Grace Wales Bonner pays homage to black icons in Paris show

Wales Bonner does not see a huge difference between silk Savile Row suits and a football kit. “I see everything in one world. I’m interested in hybridity,” she said. Photograph: Jack Day

Backstage after her Paris show, the British menswear designer Grace Wales Bonner said she wasn’t interested in the rumours spreading across the French capital.

The 31-year-old, who is mixed-race, is said to be the frontrunner to take over at Louis Vuitton, which would make her one of the youngest creative directors at one of the world’s biggest fashion brands.