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Entries Open For The 2025 World Of Wearableart Competition
Tuesday, 29 October 2024, 3:33 pm | World of WearableArt
The 2025 sections for the world’s most prestigious wearable art competition include Air, Neon and Myths & Legends, alongside the annual sections of Aotearoa, Open and Avant-Garde. More >>
2024 WOW Show Tall Poppy People’s Choice Winner Announced
Thursday, 17 October 2024, 7:18 pm | World of WearableArt
Both the designers of the winning garment and an audience member who voted for the winner receive $2,500NZD prize money. Voting in the Tall Poppy People’s Choice Award is exclusively open to audience members of the show. More >>
Announcing The 2024 WOW Competition Finalists: The Pinnacle Of Creativity, Curiosity And Pure Escapism
Thursday, 11 July 2024, 7:17 am | World of WearableArt
The 34th annual World of WearableArt (WOW) Show will be a celebration of creativity, curiosity and joy, with the 2024 WOW Competition finalists announced today. This year, 91 finalist entries have been selected to progress to the 2024 WOW Show: DREAM ... More >>
Finalists Announced In 2023 World Of Wearableart™ Competition
Wednesday, 12 July 2023, 6:45 pm | World of WearableArt
The 33rd iteration of the world-renowned World of WearableArt™ (WOW) Show is set to be one of the biggest, boldest, and brightest yet, with the announcement today of a whopping 120 designers from 23 countries. The futuristic 2023 World of WearableArt™ ... More >>
Estère To Perform At 2022 World Of Wearableart™ Awards Show
Saturday, 18 June 2022, 1:20 pm | World of WearableArt
The exceptional, internationally regarded New Zealand musician Estère, who has been invited to some of the world’s biggest festivals including Glastonbury and opened shows for the likes of Grace Jones and Erykah Badu, will perform in the 2022 ... More >>
World of WearableArt (WOW) cancels 2021 WOW Awards Show
Thursday, 9 September 2021, 2:04 pm | World of WearableArt
World of WearableArt (WOW) has made the tough decision to cancel the 2021 WOW Awards Show, after postponing in late August in the hopes of rescheduling to an alternative date. Chief Executive David Tingey says the decision had been made in consultation ... More >>
World Of WearableArt (WOW) 2021 Awards Show Postponed
Monday, 30 August 2021, 5:58 pm | World of WearableArt
The 2021 World of WearableArt Awards Show has been postponed due to the Covid-19 lockdown. World of WearableArt (WOW) is working with its strategic partners, Wellington City Council and WellingtonNZ to find alternative dates for the 2021 Awards Show. ... More >>
World Of WearableArt Limited Reduces Staff Significantly In Response To Covid-19
Friday, 22 May 2020, 12:12 pm | World of WearableArt
Following on from the March cancellation of the 2020 World of WearableArt Awards Competition and the 2020 World of WearableArt Awards Show, World of WearableArt (WOW) Limited has undertaken a consultation process with its staff resulting in a significant ... More >>
WOW Appoints New Chief Executive
Tuesday, 3 March 2020, 7:17 pm | World of WearableArt
Experienced creative industry leader David Tingey has been appointed CEO of World of WearableArt (WOW). David Tingey is an experienced creative sector executive who most recently completed a successful term as General Manager Miramar-based film post-production ... More >>
Designers From Eight Countries Win Awards in WOW
Saturday, 29 September 2018, 9:50 am | World of WearableArt
Designers from eight countries have won awards at the prestigious World of WearableArt™ (WOW®) Awards in Wellington, New Zealand. The 2018 show features 140 finalist garments by 147 designers from 17 countries and regions, vying for 39 awards. More >>
'Six Worlds of WOW 2017' Exhibition Opens at Nelson Museum
Thursday, 7 December 2017, 11:41 am | World of WearableArt
The National WOW Museum’s new exhibition of finalist garments from the 2017 World of WearableArt Awards Show will open to the public on Friday 8 December. Six Worlds of WOW 2017 showcases more than 50 garments by 60 designers from 11 countries, including ... More >>
World of Wearableart™ Announce 103 Finalists
Tuesday, 25 July 2017, 12:12 pm | World of WearableArt
World of WearableArt™ (WOW®) has confirmed that 103 finalist garments by 121 designers from 14 countries around the world will compete for the 2017 Awards. The finalist garments will be showcased in the WOW Awards Show in Wellington from 21 ... More >>
Judges named for WOW 2017
Monday, 10 July 2017, 2:16 pm | World of WearableArt
Kerrie Hughes and Michel Tuffery join Dame Suzie Moncrieff as WOW’s 2017 Judges World of WearableArt™ (WOW®) has announced that fashion designer and artist Kerrie Hughes and artist Michel Tuffery have joined Dame Suzie Moncrieff as WOW’s 2017 ... More >>
NZIPP joins forces with WOW
Thursday, 15 June 2017, 2:01 pm | World of WearableArt
New Zealand Institute of Professional Photographers (NZIPP) and World of WearableArt™ (WOW®) are coming together for a special project, highlighting the skills and talents of the extraordinary New York fashion photographer, Lindsay Adler . More >>
2017 WOW Show tickets on sale from 1 March
Tuesday, 28 February 2017, 11:48 am | World of WearableArt
After another sell-out season in 2016, people wanting to attend this year’s spectacular World of WearableArt Show in Wellington are urged to get in quick when tickets go on sale from 1 March. More >>
“Audacious” WOW exhibition a huge hit in Seattle
Monday, 20 February 2017, 5:25 pm | World of WearableArt
On the back of an unprecedented 250,000 visitors to Seattle’s Museum of Pop Culture, the international World of WearableArt (WOW) exhibition has opened at the prestigious North American museum – Salem’s Peabody Essex Museum (PEM). Salem is the historic ... More >>
Stephen Blackburn appointed as WOW Head of Show Production
Friday, 3 February 2017, 12:42 pm | World of WearableArt
World of Wearableart Ltd (WOW) has appointed Stephen Blackburn, formerly of the Royal New Zealand Ballet, New Zealand Opera and National Theatre for Children, to the new Head of Show Production role at WOW. More >>
