The judges for the International Woolmark Prize have been revealed.
The 2014-15 competition marks the first time there will be one overall winner for women’s wear and one for men’s wear.
Paul Smith; Dylan Jones, editor in chief of GQ UK; Tim Blanks, editor at large, style.com, and Nick Wooster will judge the men’s award, which recognizes design excellence using Merino wool. The men’s final will be held on Jan. 9 on the first day of London Collections: Men.
The women’s wear award, which will be decided March 17 in Beijing, will be judged by Victoria Beckham; Angelica Cheung, editor in chief, Vogue China; Franca Sozzani, editor in chief of Vogue Italia, L’Uomo Vogue Italia and vogue.it, and editorial director of Condé Nast Italia, and Colin McDowell, fashion writer.
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Matchesfashion.com has signed on as the exclusive online retailer for the men’s award. MyTheresa.com will carry the winning women’s collection.
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Isetan, Joyce Hong Kong, Harvey Nichols, 10 Corso Como, David Jones and Saks Fifth Avenue will stock both the winning women’s and men’s collections, beginning in August 2015.
Five regional competitions were held in the U.S., Asia, Australia, Europe and India and the Middle East to select 10 women’s and men’s finalists who each received $43,599 at current exchange toward their next collection, as well as an invitation to participate in the international final. The overall winners of the men’s wear and women’s wear finals will each receive $87,000 at current exchange rate to assist with fabric sourcing and marketing of their collection.
The men’s finalists are Asger Juel Larsen (Europe); Public School (U.S.); Sise (Asia), Strateas.Carlucci (Australia), and The Emperor 1688 (India and the Middle East). The women’s finalists are Augustin Teboul (Europe), Bird on a Wire (India and the Middle East), M. Patmos (U.S.), Strateas.Carlucci (Australia), and VMajor (Asia).