Matt (Matthew) Gage was born in Plymouth, England on 27th March 1976 to parents Christine and Christopher. He has one older sister. Matt attended Staffordshire University graduating in 1997 before moving to London in 1998. In 2017 Matt began designing and making couture clothing for the East London drag community. Matt also began filming and producing a sewing tutorial web-series, Sewing Gage. Matt also began working on his debut film costume designs in Exceptional Wom.