Women's wear designer Tanya Taylor and men's wear designer Siki Im have been named the winners of the 2015 Woolmark Prize for the US region. Other finalists in the women’s wear category were Chris Gelinas, Kaelen, Nellie Partow and Novis. In menswear, Siki Im beat brands Cadet, David Hart, Lucio Castro and Thaddeus O'Neil.
The winners were chosen based on their sketches of a six-piece merino-wool capsule collection, with one garment actually produced. Two finalists from each international region — Australia, Asia, the US, Europe, the UK and India, Pakistan, Middle East — will receive a cash prize of Australian $50,000 and the chance to produce and sell a six-piece capsule collection made from Australian superfine merino wool.
From there, two overall international merino prize winners (one from men’s wear, one women’s wear) will be named by the Merino Wool Company. The pair will each receive Australian $100,000. Men’s wear finalist will be announced in Italy in January while the women’s wear finalists will be judged in New York in February. A short time back the winners of this year's international Woolmark prize for Europe and Australia were announced. Also, two South Korean designers were named winners for the Asia region.
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