Last week, there were some photos of Victoria Beckham during NY Fashion Week where she seemed to look particularly exhausted. Posh generally looks drawn and thin, like she’s always subsisting on ice chips and lemon slices, but the recent photos show her with dark circles under her eyes, looking like she was about to simply fall over from the weight on her own head. Well, Posh has heard our comments (“Is she ill? Is that her wax figure?”) and she is answering us – she’s got a baby who never sleeps and she’s working super-hard. So stop saying she looks like hell! Noted, Victoria. Noted.

She has never been one for smiling in photographs, but Victoria Beckham’s public appearances have been particularly pouty of late. But in a new interview, the designer and mother-of-four explains that she is not moody, simply exhausted.

Speaking to the Sunday Mirror, the 37-year-old says: ‘Look, if people want to say I’m miserable then so be it. I’m really not. I have a lot on my plate. I’m not going to lie about it, I’m tired. I’m really tired but I’m also very happy with my life. I’m basically just like any woman who’s working and has lots of children – it’s tough.’

Victoria tells the paper that the stress of planning her Autumn/Winter 2012 collection for New York Fashion Week and caring for a sleepless infant has taken its toll.

‘I’m not getting much sleep at all, she says. Harper’s not sleeping that great, and I’ve been taking Skype business calls throughout the night too because of the collections. I’m up with the baby as all mums are and I wouldn’t have it any other way. There’s not a team of people doing it for me.’

Mrs Beckham’s office is London, while she lives in Los Angeles with husband David, Harper and their three sons, Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruz. So finding time to speak to her team means many late-night phone calls for the already sleep-deprived star, who says the time difference has become nightmarish.

‘I’m spending ludicrous amounts of time in my dressing gown on Skype talking to my team about the clothes.’

Victoria showcased her latest collection at New York Fashion Week to critical acclaim, before flying to London to attend the launch of her Victoria by Victoria Beckham at Harvey Nichols this week.bbShe joked recently that David has only just realised that designing is an actual job to her, after attending her show in New York.

And it seems the for the foreseeable future, designing will be continue to be her only professional job, as she confirmed that the Spice Girls will not be reuniting for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee this year.

‘It was so flattering to be asked to do the Jubilee, Victoria tells the Sunday Mirror. ‘But we have lots on our plates and we are all so focused on the end of the year and Viva Forever, the musical. The Jubilee isn’t going to happen. But the musical is going to be really great and we’re focusing on that.’

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Do you believe her when she says “There’s not a team of people doing it for me”? I kind of do, especially for the mom stuff. I can joke around about Posh and her quirks, but I think she’s a very hands-on mother, and I think David is a very hands-on dad too. I think Posh was absolutely thrilled that she finally got a daughter, and she might even be more hands-on with Harper Seven then she was with her sons. Basically, I believe that when Harper cried, her mum comes in and gets her every single time.

As for Posh not having help with her clothing line – that’s where I might have to call BS. I think Posh has a fashion eye, I think she’s “directing” her multiple fashion lines, and I think she probably signs off on everything before it goes out on the runway. But let’s not act like dozens of staffers aren’t doing the bulk of the actual work.

Still, I’m sure she loves all of this. She’s living her dream – fashionista, respected designer, wife, mother, all of it. She’ll find a better balance when Harper starts sleeping through the night.

Photos courtesy of WENN.