Runway Gallery – 2025

Fashion Show at Kirkstall Abbey

Photographs taken by Stephen Cole

A red-haired model wearing a plaid red dress poses on the catwalk.
A model wears colourful clothes and has rainbow hair. There is an image of a chimp on her skirt.
A model with short hair wears a white cropped top with large blue spots.
The model with short hair wears a long cape and walks away from the camera.
The model wears a baseball cap. He wears a patterned white t-shirt and blue jeans.
The model wears a denim beret. She wears a denim waistcoat and trousers.
The model wears wide legged trousers and a denim waistcoat. She poses on the Abbey catwalk.
The model wears a denim waistcoat and patterned hat.
The model wears pink and white baggy trousers. She wears a denim jacket with pink sleeves.
The model with rainbow hair smiles at the audience.
The model wears a vest and skirt adorned with crochet appliqués in different sizes.
The model wears a red polka dot vest top and jeans. She wears a white sheer lace jacket.
The model with short hair wears a white and blue cape.
Three models with patterned umbrellas enjoy the fashion show.
A model wears a long checked dress in the rain. She is laughing.
Two models wear checked dresses. One carries an umbrella.
A model with wet hair wears a sleeveless dress. She walks in front of the audience.
A smiling model wears a long checked dress on the catwalk.
The model wearing the skirt adorned with crochet appliqués walks in front of a packed audience.
The red-haired model walks the catwalk. Behind her, the emcee introduces her to the audience.
The red-haired model stands with the ruins of the Abbey behind her.
The model wears a vest and skirt adorned with crochet appliqués. She wears black knee-high boots.
The model wears a short checked dress. She her nails are painted blue.
The model is smiling and wears a yellow checked dress and jacket.
The model with the baseball cap wears a white T-shirt with a logo on the back.
The model with the denim beret wears a denim waistcoat with a dragonfly on the back.
The model with the rainbow hair poses with her arms outstretched, she is smiling.
The model with the rainbow hair poses, smiling with her fingers raised in the air in a v-sign.
The model wearing a skirt adorned with crochet appliqués stands posing for the camera.
A model walks past the audience. She wears a long dress made from ties.
A model with her two young daughters wears matching outfits.
The model with short hair wears a cropped white top and shorts, poses with her arms outstretched.
The model with the baseball cap strides down the catwalk.
The model wearing a sleeveless dress poses at the end of the runway.
The mother and her daughters stand in the pouring rain. Another model holds an umbrella over them.
A wheelchair user poses on the catwalk. He wears an outfit made from a variety of patterns.
Two smiling and laughing models wearing colourful clothes hide under an umbrella.
The model with baseball cap walks away from the camera.
The model in the baseball cap wears a white T-shirt. A variety of picture frames illustrate it.
The red-haired model wearing a red sleeveless dress carries an umbrella.
The red-haired model walks away from the camera.
A model wears a long dress made from different coloured ties.
The model wearing a short checked dress stands in the rain.
The emcee speaks in front of a seated audience.
The emcee becomes model and walks down the Abbey catwalk.
The model in his wheelchair is seen through the crowd.
A group of women holding umbrellas stand waiting in the rain. They are smiling and laughing.
A model wears a white patterned T-shirt. He is smiling as he walks in front of the audience.

About the 2025 Fashion Show

In a continuation of the theme from last year, the 2025 Fashion Show focused on environmental sustainability. Designers were tasked with creating eco-friendly outfits, ready to showcase on the catwalk. They could buy textiles from any charity shop, swap them, receive them for free, or use any offcuts. Reusing preloved clothes and saving fabric waste from landfill.

Designers Jackie Peck, Helena Angstmann, and Jax Temple-Smees represented Leeds Hospital Charities. They all volunteer as upcyclers with the Leeds Hospital Charity’s shop in the Merrion Centre. Along with other volunteers, they remake clothes that cannot be sold and are on their way to landfill. Transforming, embellishing, and updating these clothes to put them back into circulation.

Designers

Charlie, Cyndy Toole, Ella Waddell, Helena Angstmann, Jackie Peck, James Lee, Jax Temple-Smees, Priya Obeti, Susan Denton, ZaraMia Ava