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Woolmark announces regional judging panels

04 Jun '13
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The India region has also been expanded into the Middle East for 2013 with the inclusion of UAE, Pakistan and Lebanon. Ten finalists have been nominated by the Fashion Design Council of India, Dubai Fashion Week, Starch Foundation Lebanon and Pakistan Fashion Design Council. Judging for the India and Middle East region will take place in New Delhi. The judging panel includes esteemed industry representatives;

- Simon Lock, CEO of The Lock Group
- Martin Grant, Designer
- Sunil Sethi, President of FDCI

The Council of Fashion Designers America supports the prize in the USA. Ten nominees will go on to be judged in person on in New York City. The judging panel includes esteemed industry representatives;

- Malcolm Carfrae - Executive Vice-President of Global Communications for Calvin Klein
- Vanessa Friedman –-Fashion Editor, Financial Times
- Steven Kolb - President of the CFDA
- Colleen Sherin - Senior Fashion Director, Saks Fifth Avenue
- Stefano Tonchi – Editor-in-Chief, W magazine
- Alexander Wang - Creative Director, Balenciaga

The regional finalists, once announced, will meet at Milan fashion week in February 2014 to compete for fashion’s ultimate prize. Alongside the A$100,000, they will be given the opportunity to be stocked in some of the world’s most important boutiques.

Commercialisation of the winning collection is the ultimate goal for IWP and the retail partners turn this into reality with the commitment to stock the collection in store late 2014. Retail partners include Saks Fifth Avenue USA, Harvey Nichols UK, 10 Corso Como Italy, Joyce in China and David Jones in Australia.

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