1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,200 Speaker 1: The World of Rebel Arts kicks off in Wellington today. 2 00:00:02,200 --> 00:00:04,960 Speaker 1: You can expect everything from dog bowl dresses to road 3 00:00:05,080 --> 00:00:07,760 Speaker 1: cone gowns. Plenty of road cones around to use. I 4 00:00:07,760 --> 00:00:09,959 Speaker 1: suppose big crowds made a big boost for the capitol 5 00:00:09,960 --> 00:00:11,680 Speaker 1: and boy do they need it. Meg Williams as the 6 00:00:11,720 --> 00:00:13,920 Speaker 1: World of Wearable Arts CEO with me this morning. Meg, 7 00:00:13,920 --> 00:00:16,919 Speaker 1: Good morning, good morning. Good to have you on the show. 8 00:00:17,200 --> 00:00:18,800 Speaker 1: What is the road cone gown? 9 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:23,040 Speaker 2: Well, that was actually a supreme winner from last year, 10 00:00:23,480 --> 00:00:27,639 Speaker 2: which was actually inspired by our designers visit to New 11 00:00:27,720 --> 00:00:31,800 Speaker 2: Zealand a number of years ago after the Chiquarder earthquakes actually, 12 00:00:32,080 --> 00:00:35,320 Speaker 2: and she was many of our designers come over for 13 00:00:35,400 --> 00:00:38,680 Speaker 2: the show and then afterwards they take a trip around 14 00:00:38,680 --> 00:00:42,920 Speaker 2: New Zealand and on that trip she was really inspired 15 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:46,519 Speaker 2: by the resilience of the country and how everyone had 16 00:00:46,520 --> 00:00:49,440 Speaker 2: pulled together after that, and so that was actually the 17 00:00:49,479 --> 00:00:55,400 Speaker 2: inspiration for that piece. It's a spectacular piece and yeah, 18 00:00:55,440 --> 00:00:58,480 Speaker 2: and so it just so happened that it came into 19 00:00:58,520 --> 00:00:59,960 Speaker 2: the competition last year. 20 00:01:00,360 --> 00:01:00,840 Speaker 1: Meghap. 21 00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:04,000 Speaker 2: It's an example of the kind of invention and imagination 22 00:01:04,040 --> 00:01:06,880 Speaker 2: that that designers put to put to the. 23 00:01:06,880 --> 00:01:09,759 Speaker 1: Task for whom how many of you. Are you expecting today, Meg. 24 00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:14,679 Speaker 2: Well, we opened this week. We have pull on Friday, 25 00:01:14,720 --> 00:01:17,160 Speaker 2: so we had our first dress rehearsal last night, and 26 00:01:17,240 --> 00:01:20,800 Speaker 2: across the season we expect around sixty thousand and many 27 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:23,200 Speaker 2: of those are from out of the region, so we 28 00:01:23,240 --> 00:01:25,640 Speaker 2: have about seventy percent from outside of the Wellington region. 29 00:01:25,959 --> 00:01:29,240 Speaker 1: And what we had Roadeconds you said was the Supreme Winner. 30 00:01:29,480 --> 00:01:30,880 Speaker 1: What are we expecting this year? 31 00:01:32,040 --> 00:01:33,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, well, I can tell you a little bit about 32 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:37,040 Speaker 2: the show. The show is called Rise, and it's about 33 00:01:37,080 --> 00:01:40,360 Speaker 2: a city illuminated with the creative spirit. And so there's 34 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:43,399 Speaker 2: a cityscape in which we invite the audience into six 35 00:01:43,440 --> 00:01:46,360 Speaker 2: different sections and so the wearable our designers designed for 36 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:48,840 Speaker 2: those sections to give you a little taste of a 37 00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:52,680 Speaker 2: couple of those. We have avant garde, which is kind 38 00:01:52,720 --> 00:01:56,760 Speaker 2: of at the cature end. It's very beautiful and in 39 00:01:56,800 --> 00:01:59,960 Speaker 2: the show that the theme is less and infused. Music 40 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:02,800 Speaker 2: can sultry, and we also try and make something fly 41 00:02:02,880 --> 00:02:04,960 Speaker 2: in that section that we sh shouldn't make fly, which 42 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:07,480 Speaker 2: is a hallmark of what wow it does. We have 43 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:11,000 Speaker 2: a section called Neon, which, as you can imagine, is 44 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:13,480 Speaker 2: just a riot of color and our designers have really 45 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:16,240 Speaker 2: gone to town in that section. That's just huge fun. 46 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:20,520 Speaker 2: And the music soundtrack is this nineties inspired club hits, 47 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:22,760 Speaker 2: so some real bang isn't there. And then we've finished 48 00:02:22,760 --> 00:02:26,720 Speaker 2: with Miss Simn Legends, which is ready for designs inspired 49 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:31,959 Speaker 2: by the mythic and the finale is really a beautiful 50 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:36,400 Speaker 2: operatic moment with an incredible vocal performance. So that's just 51 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:38,840 Speaker 2: a taste of about half of what they wanted to 52 00:02:38,880 --> 00:02:39,640 Speaker 2: just can expect it. 53 00:02:39,639 --> 00:02:42,480 Speaker 1: Wow, this year brilliant and sixty thousand people heading to 54 00:02:42,520 --> 00:02:44,160 Speaker 1: Wellington got to be a good thing. Nick. Thank you 55 00:02:44,240 --> 00:02:46,079 Speaker 1: very much for your time this morning, and best luck 56 00:02:46,120 --> 00:02:48,640 Speaker 1: with this year's world of Wearable Art. Meg Williams as 57 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:50,400 Speaker 1: the chief executive for. 58 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:53,400 Speaker 2: More from Early Edition with Ryan Bridge. Listen live to 59 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:56,720 Speaker 2: news talks it'd be from five am weekdays, or follow 60 00:02:56,760 --> 00:02:58,280 Speaker 2: the podcast on iHeartRadio.