1. Eligibility.

The UsTrendy.com Las Vegas Fashion Week Fashion Design Competition (the “Contest”) is only open to people, who are at least 18 years of age at the time of entry. Employees, representatives and contractors of UsTrendy, (“Sponsor”), any affiliated companies, prize suppliers, advertising and promotion agencies, the immediate family members of such companies (regardless of where they reside) and individuals living in the same households of each of these individuals are not eligible. The Contest is void where prohibited or restricted by law, and is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations. By participating in the Contest, you agree to comply with and be bound by these Official Contest Rules (the “Rules”), and the decisions of the administrators and Sponsor of the Contest, which shall be final and binding in all respects.

2. How to Enter.

. To enter the Contest, you must first register to become a member of UsTrendy.com (the "Website"). For detailed information regarding registration, please refer to the Website. Once you have become a registered member of UsTrendy.com, you must log in to the Website in order to submit and post (via the "Competition" section of your UsTrendy.com ) designs ("entry"). All designs submitted will be deemed to have been created and submitted by you. Therefore, please maintain your UsTrendy.com login information as confidential. All designs must be submitted between 12:01 a.m. EST on June 1st, 2009 and 11:59 p.m. EST on August 1st, 2009 (the "Entry Period"). You may not edit or delete and resubmit your designs at any time during the Entry Period. The Sponsor of the Contest is not responsible for any late, lost, misdirected or incomplete entries All entries are the property of the Designer who submitted them. Sponsor reserves the right to reject entries, without notice, that it deems, in its sole discretion, to be inappropriate.

3. Copyright.

Sponsor maintains a zero tolerance copyright infringement policy. Your designs must be original to you, the submitter. By entering the contest, you represent and warrant that you have all rights necessary to provide the designs and photographs that you submit, and that the designs, photographs and the submission and Sponsor’s use thereof will not infringe upon the intellectual property or other proprietary right of any person or entity. Please refer the Website Terms for more detailed information concerning our copyright policy.

Phase 1: During the Entry Period (as described in Section 2 above), Website users will be asked to rate each of your designs on a scale of 1 to 5 stars (1 star being the lowest rating). The voting is IP restricted and only allows each IP address to vote once per item. The final score will be calculated from the combination of the total number of votes and the star rating (i.e. each additional scored star will add 1 point to the total score). On or about August 1, 2009 finalists will be announced on August 1st.

Phase 2: The Winner will win opportunity to have runway show in Las Vegas and $500 cash prize. The winning designer will also gain a domestic round trip to Las Vegas. Winner will be announced on Sep 30. Winner must comply with all runway requirements of vegas fashion week.

 

6. Notification of Finalists & Winner.

UsTrendy will notify the finalists and winners via their email address as listed in his/her UsTrendy.com account.

7. Prizes.

- Runway set in Major Fashion Week
- Cash prize of $500.

All federal, state and local taxes that may be owed on any prize are the sole responsibility of the semi-finalist, finalist and winner, as applicable. No transfers or substitution of prizes will be permitted except at the sole discretion of the Sponsor, who reserves the right to substitute a prize (or a portion thereof) of comparable or greater value.

8. Odds of Winning.

The odds of winning depend upon the number of eligible entries received during the Entry Period, the number of eligible votes received per item, and the quality of your submission.

9. Limitation of Liability & General Conditions.

Where permitted by law, by entering the Contest, you agree to the Sponsor's (and those acting pursuant to Sponsor's direction of control) right to use to your name, picture, likeness, biographical information and design(s) submitted (whether in whole or in part) for advertising, and promotional purposes, worldwide, in perpetuity, in print, broadcast and in any media now known or hereafter developed, including the Internet, without additional consideration and without notification, review or approval, except where prohibited by law.

Participants further agree to release, indemnify and hold harmless the Sponsor, administrator(s), judges, affiliates, advertising and promotional agencies, and each of their respective directors, employees, representatives and agents (collectively, "Releasees"), from and against any and all liability arising from any injuries, loss or damage of any kind, arising in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from (i) acceptance, possession, use or misuse of any prize, (ii) participation in the Contest or participation in any Contest related activity, and/or (iii) Sponsor's use, commercialization, distribution, marketing and sales of the Winning Collection. Releasees are not responsible for technical, computer, mechanical, printing, typographical, human or other errors or omissions relating to or which may arise in connection with the Contest including, without limitation, errors which may occur in connection with the submission of designs, the administration of the Contest, the announcement of the winner; or for stolen, lost, late, misdirected, damaged, incomplete, inaccurate, undelivered, delayed or illegible entries.

The Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual it determines, in its sole discretion, has tampered with the entry process or the operation of the Contest in any manner or is in violation with these Rules. In the event that Sponsor, in its sole discretion, finds that the Contest is compromised, becomes corrupted in any way or is not capable of running as planned due to unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures or any other causes which affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the Contest, as determined by the Sponsor in its sole discretion, the Sponsor reserves the right to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Contest, in whole or in part.
As a condition of entering the Contest, participants agree that under no circumstances will participants be permitted to obtain awards for, and participants hereby waive all rights to claim, punitive, incidental, consequential, or any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses; all causes of action arising out of or connected with the Contest or any prize awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action; and any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred and in no event shall participant be entitled to receive attorneys’ fees or other legal costs.

10. Choice of Law:

This Contest and all of the elements contained herein shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Massachusetts, without regard to its choice of law or conflict of law provisions. Any and all proceedings arising from this Contest, Sponsor's actions with respect to the Winning Collection or otherwise shall be litigated, exclusively, in the state and federal courts within in the State of Massachusetts, and the parties hereby submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts and agree they are a convenient forum. EACH PARTY WAIVES THE RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS CONTEST.