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Shopbop & Vogue are Helping You Get DRESSed Up Contest

Official Rules

Please read these rules before entering the Shopbop & Vogue are Helping You Get DRESSed Up Contest ("Contest"). By submitting an entry, you acknowledge that you have read and agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of Sponsor and the judges, and that you satisfy all eligibility requirements.

ELIGIBILITY. Open to legal residents of Australia who are the older of 18 years of age or the legal age of majority in the state or territory of their residence at the time of entry. Entrants may not be members of any guild, union or other organization that may prohibit them from participating in this Contest and that would restrict, require due payment or otherwise have the right to oppose such entrant’s participation in this Contest. This Contest is not open to employees or independent contractors, or immediate family members (spouses, domestic partners, parents, grandparents, siblings, children, and grandchildren) or those living in the same household of employees or independent contractors of BOP LLC ("Sponsor", "we", or "us"), News Life Media Pty Ltd. ("Vogue"), Offerpop Corporation ("Offerpop"), any entity involved in any aspect of the Contest (including funding, judging, or administration), and each of their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, advisors, or advertising/promotion agencies.

HOW TO ENTER. Contest entry period begins at 12:00:01 a.m. [Australian Eastern Standard Time ("AEST")] on October 1, 2014 and ends at 11:59:59 p.m. [AEST] on October 31, 2014 (the "Entry Period"). To enter the Contest, you must follow the steps below.

1. Take a photo of yourself in your favorite party dress (the "Photo") and include a caption that is 140 characters or less (including spaces) that states why you love that dress ("Caption"); and

2. Submit your Photo and Caption to the Contest via one of these methods:

  • a. Go to www.facebook.com/shopbop, click on the "Get Dressed Up" tab, and follow the instructions to upload your Photo and Caption and submit with entry form; or
  • b. Tweet your Photo and Caption via Twitter tagged with #ShopbopDressedUp and @shopbop; or
  • c. Upload your Photo and Caption to Instagram and tag it with #ShopbopDressedUp and @shopbop.

The Photo, Caption, and identifying information you provide in connection with the Photo and Caption are collectively referred to as the "Entry." All Entries must be received by 11:59:59 p.m. [AEST] on October 31, 2014.

Limit one Entry per person and respective social media account per week, regardless of entry method. Weeks are defined below:

Week Number Entry Start Time (AEST) & Date Entry End Time (AEST) & Date
1 12:00:01 AM on 10/1/2014 11:59:59 PM on 10/8/2014
2 12:00:01 AM on 10/9/2014 11:59:59 PM on 10/15/2014
3 12:00:01 AM on 10/16/2014 11:59:59 PM on 10/22/2014
4 12:00:01 AM on 10/23/2014 11:59:59 PM on 10/31/2014

No Photo or Caption may be submitted more than one time. In the event any entrant submits more than one Entry in a given week, the first Entry received by Sponsor will be deemed that entrant’s Entry. Entrants assume all risk of lost, late, misdirected, incomplete, or illegible Entries. You may not use multiple Facebook, Twitter or Instagram accounts to enter the Contest, and an entrant who submits through multiple accounts will be disqualified.

Each Photo and Caption must (a) be the original creation of entrant, and (b) be suitable for family viewing on a national news network and meet other reasonable community standards. Sponsor’s (or its contractor’s) servers and clock will be the official clock for all phases of the Contest, and entrant’s proof of a submission does not constitute proof of receipt by Sponsor. Sponsor is not responsible for (i) lost, misdirected, late, incomplete, illegible, or unintelligible Entries or for inaccurate entry information, whether caused by participant or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest, or by any technical or human error that may occur in the processing of Entries; or (ii) any printing, production, human, or typographical errors in any materials associated with the Contest.

Sponsor reserves the right in its sole and unfettered discretion to disqualify at any time any Entry containing obscene, offensive, pornographic, or sexually explicit material, or libelous, disparaging, or other inappropriate content or subject matter (as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion).

CONDITIONS OF ENTRY. All Entries must be the original creations of the entrants, and by submitting an Entry, each entrant grants to Sponsor the non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, and display the Photo and Caption (including all images and people depicted in the Photo) throughout the world in any media. By submitting an Entry, each entrant represents and warrants that (a) his/her Photo and Caption are his/her original creations; (b) his/her Photo and Caption have not been copied or derived in whole or in part from any other work; (c) his/her Photo and Caption (including all images and people depicted in the Photo) do not violate or infringe any copyright, trademark, privacy or publicity right, or other personal, proprietary, or intellectual property right of any person or entity; (d) his/her Photo and Caption are not defamatory, libelous, obscene, or otherwise illegal; (e) his/her Photo and Caption are the sole and exclusive property of the entrant; (f) he/she has complete, worldwide distribution rights for his/her Photo and Caption; and (g) he/she has received the written consent of any person who appears in any Photo, and each person in the Photo must be the older of 18 years of age or the legal age of majority in his/her state of residence. If an entrant appears in his/her own Photo, such entrant acknowledges that he/she is the older of 18 years of age or the legal age of majority in his/her state of residence in the Photo, and such entrant consents, by virtue of submitting his/her Entry to the Contest, to Sponsor’s use of the entrant’s name, likeness, photograph or image, whether in writing, audio, and/or video, for any purpose, in any media, without compensation or additional consideration to entrant. Failure to obtain or provide such consent will disqualify the Entry. Sponsor may at any time during the Contest request proof of such consent and disqualify any Entry for which such consent cannot be provided. Sponsor may disqualify any entrant whose Entry Sponsor determines, in its sole discretion, at any time not to comply with any requirement described in these Official Rules or the foregoing representations and warranties. Entrants agree to indemnify and hold harmless Sponsor, Vogue, any entity involved in any aspect of the Contest (including funding, judging, or administration), Sponsor’s and Vogue’s contractors, and each of their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, advisors, and advertising/promotion agencies, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram (collectively, the "Released Parties"), for any action or claim brought by a person whose consent entrant did not obtain.

Photos, along with the entrant’s name may be posted on any website owned and/or operated by Sponsor or any of its affiliates ("Sponsor Site"), Sponsor’s pages on any social media websites/platforms, including Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram, and any other website or other online point of presence on any platform, through which any products or services available on or through the Sponsor Site are described, syndicated, offered, merchandised, or advertised, in Sponsor’s sole discretion. Sponsor’s decision to post a Photo or any portion of a Photo on any Sponsor Site does not mean that the selected Photo has been selected as the winning Entry.

By participating in this Contest, entrants are authorizing the transfer of personal information to the United States for purposes of administering the Contest, conducting publicity about the Contest and such additional purposes consistent with our goals or the Contest goals. By entering the Contest, entrants consent to our collection, use and disclosure of their personal information for these purposes and also to potentially contact entrants for marketing purposes. The data controller is BOP LLC, 1245 E. Washington Ave., Suite 300, Madison, WI 53703.

Sponsor is collecting personal information primarily to process the Entries and to contact you if necessary, but also to potentially contact you for marketing purposes. If you do not wish to be contacted for marketing purposes, you will be provided with a method to opt-out from future communications. You may update or change your “Email Preferences” in your Shopbop.com account at www.shopbop.com/actions/secure/myaccount/myAccountHomePageAction.action. Sponsor will share your information with third parties that have a need to know, such as the judging panels, and by entering, you agree to the sharing of your information with the judging panels and third parties whom Sponsor retains to assist in administering the Contest. If you do not agree to these terms or to Sponsor’s privacy notice located at http://www.shopbop.com/ci/aboutShopBop/privacypolicy.html, please do not submit an Entry.

JUDGING. From November 1, 2014 through November 30, 2014, at the offices of BOP LLC, located at 230 41st street, New York, NY 10036, each qualified Entry will be judged and rated by a panel of qualified judges selected by Sponsor using the following criteria: (a) how well the Photo and Caption exemplify the spirit of being "dressed up" in a dress intended for a special event; (b) the amount of creativity demonstrated in the Photo; and (c) the quality and composition of the Photo (collectively, the "Judging Criteria"). 4 potential winners will be selected by the judges based on the Judging Criteria.

In the event of a tie, the tie will be broken by the judges based on how well the Photo and Caption exemplify the spirit of being "dressed up" in a dress intended for a special event. In the event a potential winner’s Entry is disqualified, the entrant who submitted the next highest rated Entry will be a potential prize winner, and must comply with the requirements in these Official Rules. All decisions of the judges are final and binding.

Notification Method:

Following the judging, on or about December 1, 2014, Sponsor will notify the potential winners by one of the following methods:

  • (a) If the potential winner entered via Facebook, Sponsor will notify the potential winner via phone or e-mail.
  • (b) If the potential winner entered via Twitter, Sponsor will message the potential winner on Twitter and Sponsor will provide an e-mail address or other contact information where the potential winner can contact Sponsor. Messaging may be public or private. The potential winner must respond as requested within 24 hours of Sponsor’s message, or Sponsor may select an alternative potential winner./li>
  • (c) If the potential winner entered via Instagram, Sponsor will message the potential winner on Instagram via a comment on their Photo Entry and Sponsor will provide an e-mail address or other contact information where the potential winner can contact Sponsor. Messaging may be public or private. The potential winner must respond as requested within 24 hours of Sponsor’s comment post on their Photo Entry, or Sponsor may select an alternative potential winner.

PRIZE. 4 prize winners each will receive a USD $500.00 Shopbop.com Gift Certificate. The approximate retail value ("ARV") of each prize is USD $500.00, and the total ARV of all prizes is USD $2,000.00. Each winner must have or will need to create a Shopbop.com account in order to receive and redeem the Shopbop.com Gift Certificate ("GC"). You may only use the GC for purchases of eligible goods on Shopbop.com. Redemption of the GC will be subject to BOP LLC’s standard terms, conditions and restrictions applicable to gift certificates in effect on the day of issuance of the GC. BOP LLC is not responsible if the GC is lost, stolen, destroyed or used without permission. If the GC is lost or stolen, it will not be replaced. See www.shopbop.com/ci/aboutShopBop/customerservice.html#gift-services10,page=8 for GC terms and conditions.

Prizes will be fulfilled by Sponsor or its prize provider agency. The information you submit in connection with the Contest will be used by Sponsor and/or its prize provider agency to fulfill the prize.

Each winner will be responsible for paying all costs and expenses related to the prize that are not specifically mentioned, including, but not limited to, taxes, and any other expenses that might reasonably be incurred by the winner in receiving or using the prize. Each winner may be required to submit to Sponsor his/her social security number or tax payer ID number and W-8BEN, or other such tax filing information required by Sponsor in order to claim the prize. All prizes awarded will be inclusive of any taxes Sponsor is required by law to withhold as well as applicable sales, use, gross receipts, goods and service, or similar transaction based taxes. All other taxes, costs and expenses associated with acceptance and use of any prize not specified in these Official Rules as being provided are the sole responsibility of the winners. IF TAXES ARE APPLICABLE TO THE PRIZE(S), IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE WINNER TO PAY TO THE APPROPRIATE AUTHORITIES. PAYMENTS TO CONTEST WINNERS ARE SUBJECT TO THE EXPRESS REQUIREMENT THAT THE WINNER SUBMIT TO SPONSOR ALL DOCUMENTATION REQUESTED BY SPONSOR TO PERMIT COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE STATE, NATIONAL, LOCAL AND FOREIGN (INCLUDING PROVINCIAL) TAX REPORTING AND WITHHOLDING REQUIREMENTS. Contest winners are responsible for ensuring that the tax documentation submitted to Sponsor complies with all applicable tax laws and requirements. If a winner fails to provide the documentation or submits incomplete documentation, the prize may be forfeited and Sponsor may, in its sole discretion, select an alternate winner.

Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize (or any portion thereof) with an item of comparable or greater value, in its sole discretion. All prizes will be awarded “AS IS” and WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, express or implied (including, without limitation, any implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose). Limit one prize per person for a total of 4 Contest winners.

CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION. Each winner will be required to sign and return an Affidavit of Eligibility and Liability/Publicity Release as requested by Sponsor. Prior to awarding a prize, Sponsor may, in its sole discretion, require the potential winners to sign such additional documents Sponsor decides are necessary to confirm eligibility, to obtain a liability/publicity release, and to award any prize. Failure to return any required document by the date requested by Sponsor will deem the winner as ineligible to receive the prize. If any documentation is not returned by the specified dates or if a potential winner is deemed ineligible prior to the prize being awarded, Sponsor may, in its sole discretion, award the prize to the next entrant receiving the highest score.

ADDITIONAL TERMS. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to change these rules or cancel the Contest at any time, or to modify, terminate, or suspend the Contest should viruses, worms, bugs, unauthorized human intervention, or other causes beyond Sponsor’s control corrupt or impair the administration, security, fairness, or proper play of the Contest or submission of Entries, or in the event Sponsor does not receive a minimum of 50 qualified Entries from separate eligible entrants. Sponsor is not responsible for any human or other error that may occur in the processing of the Entries, nor is it responsible for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, theft or destruction, or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, Entries, or for technical, network, telephone, computer, hardware or software, malfunctions of any kind, or inaccurate transmission of, or failure to receive any entry information on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any Web site. Sponsor is not responsible for injury or damage to any entrant’s or any other computer resulting from downloading any materials in connection with the Contest. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual found to be tampering with the entry process, the outcome of the Contest, or the operation of the Contest or Web site; to be acting in violation of these rules; or to be acting in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any other person. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY ANY INDIVIDUAL TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS, AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR AND ITS AFFILIATES RESERVE THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES AND/OR OTHER RELIEF FROM ANY SUCH PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

MISCELLANEOUS. The Contest and all accompanying materials are copyright © 2014 by BOP LLC. All rights reserved. By entering, entrants agree to be bound by these rules. No transfer, assignment, cash redemption, or substitution of prizes is permitted except by Sponsor due to prize availability and then with prizes of equal or greater value. Entrants agree (for themselves and their heirs) that the Released Parties will have no liability, and will be held harmless by such entrants to the maximum extent permitted by law for any liability, loss, injury, or damage to property or to person, including death, and reasonable attorney’s fees and court costs, due in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, by reason of participation in the Contest, or by reason of the acceptance, possession, use or misuse of the prizes, even if caused or contributed to by the negligence of any of the Released Parties. Contest is governed by the laws of the United States and the State of Washington. As a condition of participating in this Contest, entrants agree that any and all disputes which cannot be resolved between the parties, and causes of action arising out of or in connection with this Contest, will be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, exclusively before a court located in King County, Washington having jurisdiction. Further, in any such dispute, under no circumstances will entrants be permitted to obtain awards for, and hereby waive all rights to claim, punitive, incidental, or consequential damages, including attorneys' fees, other than entrant’s actual out-of-pocket expenses (e.g. costs associated with entering), and entrant further waives all rights to have damages multiplied or increased. Contest is void where prohibited by law. Entrants agree that the decisions of Sponsor and the judges related to the Contest are final. By participating in the Contest, entrants consent to the use of their names, biographical information, Photos, images and/or likenesses in any manner and in any medium for any purpose in connection with the Contest, including worldwide, without additional compensation, except where prohibited by law.

WINNERS’ LIST. After we confirm the winners, we will post the winners’ names at http://offerpop.com/ad.psp?cid=675563&ref=fb until April 30, 2015.

SPONSOR. BOP LLC, 1245 E. Washington Ave., Suite 300, Madison, WI 53703. The Contest is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or any third parties Sponsor retains to assist in administering the Contest.