Fashion is part of todays popular culture, of visual culture, said curator Olivier Gabet.

This particular design seems to be Victorias go-to when attending prestige functions.

(See: theaubergine variationshe wore for a state banquet at Buckingham Palace back in December.)

Paris FRANCE  Victoria and David Beckham look elegant as they head to the Grand Gala at the Louvre Museum in Paris…

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Laurence des Cars, Rachida Dati, Victoria Beckham, and David Beckham.

The couples arrival at the Louvre marked their latest incursion into the art world.

(Kim Kardashian, for one, is still studying to be a criminal defence lawyer.)

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Laurence des Cars, Rachida Dati, Victoria Beckham, and David Beckham.

But to what end?

To have their own legacies preserved in the history books?

The Louvre could certainly hang a couple of Beckham portraits on its walls.

Perhaps the moment they wore Gucci leathers to the opening of the Bond Street Versace store in 1999.

Their eyes are said to follow you around the room.