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■Rules and Guidelines
Nagoya Fashion Contest 2013 is calling for unpublished and original fashion designs with distinct styles for women, men or children (age 4 or 5). There are no restrictions on the category (i.e., entries can be for any season, formal or casual), or the number of works you can submit.

■Entry Requirements
The competition is open to everyone (but participation by groups is not permitted). 
 You must be able to create works based on the design drawing, and attend the final public judging and the rehearsal the day before in person at your own cost in Nagoya City.

■Judging Criteria
Entries will be judged for expressiveness, originality, and quality of finish.

■How to Enter 
Produce a colored design sketch (only originals, and no photocopies) on a B4-size (257ｘ364 mm, 10ｘ14 inches) sheet of drawing paper.
You may attach fabric-swatches, and other related images on the same sheet as necessary.
Complete a design description form, and entry form, and attach them to each sketch as layout of the illustration. (See the sample layout below. You can download Design Description Form and Entry Form(format:PDF) from here. )

■Entry Fee
・Residents outside of Japan
Entry fee will be waived.
・Residents in Japan
Each sketch submitted requires an entry fee of 500 yen (incl. consumption tax). Please enclose with your sketch a money order (teigaku kogawase or futsu kawase issued by Japan Post Bank within 6 months, without filling in the sections for payees' name and address) for the necessary amount.

■Deadline for Submissions
Entries must be received by Friday, May 24, 2013. (No submissions will be received after the deadline.)
* Please send entries by post or courier.

■Judges 
Hiromichi Nakano (fashion designer)/head judge
Yumiko Hara (fashion director)
Toshikazu Iwaya (fashion designer)
Tamae Hirokawa (fashion designer)

■Initial Screening (based on sketches)
Early June 2013
Finalists will be notified in writing by early July.


■Final Public Judging and Awards Ceremony
Thursday, September 12, 2013
The final judging will take the form of runway show with professional models, and will be open to the public. After that, an awards ceremony will be held.
Venue: Design Hall, 3rd Floor, Design Center Building, 3-18-1 Sakae, Naka-ku, Nagoya City, Japan

■Awards and Cash Prizes
Grand Prize (1 winner): 1 million yen
Gold Prize (1 winner): 300,000 yen
Silver Prize (1 winner): 100,000 yen
Encouragement Prize (up to 3 winners): 50,000 yen
Finalists (excluding prize winners) who show at the final public judging: 30,000 yen

■Other Instructions for Entries
* Submitted sketches will not be returned.
* Copyrights of the sketches that pass the initial screening and of the works selected for the final public judging will remain with the contest organizer.
* If the contest organizer judges a submitted sketch to be highly similar to that of a work entered in another contest, awarded prizes or qualification as finalist may be canceled even after the judging.
* If the contest organizer judges that the work is very different from the sketch,qualification as finalist may be canceled.
* Personal information provided by contestants will not be used for any other purposes than management of Nagoya Fashion Contest 2013 or sending invitations to the related events.

■Organizer
Nagoya Fashion Promotion Committee
(formed by the Nagoya Fashion Association and Nagoya Industries Promotion Corporation)

 
■Co-organizer
City of Nagoya

■Special sponsors

■Supported by
Chubu Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry
Aichi Prefecture
Nagoya Chamber of Commerce and Industry
 
■Please send submissions (sketches) and inquiries to:
Nagoya Fashion Association
6th Floor,  Design Center Building,
3-18-1 Sakae, Naka-ku, Nagoya City 460-0008, Japan
Tel: +81-52-265-2030 Fax: +81-52-265-2036
E-mail: nfa@n-fashion.com