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The mother of three said her original inspiration came from the navy striped satin lining of an old traveling suitcase which she turned in to sleeves for one of her models. She wanted to enter this specific category for her second year in the renowned design competition and and her main focus was on tourism to the region. Last year her piece Hay Daysie placed third in the open section.
The $24,000 win came as a massive shock to very humble Mackenzie, who said she was recently made redundant from her role at the Hawkes Bay Opera House so the cash would come in very handy, in particular to fix her "really bad driveway".
Gothic Habit, Lynn Christiansen, USA
The 26th annual WoW Awards kicked off in the capital on Thursday night and will run for the next three weeks. Organisers expect at least 50,000 people will check out the major operation which this year, amongst all the performance, music and lights, also features a finale by a group of Shaolin Monks from China - the youngest just 11.
Founder of the event Dame Suzie Moncrieff told the NZ Herald Online that the calibre of the event was getting "higher and higher", and the goal of attracting international participation has been a success with over 50 per cent of this year's entrants coming from offshore in 14 different countries.
'Fenced Off' by Luiz Fernando Sereno Penna, New Zealand
Hundreds of pieces were sent to Nelson for consideration in the seven categories for this year's WOW and 166 were chosen to be included. This year's runner-up to the Supreme Award was an ornate Cathedral garment made from more than 2300 individually cut pieces of felt and wood, called Gothic Habit.
Each section has a specific theme and an entire set is choreographed to showcase the designs.
Sakana No Senshi, Mark Dobson, New Zealand
The quirky kids section had a colour theme and was won by a spindly piece celled Fenced Off, made from orange plastic safety fences and inspired by the artist's frustration at the slow Christchurch rebuild.
The popular bizarre bra section, which occurs every second year, made a saucy Zoro-inspired return, complete with table top dancing and acrobatics. Boulder holders were crafted from all sorts of things - tiny bottles, stove elements, shower parts and coins and recycled skateboard parts - which took out the top prize.
'Re-decked' by Sebastian Denize, New Zealand
Appearance, a structural ball gown shell made from used garbage bags, fabric and glass paint, designed by Laura van Staveren from the Netherlands won the sustainability award.
Appearance, Laura van Stavaren, Netherlands
This year's Weta costume and film section had a Kingdoms of the East spin. The winning "ocean Lord" was Sakana No Senshi, made from real fish skin, shells and a tyre tube.
The Dame said she was already brewing up ideas for next years show, which she will begin scripting in November and have wrapped up ready for next years creatives to enter by April.
• World of Wearable Art is showing Thursday to Sunday from now until October 12th. Tickets start from $50. Visit worldofwearableart.com for more info or pop in to the TSB Bank Arena.
