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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Chloe Mac Donnell

The Rad pack: David Beckham leads country menswear trend

David Beckham, photographed in Oxfordshire with working cocker dogs Sage (golden) and Olive (brown) for the October 2025 edition of Country Life magazine, which he guest edited.
David is pictured in country attire alongside dogs, beehives and vegetable patches on his Cotswolds estate in Country Life. Photograph: Millie Pilkington/Simon Buck/Country Life Magazine/PA

Does your wardrobe include a half-zip jumper and a flannel shirt? Is your fantasy car a vintage Land Rover Defender? Do you know a buff Cochin from a bantam hen? If the answer is yes, you may just be one of the style icons of the season: “rich autumn dad”.

The leader of this new style pack, known among fashion watchers as the Rads, is David Beckham, who this week was unveiled as guest editor of Country Life magazine. The former England football captain appears in the 100-year-old title in a variety of looks including a tweed blazer and corduroy trousers.

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