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.