Lucire
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Brancott Estate to release Sparkling Pinot Gris in September

August 15, 2011/3.33

Wearable art will not be the only thing holding the limelight at the Brancott Estate World of Wearable Art Awards Show (WOW) 2011. Brancott Estate will be launching its first Sparking Pinot Gris, the latest edition to a growing variety of sparkling wines which already include Sparkling Sauvignon Blanc and Sparkling Pinot Noir.    The […]

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Wellington has something for all senses: from a winemaker’s dinner to Wearable Art

May 26, 2011/1.36

World of Wearable Art Ltd. Above The promotional image for the Brancott Estate WOW Awards Show, featuring Dragon Fish by Susan Holmes of Auckland. The annual Brancott Estate World of Wearable Art Awards twists conventional perceptions of both art and fashion and presents an unforgettable two-hour show, for which tickets are now available.    The […]

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Sarah Thomas scores third award from ’09 Montana WOW

October 8, 2009/2.47

Timaru, New Zealand-based Sarah Thomas, who has already won the Weta Award and the American Express Open Section at the Montana World of Wearable Art Awards, has won her third prize, the People’s Choice Award, sponsored by local broadsheet The Dominion Post.    Her garment, American Dream, is modelled on a 1950s’ Plymouth car and […]

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Wooden gown wins supreme World of Wearable Art Award

September 25, 2009/13.37

Alaskan David Walker has won the Supreme award at the Montana World of Wearable Art Awards (WOW), held Friday night at the TSB Bank Arena in Wellington, New Zealand.    Walker’s Lady of the Wood, which takes the silhouette of an eighteenth- to nineteenth-century ball gown, but is made of mahogany, lacewood, maple and cedar, […]

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Katie Taylor in her Miss Universe 2009 national costume

August 25, 2009/13.49

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: […]

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Miss New Zealand Katie Taylor WOWs Miss Universe with national costume

August 21, 2009/6.09

Photo credit: World of Wearable Art Ltd. For those in the Bahamas wowed by Miss New Zealand Katie Taylor’s national costume, we can now reveal more, since it has been shown there. The eagle-eyed fashionistas among you will have recognized it was having come from the Montana World of Wearable Arts’ show. Specifically, it’s In-Tui-Tion, […]

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