Shoe Design Contest

The Brown Shoe Student Design Contest is your opportunity to put your best shoe design in front of the leaders in footwear!

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Pretend you work for Carlos Santana, Fergie or Sam Edelman. Choose one of these designers and create a shoe design that reflects their line. Your design can be rendered in any way that expresses your concept: through computer programs, 3D mock-up, hand sketches, etc. Your shoe design must be accompanied by a trend board created in Photoshop along with a written explanation of your design and the trends that influenced it. Your trend board may also include fabric swatches, magazine clippings or any other medium that helps explain your idea. Be creative!

A completed, legible Official Entry Form must be attached to your entry. Entry forms are available by clicking the Entry Form & Official Rules link below. They are also available through participating
universities.

Your design must be:

• Original
• Not more than 180 days old
• Sent via postal mail, and received between February 2 and March 23, 2009
• Accompanied by our Official Entry Form

You must be:

• At least 18 years old
• A legal U.S. citizen and resident of the United States.

Employees of Brown Shoe Company, Inc. and its subsidiaries,
divisions, and affiliates, and the immediate family members and households of all such employees, are NOT eligible to participate in
the Contest.

FIRST ROUND
Five to eight semi-finalists will be chosen from all eligible entries submitted between February 1 and March 23, 2009. These semi-finalists will be notified by April 20, 2009 and will move on to the second round.

SECOND ROUND
The top two semi-finalists, will enter the second round by submitting an additional design (sketch guidelines to come). Second Round entries must be submitted between May 10, 2009 and June 10, 2009. Two finalists will be chosen from the five to eight semi-finalist entries and notified by May 10, 2009.

TWO FINALISTS WILL RECEIVE :
An all-expense-paid trip to NYC for the Fashion Footwear Association of New York (FFANY) Shoe Show in June 2009 where their designs will be judged by a celebrity panel, and the Grand Prize winner will be announced.

ONE GRAND PRIZE WINNER WILL RECEIVE:

• $2,000 Cash

Your design will be judged on originality, creativity and inspiration as it relates to one or more of the Brown Shoe brands.

Please read and print a copy of these documents before you submit your designs! Good luck!

Official Entry Form In order for your entry to be eligible, you must complete and attach this Official Entry Form. Open the Word file, print it out, complete all requested information legibly, and send via U.S. Mail with your design and storyboard.

All entries must be received by March 23, 2009.

CONTEST RULES

Official Contest Rules - Round One Please read all rules before submitting your entry. Print a copy for your records.

Official Contest Rules - Round Two If you are one of the two semi-finalists chosen from Round One, you will need to read these rules before submitting your Second Round designs. Print a copy for your records.