--- title: Victoria Beckham Pokes Fun at Herself With Funny Shirt description: Victoria Beckham had some fun at her own expense with a shirt that alluded to her signature non-smiling countenance. canonical: https://time.com/4716984/victoria-beckham-on-smile/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-29T19:32:48.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:46:29.010Z og:title: Victoria Beckham Just Made Fun of Herself in the Best Way og:description: Posh is smiling on the inside og:url: https://time.com/4716984/victoria-beckham-on-smile/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Victoria Beckham Just Made Fun of Herself in the Best Way twitter:description: Posh is smiling on the inside twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Victoria Beckham Just Made Fun of Herself in the Best Way Possible > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Mar 29, 2017 7:32 PM UTC  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Mar 29, 2017 7:32 PM UTC Since [she was introduced to us nearly 20 years ago as Posh Spice](http://time.com/4711370/victoria-beckham-posh-spice-starbucks/), [Victoria Beckham](http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1882059%5F1882224%5F1881933,00.html) has been known for not smiling, with Beckham showing a straight if severe face to the public instead. The Spice Girl explained her signature scowl in an interview with [_T Magazine_](http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/22/t-magazine/victoria-beckham-working-girl.html) in 2013, when Beckham explained that she smiles in family portraits but not for the paparazzi. “When you’re in a position to be paparazzi-ed just walking down the street,” she said. “You’d look a little daft if you were smiling all the time.” However, it looks like Beckham is willing to poke some fun at her serious visage for a hilarious fashion statement. Spotted at LAX on Tuesday, Posh sported a t-shirt that wryly declared “Fashion Stole my Style.”  LOS ANGELES, CA - MARCH 28: Victoria Beckham is seen at LAX on March 28, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by starzfly/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images) starzfly/Bauer-Griffin—GC Images This isn’t the first time that Beckham has used her subtle sense of humor to address her non-smiling; during _Vogue’s_ [73 Questions](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFUF5OEUiD8)“,” she told the publication that she was “smiling on the inside. 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