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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Morwenna Ferrier

Brand Beckham and the rise of the clapback costume

David Beckham seen out of hotel during Paris Fashion Week Haute Couture.
Carrying on … David Beckham arrives in Paris with a Hermès Haut à Courroie. Photograph: Reynaud Julien/APS-Medias/ABACA/Shutterstock

It’s been over a week since Beckxit and still we wait. Yes, we’ve had David’s aphorisms at Davos; Romeo on the Willy Chavarria catwalk; Cruz on tour; Victoria’s reunion – not to mention the various fulsome Instagram posts from both parties. But no rebuttal, no apologies, no tears. Then, the remaining Beckhams hit Paris fashion week and finally we got our first statement.

David Beckham – once the most famous footballer in the world, now its most famous parent – was in town to wingman Victoria Beckham as she became a knight of the Order of Arts and Letters. But he was also there for the optics. The remaining kids flew in. So did their partners. Some wore Victoria Beckham, others wore Loewe, everyone looked demure and sober and matchy-matchy, what a celebrity astrologist might call “a united front”.

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