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We couldn’t be more excited to announce the winners of our Chictopia 10 contest. While we may run plenty of contests for our community, this is one that is very near and dear to our hearts. Not only are we hosting Chictopia 10: The Social Influence Summit during New York Fashion Week, but we had the chance to take ten lucky people from our community to be our special guests.

And now we can finally announce who we’ve chosen!

We’ve shuffled through all of the entries and were truly honored and touched by some of the things that were said. Some of you either started your blogging journey on Chictopia or joined us in the midst of it, and from what we can tell you’ve had really positive experiences. We couldn’t be happier to have been a part of that and that’s why we’re so glad to award these ten bloggers a spot at our Chictopia 10 conference, as a thank you for being so great to our community.

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The coveted first place prize goes to the very sweet Jasmine of Jazzyhwang. I’ve had the pleasure of interacting with Jasmine over the past year through, of course, blogging – and I don’t think I’ve ever come across a sweeter more humble blogger. We’re so excited to meet her in NYC!

Nine other bloggers will be joining us and here they are!

paulinabelle
aCullen
calivintage
katherinelou
blonderedhead
mitzicocoa
lydia
Catherinee
chichelee

And for those who would like to follow our tracks in NYC, check us out on Twitter!
Congratulations girls! Can’t wait to see you there!

xo,
Cheri

The search has begun for the next Buy Definition IT Girl!

Around here, we love contests and we love our bloggers. And if you don’t mind us saying so, we think you are the best around. So it only made sense to partner with BuyDefinition.com to find their next IT Girl, because we’re fairly certain she’s part of the Chictopia community.

If you haven’t heard of BuyDefinition, well, it’s high-time you get introduced. Their website is stocked to the seams with top brands and must-have pieces. T by Alexander Wang, BB Dakota, Charlotte Ronson and even blogger favorite Stolen Girlfriends Club are there on the site for the taking.

On top of the opportunity to win up to $475 worth of prizes, BuyDefinition.com is also in search of their newest IT Girl. What exactly is an IT Girl? Well, take a look at the contest to find out.

To get you started, BuyDefinition is also offering 10% off purchases over $100 with the code BDLOVE.

So get stocked up, and as they say, be styled, be defined.

xoxo,
Cheri

On Cupid, on arrows, on chalk-flavored candy hearts. If Valentine’s Day had an official song, we would be singing it right now. Instead, we’re getting geared up for the holiday by throwing a contest with Forever 21! That’s better than us singing right?

Starting today, the Forever Sweetheart contest with Forever 21 is open for all you love sick puppies in our Chictopia community. This contest has a little [Forever 21] Twist (heh, get it?) – On top of entering a photo of you in your V-Day duds, you have to snap a photo of you holding up the name of your forever love. CoedUgly Editor Wendy has already expressed her undying love for a man who is not her music professor at Berkeley.

Let’s see, forever love, ey? My sign would end up saying something like “I <3 Fast Food” or “I <3 Sleeping for Inordinate Amounts of Time: What is Wrong With Me?”

Well, we’re sure you have something much better than that, so enter!

There’s up to $600 in prizes! And that isn’t all. You can save up 10% off purchases over $40 at Forever21.com with the code ILOVEF21.

Whew, Forever 21, we think you’re shaping up to be our forever love. Drinks?

xoxo,
Cheri

Can you believe we’re already in 2010? We can’t. We’re still writing the date as if “010” makes sense.

To start the new year off right, we partnered with bebe for a New Year’s themed contest. New Year’s Glitter was the name and NYE attire was the game. As the entries started pouring in, one thing was certain: Chictopians really know how to sass it up for the holidays. And they look good doing it, we must say.

The contest has come to a close and the winners have been chosen! Take a look and see how these gals glam up for the holidays.

Karenb decided to ring in 2010 with two things that are guaranteed to keep her warm: fur & champagne. We can’t say no to either, and that’s why she’s one of our winners!

isunj87 could very well be a bebe cover girl in this photo with her head-to-toe bebe ensemble. Opting for the staple of the season, a leather jacket, she’s undoubtedly starting off her year in style.

We hardly ever see sequins pulled off so well, but leticiainfante does it without much effort. That pout and her hair doesn’t hurt either.

Congratulations to all our winners! We can’t wait to see what you snatch up with your gift certificates.

xoxo,
Cheri

Susan and Eric, the faces behind ModCloth, have an eye and love for vintage clothing. Running a vintage themed contest only seemed appropriate! After scouring through several entries, the winners have been chosen!

First up, none other than AbbeyKarson, one of our Style Icons. A simple white tee gets fancy paired with a sequined skirt and bow. Minnie Mouse chic, no?

And rounding out our list of winners is aCullen. Vintage never looked so simple. And croquet? I mean, how could you lose?

Congratulations to our winners! If you haven’t already perused through the ModCloth website, make sure to get acquainted with their huge selection of vintage and vintage inspired clothes and accessories. Their vintage items sell out fast – with good reason. Take some style cues from our winners if you don’t know where to start!

Stay chic!

xoxo,
Cheri

We’ve wrapped up our Karmaloop Streetstyle Contest and after mulling through tons of stylish photo entries the results are in! Winners will each be receiving gift cards for Karmaloop.com. Just in time for all that holiday shopping!

1st place: agogofashion Winner of a $250 gift card

2nd place: cayleem Winner of a $150 gift card

3rd place: calivintage Winner of a $100 gift card

We can’t wait to see what the winners pick out! Karmaloop has a good variety of products so it can really suit any style. They even sell headphones and housewares of all things! I’ll be saving up for a BB Dakota coat in black and silver shoes from Jeffrey Campbell. Happy shopping Uglies, stay tuned for our next contest!

Congrats to our winners! Spend it wisely :)

xo Cheri