DAVID Beckham is giving a leg up to the long underwear industry by launching his own designer range, The Sun reports.

The soccer hunk, 36, revealed he loves to wear the grandpa-style thermals when he cuddles up at night with wife Victoria.

Beckham said of his crusade to make the conservative underwear sexy, "I sometimes wear them to go to sleep. They're very cool."

The garments will form part of an "exciting" line of underwear he plans to launch next February in time for Valentine's Day.

The LA Galaxy superstar said, "The underwear is totally my designs, things that I like to wear."

He decided to design his own after boosting sales of Emporio Armani underwear by fronting an advertising campaign with his 37-year-old model partner.

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But, does he really need the cash that badly? The sportsman and his designer wife are worth $US237 million ($243 million), CNBC has reported.

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David Beckham: 'Harper Seven WILL work in fashion!'

More gorgeous baby Beckham news just in! It seems that when it comes to the future, there is only one place for Harper Seven Beckham and that is in the world of fashion!

Yes, David Beckham reckons that his daughter will almost certainly follow in her mummy’s skyscraper heels and end up in the world of pretty dresses and shoes.

Speaking at the launch of his new perfume, Becks said he hopes she is sporty like him but ultimately will be a mummy’s girl:

"Let's hope she's got an athlete's body, but she'll definitely be in fashion. She'll be very athletic, because she'll have three brothers running around and kicking footballs at her. She'll be ready for that."

David also said how much fun the boys, Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruz are having with their new sister and how they are just, well, smitten with Harper Seven!

"I was hoping it would calm the boys down and that energy level that they've got would go down a little bit - but it hasn't," he said.

"They're great. They won't put her down, they're constantly holding her and playing with her and getting her to smile."

David has also been saying this week how he still cannot believe that he has a baby daughter. Speaking on TV in the US, Becks said

'Every time I change her nappy, her diaper, I just think, 'Oh my God! I can't believe I've got a girl.''

Aww and he even translated nappy for the Americans! He really is the ultimate man, isn’t he?!

David Beckham wants more kids

Top footballer, model and multimillionaire David Beckham has recently said that, despite already fathering four children, the star has revealed he would very much like to bring some more mini-Beckhams into the world.

Speaking on The Ellen Degeneres Show, Becks said, “If we were lucky enough to have another one, it would be great. We always spoke about having a big family. We love children. We are very blessed to have four healthy children so if one comes along that would be amazing.”

The hot footballer has already made it clear that he and his fashion designer wife would like to have five kids, so maybe one more mini VDB could be on the horizon some time soon?

David said on the Ellen Show, “Are we done now or will we see any more in the future? We’d like one more. We’ve always said we’d love a big family and five is the number. We hope to have one more.”

And what does our handsome daddy say about his fair wife?

“She’s doing amazingly well, so we’ll see.”