Ian Wright, 59, makes a VERY surprising career move as the former footballer takes to the catwalk at the Labrum London show during LFW

He is often known as a footballer for Arsenal and Crystal Palace earlier than hanging up his boots and turning into a sports activities pundit.

However Ian Wright made one other shocking profession transfer this week as he took to the catwalk throughout London Style Week on Saturday. 

The 59-year-old minimize a really fashionable determine as he strutted his stuff on the Labrum London present on the metropolis’s swanky 4 Seasons Resort.

Ian oozed confidence as he modelled a darkish navy swimsuit which featured a tailor-made double breasted blazer and sensible trousers. 

The look was layered over a teal polo shirt and added somewhat further cool with a unusual baseball cap and Adidas trainers.  

Labram London is a menswear model and describes itself as combining West African and western heritage.

Ian took to Instagram to share a montage of his day from morning rehearsals to the catwalk to later celebrating together with his fellow fashions on the afterparty.

Captioning the put up:  ‘@labrumlondon #LFW SS24. An honour to be a part of and share your imaginative and prescient’.

Ian performed for Crystal Palace 1985 and 1992 earlier than becoming a member of Arsenal and later West Ham United, he has additionally earned 33 caps for the England nationwide group and scored 9 worldwide targets.

He has additionally appeared as a commentator on BBC’s Match Of The Day on and off since 2002.

It comes after a Conservative councillor who known as Arsenal legend Ian a ‘typical black hypocrite’ over his assist for Gary Lineker is underneath investigation for her remark.

Alexis McEvoy, from Hampshire, has mentioned she is ‘deeply sorry’ for the wording of her put up on social media, however claimed it had been taken ‘out of context’.

It got here after Lineker was taken off air by bosses on the BBC for his feedback on the Authorities’s anti-illegal immigration invoice – which led to Ian and different pundits refusing to seem on Match of the Day in an act of solidarity.

Councillor McEvoy made the comment when responding to a tweet which mockingly known as Wright ‘Mr Solidarity’ for not supporting Matt Le Tissier’s departure from Sky Sports activities in 2020 after his Covid rants.

Retweeting the put up on her Twitter account, which had 500 followers, Cllr McEvoy added the phrase ‘A typical black hypocrite’ alongside an offended satan emoji.

The councillor, who represents Fawley, Blackfield and Langley on New Forest District Council, and South Waterside on Hampshire County Council, has since apologised. 

In a press release issued by the county’s Conservative group, Cllr McEvoy mentioned: ‘I’m conscious {that a} tweet I despatched, after which deleted, has brought on offence. 

‘I didn’t imply it to take action and I’m deeply sorry.

‘I discover racism in any kind abhorrent, I’ve subsequently reported myself to the monitoring officer at each Hampshire County Council and New Forest District Council and have suspended myself from each the Conservative teams at New Forest District Council and Hampshire County Council, pending investigations.’

The tweet, which was posted on Saturday afternoon, was a repost of one other put up criticising Wright for his lack of assist for fellow pundit Matt Le Tissier. 

Le Tissier was let go by Sky Sports activities in 2020 after making claims in regards to the origins of Covid and later claimed bosses sacked him to avoid wasting the channel’s status.