“It's pretty cool of Elle to put a guy on the cover,” wrote YoninahAliza. “It's a nice little nod to the Olympics too by having an athlete on the cover,” she added.
Miss Dalloway posted, “I expected something more ‘pretty’ or safe, but this is rather edgy for Elle… with someone this photogenic they really [would have] to go out of their way to ruin it; I thought they still might, but this is very good. There is one thing about this that I wish they would do with women as well though,” she pointed out. “He isn't airbrushed out of his mind, the abs are not pumped up, the wrinkles are there!”
Wrinkles, tattoos, weird eyebrow action and all, this is not a bad set of covers for David Beckham and Elle UK.
Images: designscene.net and glambeckhams.blogspot.com via the Fashion Spot forums.
Via: A Shirtless David Beckham Covers Elle UKs July Issue (Forum Buzz)