Not costumes, but works of art: winners of the world design competition World of Wearable Art 2023 (15 photos)
World of Wearable Art (WOW) is an international design competition accepting entries from over forty countries. It presents “wearable art,” that is, clothing that is created primarily as a work of art, and not as an everyday item or look for going out. 
Such models are created in a single copy and, based on the results of selection, participate in a gala concert, which has the character of a theatrical performance, similar to a mixture of Broadway and Cirque du Soleil.
The jury evaluates costumes based on the criteria of durability, safety, comfort and effectiveness on stage. Designers from all over the world get the opportunity to show the boundlessness of their imagination, their skills in applying professional knowledge and modern technologies. Below we have shown the creations of those participants who were awarded the prize in 2023.
Metamorphosis 
International Design Awards: UK and Europe
Designer: Juliet Dodson
Country: UK
Birth of the Babel Fish 
International Design Awards: Australia and the Pacific
Designers: Lynnette Griffiths and Marion Gamers
Country: Australia
Digital Rise of Kitsune
International Design Awards: Americas, Golden Ratio Award
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Designers: Dawn Mostow and Snow Winters
Country: USA
Golden Age of Queens
New Zealand Design Award
Designer: Georgia Chalmers-Jones
Country: New Zealand
Invisible tears
Sustainability Award
Designer: Karena West
Country: New Zealand
Virtually the same
Wearable Technology Award
Designers: Dylan Mulder and Juliet Thomson
Country: New Zealand
The award implies that clothes created by designers can be worn digitally using special applications (AR and WEB3).
Flame Dance
Student Innovation Award
Designer: Eva Chan
Country: Hong Kong
Oizis - goddess of emotions
Debutant Award
Designer: Abhishek Chauhan
Country: India
Innovative
Weird Bra Award
Designers: Christy Kirkpatrick and David Kirkpatrick
Country: New Zealand
Blooming proof!
Award in the category “Mars and Beyond”, Audience Award
Designers: Erna Van Der Wat, Joan Van Wyk and Lena Van Der Wat
Country: New Zealand
Samurai girl
Awards in the “Avant-garde”, “Supreme WOW” categories, Wētā Workshop award for a beginning designer
Designer: Chiaki Shimizu
Country: Japan
Childhood under the hood
Aotearoa Award
Designer: Craig McMillan
Country: New Zealand
“Aotearoa” was the name given to their land by the indigenous people of the North Island (New Zealand), which literally meant “
land of the long white cloud
"
Futuristic fashion technology
Susie Moncrieff Award
Designer: Fatemeh Delha
Country: Iran
Susie Moncrieff is a New Zealand sculptor and founder of the competition.
Earthling
Highest award
WOW
Designer: Jill Saunders
Country: New Zealand
