Celebrity knickers firm hit by thieves

Victoria Beckham's favourite lingerie maker, Agent Provocateur, was targeted by a gang of thieves at the weekend, who stole a range of one-off designs.

They hit the Marylebone HQ of the celebrity knickers designer at 3pm on Saturday, taking scores of boxes containing the as-yet-unseen range and another current collection.

The haul is believed to be worth more than £25,000 and the firm is concerned the designs will be used as blueprints to produce copies for the black market.

Besides Mrs Beckham, Agent Provocateur's customers include JK Rowling, Kate Moss and Liz Hurley.

Security has been now been tightened at the store. Scotland Yard says it is looking for one or two suspects.