Five years into David Beckham’s time in Major League Soccer, and you’d think I’d be used to this kind of thing. But I’m not. My conception of soccer star still doesn’t encompass pictorials for fashion magazines.
Especially when there doesn’t seem to be much fashion involved, but that’s not really the point is it? David Beckham, even at 37-years-old, even after being face removed from the European limelight, still sells magazines.
Today, it’s Elle UK. Next month, as we’re gearing up for the Summer Olympics, it will likely be something some version of Vogue or Harper’s or Lady’s Home Journal (I’m running low on magazine names), but the pictures will likely look the same. No shirt. High hair. Tattoos.
This shot is called You See $500 Jeans; I See A Swimsuit:
This one’s called Shirts: I Remember How To Do Them:
And finally The Aggressive Pedicure:
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- arjanroghanchi - May 30, 2012 at 9:11 AM
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this reminds me of the last line of Grant Wahl’s epic tome “The Beckham Experiment”:
“Would it ever be about the soccer?” (or something to that effect).
the guy is a competitor of the highest caliber. he out hustles players half is age. he plays to the final whistle of every game. he clearly wants to win and works hard to do so.
who cares if he is on the cover of magazines??
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- Richard Farley - May 30, 2012 at 7:11 PM
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I’m with you. Though I have trouble thinking about soccer and Elle magazine in the same thought, I don’t begrudge Beckham his opportunities.
