Send us a sketch of your idea, along with anything else you'd like to include. Tell us your inspiration. Help us see what you see. You don't have to be an artist - if you have a good idea, we want to hear it.

Mail your jacket design ideas by July 15th to:

25th Anniversary Jacket Collection
11215 Metro Parkway
Ft. Myers, Florida 33966

Or email them to: anniversaryjacket@chicos.com as an attachment in .jpg or .pdf file format (under 10MB).

Please include your full name, address, email address, date of birth and daytime phone number, along with your design sketch or inspiration. Just please keep in mind that whatever you send us will not be returned, as we'll be using it to help tell the story behind the design.

The winner will receive an all-expenses-paid trip to our Design Studio in Ft. Myers, Florida where we'll bring your design to life. We'll feature the jacket in our Holiday catalog and sell it in our boutiques and at chicos.com. It's our first ever customer-designed jacket - and it'll be a true collector's item. All profits will be donated to our charity, Chico's Charities, Inc., and the winner will get to choose where we distribute it.

About the Chico's Foundation: Chico's FAS, Inc. was built on kind spirits, customer care, and community support. We understand that our communities have made Chico's FAS, Inc. successful and we're privileged to give back to both our associates and our communities. We support our communities in various ways with a predominant focus on women, children, health, education, and the environment. We feel these are the threads that tie our clothing into the fabric of our community and families. To find out more, visit our website. www.chicoscharities.org

1. No Entry Fee or Purchase Necessary to enter.
A purchase will not increase your chances of winning. TO ENTER:

Follow the directions, below, to submit your original design or other inspiration for Chico's 25th Anniversary jacket, anytime from June 16, 2008 through July 15, 2008. There are two ways to enter:

a.) Mail-in entry: Send your jacket design sketch or other inspiration, along with your full name, address, email address, date of birth, and daytime phone number to:

25th Anniversary Jacket Collection
11215 Metro Parkway
Ft. Myers, FL 33966

b.) Email entry: Send an email with your full name, address, email address, date of birth, daytime phone number, and jacket design sketch or other inspiration to: anniversaryjacket@chicos.com. Design entry or other inspiration sent as an email attachment must be in .jpg or .pdf file format, not to exceed 10MB in file size.

Participants may enter as often as they wish. Each entry must be submitted separately. Anyone submitting invalid personal information or an incorrect or invalid email address will be disqualified from the contest. Entries must be complete with all requested personal information to be eligible. Email entries must be received by 11:59 PM ET July 15, 2008. Mail-in entries must be postmarked by July 15, 2008 and received by July 22, 2008.

2. Contest Judging Criteria: Contest entries must be entrant's own original design. To help in creating contest entries, participants should focus on originality, detail, creativity, and showcasing the best use of the Chico's brand. All contest entries will be judged on the following criteria, with equal weight given to each, in all rounds of judging:

i. creativity
ii. originality
iii. emotional connection
iv. appropriateness of the entry to be used in connection with the Chico's brand

Any submissions containing unsuitable language, imagery, or inappropriate content of any kind will be disqualified, as determined by the contest judges in their sole opinion. Sponsor reserves the right to declare non-qualified entries (created under false pretenses or with false statements, obvious lack of effort, incomplete or inappropriate content, etc.) ineligible.

3. Contest Judging: Entries will be judged according to the criteria listed above in all rounds of judging, by a panel of Chico's design experts under the supervision of PROMOSIS, Inc., an independent judging organization whose decisions in all matters relating to this contest are final. In the event of a tie in any of the judging rounds, the tied entries will be re-judged using the identical criteria until the winner is determined. Entries will be judged by approximately August 1, 2008 to determine the Grand Prize winner. The Potential Grand Prize winner will be contacted by email by Promosis at the address supplied during entry, with follow-up notification sent by US Mail, and will be required to execute an Affidavit of Eligibility and liability/publicity release that must be returned and received within 14 days of the date mailed to the potential winner (30 days from receipt of notification, if potential winner is a resident of Puerto Rico), or an alternate winning entry will be selected from the pool of finalists.

4. Verification and Publicity of Contest Entries: All submitted entries become the property of Sponsor, and will not be returned. Entries must be original, unpublished, and not previously or currently submitted for consideration in any other contest or promotion. Entries must be conceived and created entirely by the entrant, and may not be used or submitted to any other entity for concurrent publication or consideration. Sponsor and its subsidiaries or affiliates may publicize any submitted entries in full or in part. Winning entry may be produced for commercial sale by Chico's as Chico's Limited Edition 25th Anniversary Jacket or similar name, and may be showcased in the Chico's Holiday catalog, however, Chico's is under no obligation to do so. If the winning entry is produced for sale, all profits will be donated to benefit Chico's Charities, Inc., with the winner assisting in determining the distribution of the funds. By entering, participants (1) acknowledge that Sponsor, Judges, and/or Chico's customers may develop or promote ideas, concepts, or products which are similar to any ideas, concepts, or products submitted as part of any contest entry; and (2) to the fullest extent permitted by law, agree to release and indemnify Sponsor, Judges, and/or Chico's customers from and against any and all liability arising out of any similar ideas concepts or products developed or promoted by Sponsor, Judges, and/or Chico's customers.

5. Prize: One (1) Grand Prize: Winner will receive a trip to the Chico's Design Studio in Fort Myers, FL. Trip includes round-trip air fare and two (2) nights accommodations. Winner will have the opportunity to work with Chico's design team to finalize the jacket design. Approximate retail value of Grand Prize is $1,200. Winner is solely responsible for any federal, state, or local taxes on the value of the prize, except that any excise tax (if any) on any prize awarded to a Puerto Rico resident will be paid by sponsor, and will be issued an IRS 1099-MISC tax form for the value of the prize won. Prizes or parts thereof may not be transferred or redeemed for cash. No substitution for prizes or parts thereof permitted, except by Sponsor in the event of unavailability. If originally offered prize is unavailable at the time of award, Sponsor may substitute an item of comparable or additional specifications. Winner is responsible for all costs or expenses not specifically exempted herein.

6. Eligibility: Contest is open only to legal residents of the 50 United States and Washington DC (including Puerto Rico) who are at least eighteen (18) years of age at the time of entry. Not open to professional clothing designers. Employees of Chico's Retail Services, Inc., its subsidiaries, respective affiliates, advertising and public relations agencies, PROMOSIS, Inc., and their immediate families as well as individuals living in the same households of such employees are ineligible. Entrants agree to the release of their name, address, and email information to Promosis for winner notification purposes and for public winner disclosure as required by law, only. All other aspects of the Chico's privacy policy are in effect. Contest is void where prohibited, and is subject to all applicable Federal, State, and local laws and regulations. By entering, participants agree to be bound by these official rules.

7. Limitation of Liability: Sponsor, its promotion partners, independent judging organization, and their affiliates are not responsible for typographical errors in any promotion-related materials; for lost, late, misdirected, incomplete, or illegible entries or email; for technical, hardware, software, Internet, or telephone failures of any kind; for lost or unavailable network connections; or for failed, incomplete, garbled, or delayed computer transmissions that may limit or interfere with a participant's ability to take part in the promotion. Sponsor reserves the right to cancel or modify promotion if fraud or technical failure compromises the integrity of the promotion, or corrupts or impairs the administration, security, fairness, or proper play of the promotion, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. Sponsor, its promotion partners, related companies, agencies, and their respective employees or officers shall not be liable for injury, losses, damages, or costs of any kind resulting from participation in this promotion, or acceptance of or use or misuse of a prize or parts thereof.

8. Winners List: For the name of the Grand Prize winner, send a postcard, only, with your name and address to: Chico's Jacket Contest Winners List, P.O. Box 38, Marblehead, MA 01945. Requests must be received by October 15, 2008. Do not send any other correspondence to this address.

9. Sponsor: Chico's Retail Services, Inc., 11215 Metro Parkway, Ft. Myers, FL 33966 (www.chicos.com).

 

 

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