"Flash Jack" (wool felt and yarn), from Dunedin's Donna Tulloch for Mild Red, creates a sculptural New Age designer shearer's dress featuring pocket and screen-printed details. Photos supplied. : Wool power

A glamorous take on the black singlet is "Pasifika Black" (NZ merino and Swarovski jet crystal) by Liz Mitchell. : Wool power

Robyn Mathieson's "Peggy Sue" outfit (merino wool and digitally printed nylon) was influenced by women who support Kiwi shearers, and mixes traditional weaving with peggy squares. : Wool power

For Nom*D, Dunedin designer Margi Robertson's "Shredded Hoodie" (100% wool) is extended, deconstructed and - with the addition of a hood - echoes the wearability of the traditional shearer's singlet. : Wool power

"A Touch Unworldly" (100% merino), from Untouched World, has a sturdy underlay, emulating the traditional black singlet, and a fragile outer layer symbolising a complex and technical future. : Wool power

For her "O.T.T." dress (100% wool jersey, wool suiting, wool gauze, wool felt, wool lace and more), Elisabeth Findlay, of Zambesi, used 13 layers to take the black singlet into a world of endless imagination. : Wool power