Gillian Saunders takes top honours at 2016 World of Wearable Art Awards’ Show, with Supernova
WOW New Zealand designer Gillian Saunders has scooped the Brancott Estate Supreme Award at tonight’s World of Wearable Art (WOW) Awards’ Show. Saunders, who had entered 15 garments before her winning entry, Supernova, has won eight awards prior to 2016, but this is the first time she has taken out the top prize. Saunders, […]
Brancott Estate World of Wearable Art Awards’ Show 2015 sees Nelson’s Peter Wakeman take top honours
Courtesy World of Wearable Art Awards’ Show Top Diva’s Dreamscape, by Peter Wakeman. Above Deadly Beauty, by Xi Zhang. Nelson, New Zealand designer Peter Wakeman has won the 2015 Brancott Estate World of Wearable Art Supreme WOW Award with his entry Diva’s Dreamscape. Wakeman wins $30,000 in prizes with his design, entered into the […]
Brancott Estate launches new vintages for 2015 in limited-edition World of Wearable Art bottles
Top Into the Blue and Rosebud with Patrick Materman, Brancott Estate chief winemaker. Above The two new limited-edition Brancott Estate bottles. With the Brancott Estate World of Wearable Art (WOW) Awards’ Show back again for 2015, the famed winemaker and naming rights’ sponsor of the event has released two limited-edition bottles along with new vintages […]
Ellen DeGeneres your most-searched celeb for 2014; Miss France 2015 article tops our chart
David M. Benett/Getty Images Above Candice Swanepoel was the most-searched professional model in Lucire’s online news pages this year, coming in sixth. In 2012, Keira Knightley was the most searched-for celebrity in the news section of the Lucire website. In 2013, that honour went to HRH Princess Madeleine of Sweden, followed by Knightley and Penélope […]
Brancott Estate Falcon Encounter opens in Marlborough
The Marlborough Falcon Trust Falcon Valley has opened at the Brancott Estate Heritage Centre this week, a memorable destination for travellers in New Zealand this summer. The result of a partnership between the Trust and Brancott Estate, visitors can check get up close with a kārearea (New Zealand falcon) for a donation. The donations will […]
David Trubridge shows off artwork at World of Wearable Art celebrating Brancott Estate’s firsts
Visitors to the Brancott Estate World of Wearable Art award show on Sunday night got an extra treat, as furniture and lighting designer David Trubridge showed off a crowdsourced artwork constructed from bamboo plywood to commemorate the concept of “memorable firsts”. The theme ties in not only to the World of Wearable Art, but […]
The 2014 Brancott Estate World of Wearable Art awards: Supreme Award goes to Hawkes Bay
World of Wearable Art Awards Top Kate MacKenzie’s winning Poly Nation, which took top honours at the 26th World of Wearable Art Awards; Show tonight in Wellington. Above Runner-up Gothic Habit, by San Francisco designer Lynne Christiansen. Hawkes Bay designer Kate MacKenzie is the winner of the 2014 Brancott Estate Supreme WOW award, at the […]
Miss France 2014 your top story, and Princess Madeleine your favourite newsmaker
Bruno Ehrs/Kungahuset Above HRH Princess Madeleine of Sweden was the person you searched for the most this year. We’ve told you who we thought 2013’s newsmakers were. But who did you want to read about this year? In first place: HRH Princess Madeleine of Sweden. The younger of HM King Carl XVI Gustaf’s daughters […]
The 2013 Brancott Estate World of Wearable Art awards: Kiwis take Supreme prizes
World of Wearable Art Above The Exchange, by Christchurch sisters Tatyanna Meharry and Natasha Meharry, which took home the Supreme Award in the 25th Brancott Estate World of Wearable Art (WOW) awards’ show tonight. In a departure from recent years, Kiwis stole the show at the 25th Brancott Estate World of Wearable Art (WOW) awards’ […]
Brancott Estate launches limited-edition sauvignon blanc with Hayley Westenra and WOW models
Top WOW models at Brancott Vineyard celebrating the start of harvest with Patrick Materman, chief winemaker for Brancott Estate. Above Hayley Westenra performs at the Brancott Estate vineyard. Brancott Estate not only has a new wine out—its limited-edition Brancott Estate Chosen Rows Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2010—but it marked the occasion with an exclusive performance at […]
