater to the working woman. Sophie Shohet is the classic YT example of the working woman than brands try to connect to. The women of the 1% would likely be horrified if Victoria will be decked out in Haute Couture, as she doesn't represent wealth, grace, power.
Victoria only gets beauty ads now because that's all she can promote on her socials. Her jewelry line flopped. Her Holland Cooper photoshoot was tarnished by Lydia's ego. She stopped getting invites from brands since she left Gleam. She cannot afford to travel unless it's free. She married a man who wishes to bring her down and to obey his every whim.
She's NOW nothing. I really wish I could be sorry for her. Her disdain of her childhood, her family's socioeconomic standing is what makes her ungrateful. Her greed and intense desire to be on the same level as other influencers and to give a big F**K you to those peers she believes that wronged her before made her a shell of her former self.
She will never be contented, as looks at others with eternal envy, because her childhood and socioeconomic background serves as the main hindrance on why she can never make it far. She is envious of her friends who took holidays in different locales during school breaks. She is envious of people who have summer homes, villas and had access to what was on trend that time. She is ashamed of her parents, her family and lack of connections.
) it’s an absolute stretch even describing her as middle class. She grew up in Wigan, working class background, and there’s absolutely nothing wrong with that but she seems to like to wipe out any memory of where she came from, which for me would be an important part of appreciating where I’ve got to today, but she just seems to have crossed a line in the last couple of years into bratty entitled cow.