Australia’s Woolmark Company has announced the eight finalists for its prestigious International Woolmark Prize, one of fashion’s most storied competitions.
, whose dance-inspired collection included trench coats in weather-sealed wool and jacquards inspired by the Guyanese flag. Among this year’s finalists, Robyn Lynch and Rhude’s Rhuigi Villaseñor are also looking to explore their identities.
“These are labels which are extensions of very visionary human beings,” said Farfetch’s chief brand officer Holli Rogers, who is an advisory council member. “There’s an inspiring sense of expression in all of the work, the designers are thinking beyond the constraints of hero items and trends. Each of them has a universe; a visual language anchored in clear passion points.”
If the finalists’ collections represent the future of fashion, it’s not only because they are up-and-coming designers, but because they’re already thinking about many of the issues that the industry is grappling with. “The main message we want to get across is that designers and fashion creatives at large should open a global dialogue about the system and its operation; we want our impact to be global, but our production to be local,” Paolina Russo explained.
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