Woolmark Prize’s Asia regional final in Hong Kong picks South Korean and Indonesian designs
Heritage and innovation shine through in Woolmark’s regional final, with men’s and women’s winners now progressing to world finals in January
South Korean label Münn was the menswear winner at the Australia Wool Innovation Asia regional finals for the International Woolmark Prize, held in Hong Kong earlier this month.
In addition to heats in Sydney, London, Milan, Mumbai and New York, this year’s regional competition was hosted in Hong Kong.
This year showed a wide range of design abilities, as entrants created looks that not only represented who they were, but also used Australian merino wool in new and exciting ways. Overall, the calibre of entries in the men’s category was higher than the women’s, which at times included entries that did not have a clear design concept or use wool to its best capacity.
“As a judge for this year’s Asia regional competition, there was quite a broad range of skills with the designers,” says British fashion designer Christopher Raeburn. “The way some of the designers presented went from quite high to some that were a little younger and need time to grow, and that of course is completely fair.
