Sam’s Secret Boutique

Sams Secret Boutique - Photo Contest - Feb 2009

Hey there!

Sam’s Secret Boutique is one of the brands presented during the RUNWAY Fashion Week 2009!
So I decided to launch the second edition of Sam’s Secret Boutique Photo Contest during this fashion event, and including only the outfits that will be presented during the Sam’s Secret Fashion Show!

I hope you will join it!

cheers,

Samsara Nishi

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Description
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Here we go! The second edition of Sam’s Secret Boutique Photo Contest!

What sort of secrets do you have in SecondLife? What are your favourite secret places in Second Life? Do you have a secret spot you absolutely LOVE in this particular place? What are your secret thoughts and secret feelings when you are visiting this place? Oh! Do you have secret thoughts and secret feelings always, wherever you go? Did you ever consider the possibility of sharing some of those little secrets?

Would you love to have a very special outfit to wear when you are in this particular secret mood? A special outfit created inspired by your secrets? An outfit that will have your name?

This will be a double challenge photo contest!

YOUR challenge is to win it, and MY challenge is to create an outfit inspired by your secrets!

If you are the winner, you will take me to a field trip on the spot where you shot your winner photo. During this field trip we will chat a lot, and you will have the opportunity to inspire me and maybe to do some special requests regarding this outfit I’ll be creating inspired by you! Of course you will receive this outfit as part of the Grand Prize! And you will receive it before it is available at my store.

But… I’m warning you: you must be brave! You will have to SHOW ME YOUR SECRETS!

Looking forward to see your photos!

HAVE FUN!

Samsara Nishi
Sam’s Secret Boutique

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Prizes
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• Grand Prize: A customized outfit created by Samsara Nishi inspired by YOUR SECRETS! And 3000 $L Sam’s Secret Boutique Gift Certificate
• 2nd: 2000 $L Sam’s Secret Boutique Gift Certificate
• 3rd: 1000 $L Sam’s Secret Boutique Gift Certificate

Remember: I’m looking for inspiration based on your secrets

There is a “secret panel of judges” who will join me to decide who will be the winners.
The judges names and the winners names will be published on March/15th.

The winners will drop me a 512×512 full perm texture inworld, and the winners agree to allow me to use their photos in the future in whatever I decide to use them (blog, ads, magazines, … whatever) I will publish the credits (photographer and model name) when publishing your photos.

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Deadlines
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The contest is starting today (February/13th) and your deadline to post your photos on flickr is March/8th.

The winners will be announced on March/15th.

The field trip will be done as soon as possible after the winners announcement.

The outfit created by Samsara Nishi inspired by yours secrets will be launched during an event in late March/early April.
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Rules
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1. You must be wearing one of the Sam’s Secret Boutique outfits presented during the RUNWAY Fashion Week 2009. And don’t worry! You probably already have one of them: this list includes: 3 new releases, 7 outfits launched during 2008 and 1 freebie. You can wear them in any color you have. Check them all on the photo at the end of this post (the freebie is not on the photo).
2. You can post only one photo. If you post more than one, the olders will be disqualify.
3. You must post your photo on Sam’s Secret Boutique flickr group: http://www.flickr.com/groups/samssecretboutique 
   To do that you must have a flickr account, and join Sam’s Secret Boutique flickr group.
   It is free, and really easy to create. (http://www.flickr.com)
4. Name the picture as “Sam’s Secret Boutique – Photo Contest”.
5. Tag your photo “PHOTOCONTESTFEB2009“, otherwise judges will not be considering it.
6. Write a text on the description field, sharing your secret thoughts and secret feelingswhen shoting this photo.
7. Please, on the description field also include your avatar name, the outfit name and the SURL where you took your photo.
8. You can photoshop your photo if you wish.

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Judgment Process
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The “secret panel of judges” has 3 names, not including me.  (by the way…. they are COOL and famous ppl. Each one of them is absolutly FREE to judge as they think it is the best way!

All I asked them was to rank the top 3 photos, and share with me some words about the first one… Why did they choose the photo number 1 as the best? What caught them?

I’ll be quoting their words when publishing the winners and the the “secret panel of judges”

In draw case I’ll open a 24hs “flickrvoting” inviting the group to vote from the draw options. If we continue with the draw after 24hs, then I’ll have the last word… I hope we will not go so far to have the winners names!
That’s it!

HAVE FUN!!!

Sams Secret Boutique - Photo Contest

Outfit names (You can wear them in any color you have):

• Sam’s Secret AFTER SCISSORS Outfit; 
• Sam’s Secret ALEXANDER Dress;
• Sam’s Secret AVONA Outfit;
• Sam’s Secret CHAOS Dress;
• Sam’s Secret DECEMBER Dress;
• Sam’s Secret FELICITY Outfit;
• Sam’s Secret FLOAT Dress;
• Sam’s Secret GOTHIC Outfit;
• Sam’s Secret MADMAD Dress; 
• Sam’s Secret SCISSORS Dress;
• Sam’s Secret SEQUIN Dress;
• Sam’s Secret TIMELESS Outfit;
• Sam’s Secret MM Freebie Outfit