LONDON — David Beckham strode into the Kent & Curwen showroom here, just one block from the men’s wear mecca of Jermyn Street. He smiled amiably at the small gathering of fashion reporters; posed for a picture with Suzy Menkes, the Vogue International editor, who would soon post on Instagram, and briefly rubbed his close-cropped beard before announcing that he wanted to make one thing perfectly clear.
“I am definitely not the designer,” he said, looking in the direction of Daniel Kearns, who stood to the side, basking slightly sheepishly in the soccer superstar’s glow.