Australian Wearable Art Festival 2025
A spectacular fusion of sculptural art and fashion – where Gaultier meets Picasso. The Australian Wearable Art Festival is a unique opportunity where designers and artists showcase breath-taking wearable art pieces on an impressive 27 metre long catwalk.
This is Australia’s preeminent showcase of wearable art, located on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland and 2025 marks the event’s fifth year.
EVENT DATES: 8-9 August 2025
Designer Entry
Applications are now open!
This is the sign you have been waiting for. Apply now to be one of AWAF’s 2025 finalists. This year sees our Supreme Winner taking home $5,000 cash, as well as one of the most amazing experiences of their life. Join our community of wearable artists who come from so many backgrounds – firefighters, nurses, architects and teachers – all following their creative passion.
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Meet Rachel Burke, esteemed artist and AWAF judge in 2025
Australian Wearable Art Festival is thrilled to have Brisbane-based artist, designer and author, Rachel Burke, joining next year’s judging panel in August 2025. Renowned for her vibrant, tactile wearable artworks that incorporate imaginative use of naive craft materials and are worn
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A back to back winner for Australian Wearable Art Festival 2024
Brisbane-based artist Isabelle Cameron emerged victorious at this year’s Australian Wearable Art Festival, taking home the Festival’s highest honour for the second year in a row, Supreme Winner, at the gala night held on the Sunshine Coast. The Australian Wearable Art
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Winners shine at Australian Wearable Art Festival 2023
Brisbane-based artist Isabelle Cameron emerged victorious at this year’s Australian Wearable Art Festival, taking home the Festival’s highest honour, Supreme Winner, at the gala night held on the Sunshine Coast. The Australian Wearable Art Festival, a convergence of art and fashion,