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Runway Gallery – 2025

Fashion Show at Kirkstall Abbey

Photographs taken by Stephen Cole

A model stands in a red and black plaid dress with an asymmetric, tiered hem, over plaid trousers and platform boots.
A model with rainbow hair walks the catwalk, photographed from behind, in a polka dot top with a frilled neckline and a blue skirt printed with a chimpanzee wearing headphones.
A model with short hair stands in a white cropped top with navy hexagonal patches, sheer draped sleeves, and low-slung white trousers.
A model with short hair walks the catwalk, photographed from behind, in a draped plastic cape over sheer blue and cream lace, with burgundy boots.
A model walks the catwalk in a baseball cap and a white t-shirt with small line-drawn motifs, with navy cargo trousers.
A model walks the catwalk in a denim beret and lace masquerade mask, with a denim waistcoat and denim and floral patchwork trousers.
A model poses in the rain, wearing a denim waistcoat with floral patchwork-patterned beret, cravat and trousers.
A model gestures with one hand raised, wearing a denim waistcoat with floral patchwork-patterned beret, cravat and trousers.
A model walks the catwalk in a denim jacket with pink and purple crochet sleeves, a white cropped top, and pink and white floral wide-leg trousers.
A smiling model with rainbow hair, walking the catwalk in a polka dot top with a frilled neckline and a blue skirt printed with a chimpanzee wearing headphones.
A model walks the catwalk in a white top layered with crocheted doilies and a denim skirt trimmed with crocheted doilies.
A model walks the catwalk in a red and black polka dot top with a long-sleeve sheer floral lace open-front top and jeans.
A close-up of a model with short hair, walking the catwalk in a draped plastic cape over blue and cream lace, photographed from behind.
Three models shelter under umbrellas in the rain: one in a white cropped top with navy hexagonal patches, one in a red polka dot top with a sheer floral open-front top and jeans, and one in a black leather jacket and trousers.
A model laughs, standing in the rain in a green and pink tartan dress with a draped cowl neckline.
Two models in the rain, wear matching green and pink tartan dresses with draped cowl necklines, one shelters under an umbrella whilst the other laughs
A model grabs a mustard and black checked scarf as it slips from her wet hair, wearing a sleeveless champagne floral jacquard dress with a wrapped waist tie.
A model smiles, walking the catwalk in a green and pink tartan dress with a draped cowl neckline.
A model walks the catwalk in a white top layered with crocheted doilies and a denim skirt trimmed with crocheted doilies, with knee-high black boots.
A model with red hair walks the catwalk in a red and black plaid dress with an asymmetric ruffled hem, over plaid trousers and platform boots, with the event's compere speaking into a microphone in the background.
A model with red hair poses on a rain-soaked path, wearing a red and black plaid dress with an asymmetric ruffled hem, over plaid trousers and platform boots.
A model walks the catwalk in a white top layered with crocheted doilies and a denim skirt trimmed with crocheted doilies, with knee-high black boots.
A model walks the catwalk in a short-sleeved open-front jacket with a draped scarf collar, over a green and pink tartan dress, belted at the waist.
A model laughs, walking the catwalk with arms raised, in the rain, wearing a mustard and black check dress with a beige floral jacquard jacket.
A model walks the catwalk, photographed from behind, in a baseball cap and a white t-shirt printed with "J.D.Lee Art" and "No rain no flowers," with navy cargo trousers.
A model walks the catwalk, photographed from behind, in a denim beret and waistcoat with a dragonfly appliqué, and denim and floral patchwork-patterned trousers.
A model with rainbow hair laughs, arms outstretched on the wet catwalk, wearing a polka dot top with a frilled neckline and a blue skirt printed with a chimpanzee.
A model with rainbow hair smiles and gestures peace signs, wearing a polka dot top with a frilled neckline and a blue skirt printed with a chimpanzee wearing headphones.
A model poses in a white top layered with crocheted doilies and a denim skirt trimmed with crocheted doilies, with knee-high black boots.
A model walks the catwalk, photographed from behind, in a long dress made from neckties.
A mother and her two daughters smile, walking the catwalk in matching grey and white patterned outfits, the mother carrying the youngest.
A model smiles, arms outstretched in the rain, wearing a white cropped top with navy hexagonal patches, sheer draped sleeves, and white shorts, with burgundy boots.
A model strides down the catwalk in a baseball cap and a white t-shirt with small line-drawn motifs, with navy cargo trousers.
A model poses on the wet catwalk, wearing a champagne floral jacquard dress with a wrapped waist tie and a mustard and black checked scarf.
A mother and her two daughters smile in pouring rain, wearing matching grey and white patterned outfits, the mother carrying the youngest, with another model holding an umbrella over them.
A model raises a fist in the rain, using a wheelchair and wearing an animal-print patchwork top with a zebra-print cap, pushed by another model in a black floral open-front jacket.
Two models laugh in the rain: one in a white top layered with crocheted doilies and a denim skirt trimmed with crocheted doilies, the other with rainbow hair, holding an umbrella, in a polka dot top with a frilled neckline and a blue skirt printed with a chimpanzee wearing headphones.
A model walks the catwalk, photographed from behind, in a baseball cap and a white t-shirt printed with "J.D.Lee Art" and "No rain no flowers," with navy cargo trousers.
A model walks the catwalk in the rain, past figures sheltering under umbrellas, wearing a baseball cap and a white t-shirt printed with small picture frame motifs, with navy cargo trousers.
A model with red hair shelters under an umbrella in the rain, wearing a red and black plaid dress with an asymmetric ruffled hem.
A model with red hair walks the catwalk, photographed from behind, in a red and black plaid dress with an asymmetric, tiered hem, over plaid trousers and platform boots.
A model walks the catwalk in a dress made from neckties, with black lace-up boots.
A model walks the wet catwalk in a belted green and pink tartan dress, layered with a short-sleeved open-front jacket with a draped scarf collar.
A model speaks into a microphone, compering the show, wearing a mustard and black check dress with a beige floral jacquard jacket.
A model walks the catwalk, photographed from behind, in a mustard and black check dress with a beige floral jacquard jacket draped over her shoulders.
A model gestures, using a wheelchair and wearing an animal-print patchwork top with a zebra-print cap, pushed by another model in a black floral open-front jacket, seen through the crowd.
A model walks the catwalk in a floral patchwork-patterned beret and cravat, a denim waistcoat, and floral patchwork-patterned trousers.
A model walks the catwalk in a navy blazer with curtain-ring details on the collar, over a purple top and teal curtain-fabric trousers with matching eyelets.
A model with rainbow hair, photographed from behind, in a polka dot top with a frilled neckline and a blue skirt printed with a chimpanzee wearing headphones.
A model, photographed from behind, in a white cropped top layered with a denim halter, and a denim skirt trimmed with crocheted doilies.
A model walks the catwalk in a long dress made from neckties, with black lace-up boots.
A mother smiles, carrying her baby on the catwalk, both in matching grey and white patterned outfits.
A model walks the catwalk in a black jacket and leather trousers, with lace-up platform boots.
A model smiles, wearing a green and pink tartan dress with a draped cowl neckline.
A model smiles, walking the catwalk in a mustard and black check dress with a beige floral jacquard jacket.
A model raises a fist, using a wheelchair, alongside a child model in a matching patchwork two-piece and hat, and another model in a black floral jacket and animal-print trousers, photographed from behind.
A model smiles in the rain, wearing a denim beret with flower detail and lace masquerade mask, with a denim waistcoat.
A model walks the wet catwalk in a long dress made from neckties, with black lace-up boots.
A model smiles under an umbrella in the pouring rain, with their designer beside them, wearing a denim beret and waistcoat with floral patchwork-patterned trousers, other models and designers with umbrellas stand behind.
A model smiles, walking the catwalk in a baseball cap and a white t-shirt printed with small hand-drawn motifs, with navy cargo trousers.

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 for the catwalk, using textiles bought from charity shops, swapped, given for free, or made from offcuts – reusing preloved clothes and saving fabric waste from landfill.

Designers Jackie Peck, Helena Angstmann, and Jax Temple-Smees represented Leeds Hospital Charities. All three volunteer as upcyclers with the charity’s shop in the Merrion Centre. Along with other volunteers, they remake clothes that can’t be sold and are on their way to landfill. Transforming, embellishing, and updating these clothes to put them back into circulation.
Designers Jackie Peck, Helena Angstmann, and Jax Temple-Smees represented Leeds Hospital Charity. All three volunteer as upcyclers with the charity’s shop in the Merrion Centre, where they remake clothes that can’t be sold and would otherwise go to landfill – transforming, embellishing, and updating them 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