Come the night of the event, it will to down to a panel of experts to decide on the winners, who will receive AU$200,000 and AU$100,000 respectively. The line-up of judges has just been announced to include leading experts and tastemakers across all sectors of the global fashion industry, from publishing and creative direction to philanthropy and education.
Tim Blanks, editor-at-large at Business of Fashion, Hamish Bowles, international editor-at-large at Vogue and Edward Enninful OBE, editor in chief at British Vogue will sit on the panel alongside Sinead Burke, educator and advocate, Kim Jones artistic director at Dior Men and Takashi Murakami, artist and president of Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. Holli Rogers, chief executive officer at Browns & chief brand officer at Farfetch, Anja Rubik, model, founder of sexedPL and philanthropist and Shaway Yeh, founder of yehyehyeh and group style editorial director at Modern Media group complete the line-up.