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Be inspired by the themes, creativity, materials, and the design and presentation of incredible garments and award winning entries. Visit us and discover the worlds largest permanent collection of new zealand art right in the heart of auckland city. World of wearable art and classic cars museum contact number. Auckland museum can be crowded, so we recommend booking etickets ahead of time to secure your spot.
Pieces from world of wearable art s off the wall showcase currently on display at auckland museum. See incredible works of wearable art from the annual world of wearableart awards show displayed alongside one of australasias largest private collections of classic cars. The world of wearable arts is alive and kicking with an amazing showcase for their 2015 season. The fashions in wow are not like anything on the runway.
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See all 48 auckland museum tickets and tours on tripadvisor. The exhibition for this summer is the winning collection, which is showing till sunday 30th april. Wow, will be returning for its 30th year this september in wellington, new zealand. From potatocut designs, to complex, handpainted costumes, holmes has nudged fashion into some wild places. They are bizarre, interesting, fun and completely different from anything i have ever seen, anywhere. Holmes is an awardwinning fabric artist, whose work has featured on the runway of world of wearable art wow, and in major television series. World of wearableart wow is an international wearable art competition that each year attracts entr. Feb june wow world of wearable art at the peabody essex museum pem. It is an annual nonstop spectacular where you take art off the wall and out of static display and adorn the body in wildly wonderful ways. New zealands wearable art show is the coolest thing you.
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World of wearable art to wow american museum visitors stuff. The emporiums new clothes the new zealand based world of. Wellington is all dressed up for the world of wearable art awards show. Growing in appeal each year, both locally and internationally, the show moved to wellington in 2005 and now attracts an audience of 60,000 people per season.
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