Fashion guru Gok Wan, host of Channel 4’s How to Look Good Naked and Gok’s Fashion Fix, has formally opened the new Clarence Dock complex in Leeds.

The TV star hosted a fashion show on a specially made floating catwalk in the dock, attended by thousands of spectators and marking the finale of Leeds Shopping Week.

Clarence Dock in Leeds, as opened by TV celebrity Gok Wan
Clarence Dock in Leeds, as opened by TV celebrity Gok Wan

Consultancy Buro Happold provided the building services, structural and ground engineering for the development, which includes offices, a hotel, casino, housing, leisure and retail facilities.

The development is claimed to be the largest of its type in the city, and has transformed the formerly derelict dock area.