2024 winners celebrated in style
NEW ENGLAND WOOL GROWERS CELEBRATE FANTASTIC FASHIONS
On Saturday 16 November, the 2024 Fleece to Fashion Awards celebration was held in the Main Pavillion of the Armidale Showground – displaying spectacular woolen designs on the runway from designers across the country.
Cash prizes as well as an all-expenses paid Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) industry immersion in Japan and Korea were awarded by celebrated judges Akira Isogawa, Jonathon Ward and AWI design lead Clementine Hurley.
The 2024 winners are:
AWI/WOOLMARK SUPREME AWARD
· Angelica Kilkolly - University of Technology Sydney (UTS)
In the SECONDARY SCHOOL category:
· Breakthrough Design - Emma Slack-Smith - The Armidale School
· Encouragement - Georgia Rose - The Armidale School
EMERGING DESIGNER (Tertiary) category:
· Breakthrough Designer - John Klif - Whitehouse Institiute of Design Sydney
· Encouragement - Yishan Yao - Whitehouse Institute of Design Sydney
OPEN category:
· Breakthrough Designer - Laurel Judd, Napier, Hawkes Bay New Zealand
· Encouragement - Jo-Anne Barr - Currabubula , NSW
Innovation Awards:
· BEST IN YARN - Max Bell - Whitehouse Institute of Design, Melbourne
· CHROMATIC INNOVATION (colour) - Ashleigh Abboud - University of Technology Sydney (UTS)
· CREATIVE SUSTAINABILITY - Justine Langdon - Whitehouse Institute of Design Sydney
· CUTTING EDGE DESIGN -Madison Cusumano - Whitehouse Institute of Design Sydney
· SECOND LIFE (recycled materials) - Ellen Shearsby - University of Technology Sydney (UTS)
· TALENT IN TEXTILES - Abbey Hoy - University of Technology Sydney (UTS
· WOOL GROWERS PICK - Benjamin Pink - Whitehouse Institute of Design, Melbourne
· FLEECE TO FASHION FOSTERSHIP - Dechen Kandro - Uralla Central School
· AKIRA INTERNSHIP – Maria Lee - University of Technology Sydney (UTS)
Running for over 40 years, Fleece to Fashion brings together the farming and fashion communities to celebrate wool. We couldn’t do it without the continued support of local and national sponsors.
Fleece to Fashion is generously supported by AWI (Australian Wool Innovation) and a raft of local businesses and wool growers including Roberts + Morrow, Regional Australia Bank, Invest Blue, Winterbourne Pastoral, Charlie and Lucy Street (Blaxland), Virbac, GrazAg, JM Stephen Pty Ltd, Northern Tablelands Insurance Brokers, Impact Ag and Rydges Hotel Armidale.
