David Beckham is ‘slammed by disappointed shoppers after labels reveal that his British Heritage range was made in China and Turkey’
His recent modelling for a range of ‘British Heritage’ clothing went down a storm.
Yet David Beckham and his fashion friends have reportedly been slammed by shoppers after it emerged that the clothes are actually made overseas.
Beloved footballer Beckham, 44, famously modelled a string of Kent & Curwen outfits, including one that was inspired by TV smash-hit Peaky Blinders.
Slammed: David Beckham and his fashion friends have reportedly been slammed by shoppers after it emerged that the clothes are actually made overseas
However, customers have shown their shock on social media after finding that some of the labels on the British Heritage garments reveal they were actually made in China and Turkey.
Beckham is the face of the brand and also helped design some clothes. He reportedly signed a five-year global licensing agreement with the company in 2015.
Kent & Curwen pride themselves on their links to royalty and many of their pieces feature the English red roses.
Customers in shock: Customers are said to have shown their shock on social media after finding that some of the labels on the British Heritage garments reveal they were actually made in China and Turkey
British Heritage: Beckham is the face of the brand and also helped design some clothes. He reportedly signed a five-year global licensing agreement with the company in 2015
The company’s British Heritage range boasts jumpers which cost up to £350, sweatshirts for £165 and T-shirts for £75.
But shoppers have questioned just how British the range really is after it emerged that the clothes are actually made overseas.
According to The Mirror, one customer said: ‘Have to say… bought a piece in recent days and was really disappointed to find ”Made in China” label… gotta love a good old British carbon footprint.’
Made overseas: The company’s British Heritage range boasts jumpers which cost up to £350, sweatshirts for £165 and T-shirts for £75 (pictured is Beckham with creative director of Kent & Curwen, Daniel Kearns)
Another wrote: ‘Just checked my gear… IN TURKEY… disappointment isn’t the word.’
While another asked: ‘So is any of this actually made in England? Absolutely no mention of the fact anywhere so I can’t see what English heritage there is here.’
MailOnline has contacted David’s representative for comment.
The fuss comes after it was revealed that Beckham, whose wife Victoria, 45, is no stranger to fashion designing, is reportedly about to spend £250,000 on flying 16 of his nearest and dearest to LA to watch his football team’s first home game.
According to a source’s interview with The Sun, the ex-Manchester United hero founded Major League Soccer club Inter Miami and is allegedly flying his friends and family first class for the match against his former team, LA Galaxy.
Meanwhile, the fashion firm was created in 1926 by Eric Kent and Dorothy Curwen.
No stranger to fashion: Beckham, whose wife Victoria, 45, is no stranger to fashion designing, has worked for the long-standing company for five years
Its website reads: ‘The company first began as a manufacturer of military, club, and college repp ties that helped define 20th century British style.
‘In the 1930s, Kent & Curwen introduced the iconic cricket sweater and went on to be the supplier to major sporting events and clubs even finding its way across the Atlantic to outfit the Hollywood Cricket Club and Palm Springs Racquet Club.
‘It wasn’t long before such royals as the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Kent were seen sporting Kent & Curwen.’
It adds that the ‘Three Lions Herald became Kent & Curwen’s registered trademark’ and the logo makes clear that the brand is as ‘regal and distinguished as ever’.
Iconic: The firm was created in 1926 by Eric Kent and Dorothy Curwen (pictured is the firm’s Fall/Winter 2019 catwalk)