NEW COMPETITION: The Face of Menswear Fashion Week 2012

Menswear Fashion Week 2012 is returning March 23rd-31st, 2012! We want to find a new fresh face to represent MWFW 2012!

The Contest will run from February 2012 to March 2012 and comprise two parts.

(1)    The first part is a photo contest where we want to see your personal style and expression. We want you to take items from our contest sponsors and create an image that represents you. Be creative, Be Unique, Be Interesting, Be Expressive, Be You!

Sponsors:
Aleida
CheerNo
D.N.A Cloning Facility
Egiosme
Gabriel
Gizza Creations
!HaVoK!
Legal Insanity
Rfyre
Starchild Designs
[sYs]
Vaya Con Dios
Zanzo

(2)    From the photo entries 10 Semi-Finalist will be selected to compete in a runway finale. There will be three sections and one question to the runway finale.
    1. Casually You: We want to see you and your casual style. You may select anything from your wardrobe to show you and your personal sense of everyday style.
    2. Style Challenge: All of the semi-finalist will be given the same outfit and expected to accessorize and create your own vision and look.
    3. Runway Fabulous: We want to see you at your couture best. There are no rules but to let your imagination run wild. Get creative and bring something interesting, unique, and original to the runway!

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Photo Contest Rules:

1. Outfits must come from one of the above listed sponsors. Poses, Hair, Shoes, props, and Backgrounds may come from inventory or other places.

2. Each participant will submit 1 photo to the Siren Productions Flickr group. http://www.flickr.com/groups/1393646@N23/ This photo should be labeled with your name and name of the competition (i.e. Lexie Jansma: Face of Menswear Fashion Week 2012). Models should also include complete style cards listing all items worn, pose, and photographer if photographer was not contestant.

3. The use of photoshop and other image manipulation software is allowed. All photos should be  1024 x 1024 or 2048 x 1024.

4. Images can be submitted between February 1st, 2012 and March 20th, 2012. Images submitted after this will be invalid. The 10 semi-finalist will be announced on the MWFW Flickr. Siren Productions Website, and the MWFW 2012 Website.

5. Contest winners will be selected by a panel of 5 judges comprised of members selected from sponsors. All decisions by judges are final. Arguing, complaining, or fighting will be grounds for disqualification and exclusion from the contest.

6. Siren Productions and partners reserve all rights to keep and use submitted images as they see fit without additional compensation to model and photographer.

7. Women are most certainly welcome to take part in the contest. However their styling, outfits, and choices should reflect menswear styling, outfits created for men, or unisex creations.

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Runway Competition Rules:

1. All 10 finalist will walk in a final runway show on Saturday March 31st, 2012. A panel of 5 judges will make the final decision as to who the Face of Menswear Fashion Week 2012 is.

2. There will be 3 sections of competition and a question from the judges. During section C the contestants will be given a question to answer. This will be a text question and can be answered in text.
     A. Casually You: We want to see you and your casual style. You may select anything from your wardrobe to show you and your personal sense of everyday style.
    B. Style Challenge: All of the semi-finalist will be given the same outfit and expected to accessorize and create your own vision and look.
    C. Runway Fabulous: We want to see you at your couture best. There are no rules but to let your imagination run wild. Get creative and bring something interesting, unique, and original to the runway!

3. Contestants will provide a short 3 to 5 sentence description for each of the three looks by March, 29 2012 or be disqualified from competition.

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Photo Contest Prizes:

1. Top 10 winners will have their photos featured in Maniera Magazine

2. Top 10 winning images will be featured on Sirenproductions.info blog as well as the MWFW 2012 Website.

3. Gift Certificate to several sponsors.
1000L Giftcard from Egoisme
500L Giftcard from Gizza Creations
500L Giftcards from Aleida

Grand Prize:

1. Cover, 6 Page Spread, and Interview in Scruplz Magazine
4 Page Spread and INterview in Maniera Magazine.

2. 20,000L Cash Prize from Siren Productions
20,000L Cash Prize from Gizza Creations

3. Host of other prizes from sponsors
Aleida: Entire Runway Collection from MWFW 2012
D.N.A Cloning Facility: Custom OOAK Skin
Egoisme: Entire Runway Collection from MWFW 2012
Gabriel: Entire Runway Collection from MWFW 2012
Gizza Creations: Entire Runway Collection from MWFW 2012
Havok: 5000L Giftcard
Legal Insanity: Entire Runway Collection from MWFW 2012
Rfyre:  Entire Runway Collection from MWFW 2012
[sYs]: Entire Runway Collection from MWFW 2012
Starchild Designs: Entire Runway Collection from MWFW 2012
Vaya Con Dios: 1 Fatpack of Skins Winners Choice of Tone, 3 Fatpack of Hairbases, 3 Facial Hair of Winners Choice.
Zanzo: Donating All New Outfits Created for MWFW 2012

Butterflies, suede and leather

22769 ~ casual couture just released their new groupgift: This neat butterfly turtleneck and some smexy suede jeans. Of course - like always - the gift is unisex. I chose my male self to present you also the new item from 22769 for mens.select: The formal street shoes brown. You can get them at mens.select for just 50 L$ for the next two weeks.

The Glamouros Life

There is a new hunt in town and it is - by name - glamouros. The Glamour is Hunt is a Bargain Hunt - that means each item is 10 L$. But it is oh so worth it. The participating designers pushed their boundaries and crafted wonderful items to find.
I am wearing the huntgift from 22769 ~ casual couture, a black/golden cocktail dress. I also jumped to the Gallery Gift Shop where the new cycle just started and got myself these adorable Jugendstil Ankle Boots that fit perfectly to the dress. The Hair is from the (sadly) closing sale of TEKUTEKU and the shape is the adorable Catriona Shape from CS Shapes.

Hair: TEKUTEKU tien (black)
Shape: CS Shapes Catronia
Dress: 22769 ~ casual couture Black/Golden Cocktail Dress
Boots: 22769 ~ casual couture @ TGGS Jugendstil Ankle Boots (mesh)

LnL: The Glamour Is Hunt prize!

The Glamour is Hunt has a gorgeous prize! It's a complete unisex outfit with a gothic collar and a coat bottom for the gentlemen and a tail skirt with a bow for the ladies. The accessories are resizable for a perfect fit! The prize is marked 10L but it's totally worth it! LnL's outfits are all sold for 400L!!! So, come on over and grab yours! Click the red "i" for a hint and have fun! Click --> here to go to the LnL store!

Deux

22769 ~ casual couture turns 2 today. And to celebrate this event the guys have a small storehunt running at the moment - the "Once again with love" Hunt.

Better hurry up, cause the hunt will end 20th February and so your chance to get the free outfits will be gone forever. Here is your cab.

Raise Awareness!

Shopping is fun - no doubt about that. But shopping is even more fun if you can learn something. CHIC organised another brilliant event called Back To Black to spread the word about mental health - or in other words: mental issues that affect not only people with these deseases in everything they do, but also family members and friends.
With every purchase you do at the Back To Black Venue you also receive a notecard explaining one of these issues we normally do not know much about to raise awareness and understanding.
Above shown are the items from 22769 ~ casual couture. A home-outfit for the ladies, an exclusive doublejumper for the lads and a pair of unisex denims.
The event runs til 29th February. Tjis is the website for the event.