Victoria Beckham
If you were a former Spice Girl with a superstar soccer-player husband, a dashing sense of style and a boatload of cash, what would you do? Start a clothing line, of course! Posh Spice put her pseudonym to use when she launched her dvb line in 2006, followed by her successful dress collection in 2008. Her designs, sold under the Victoria Beckham label, include dresses, denim, eyewear and accessories, and have hordes of celebrity and mere-mortal fans. The dresses, which mostly follow the figure-hugging, midcalf aesthetic favored by Beckham, boast a hefty price tag but draw rave reviews from fashion editors, which is rare among celebrity designers. Sure, her singing career went flat, but who would complain when the likes of Kate Winslet, Kim Kardashian and Gisele Bundchen step out in your duds?