FREE ENTRY / 2024 World Of Wearableart Awards Competition

WOW Invites designers and creators from around the globe to challenge the conventional, create the unimaginable, defy creative expectations and enchant the world with an extraordinary garment.

For over 35 years, finallsts' wonderful works of art have come to life In the spectacular annual WOW Show, held in Te Whanganul-a-Tara - Wellington, New Zealand - and attracting delighted audiences of around 60,000 people. Designers often share a common value - the desire to push the limits of Imagination and medium.

To Inspire designers when entering, there are six section themes or 'worlds' to consider. This includes three

recurring sections; Aotearoa, Avant-garde and Open, and three new sections, Natural World, Geometric

Abstraction, and Crazy Curiosities of the Creature Carnival that are unique to 2024. Whether entering to

design free from commercial restraints, to add to a student portfolio, or to push the limits of one's Imaginatio

the WOW Competition offers a truly unique creative outlet for all who enter.

Fundamental to the WOW Competition is the principle that anyone can enter, and anyone can win. Competition finallsts are determined through a closed-Judging process where the Judges are presented with the garment name and Inspiration; however, the designer's detalls and background experience are not disclosed, allowing the work to be considered solely on its own merit.

As well as a total prize pool of over $185,000 (NZD), the WOW Competition offers the chance to access a Designer Development Award for future artistic growth, or an exclusive internship with global design company, Wētā Workshop (Wellington, New Zealand).

WOW also provides wearable art creatives and designers a platform to experiment with new techniques and technologies and build on professional portfolios of creative work. When entering, designers become part of an international design community like no other and have the opportunity to have their work exhibited alongside other incredible designers and artists from around the world, to an emphatic audience of around 60,000 wearable art fans.