Transformation

From Victoria Adams to Posh Spice to Mrs. David Beckham, this star has had almost as many names as she has had hairstyles. But whether Victoria Beckham has long wavy extensions or a short angular bob, the common thread is polish. "I get quite bored with the way people look the same all the time, with the same makeup and the same outfit and the same kind of hair," she told the L.A. Times. She needn't worry about boredom: Beckham is juggling two fragrances, a new jeans line, an upcoming Spice Girls reunion and the U.S. publication of her style manual, That Extra Half an Inch. Her shortcut to Posh? "I just throw on the Chanel sunglasses, which really do, as the fashion magazines say, hide a multitude of sins," she wrote.

—Betony Toht

1992: The ambitious teenager loves to play with her look. "I used to get sent into the toilet every single day at school to take off my makeup and brush my hairspray out," she has said.