Thursday, April 14, 2016

The International Woolmark Prize: British Isles Nominees Announced

The 2016 British Isles nominees for the International Woolmark Prize have been announced this morning.

Ashley Williams, Ryan Lo, Faustine Steinmetz and Danielle Romeril have been shortlisted in the womenswear category, while Baartmans & Seigel, Craig Green,Cottweiler and Liam Hodges in the menswear category.


The four womenswear and four menswear designers nominated in this heat will join a further 69 designers from another 61 countries to compete for the international prize. 12 finalists will each receive AU$50,000 as a contribution towards their next collection and an invitation to take part in the international finals, which will award the winning womenswear and menswear designers AU$100,000 to help with fabric sourcing and marketing their collections.

Previous winners of the prize include Teatum Jones, Suket Dhir, Rahul Mishra and M Patmos. The British Isles regional award will be held on July 5 at the Australian High Commission in London.

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