Welcome to WOW’s fortnightly designer newsletter - a round up of news and inspiration curated especially for you.

If you're planning to enter WOW this year, please make sure 31 March is in your calendar! This is the date that Step 1 of our online entry process must be completed. For first time entrants living outside of New Zealand, 31 March is also the date that Step 2 must be submitted. Please log in to our online entry process here to review your entry status.

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The Aotearoa section of WOW is one of the best sections for designers to enter, according to past Supreme Award winner Natasha English.

The section asks designers to create a garment influenced by New Zealand and the Pacific, and in 2013, English entered the section with her sister Tatyanna Meharry. The pair created The Exchange, a complex meditation on colonial and Maori shared cultural influence, which won not just the Aotearoa section but also the Supreme Award that year...read more