The Welling­ton­ista has been going along to the World of Wear­ableArt show for the past three years, and we’ve come to have a bit of affec­tion for the grand cel­e­bra­tion of the extrav­a­gant mash-up of fash­ion, design and cos­tumery that is wear­able art.

The WOW show and awards are com­ing a month ear­ly this year due to the You-Know-What World Cup. But, hey, less wait­ing around! So that means the show starts this Thurs­day 25 August, run­ning through to 10 Sep­tem­ber — and some of the nights are sold out already, so get in if you’re inter­est­ed.

It’s always fun to look ahead to the cat­e­gories. This year the chil­dren’s sec­tion theme is Food, so I’m already expect­ing many cup­cake cuties. The Cre­ative Excel­lence sec­tion has a “Under the Micro­scope” theme, and I’m hop­ing that at least one per­son will incor­po­rate bogies into their design. And the men’s sec­tion is invit­ing design­ers to “Rein­vent the Groom”, which is a most intrigu­ing con­cept. But no mat­ter what one can antic­i­pate, it’s the sur­pris­es that make it worth going to, pre­sent­ed in the elab­o­rate­ly chore­o­graphed show.

In the mean­time, we’ll be attend­ing the Awards Show on Fri­day, and will prob­a­bly even man­age a bit of tweet­ing.