Share And that was that she found it very embarrassing to go to shops in Sloane Street or in Bond Street and try on clothes by a designer and then buy nothing and not get something. Because when she came in there was such excitement and everyone working there was so thrilled so then if she didn t buy something she felt that she caused great disappointment to everyone who worked there. So she had an arrangement with Vogue that if she wanted to try a new designer, the magazine would call in quite a lot of clothes from that designer for her to try them on and then the fashion editors there would look at them with her and they would say you know we think you look great in this one, this one I don t think works quite so well, this one is marvellous.
David Beckham has signed a lucrative deal to be the media-friendly face of the controversial Gulf state of Qatar, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.
The former England football captain is believed to have been offered at least £10 million to be the country’s ambassador, with a major role in promoting next year’s World Cup there.
But Beckham, who in 2007 announced he was ‘very honoured to have the tag of gay icon’, risks condemnation for cutting a deal with a country where homosexuality is illegal and, under sharia law, punishable by imprisonment, flogging or even death.
David Beckham with Nasser-Al Khelaifi at a game in Qatar in 2019. But Beckham, who in 2007 announced he was ‘very honoured to have the tag of gay icon’, risks condemnation for cutting a deal with a country where homosexuality is illegal