'She has made it as a designer': Victoria Beckham's New York Fashion Week collection hailed an overwhelming success as star is praised for 'bringing back sexy'

She has come a long way from her days as a Little Black Dress-clad Spice Girl.

Now Victoria Beckham has made the transition to globally respected fashion designer, silencing her critics by launching a hugely successful brand loved by A-listers and fashion editors alike. 

The mother-of-four unveiled her AW15 collection at New York Fashion Week on Sunday to a stellar front row, including husband David and their sons Brooklyn, 15, Romeo, 12, Cruz, nine, and daughter Harper, three, sitting alongside Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, and stylist Rachel Zoe.

British designer Victoria Beckham unveiled her AW15 collection in New York on Sunday to critical acclaim

Victoria's family (L-R) Romeo, Brooklyn, Cruz , David and Harper sat by Anna Wintour on the frow 

Shunning the trend for overexposure, currently championed by the likes of Kim Kardashian, Miley Cyrus and Miranda Kerr, Victoria's range was a much more modest affair.

Her designs were full of cream midi skirts, voluminous knits and calf-scraping culottes - proving that more really is more - in a sophisticated neutral palette of cream, taupe, black and navy. 

Following her footwear debut last season, Mrs Beckham designed the shoes too, with calf-length boots in black and beige featuring a substantial heel.

The entire collection went down a storm with Vogue's most esteemed fashion editors.

Victoria's chunky knits and midi skirt ensembles that barely revealed an inch of flesh have been hailed as 'the new kind of sexy'

Shunning the trend for overexposure loved on all the red carpets, Victoria's sophisticated and feminine collection still won plaudits 

Whatever fashion people say about 'Team VB' doing all the work, I believe that the foundation and flow of this collection could have come only from her - Suzy Menkes

Last year, the fashion bible hinted that Victoria's collection was reminiscent of the stuff they had seen on the Celine runway before and commented that they'd like to see a 'bit more of her' in her designs.

It seems she took note. With a new direction, 40-year-old Victoria's stand-out designs, which are clearly based on her own wardrobe, winning her plaudits.

'This was a sexy and sophisticated take that put shape at its centre for soft and womanly silhouettes,' wrote Vogue's Jessica Bumpus.

Legendary Vogue International Editor, Suzy Menkes OBE, added: 'Bringing back sexy - a slither of flesh at the waist or a jigsaw of fabrics forming five shades of black - was only a sidebar to the main story: Victoria Beckham has made it as a designer.

'I can’t think of another celebrity who has been willing and able to create a unique style.'

In her show notes, Mrs Beckham explained 'it is not about one theme - but instead thinking about what women really want to wear and how they want their clothes to make them feel.' 

The creative process for this collection was an altogether different style. Mrs Beckham explains how she decided to start with her classic designs and re-imagine them for a new season.

Mrs Beckham explained that she had been thinking about what women really want to wear and how they want their clothes to make them feel

'I began with the dress and looked at evolving and translating it,' she wrote. 'It was from here that the collection and its narrative developed and it has been liberating and surprising for me in terms of the creative process.

'Familiar shapes have been deconstructed and reworked. Volumes have been subverted, menswear elements re-engineered to fit the female form and twists, spirals, seams and asymmetry interplayed. Fabrics bounce and move, a swing is sculptural, and a more body conscious silhouette emerges...

'For me it is a collection full of possibilities.' 

Commenting on her range, The Telegraph's Ellie Pithers wrote: 'Equally successful were the mannish double-breasted navy cocoon coats with neat horn buttons; the herringbone coat with a bustle at the hip; the chunky cream and navy sweaters with ballooning sleeves; and the skirt made out of cream velvet bows - VB's answer to the "modern day red carpet" conundrum when worn with a simple chenille sweater.

'Familiar shapes have been deconstructed and reworked', explained Victoria. 'Fabrics bounce and move, a swing is sculptural, and a more body conscious silhouette emerges'

Victoria Beckham seemed to have the frosty weather in mind with this collection, with patent boots and luxurious coats