Taigan.com Announces Polyvore Designer #Fashion Competition; Enter on Facebook

NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Calling all fashion editors and want-to-be fashion editors! Taigan introduced its first Polyvore Designer #Fashion Competition, a contest for fashion, interior design and art that lets you play personal stylist with Polyvore styling tool and Taigan.com's collection of 80 specialty shops and designers. Whether you're sharing runway fashion, your personal style or street style, Taigan wants to celebrate spring in style with Polyvore's easy-to-use clipping tools and Taigan's fashion, decor and accessories.

Polyvore is the web's largest fashion community where people can discover their style and set trends around the world. Create a look using any combination of items from Taigan's designer shops for an opportunity to win a $200 Taigan shopping spree. Many Taigan specialty shops and their one-of-a-kind collections cannot be found anywhere else online. Fashion, gourmet food, wine, decor, art, jewelry and beauty - it's all in one place, Taigan.com.

The Taigan Polyvore Stylist rules are as follows:

• Create an outfit using the very simple Polyvore editor (http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/app)
• Check out how to use the Polyvore editor in this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYzy1Cewbjc  
• All items must be from Taigan.com for your chance to win $200
• Winner will be featured in the Official Taigan Blog: TaiganFinds.com and Facebook Fan Page
• Post your "set" to the Taigan Facebook page: http://www.Facebook.com/TaiganFinds
• There is no limit to entries per person, so let your creative juices flow!
• The best collection wins!

Deadline for entry is April 1, 2011. Entries are to be posted on Taigan's Facebook Fan Page and will be judged by Taigan Creative Director Julia Reed and a panel of editor-judges.

Here are some example collections:

1. http://www.polyvore.com/spring_fling/set?id=28817221

2. http://www.polyvore.com/untitled/set?id=28925601

Award-winning and editorially acclaimed by publications including InStyle and Departures, Taigan brings the small exclusive collections of the best boutiques and designers together in one place, inviting shoppers to access new fashion the moment it arrives in store, and access to items otherwise not available online.

For more on Taigan, subscribe to the Taigan Finds Blog, stay connected on Taigan's Facebook Fan Page or Follow us on Twitter @TaiganFinds.

About Polyvore

Polyvore's community of tastemakers engages with millions of products from across the web every day. With 7 million monthly unique visitors, trendsetters and shoppers alike, Polyvore helps the fashion maven discover the hottest brands, products, trends and looks. Its global community has created over 20 million fashion sets that are shared across the site.

About Taigan

Editorially noted in InStyle, Departures and Elle Decor, winner of the Retailer of Excellence Award in the Internet Innovation category and named Technology Start-up of the Year, Taigan is recognized as the online shopping destination for a highly curated collection of boutiques, designers and purveyors. Showcasing specialty retailers of women and men's fashion, home decor, art, antiques, jewelry, gourmet food and wine and fine gifts, Taigan brings the best shops to your fingertips. For the shopper, the collector, the epicure ... delivering an extraordinary and ever-expanding collection of shops and purveyors. Creative Director Julia Reed delivers a collection of Elusive Finds, facts and profiles in Taigan's fetch online lifestyle magazine. Shopping is free; guests are asked to provide their email address to use the site's messaging service with shops.

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SOURCE Taigan