Designer Hotels

The Spice Girls' poshest member has walked the runway for Roberto Cavalli in Milan, peddled her own brand of perfume, designed a line of denim, and produced a range of handbags, jewelry, and sunglasses. But Victoria Beckham's latest fashionable move comes from the ruler of Dubai, Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum. After vacationing in the extravagant man-made city, he sent Beckham an email asking her to attach her name to a luxury hotel project for a jaw-dropping $40 million. Though the offer to help with everything from room design to furnishings to staff wardrobes reportedly stunned Beckham, according to The Mirror, she is still contemplating it. Beckham wouldn't the first designer to get her stylish hands on Dubai—the hotel is planned for the fashion-themed isle of Isla Moda off the city's mainland, which was developed with the help of Chanel's Karl Lagerfeld.