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J-FASHION COMMUNITY EVENTS
GRAMARYE FASHION WALK
FASHION WALK
Submit your J-fashion coordinates to participate in our Fashion Walk! All entries will be compiled into a video that will be streamed publicly on Twitch as a panel during Gramarye: Afterlife. You can also enter your coordinate in our Coord Contest to win prizes from some of our participating brands, but entry in the Coord Contest is optional and not required in order to participate in the Fashion Walk video. All types of J-fashion are welcomed and encouraged. We look forward to seeing how you wear your favorite J-fashions!
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The Fashion Walk will be streamed as a panel on Saturday, November 5th on the Bay Area Kei Twitch channel.
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Please keep in mind that, while you may enter the Fashion Walk with as many coordinate submissions as you like, you may only submit one coordinate per category to the Coord Contest, and are only eligible to win one prize pack. This means you have a maximum of three contest entries, but can only win once!
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Theme: Afterlife
We invite you to explore the concept of the afterlife, as well as how the living choose to honor those who have passed. This can mean delving into your personal religious or spiritual beliefs or drawing from your own cultural practices. Mourning themes, religious iconography, and macabre imagery are all appropriate sources of inspiration.
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You are not required to match the theme, but it is encouraged!
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COORD CONTEST
You can opt-in to submitting an outfit to the contest by attaching a corresponding photo of your coordinate entry along with your video submission. Prizes include a selection of items and discount codes from our participating brands. The deadline for submission is October 30th, 11:59 PM PDT. Winners will be chosen via popular vote. A link to the voting form will be provided to attendees after the fashion walk airs on Saturday, November 5th.
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To submit multiple coords, please submit a new form for each submission.
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By submitting your media via the entry form, you acknowledge and understand that you are granting Bay Area Kei a limited license to edit images and repost to the Bay Area Kei social media channels, including (though not limited to) Facebook and Instagram.
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Your contest entry can be submitted for a chance to win in one of the three theme categories:
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Elysium - Sweet lolita, classic lolita, coordinates with a heavenly air
Tartarus - Gothic lolita, EGA, dark or macabre coordinates
Arcadia - All other J-Fashion, coordinates that reflect duality or celebrate the in-between
RULES & GUIDELINES
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: October 30th, 11:59 PDT
Submission Rules:
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You may submit multiple looks to the fashion walk, but only one entry per category for the Coord Contest.
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All participants are only eligible to win one (1) prize pack.
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If you won prizes at our last coord contest (Gramarye 2021), you are not eligible to win prizes in this coord contest for Gramarye. However, we still encourage you to submit your looks to the fashion walk!
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You MUST be 18 years or older to participate.
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Outfits must be from a recognizable J-fashion.
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Gramarye is an all-ages event. Please ensure submissions are PG-13 and do not include extreme sexual or violent content.
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NO cosplay or costumes.
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NO replicas.
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In the spirit of fairness, while you are free to post your outfit to your personal social media and mention your participation in the contest and our event, please do not ask your social media followers to vote for you or repost the link to the voting form. We will disqualify anyone who actively campaigns for votes.
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If your submission does not meet the above criteria, it will not be showcased in the Fashion Walk. Submissions will be screened, and we reserve the right to reject any entry we deem inappropriate.
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Video format guidelines:
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Landscape/Horizontal filming preferred
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.mp4 or .mov file format preferred
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NO LONGER THAN 20 SECONDS. Longer videos will be cut down. Background music/noise will be cut out.
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You can submit pictures if you are unable to film a video.
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Upload the video somewhere it can be downloaded (e.g. Dropbox or Google Drive - NOT YouTube).
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Please remember to make it public so we can access your video
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Show off your outfit however you think it will look best! Closeup cuts, walking shots, panning up/down, and waving/looking at the camera are all good options! Please see the below videos for examples.