--- title: Matt Damon Borrows Suit for Davos After He Loses Luggage description: Matt Damon narrowly avoided a sartorial crisis when he borrowed a suit from his Water.org co-founder Gary White after losing his luggage. canonical: https://time.com/5512002/matt-damon-lost-luggage/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-01-24T16:20:42.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:57:04.619Z og:title: Matt Damon Borrows Suit for Davos After He Loses Luggage og:description: Don't worry, this story has a happy ending og:url: https://time.com/5512002/matt-damon-lost-luggage/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc53e8c2d090ee180/698943f409208f702541332f/matt-damon-loses-luggage-borrows-suit.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Stand Up To Cancer Marks 10 Years Of Impact In Cancer Research At Biennial Telecast - Inside og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Matt Damon Borrows Suit for Davos After He Loses Luggage twitter:description: Don't worry, this story has a happy ending twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc53e8c2d090ee180/698943f409208f702541332f/matt-damon-loses-luggage-borrows-suit.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Unlucky Matt Damon Had to Borrow a Suit After He Lost His Luggage > Sponsored content. 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Rodriguez/Getty Images for Stand Up To Cancer) SANTA MONICA, CA - SEPTEMBER 07: Matt Damon speaks onstage at the sixth biennial Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) telecast at the Barkar Hangar on Friday, September 7, 2018 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for Stand Up To Cancer) Alberto E. Rodriguez—Getty Images for Stand Up To Can  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jan 24, 2019 4:20 PM UTC Even [Matt Damon](http://time.com/4162254/cost-of-rescuing-matt-damon/) is not immune from traveling woes like lost luggage. The Oscar winner revealed on Tuesday during an appearance at the [World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland](http://time.com/5505958/davos-2019-world-economic-forum/), that he was currently wearing a borrowed suit from his [Water.Org and WaterEquity co-founder Gary White](http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2066367%5F2066369%5F2066144,00.html) because his luggage was lost by Swiss Air. “The relationship has developed to the point where I’m wearing Gary’s clothes right now, because Swiss Air lost my bag, so we’ve come a long way,” Damon joked during an appearance with Bloomberg in Davos. Damon and White co-founded Water.org in 2009, as a merger between WaterPartners, an organization co-founded by White and H20 Africa, an organization co-founded by Damon. While at Davos, Damon stressed the importance of their organization’s goal to ensure clean and safe water around the world: “You can’t solve any of these problems we’re talking about today – gender equality, climate changes, all these things, water touches all of them. And extreme poverty.” According to _Business Insider_, Swiss Air confirmed that they were working to “successfully resolve” the lost luggage issue. 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