Cut On Your Bias

New York Fashion Week Design Challenge
OFFICIAL RULES

 

The New York Fashion Week Design Challenge (the “Contest”) begins at 7:00 a.m. EST on August 15, 2012 \(the “Contest Start Date”) and ends at 5:00 p.m. EST September 2, 2012 (the “Contest End Date”) (such period referred to herein as the “Contest Period”).  The Contest is sponsored by Cut On Your Bias, Inc. (the “Contest Sponsor”).

 

1. HOW TO ENTER:  NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR CLAIM PRIZE.  A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.  Participants may enter the Contest by registering with Cut On Your Bias and voting on the design combinations for each designer collection presented.  Participant’s final vote for each collection is an entry and a maximum of 17 entries will be accepted per Participant.  This entry may be submitted by following the instructions at www.cutonyourbias.com, www.fashionindie.cutonyourbias.com, http://www.facebook.com/CutOnYourBias and http://twitter.com/cutonyourbias, http://pinterest.com/cutonyourbias/ (the “Websites”).  This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook, Twitter, or Pinterest.  You are providing your information to Cut On Your Bias, Inc. and not to Facebook, Twitter, or Pinterest.  The information you provide will be used to process your registration and votes, and in accordance with the Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy of Cut On Your Bias.  Cut on Your Bias may transfer your personal information to publishing sites hosting the New York Fashion Week Design Challenge.  If you subsequently wish to opt-out of having your personal information shared with these third parties, you may contact us at: http://cutonyourbias.com/contact.  Please note, however, that a subsequent opt-out will not impact any personal information we have already shared.

Participation in the Contest is voluntary and does not require you to purchase anything from the Contest Sponsor.  No illegible, incomplete, forged or altered entries will be accepted.  All entries become the property of the Contest Sponsor and will not be returned.  All entries are subject to the Contest Sponsor’s http://cutonyourbias.com/privacy and http://cutonyourbias.com/terms-and-conditions-en and a maximum of 17 entries per participant.

 

2. PRIZE:
The Prize is 2 tickets to attend a fashion show live in NYC with the show subject to the discretion of, and selected by, Cut On Your Bias.  The total approximate retail value of attending the show is $500.  The winning Participant must make his or her own travel, hotel and related arrangements.  The winning Participant may alternatively opt for a $500 non-transferrable gift certificate for use on Cut On Your Bias only.  This gift certificate has no cash value.

Odds of winning are affected by the number of eligible entries received by the Contest End Date.  The total approximate retail value of all prizes is $500 (actual value may vary).  Allow 3-4 weeks after validation of arrangement for receipt of prize.  Only one Prize will be awarded.  Additional terms and conditions may apply to winner’s use of the prize, including venue restrictions for the fashion show location and designer established fashion show restrictions.  The winners will be solely responsible for all other expenses not specifically set forth herein.  The Contest Sponsor reserves the right to substitute prizes of equal or greater value.  No other substitution or transfer of prizes permitted.  The Contest Sponsor is responsible only for prize delivery.  In order to receive a prize, the winners may be required to provide proof of identification.  Any and all taxes on any prize, including income and/or sales taxes, are the sole responsibility of the winner(s).  The winner(s) of any prize with a value of $600 or greater will be issued a 1099 U.S. Tax Form for the retail value of the prize.

3. ELIGIBILITY:
Participant Eligibility.  The Contest is only open to legal residents of the United States and residents of Puerto Rico, Guam, and all other U.S. foreign possessions and territories) who are at least eighteen (18) years of age at the time of entry.  Entries are limited to individuals only; commercial enterprises and business entities are not eligible.  By participating in the Contest, each participant accepts the conditions stated in these Official Rules, agrees to be bound by the decisions of the Contest Sponsor and warrants that she/he is eligible to participate in the Contest.  Employees, independent contractors, officers, and directors of the Contest Sponsor, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising, promotion, and fulfillment agencies, and legal advisors, and their immediate family members and persons living in the same household, are not eligible to participate in the Contest.  THE CONTEST IS VOID WHERE PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED BY LAW and is subject to applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations.

 

4. SELECTION OF WINNERS:
During the Contest Period, individuals may vote for their favorite design combinations for each designer collection presented by visiting the Websites and clicking on the applicable voting buttons.  Participant’s final vote for each collection is an entry and a maximum of 17 entries will be accepted per Participant.  The winners of the Prize will be determined based on the number of votes received.

The winners will be notified by email using the information provided when the participant entered the Contest, within 30 days of the Contest End Date.  Such notification shall include instructions for proper acceptance of the prizes by the winners.  In the event a winner does not accept a prize, a winner is ineligible, or the prize or prize notification is not deliverable, an alternate winner may be selected.  The Contest Sponsor is not responsible for and shall not be liable for late, lost, misdirected or unsuccessful efforts to notify a winner.  The winners agree to Contest Sponsor’s use of their name, address, likeness, and/or prize information for promotional purposes in any medium without additional compensation to the extent permitted by law.  Where lawful, the winners may be required to sign and return an Affidavit of Eligibility, Release of Liability, and Publicity Release.

 

5. CONDITIONS:
The Contest Sponsor, FashionIndie, Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest, their respective agents, directors, officers, shareholders, employees, insurers, servants, parents, subsidiaries, divisions, affiliates, predecessors, successors, representatives, advertising, promotion, and fulfillment agencies, and legal advisors (the “Released Entities”), are not responsible for, shall not be liable for, and hereby disclaim all liability arising from or relating to: (i) late, lost, delayed, damaged, misdirected, misaddressed, incomplete, or unintelligible entries; (ii) telephone, electronic, hardware or software program, network, Internet, computer or other malfunctions, failures, or difficulties of any kind, whether human or technical; (iii) failed, incomplete, garbled, or delayed computer or e-mail transmissions; (iv) any condition caused by events beyond the control of the Contest Sponsor; (v) any injuries, losses, or damages of any kind arising in connection with or as a result of any prize, or any portion thereof that may have been awarded, or acceptance, possession, or use of any prize, or any portion thereof that may have been awarded, or from participation in the Contest; or (vi) any printing or typographical errors in any materials associated with the Contest.  The Contest Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to suspend, modify or cancel the Contest should any unauthorized human intervention or other causes beyond the Contest Sponsor’s control corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness or proper conduct of the Contest.  In the event that proper administration of the Contest is prevented by such causes as contemplated above, the Contest Sponsor will pick the winners from all eligible, non-suspect entries received prior to such action.  By participating in the Contest, participants and winners agree to release, discharge and hold harmless the Released Entities, and all others associated with the development and execution of the Contest, from any and all losses, damages, rights, claims and actions of any kind arising out of or relating to the Contest, participation in the Contest, any prize, or any portion thereof that may have been awarded, and/or acceptance, possession, use or misuse of any prize, or any portion thereof that may have been awarded, including but not limited to statutory and common law claims for misappropriation or participant’s right of publicity.  This Contest shall be governed by New York law.  By participating in this Contest, participants agree that New York courts shall have jurisdiction over any dispute or litigation arising from or relating to this Contest and that venue shall be only in New York, New York.

 

6. WINNER LIST:
To obtain the first name, last initial, city and state of the Contest winner after the Contest End Date, send a separate self-addressed, stamped envelope marked “New York Fashion Week Design Challenge Winner List” to the Contest Sponsor.  Requests for list of the winner must be received no later than 90 days from the Contest End Date (residents of Vermont and Washington need not include return postage).

 

7. CONTEST SPONSOR:

Cut On Your Bias, Inc.
New York Fashion Week Design Challenge
131 Varick St.
Suite 939
New York, NY 10013

8. NOTICE:
The Contest Sponsor reserves the right to prosecute and seek damages against any individual who attempts to deliberately undermine the proper operation of the Contest in violation of these Official Rules and/or criminal and/or civil law.

9.
Copyright  2012 Cut On Your Bias, Inc.  All rights reserved.  Cut On Your Bias and the associated logos are trademarks of Cut On Your Bias.  Any other trademarks in these Official Rules are used for prize identification purposes ONLY and are the properties of their respective owners.

 

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