The Ned Prix de Fashion is set to return to the runway this season but we're bidding farewell to Derby Day and saying hello to Champions Day in 2025. Once again we have a $15,000+ winner-takes-all prize package up for grabs courtesy of our friends at The Ned as well as the coveted sash and national racewear title.
Entry into The Ned Prix de Fashion is by pre-qualification with entrants needing to win a qualifying competition in order to secure their spot in the competition.
This season, qualifying events will take place throughout the country, culminating in a final pre-qualifying competition here at Ellerslie on Champions Day which will give four lucky women one last ‘wild card’ chance to secure their spot in the Semi-Final of The Ned Prix de Fashion.
Contestants will then take to the runway in a bid to catch the eye of our expert panel of judges whose job it will be to whittle the pool down to just five Grand Finalists and from there, the Supreme Winner.
This season also celebrates 20 years of The Ned Prix de Fashion. To celebrate, check out the competition’s honour roll below.
This year’s edition will see 11 semi-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 2024/25 season.