Entry is now open for the 2024 World of WearableArt Awards — the world’s leading wearable art competition. For over thirty five years, the World of WearableArt Awards Competition has invited designers from around the world and from all backgrounds to create the unimaginable, to challenge the conventional and defy creative expectations as they make works of art that will be brought to life at the WOW Awards Show. The Competition is a unique platform to share and showcase your creativity with the world. Finalist garments are showcased in a spectacular stage show held in Wellington, New Zealand attracting an audience of around 60,000 people.

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Entry is now open for the 2023 World of WearableArt Awards — the world’s leading wearable art competition. For over thirty years, the World of WearableArt Awards Competition has invited designers from around the world and from all backgrounds to create the unimaginable, to challenge the conventional and defy creative expectations as they make works of art that will be brought to life at the WOW Awards Show. The Competition is a unique platform to share and showcase your creativity with the world. Finalist garments are showcased in a spectacular stage show held in Wellington, New Zealand attracting an audience of around 60,000 people.

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Entries are now open for the 2021 World of WearableArt Awards — the world’s leading wearable art competition. For over thirty years, the World of WearableArt Awards Competition has invited designers from around the world and from all backgrounds to create the unimaginable, to challenge the conventional and defy creative expectations as they make works of art that will be brought to life at the WOW Awards Show. The Competition is a unique platform to share and showcase your creativity with the world. Finalist garments are showcased in a spectacular stage show held in Wellington, New Zealand attracting an audience of around 60,000 people.

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Now in the 32nd year, the World of WearableArt (WOW) Awards competition has opened for submissions, for 2020 to designers from all parts of the world. The World of WearableArt Awards Competition is an internationally renowned wearable art competition that, each year, attracts entries from over 40 countries around the world. The Competition is an opportunity for designers to create the unimaginable, and defy creative expectations. The Awards Competition offers not only prize money (a total prize pool of NZ$187,500) but also profile and promotion of designers’ work, networking opportunities, and access to exclusive and highly sought-after internships and residencies with exciting creative companies around the world.

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Now in their 31st year, the World of WearableArt (WOW) Awards have opened for submissions for 2019 to designers, artists and makers from all parts of the world. Participants are invited to create the unimaginable, ignore the conventional, and defy creative expectations as they make works of art that will be brought to life on a global stage at the annual World of WearableArt Awards Show. Anything that is wearable art can find a place on the stage, as long as it is original, innovative and well executed. For participants, WOW offers prize money, profile and promotion, networking opportunities, and access to exclusive internships and residencies.

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The WOW (World of WearableArt) Design Competition is celebrating 30 years of existence and accepting entries for 2018. For this very special anniversary event, the organizers are once again calling on designers, artists and creators everywhere to bring to life the worlds that live in their mind. Using the human body as a blank canvas, participants are invited to create works of wearable art to be exhibited in the annual WOW Awards Show. The 2018 WOW Design Competition offers over $170,000 (NZD) in prize money.

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