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Woolmark names top designers on judging panel

02/07/2014
Woolmark names top designers on judging panel
Woolmark has announced that acclaimed designers Thakoon Panichgul, Alexander Wang and Roland Mouret will sit on the judging panel for the Woolmark Prize’s regional awards, which start this week.

They will sit alongside 29 key industry representatives including Véronique Nichanian, artistic director of menswear for Hermès, and Tim Blanks, editor-at-large for Style.com.
 
Mr Panichgul, Mr Wang and Mr Mouret will select the finalists for Asia, US and Australia respectively, with five menswear and five womenswear designers from five regions moving forward to the global finals, to be held in 2015.

Launched in 1964, more than five billion products display the Woolmark symbol, the world's most widely recognised textile brand.

Image: Thakoon Panichgul, Alexander Wang and Roland Mouret

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