Date Posted: Tuesday 21st January 2020
The International Woolmark Prize 2020 has revealed its judging panel for this year's awards. The judges are:
- Tim Blanks, editor-at-large, Business of Fashion
- Hamish Bowles, international editor at large, Vogue
- Sinead Burke, educator and advocate
- Edward Enninful OBE, editor-in-chief, British Vogue
- Kim Jones, Artistic Director, Dior Men
- Takashi Murakami, Artist and President, Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd.
- Holli Rogers, Chief Executive Officer, Browns & Chief Brand Officer, Farfetch
- Anja Rubik, model, founder of sexedPL, Philanthropist
- Shaway Yeh, founder of yehyehyeh & group style editorial director at Modern Media Group
This year's inaugural Karl Lagerfeld Award for Innovation, in honour of the late icon and International Woolmark Prize alumnus, will be presented to a finalist by Carine Roitfeld, editor-in-chief, CR Book.
The finalists are:
- A-COLD-WALL*, United Kingdom
- BLINDNESS, South Lorea
- BODE, USA
- Botter, The Netherlands
- Feng Chen Wang, China & UK
- GmbH, Germany
- Ludovic de Saint Sernin, France
- Matthew Adams Dolans, USA
- Namacheko, Belgium
- Richard Malone, Ireland
The final announcement event will take place during London Fashion Week on 17 February.