Victoria Beckham is hands-on with handbags.

Victoria Beckham on her handbag line.Although there has been lots of cruel gossip in the past about Victoria Beckham's actual input into the design of her label, the fashion world has finally come to accept that she's in it for the long haul.

However, every fashion design expert- needs an accessories sidekick, and for those in the know, Katie Hillier is always the first call.

Victoria Beckham's handbag collection in pictures

Already the eye behind Marc by Marc Jacobs' accessories, Hillier cut her teeth with Luella and can now be 'co-credited' with the sell-out success of Beckham's first collection of handbags.

Victoria has been photographed frequently over the past few months, devotedly carrying her own bags instead of her previously beloved collection of Hermès Birkin and Kelly bags.