Beckham has simply stayed in the public eye by looking pretty phenomenal, launching a successful fashion label, and marrying the most famous soccer player in maybe the entire world. She fully exemplifies the ideal of Having-It-All: she has a wealthy but still extremely attractive, rugged, and athletic husband; she has a career, but in a fun, glamourous industry; she’s really into having babies; she looks just perfect. Not sure why no one hates her?
Looking at her latest cover for Harper’s Bazaar UK, I’m trying hard to hate her. It should be really easy to hate someone when they’re pictured on the cover of a major glossy, lounging on a bed of flowers and wearing a Prada bodysuit (modeled by Lindsey Wixson on the label’s Spring 2012 runway). If this were Gwyneth Paltrow instead of Beckham, I’d be seething. But here, I just can’t summon any kind of disdain. Either I really like Victoria Beckham or I’m just losing my edge.
