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Now Accepting Entries for the 2010 Competition

Passion for Fashion Competition

Recognition is a beautiful thing…and so is an exciting future in the fashion industry. You can find both at The Art Institutes Passion for Fashion Competition 2010. Now open for entries, this competition challenges high school seniors to create the best original design in two categories: fashion design and fashion marketing, merchandising or retail management. The excellent part? Two grand prize winners will have the opportunity to earn a full tuition scholarship to study fashion at an Art Institutes school, as well as tour Seventeen magazine’s offices, have lunch with a style pro, indulge in a $500 shopping spree, attend New York City Fashion Week — and blog about the experience on Seventeen.com.

Deadline
All complete entries must be received by Friday, November 20, 2009 at The Art Institutes school at which you plan to enter the Competition and attend following it. A local winner will be selected from each participating school whose design will go on to represent it in the national competition. Local winners will be selected in December 2009; national winners will be announced in January 2010.

You can complete the online registration form below to express an interest in entering The Art Institutes Passion for Fashion Competition 2010 and learn more about entry requirements and the deadline date for entries.

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Entry Requirements for Fashion Design category

To enter, you must be a high school senior scheduled to graduate in 2010, and you must fulfill all general admission and competition requirements.

  • Completed signed Entry & Release form Click here to download the form (PDF).
  • Your high school transcript showing a minimum 2.0 GPA.
  • A short essay (800 words or less) outlining why your fashion entry is unique/innovative and explaining your interest and motivation for a career in fashion.
  • A finished, originally designed eveningwear garment product*.The product may be any of the following - shirt (size Medium); pants, dress, or skirt (women size 8 or men size 40);or suit, including blouse, pants, or skirt (women size 8 or men size 40).
  • Process Book (compiled in 8-1/2" x 11" binder), which serves as your design process summary, from original idea to finished product.
      The book should include:
    1. A written summary of your overall concept.
    2. A review of influences on your entry, including fashion designers, music, television shows, or movies.
    3. Sketches, illustrations, photographs, or digital images of your project as it evolved from concept to completion.
    4. A written summary of people that you contacted for information about your project, including the advice they provided and its influence on you.
  • Read the official rules and regulations for The Art Institutes Passion for Fashion Competition 2010 Click here to download the official rules and regulations (PDF)
*Garment must be your original work. However, your finished product may be manufactured by an outside source. This Competition requires submission of a finished eveningwear garment. Examples of eveningwear include full-length gown, cocktail dress, cocktail suit, formal evening suit, blouse/skirt combo, or a jacket/blouse/skirt or pants combo. Sponsor acknowledges that all applicants may not have the same accessibility to materials needed to complete a finished product. As such, unfinished garments may be submitted. However, a completed product will enhance your entry. Should you advance to the national competition, your entry will not be returned. Other entries will be returned by request only.

Entry Requirements for Fashion Marketing & Merchandising and Retail Management Category

To enter, you must be a high school senior scheduled to graduate in 2010, and you must fulfill all general admission and competition requirements.

Your entry must include:

  • Completed signed Entry & Release form Click here to download the form (PDF).
  • Your high school transcript showing a minimum 2.0 GPA.
  • A short essay (800 words or less) addressing how your fashion creation will contribute to the advancement of the fashion industry, as well as what sparked your interest in the fashion industry.
  • A finished and original Fashion Marketing, Fashion Merchandising, or Retail Management product or plan*.
  • A written description of your product or plan (1,000 words or less). Entries may include: a retail store concept, marketing promotion, store layouts, fashion business concept, new concept for retail, Internet fashion concept, catalogue retail concept, home fashion concept, or industrial fashion/safety/consumer trend product.
  • Read the official rules and regulations for The Art Institutes Passion for Fashion Competition 2010. Click here to download the official rules and regulations.
*Sponsor acknowledges that all applicants may not have the same accessibility to materials needed to complete a finished product or plan. Therefore, unfinished products or plans may be entered. However, a completed product or plan will enhance your entry.

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Download the Passion for Fashion Competition 2010 official rules and regulations

  
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