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2024

The winners of the 2024 WOW Competition will be announced at the WOW Awards Night on Friday 27 September.

Please come back soon to find out about this year’s incredible winners.

2023 WOW Show Beyond Awards Night
On one level, the World of WearableArt is the most lavish catwalk show in the world. On another level, it’s an art exhibition blown up to epic proportions. And on yet another level, it’s theatre at its finest; it’s as close as New Zealand gets to Broadway.
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Sam Brooks
The Spinoff

Six worlds, six themes

Each year there are six section themes for designers to be inspired by when entering the competition. This includes three recurring sections; Aotearoa, Avant-garde and Open, and an additional three sections which are unique to each annual competition.

Aotearoa

Aotearoa

Avant-garde

Avant-garde

Open

Open

Crazy Curiosities of the Creature Carnival

Crazy Curiosities of the Creature Carnival

Natural World

Natural World

 Geometric Abstraction

 Geometric Abstraction

2024

Imagination becomes reality in the 2024 WOW Show: DREAM AWAKE. You will be drawn into six awe-inspiring realms, where the boundaries of theatrical spectacle, live music, dance, aerial choreography and wearable art are pushed to the extreme.

Watch the reel

2024

Section themes

Aotearoa

Aotearoa

Avant-garde

Avant-garde

Open

Open

Crazy Curiosities of the Creature Carnival

Crazy Curiosities of the Creature Carnival

Natural World

Natural World

 Geometric Abstraction

 Geometric Abstraction
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Supreme winner of the year

Curves Ahead

Grace DuVal

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United States

Curves Ahead, Grace DuVal, United States

2024 Award winners

Accor Live Limitless First-time Entrant Award

Fisher Funds New Zealand Design Award

Absolutely Positively Wellington International Design Award: UK & Europe

Absolutely Positively Wellington International Design Award: Americas

Absolutely Positively Wellington International Design Award: Asia

Absolutely Positively Wellington International Design Award: Australia & Pacific

Absolutely Positively Wellington International Design Award: Overall