In an attempt to democratize a sometimes top-down fashion industry, UsTrendy is facilitating a revolutionary process through its website, UsTrendy.com. At this site, aspiring fashion designers can upload their clothing designs for other users to view and vote for their favorites. The top-rated clothing is then produced.
UsTrendy is currently taking submissions for its Spring 2009 Design competition. The winning designer will score a $3,000 grand prize, including production and exclusive promotion and sale of their clothing line on UsTrendy.

January 6, 2009 11:59PM EST: Design submissions and voting. NOTE: The earlier you submit your designs, the higher your chances to receive more votes. Only clothing designs and sketches of clothing designs are to be uploaded.

March 16, 2009 - The top 10 Finalists are announced and voting begins on those top10 designers.
April 16th, 2009 -Winners are announced.
Full Terms and Conditions can be found here.
Winner to receive Cash Prize of $1,000 and $2,000 towards production by UsTrendy or supported by UsTrendy in your already established production process.
Exclusive sale promotion on UsTrendy allowing the UsTrendy community an opportunity to purchase the clothing they voted on.
UsTrendy will partner with you to help fund ($2,000) your existing production process or directly manage production, depending on your needs. UsTrendy will support you with the intent of producing a final product that is most true to the original design which you submitted in competition.
First runner up will receive $750 and second runner up will receive $500
Once the top 10 designs are announced, those finalists will be given a unique platform on UsTrendy to encourage the UsTrendy community to vote for their design.

UsTrendy.com Spring 2009 Competition - Official Contest Rules
1. Eligibility.
The UsTrendy.com Spring 2009 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. 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 January 6 and 11:59 p.m. EST and March 16, 2009. 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. On or about March 16th 2009, the top ten entrants with the highest scores will be announced on the Website as the Finalists
Phase 2: Between March 16, 2009 and April 16th, 2009, each finalist will be given a platform on website to tell UsTrendy audience why they think they should win the UsTrendy Spring 2009 competition via video blog and updates.
Phase 3: The Winner will receive the $3,000 grand prize of which $1,000 is cash and $2,000 dollars is applied towards production. UsTrendy will partner with the winning designer to help fund their existing production process or directly manage the production process, depending on designer's needs. UsTrendy will support the designer with the intent of producing a final product that is most true to the original design submitted. The winner will also receive Exclusive promotion and sales of products in the Ustrendy store.
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.
The total prize pool for the Contest is approximately $4,250.
- Winner will receive $1,000 cash and $2,000 dollars towards production
- The first runner up will receive $750 cash prize.
- The second runner up will receive $500 cash prize.
Where applicable, all federal, state and local taxes that may be owed on any prize are the sole responsibility of the semi-finalist, finalist and winner. 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.

1st place Denisse Cabrera
Denisse Cabrera
Quito,
Outside USA,
Ecuador
Inspiration
2nd place Cynthia Wells
Cynthia Wells
N/A, New Jersey, United States of America
Inspiration
3rd place arina varga
Arina Varga
Arad,
Outside USA,
Romania
Inspiration