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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Vanessa Kingori Named Publisher of British GQ

GQ MOVES: Vanessa Kingori has been named publisher of British GQ, replacing Jamie Bill who earlier this month was promoted to executive director of global development of Condé Nast. “Vanessa has played a key role in recent years on GQ, and helped build the business in print and digital, as well as being publisher of GQ Style,” said Nicholas Coleridge, president of Condé Nast International and managing director of Condé Nast Britain. “She is well known in the fashion business, and a great ambassador for GQ in all its manifestations,” he added. Kingori is currently associate publisher fashion of British GQ and publisher of GQ Style, and has been with the magazine since 2009. Before joining Condé Nast, she was fashion manager of Esquire in Britain. She is to retain the role of publisher of GQ Style.

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