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Vogue Writer WOWed by New Zealand

Vogue Italy contributor, Stefan Siegel, made the most of his recent visit to New Zealand for the World of Wearable Arts, deciding to use the time to get know…

WOW Supreme Winner 2013

The Winner of the 2013 World of WearableArt Supreme Award – “The Exchange” by Tatyanna Meharry & Natasha Meharry from New Zealand, talk about…

World of Wearable Art Awards Show: Celebrating 25 Years

Take a look at 25 years of amazing Supreme Winner costumes from the World of Wearable Show. First shown in 1987, World of Wearable…

Behind the scenes of WOW 2012

Air New Zealand presents a peek behind the scenes of the World of Wearable Arts in Wellington on Awards Night 2012. Designers and models…

World of Wearable Art

Enter another world with World of Wearable Art, a show where garment design and creativity meets theatrical performance in a completely magical and unexpected…

Making of the Signature “World of Wearable Art” Theme

Take a look at this amazing behind-the-scenes video of the making of the “World of Wearable Art” signature theme music recording sessions held in…

Henry Receives Knighthood

Rugby World Cup-winning All Blacks coach Graham Henry, 65, has been awarded a knighthood in New Zealand’s annual New Year Honours List. Henry, a former school teacher, who resigned…

Dressed In Art

World of Wearable Arts founder Suzie Moncrieff, 60, was a single mother on the DPB and a struggling sculptor when she decided she wanted to “take the art down…

Artistic Revolution

For the first time in its 21-year history, the Montana World of WearableArt (WOW) competition, held in Wellington from September 24 to October 4, saw an international artist take…

Embassy Glamour

New Zealand High Commissioner Rupert Holborow hosted a World of Wearable Art show for this year’s Indian contestants at his residence at Chanakyapuri. Blurring the boundaries between art and…

WOWed by India

Wellington’s annual Montana Wearable Arts Awards continues to entice greater number of international participants to enter in the “ultimate arts competition”. A recent preview of this year’s competitors saw…

WoWing the Crowds

The 2005 World of Wearable Art (WoW) show – the first to be held in Wellington rather than Nelson – was a huge success, with a record-breaking 30,000 tickets purchased for…

Is This Mike On?

Thai artist Seepphum Srisopa won the Bizarre Bra section of the annual World of Wearable Arts competition in Nelson. His winning creation – a bra with multiple microphones attached…

Now Wear This

Boston Globe profiles Nelson’s World of Wearable Art (WOW), which has grown “from a soggy one-night affair in a tent 16 years ago to become one of…