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The national fashions in the field final was virtual once again in 2023 with $20,000+ winner-takes-all prize package courtesy of The Ned and Victoria Racing Club up for grabs. If you want to be part of the 2024 edition, head over to our blog 'The Road to Prix de Fashion 2024' for all the details.
For the first time in 2023, the opening round of The Ned Prix de Fashion was open to women who had yet to pre-qualify for the national final in one of the regional competitions that took place around the country this season.
They joined our prequalified regional finalists in the semi-final and from there, our Supreme Winner was selected.
Our congratulations to Lily Simons who was announced the winner of The Ned Prix de Fashion for 2023.
2023’s edition saw 11 regional finalists make the field for The Ned Prix de Fashion after having won a qualifying fashions in the field competition (held throughout New Zealand) over the course of the 2022/23 season.
The semi finalists then had the opportunity to enter up to five (5) photos and an optional 15s video of their competition outfit (which can either be a new look or the same outfit they won their qualifier in) for the panel of NZ/AUS-based judges to then score.
Learn moreThe Grand Finalists, as judged by a point-scoring system, were announced as our Top 5.
View the Grand FinalistsThe winner of The Ned Prix de Fashion for 2023 was Lily Simons (pictured).
See it as it unfolded