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" Christian Wijnants, from Europe, won the prize during the final ceremony at the ME Hotel for his brightly coloured, oversized designs, that featured whimsical patterns and abbreviated hemlines. Each piece was made from 100% merino wool, and was seamless, using only one yarn. The vivid print effects were achieved by hand-dying the wool and then unravelling and reknitting.\u00A0 &amp;quot;Christian invented a new shape and made it possible with an industrial production process,&amp;quot; explained executive judge Franca Sozzani of Italian Vogue. &amp;quot;His designs are flattering, feminine and sexy, a modern interpretation of wool.&#148; The European designer beat out strong competition from Dion Lee of Australia and Sophie Theallet from America, as well as Japan&#146;s Dressed and Undressed, India&#146;s Pankaj and Nidhi and China&#146;s Ban Xiao Xue. As the winner, he will receive 100,000 Australian dollars, and will see his collection stocked by leading department stores around the globe. Established in the 1950s, the Woolmark prize is famed for awarding a young Karl Lagerfeld and Yves Saint Laurent with the prize in the same year, 1954, for a coat and a dress respectively. \u00A0Since then it has fostered a reputation for scouting out excellence in wool design. GO TO: OUR GUIDE TO LONDON FASHION WEEK GO TO: THE LATEST SHOWS FROM FASHION MONTH\u00A0 \u00A0 "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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