M.Patmos Wins International Woolmark Prize

BEIJING – American designer Marcia Patmos’ label M.Patmos won the International Woolmark Prize for women’s wear. The winner receives 100,000 Australian dollars, or about $78,000 at current exchange, and the opportunity to have their collection stocked at retailers such as Harvey Nichols in Great Britain; 10 Corso Como in Italy; Saks Fifth Avenue in the U.S.; Joyce in Hong Kong; David Jones in Australia, and Mytheresa.com. The other finalists were Augustin Teboul from Germany; VMAJOR from China; Lebanon’s Bird on a Wire; and Strateas.Carlucci from Australia. Next year’s women’s wear competition will be held in New York. There has not been a decision on where the men’s wear competition will be held.

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