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Charity retail

Sue Ryder Sustainable Fashion Show

London, UK

©2025

Black and white photo of a model with big curly hair standing with arms folded backstage at a fashion show

Second-hand clothes, a runway and a room full of decision-makers.

Fashion students from UAL were invited to buy clothes from Sue Ryder charity shops and upcycle them into new pieces. On 21 May 2025 they showed their work on a runway in front of a room full of stakeholders, industry leaders and corporate leaders. The show was sponsored by Lloyds Bank.

Client

Sue Ryder, sponsored by Lloyds Bank

Location

London, UK

Year

2025

What I did

Event and documentary photography

Used for

Campaign to attract corporate retail partners

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The approach

Backstage, runway and the room.

I photographed the whole event: the students and models getting ready backstage, the runway itself, and the guests watching from their tables. The story covers both the people who made the pieces and the people the show was for.

Black and white photo of models in tulle skirts waiting backstage at a fashion show

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What it made possible

A story that brings in new partners.

Sue Ryder use the photographs in a campaign, and as an ongoing storytelling tool, to attract more corporate retail partners to donate clothes to their charity shops. "Matt is an absolute dream to work with. He has an extraordinary talent for storytelling through photography." Elly Rowland, Sue Ryder

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Gallery

Black and white photo of a model in a white dress and wide-brimmed hat being briefed backstage at the Sue Ryder Sustainable Fashion Show
Black and white photo of a smiling model holding a phone backstage at the Sue Ryder Sustainable Fashion Show
Black and white photo of a model with a curly wig and folded arms, with a line of models waiting behind her backstage
Models in white upcycled outfits and hats sitting in a row backstage, one looking at her phone
An organiser briefing a group of models in white upcycled outfits before they go on the runway
Models in white upcycled outfits lining up in a wood-panelled room before the show
Models with red lips and colourful upcycled outfits waiting in line before walking the runway
A model in a colourful patchwork outfit walking the runway under purple stage lights
Guests watching the show from their tables at the Sue Ryder Sustainable Fashion Show
A guest raising a show programme in the air against warm, blurred lights