Win Cash Prized up to ¥300,000 in Fashion Zakka Design Competition

Taito City, Japan, has announced the ZAKKA fashion design competition which dedicated to collect designs for fashion items. Taito city government invites anyone who is interested in ZAKKA (fashion items) design, either professional or amateur to participate.

Contest Categories:

• Leather Division: 

• Shoes
•  Bags
• Belts & Suspenders
• Small Leather Items

• Fabric Division: 

• Hats

Rules:

• Products included in the leather section must include some leather in their design except for accessories such as earrings, rings, bangles, and necklaces.
• Design illustrations must be unpublished.
• Any design found to be an imitation, even after winning a prize, will be disqualified.
• The design should be able to be made into the product and does not contain materials that require special processing such as metals and plastics.
• The design should not contain any characters, brand names or other marks identifying the participant.
• All categories are open to designs for men or women.

Design Illustration Guidelines:

• Color designs should be used on B4-size paper.
• Detailed information about the colors, materials, measurements, and shape used should be provided separately from the design illustration, as well as the design concept for each individual design should be attached when the contestant participates in multiple designs.

Note: The copyrights of the winning designs will be transferred to the Taito Fashion Fair Committee, which may put them in production.

Judging Criteria: 

• Is the design creative?
• Is the design original?
• Is the design practical?
• Is the design highly-marketable?

Prize:

• Grand Prize - ¥300,000 
• First Prize - ¥50,000 
• Judge’s Prize - ¥30,000 
• MATSUYA GINZA Prize - productized for plans to be sold at MATSUYA GINZA.
• Prize - will be awarded to three designs from each category - ¥10,000 in prize money.
• The winning design will have the opportunity to be manufactured by Taito craftsmen.

About Fashion Zakka:

Fashion Zakka is a Japanese e-commerce site and store specializing in the design of fashion, accessories, and fashion related products. It presents the products of many members of the Japanese industry associations. Fashion Zakka organizes many events, fairs, and annual competitions.

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