David and Victoria Beckham Get In On China’s Singles’ Day Action

Before you get too jealous over that headline, Singles’ Day in China has zero to do with hooking up (unless your goal is to hook up with a hot new handbag). The 24-hour shopping event, which has become somewhat of an unofficial holiday in China, features thousands of deep discounts on e-commerce giant Alibaba’s marketplace and online stores. (Think Cyber Monday, but way more intense.)

In an effort to drum up even more excitement for the sales, Jack Ma and the Alibaba team have recruited international stars to promote the event — and who better to tout spending loads of cash on retail purchases than the Beckhams? Answer: no one.

Victoria and David Beckham traveled to China for the occasion, where they rubbed elbows with Jack Ma and Kobe Bryant. (Bryant was another celebrity event promoter.)

“Great to meet #JackMa tonight here in Shenzhen!” the fashion designer wrote beside a shot of herself with the controversial retail genius.

Meanwhile, her better half spent some time with the guys, posing with Jack and Kobe and a few others who appear to be Alibaba execs. “Fun night in Shenzhen … @kobebryant,” David posted.

Because she can’t help herself, Victoria then posted a sexy shot of herself perched in a window, the cityscape stretched out behind her. “Kisses from China!” she captioned the pic, which mainly highlighted her bare legs.

Victoria also posted a follow-up shot of herself with her husband and Jack Ma from the event. “So nice to attend yesterday’s Global Shopping Festival with #JackMa and @davidbeckham,” she gushed. In the snap, she and David are presented with figurines of the logo of Ant Financial, parent company of Alibaba.

But the best photo, by far, was the one David posted of himself holding an adorable, wide-eyed cat toy. “Great to be part of singles day in Shenzhen today… Big thank you to Jack Ma,” he wrote with the hashtag #lovingchina.

Naturally, he took the opportunity to give a shout out to Haig Club, the whiskey brand he founded with Simon Fuller. It almost made us want to try the whiskey. Almost.