OhohOH, this is SO KEWL!

I just discovered ChicStar.com and it’s a budding fashion designer’s DREAM COME TRUE!

ChicStar is a site where you can submit your own designs, which once reviewed by their professional team of… well, I don’t know exactly but I sure hope they are “fashion industry professionals,” has the potential to eventually be put into production!

Here’s how it works:

• You design a wonderfully stylish piece and submit it
• Their “professionals” review your submission
• Once approved, your design will be released for voting on by the ChicStar community
• Scores and comments related to your work are then considered by ChicStar to decide whether it should be released as a sample or a product

If your design is accepted you will actually receive a free prototype of your design, and your product will be introduced on the ChicStar site.  You will be given full credit for your work.

If your design is eventually selected for production, you will receive a $500 account credit  (which you can spend at ChicStar or withdraw via PayPal), your name on the product’s label,  and your piece will be offered for sale on the website!  Phenomenal!  I am so LOVING this!

I see real potential here for anyone who has a unique and stylish outlook on fashion and thinks outside the box.  They definitely seem to go for chic designs that lean a bit toward punk or gothic themes (think Vivenne Westwood or Jean Paul Gautier).  And because ChicStar has a plus size category, there’s especially huge potential for artists in this genré, which has notoriously been virtually ignored by trendy designers.

I love this whole concept, it appeals to both the artist and fashionista in me.  I would give anything to have the time to delve into a design or two myself but that’s just not gonna happen any time soon, I’m afraid.  Wahhhhh.

If any of my readers submit a design to ChicStar.com that is chosen for the site, please be sure to let me know and I’ll post all about it on Style & Angst!

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