Spend it like Beckham
Forget bend it like Beckham.
It's spend it like Beckham.
With the high-priced soccer player sidelined by an ankle injury, the L.A. Galaxy's multi-million dollar man has been doing some retail therapy while in T.O.
On Saturday afternoon, Beckham and a stylist unobtrusively (as unobtrusive as you can be when you're David Beckham) wandered into Holt Renfrew on Bloor St., making their way to the second floor looking for men's vintage jeans.
Beckham, according to witnesses, is tall (about 5 foot 11 ), and hot, and was dressed down in a black T-shirt and jeans.
There was no entourage; there was no do-you-know-who-I-am? celeb attitude. He was very polite, humble and extremely pleasant to the sales personnel.
Alas, Holt's doesn't carry men's vintage jeans. The sales associate directed him to Exile, even supplying him with the Kensington Market shop's phone number.
Becks then asked him to help him with sunglasses. He was looking for Armani aviators – which Holts doesn't carry either. How often does David Beckham leave a shop empty-handed? Über fashionista Posh is probably tsk-tsking in Los Angeles right now.
Beckham showed up at Exile, at 20 Kensington Ave., just before closing on Saturday night, with a bodyguard this time. He did a quick perusal of the jeans, but no sale. He did, however, buy a black vintage Iron Maiden concert T-shirt.
Sales associate Bella Butscher got to see Becks with his shirt off.
"I don't often get star struck, but this was the highlight of our weekend," says Butscher.
Beckham spent an hour or so wandering through Kensington Market, signing autographs and posing for snaps with shopkeepers and shoppers alike.
Yesterday, he did Roots on Bloor St., picking up one of their specially made leather blue and gold Galaxy team bags.
The bags should be perfect for packing some of the major swag – like Hugo Boss suits and electronic equipment – that was offloaded to Becks during his stay at the King Edward Hotel.
Posh will be pleased.
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