
2017 Supreme WOW Award Winner; Encapsulate, Rinaldy Yunardi, Indonesia
Left: Dame Suzie Moncrieff, Right: Justin Lester (Mayor of Wellington)
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World of WearableArt is excited to share that 147 designers from 17 countries have been announced as finalist designers for this year’s World of WearableArt Awards Show.
This year’s 30th anniversary show will be presented as a series of six worlds, each with its own design provocation that designers have responded to. Along with the recurring Avant-garde, Aotearoa and Open sections are Under the Microscope, Reflective Surfaces and a crowd-favourite, Bizarre Bra. WOW Competition Director, Heather Palmer, said this year’s finalist designers were not afraid to take risks with their concepts and the execution of their garments to create something new and unique.
The first round of judging took place in early July in Nelson. This year, alongside WOW Founder and Resident Judge Dame Suzie Moncrieff, the judges are Margarita Robertson, Creative Director of iconic fashion label NOM*d, and Sam Gao, Art Director and Business Development Manager with Weta Workshop.
In total 140 garments will be brought to life as part of the 2018 WOW Awards Show.
We can’t wait to showcase these designers’ works of art on the WOW stage soon!
Are you ready to leave your world behind and journey into the unimaginable…
2018 WOW Awards Show | TSB Arena, Wellington
27 September – 14 October
Tickets on sale now. Buy yours today!
Australia (8 Finalist Designers)
Jasna Bajlo Carr
Erica Gray (two finalist entries)
Natalie Hutton
R. R. Pascoe
Hanna Smith
Philippa Stichbury
Jessica Thompson
Svenja
China (12 Finalist Designers)
Cheng Qi
Zhang Qiyao
Ma Shunshun
Xia Tian, Yang Mengtong, He Fangyu (three finalist designers in a design team)
Gao Wenzhi
Guo Xiao Tong
Wu Xinyue
Liu Xuancheng
Sun Ye
Li Yiran
China (Hong Kong) (11 Finalist Designers)
Yeung Ping Chun
Tam Shun Him
Lau Siu San, Cathy, Sin Wei Chow (two finalist designers in a design team)
Chan Suet Yi
Wing Ting Mok, Wing Yu Ho (two finalist designers in a design team)
Chan Tsz Kwan
Yiu Wai Ching
Chan Wai Tung
Chung Wai Hei
China (Macau) (1 Finalist Designer)
France (1 Finalist Designer)
Germany (2 Finalist Designers)
Anto Christ, Casio Ono (two finalist designers in a design team)
Greece (1 Finalist Designer)
India (2 Finalist Designers)
Jubinav Chadha
Shantanu Singh
Mexico (1 Finalist Designer)
Netherlands (1 Finalist Designer)
New Zealand (65 Finalist Designers)
Anne Aitchison
Ruth Arkless
Janet Bathgate
Michael Bennington
Ian Bernhard
Sally Blyth
Jayne Boesley
Alana Braddon-Parsons, Jolie Lam (two finalist designers in a design team)
Beatrice Carlson
Kayla Christensen
Fifi Colston (two finalist entries)
Stephanie Cossens
Irma Covey
Lucy Danner
Helena de Kok
Brita DellaBarca
Janice Elliott (two finalist entries)
Natasha English, Tatyanna Meharry (two finalist designers in a design team)
Carolyn Gibson
Anna Grapes
Isa Hackett
Simon Hames
Carol Hargadon
Tina Hutchison-Thomas
Paula Jackson
Malini Jayathissa
Laurel Judd
David Kirkpatrick
Carolyn Laing
Meg Latham
Rodney Leong
Renee Louie
Natasha Macaulay
Kate MacKenzie (has two finalist entries)
Maria McSporran
Ali Middleton
Ben Ng-Wai Shing
Lynda O’Rorke
Violet Oliver, Alana Braddon-Parsons (two finalist designers in a design team)
Violet Oliver
Sharon Painter-Arps
Louisa Marie Paterson
Louise Pickford
Vicky Robertson (two finalist entries)
Rhys Richards, Kelsey Roderick (two finalist designers in a design team with three finalist entries)
Gillian Saunders
Shelley Scott, Jaime Scott, Ashley Scott (three finalist designers in a design team with two finalist entries)
Shelley Scott (has two finalist entries in her own right)
Loretta Sloan
Sophie Smythe
Sheela Stoneman
Kim Strange, Paul Strange (two finalist designers in a design team)
Jenny Sutton
Shona Tawhiao
Mary Turner
Erna Van Der Wat, Karl Van Der Wat (two finalist designers in a design team)
Mike Ward
Mike Ward, Jonty Ward (two finalist designers in a design team)
Clara Wigmore
Kim Wood
Poland (1 Finalist Designer)
Nika Danielska (two finalist entries)
Russian Federation (1 Finalist Designer)
South Korea (1 Finalist Designer)
Spain (2 Finalist Designers)
Julio Manuel Campos Lopez
Annabelle Widmann
Taiwan (13 Finalist Designers)
Miao Chi-Feng, Jiang Sin-Ting, Chen Xin-Ru (three finalist designers in a design team)
Kuo Fang-Yu, Hsu Yi-Ting, Chang Chih-Ling (three finalist designers in a design team with two finalist entries)
Lin Kaun Yu
Lin Yi-Chun, Chao Li-chia, Li Hsin-Yu (three finalist designers in a design team with two finalist entries)
Chen Yiyu
Li Zi-Jin, Tseng Wen-Min (two finalist designers in a design team)
Thailand (2 Finalist Designers)
Saruda Nimpitakpong, Chinachan Nimpitakpong (two finalist designers in a design team)
United Kingdom (7 Finalist Designers)
Louise Byford
Anna Cortada
Daheng Liu
Adam McAlavey
Liam Brandon Murray
Mingzhang Sun
Qiongwen Zhang
United States (15 Finalist Designers)
Susan Avila
Kelly Belt
Lynn Christiansen
Grace DuVal
Julian Hartzog (three finalist entries)
Galina Mihaleva
Dawn Mostow, Ben Gould (two finalist designers in a design team)
Dawn Mostow, Snow Winters (two finalist designers in a design team)
Marjorie Taylor
Laura Thapthimkuna, Stephen Ions, Patrick Delorey (three finalist designers in a design team)
David Walker
Weixue Zhang