Gill Saunders wins 2023 World of Wearable Art Supreme Award with Earthling
The 2023 World of Wearable Art Show, Beyond, demonstrates that the new ownership is keen to build on the event’s triumphs, continuing to capture the Zeitgeist with winners from around the world […]
Jacinda Ardern makes surprise appearance at World of Wearable Art Awards 2022
Hawke’s Bay designer takes out top honours for the second time—’We are in awe of the designer’s resourcefulness’ say judges—but the prime minister’s appearance was the surprise of the evening, writes Sopheak Seng with Lucire staff […]
Natasha English and Tatyanna Meharry pick up their second World of Wearable Art Supreme Award
Stephen A’Court Above, from top: Supreme winner, War Story, by Natasha English and Tatyanna Meharry, Christchurch, New Zealand. Tar’White by Ali Middleton of Wellington, coming third in the Aotearoa section. Quantum, by Annabelle Widmann, winner of the Cirque du Soleil Invited Artisan Award. Two sisters from Christchurch, New Zealand, Natasha English and Tatyanna Meharry, have […]
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 […]
First and second for Shanghai designers at 2012 Brancott Estate World of Wearable Art Awards
Brancott Estate World of Wearable Art (WOW) Awards Top The Supreme Winner of Brancott Estate World of Wearable Art (WOW) Awards for 2012: Delight of Light, by Yuru Ma and Mengyue Wu, China. Above Runner-up: Revive, Mengyue Wu and Yuru Ma, China. Two fashion students from Donghua University, Shanghai, have won both the Supreme Award […]
Katie Taylor in her Miss Universe 2009 national costume
We know we showed you what Miss New Zealand 2009 Katie Taylor wore at Miss Universe a few days ago, but we finally have the official image from the event. Presenting Katie Taylor herself in In-Tui-Tion by Tracey Koole, the Montana World of Wearable Art 2007 garment, as seen in the Bahamas on Monday night: […]
