As I was away when it was Nicola’s birthday, we have gone
out for the two weekends that sandwich it instead. Last week we went to see The Gondoliers. This Sunday we went to see the World Of WearableArt show, or WOW,
at the TSB Arena.
WOW is an annual competition in which designers from around the
world come up with some conceptual clothing designs as “wearable art”. The
costumes are often made of high-tech materials, including lighting, metals and
other non-traditional materials. They’re definitely not something that you
could wear to pop down to the shops in!
The competition has been held in Wellington since 2005,
and culminates with a show presenting the entries and winners in a number of
categories. The show itself is more of a performance art show than a
traditional fashion show, with dancers, music, acrobats and special effects. After
exhibiting all the costumes the winners of the various awards were announced.
Afterwards we went for a birthday dinner at Coco at The Roxy, where Nicola had the winning cocktail from this year’s inaugural Capital Cocktail
competition – part of Wellington On A Plate – which we’d had last month when we
went on our Miramar Foodie Trail. We had the Peninsula Platter to start with,
followed by couscous-coated fish (Nicola) and wagyu rump steak (me). As usual,
top-notch grub!
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