In addition to having a privileged right leg that made him stand out as one of the best free kick takers in the history of football, David Beckham was always characterized by also being one of the most flirtatious footballers. The former England captain became one of the first model athletes and devoted much importance to their hairstyles.
Shaved, with braids, with a toupee or on a point… the variability in Beckham’s looks is such that even the magazine Hola! Came to write a news story talking about his 1001 hairstyles in the last decade in which he talked about a survey carried out in the United Kingdom that gave the English ten of the best hairstyles in history and three of the worst.
In an interview in The Sun, Beckham has admitted that, despite everything, he only regrets a single hairstyle. And, coincidentally, It was the one he had in his head when he met one of the most influential and decisive people in the course of the 20th century: Nelson Mandela. The hairstyle in question? The braids.
The intrahistory of the hairstyle
Having no qualms about experimenting with her scalp, Beckham was willing to innovate once more. “We were in the south of France with the family and one of Victoria’s friends, who is a hairdresser, asked me if she could do something with my hair. and he offered to make me braids ”, he recalled. “Yes, I don’t know what they are, but yes,” the former soccer player replied.
He remembers the moment of doing them as “painful”, but even so he admits that he liked them. “I wore them on a Saturday and on Monday I flew to South Africa with the national team for a match. I met the great Nelson Mandela. And the image I have with him is me holding his hand with braids in my hair. That is the only regret I have ”, he has settled.
The curious conversation between the two
Their brief meeting, which took place in May 2003, coincided with all the media hype around David and Victoria Beckham. The story between the singer of the Spice Girls and the one who would become a Real Madrid footballer that summer was not alien to Mandelawho did not hesitate to ask the British about the whereabouts of his wife.
“I don’t usually get this opportunity and this honor,” the late South African president snapped at David. “Don’t worry,” David replied flattered. “Where is Victoria?” Mandela immediately asked. “ANDHe’s in London. She says hi, she asked me to say hi,” Beckham replied. “Oh, you didn’t bring it. Tell her that I would have liked to see her and greet her, “concluded the politician.
