Entries in this year's Fieldays Ag Art Wear Awards are dramatic, stunning, innovative and only just wearable.

Each year designers find yet more interesting ways to turn rural materials into garments. Some are elegant, others are entertaining, and some make a statement on behalf of the environment.

The annual awards are one of the highlights of the Mystery Creek event and audiences are bound to be as impressed this year as they have in the past.

Last year Joanne Bowe of Te Awamutu won the Avant Garde award for ‘Butchered' – and her design ‘Barking Mad' won the Designer Traditional category and the Supreme Award.

Judge Hayley Fruish from Chaos & Harmony says ‘Barking Mad', made largely from tree bark, was an instant ‘wow' for the judges and deserved to take out the supreme title.

'Barking Mad is the overall winner because it was an extremely well-composed garment. It showed intelligent design, creating a fashion-conscience form out of natural material with great quality construction.

'The edging showed great finishing and attention to detail. It was a stand-out piece to all judges,” says Hayley.

'Barking Mad' designed by Joanne Bowe.

‘Somewhere over the Rainbow' designed by Angela Laurie-Mann.

‘Eggs Benedict' designed by Dionne Surtees.

‘Butchered' designed by Joanne Bowe.

‘Ravishing Rubber' designed by Mallonae Garton.

‘Ceres' designed by Mercia Paaymans.

‘The Artist who married the Farmer' designed by Natalie Tonkin.