A source close to the Peltz family tells PEOPLE the increasing tensions between the in-laws started over wedding dress drama
The long-standing rumors that Victoria Beckham, 51, and her actress daughter-in-law Nicola Peltz, 30, were at odds with each other over Peltz’s wedding dress back in 2022 have some roots in reality, a Peltz family insider tells PEOPLE.
“When Nicola and Brooklyn [Beckham] got engaged, Victoria told Nicola that she’d love to make her wedding dress, and Nicola said it would be her honor, that she would love to wear one of her originals,” the source says, adding that everyone thought it would be a special added touch to their big day.
However, the source claims that as time went by, it became clear that it wasn’t a priority for Victoria, and allegedly Victoria called Peltz’s mother — not Nicola herself — to tell her she wouldn’t be making the dress after all.
“Nicola was painted as a brat for not wearing Victoria Beckham at the wedding,” the source says, noting that Nicola had worn Victoria’s designs to many events. “She’d gone to a ton of Victoria Beckham fashion shows and events in Victoria’s clothing. She even wore Victoria Beckham to her Lola movie premiere.”
Nicola premiered her film Lola, which she wrote and directed, on Feb. 3, 2024, in Los Angeles, almost two years after her wedding. Victoria was also on hand to support her at that premiere.
Peltz did famously wear a yellow silk ruffled midi dress from Victoria’s spring and summer 2020 collection for her engagement photos with Brooklyn in July 2020.
However, a second insider tells PEOPLE that the dress situation is “far from the truth.”
“A quick Google search will show how many times this pointless story has been recycled to try and paint Nicola as somehow a victim,” the source says. “As ever, the Beckhams have stayed above it all despite constant attacks through the media. It’s sad as they love their son and they have all tried so hard with Nicola but it’s become impossible.”
Reps for Victoria and David Beckham did not return PEOPLE’s request for comment.
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Not long after their April wedding, Peltz denied any rumors of drama, telling Variety that there was no clash over the wedding dress whatsoever, despite the persistent rumors.
“I was going to [wear Victoria Beckham] and I really wanted to, and then a few months down the line, she realized that her atelier couldn’t do it, so then I had to pick another dress. She didn’t say you can’t wear it; I didn’t say I didn’t want to wear it. That’s where it started, and then they ran with that,” she told the outlet at the time.
Nicola wore Valentino Haute Couture for her 2022 Palm Beach wedding to Brooklyn. The gown featured a sleeveless square neckline and a cathedral-length train, complemented with an equally long French lace veil and matching gloves. She worked with Valentino creative director Pierpaolo Piccioli for a year in creating the dress, telling British Vogue that opting for Valentino was a “no-brainer.”
