The Fashion Show Committee is delighted you are considering entering the 2025 Weaving Webs Fashion Show. We will have fun and provide a positive experience to everyone who enters. Please review the following information carefully. Your questions may be answered here by referring to these links:
How to Enter the Fashion Show
Application Process
Calendar
Eligibility Requirements
Awards
Entry Form
First, make sure you and your article are eligible. Then complete the online application form. It is recommended that you review the form before attempting to complete it. The entry fee of $15.00 USD per item can be paid online or via check. Lastly, photos of your entry need to be submitted before the submission deadline expires.
The deadline for applications is May 1, 2025. Accepted garments will be modeled in the Fashion Show on Thursday evening, June 12, 2025.
The Application Process
Each application has two parts. Your application will be considered after we have received both components:
- Entry Form
Complete the online entry form for each entry, up to three entries. A copy will automatically be sent to your email address. For each entry, include up to five images in JPG format in the Photo Submission form at the end of the Entry Form. Each photo should be no more than 5 mb in size. If you need help taking or resizing your photos you can refer to our Working With Photos page. (Alternatively, send them by email or thumb drive.) Submit a front view, back view, and one to three detail views of each piece. Name your images in the following sample format:
Jones_GreenJacket_Front.jpg
Jones_GreenJacket_Back.jpg
Jones_GreenJacket_Piping.jpg
Jones_GreenJacket_Pleats.jpg
Jones_GreenJacket_Yolk.jpg - Entry Fee
A non-refundable fee of $15.00 U.S. must accompany each online entry.
Calendar
January 21, 2025 Committee starts accepting applications for entry.
May 1, 2025 Application components due (entry form, fee and photos).
May 11, 2025 Committee notifies you of its decision by this date.
May 30, 2025 Accepted garments due. (Individual details will be sent to your email.)
Contact Information
Mimi Anderson & Marise Person, Fashion Show Co-Chairs
fashion@anwgconference.org
3602 N Narrows Dr, Unit 6A, Tacoma, WA 98407 USA
Eligibility Requirements
- To enter you must be a member in good standing of an affiliated ANWG guild, or an individual affiliate member of ANWG, but you do not need to attend the conference.
- If an entry is the work of more than one person, each individual must be a member of an affiliated ANWG guild and each person must be named in the application.
- Entries must adhere to the following criteria: Be substantially handwoven, with the fiber of your choice; or be hand-felted, with the fiber of your choice; or if knit or crocheted, be made of handspun yarn.
- Any article of clothing or fashion accessory for men, women, or children is acceptable. Please enter scarves in the Open or Juried show as these are not runway items.
- Individuals are limited to three entries in the Fashion Show. A single entry may have multiple parts, e.g., a coat, skirt, and handbag to match. Two jackets, which would not be worn as a single outfit, would require two entry forms.
- Each entry must be original and have been completed between June 2023 and April 2025. Original creation is defined as the artist’s manipulation of a draft or pattern, colorway changes, or other alterations to the original draft or pattern. If the draft or pattern from another artist was unaltered, that artist must be given acknowledgement. No unchanged items from workshop instructions will be considered.
- Work executed under current classroom/educational guidance or supervision is eligible ONLY as a Spontaneous Entry. This means that following the show, you will come up wearing your garment with a card to be read describing your garment. These entries will not be eligible for awards or display.
- The item must not have been previously exhibited in a regional or national conference or publication but may have been shown at a guild or community event.
- Items received that are not as shown in the photographs submitted with the entry form will not be accepted.
The Fashion Show Committee may refuse entries due to time and space considerations. The committee reserves the right to accept or decline any entry as an article of clothing or accessory.
Fashion Show Awards
Jenni Jimmerson, Awards Judge; Linda Stryker, Commentator
- Best in Show
- Best garment made of handwoven fabric with 4 shafts or fewer
- Best garment made of handwoven fabric with more than 4 shafts
- Best garment made with felted fabric
- Best garment made with handspun yarn
- Best Handwoven Shawl
- Best shawl knitted with handspun yarn
- Best garment construction
- Best Overall Garment Design
- Most innovative garment (unusual materials, structure, color and/or design)
- Best interpretation of conference theme, “Weaving Webs”
- Best use of color
- Judge’s Choice
- Committee’s choice
Ready to apply?
Entry form will be available starting January 21.