Hello all~
This year we have planned a special "FRuITS Fashion Competition" for the Friday of Manifest. Registration is Closed

"The "FRUiTS look" could be summarized as combining traditional Japanese styles of dress with an irreverent approach to modifying and combining elements of clothing, accessories, and technology."

Why?
Seeing as we only have Cosplay competitions on the weekend of Manifest where only Japanese anime/manga and video game characters are allowed, we wanted to take into account and support the ever growing Japanese fashion and acknowledge the hard work that some of our attendees go through to look good.
This competition is mainly for fun and hopes to relieve some of the pressure the weekend Cosplay Competitions may have.

What can be entered?
For our competition we are allowing any form of "Japanese pop culture fashion" This includes, but isn't limited to, Visual Kei & J-rock (take for example Mana) J-pop (Morning Misume) Elegant Gothic Lolita, Sweet Lolita, Ama-loli (basically any of the "lolita" styles), traditional Japanese clothing (kimonos and yukatas), school uniforms (fuku) Japanese punk styles, Harajuku, Decora, Kogal, "Fruit" style and many more. Own creations are encouraged, we understand that there are some people that can purchase beautiful garments from Japan @_@ but this will be greatly taken into account when judging.

All entrants will be required to fill out a pre-registration form online

Entrants may be asked questions based upon the pre-reg entry.

Awards may include (but not limited to)
- best technical construction
- best compiled outfit (this is where store bought costumes/or partly bought may win)
- overall best costume

All entrants will need to arrive 30-40 minutes before the competition begins in said location. This event is strictly pre-reg only so fill out the form as soon as possibly in order to guarantee your position.

- name
- style of dress
- whether or not it was bought/made/combination

Judges will need to arrive 60 minutes before the event to discuss that day's competition and a run through of the competition

Some questions may be asked either by the judges, host or a combination.

The Cosplay Coordinator, and Judges are not eligible for entry into the FRUiTS Fashion Parade.
Manifest Committee members are eligible to enter the Cosplay Competition but may only win prizes in the Audience Choice category. Should a Manifest Committee member be judges the winner of any other category, they will only be awarded a medallion, and not a prize (if any).
The awarding of medallions to Manifest Committee Members (apart from the Audience Choice) will be subject to a case-by-case analysis by the Cosplay Working Group.

The Judges reserve the right not to award prizes or medallions, pending the standard of entries.

THE COSPLAY COORDINATOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO DISQUALIFY ENTRANTS WHO MISREPRESENT ANY ASPECTS OF THEIR ENTRY ON THEIR REGISTRATION FORM

Any concerns of bias/corruption should first be raised to the Cosplay Coordinator.
In the event of a Cosplay Judge being accused of bias/corruption, the Cosplay Coordinator reserves the right to discard that Judges' scores and re-score entries. Should these concerns involve the Cosplay Coordinator, the issues will be dealt with the rest of the Manifest Organisational Committee.
The decision of the Committee is final, and no further correspondence will be entered into.

These rules are subject to change.
Any changes to these rules will be posted on the Manifest forums, web page and sent out to registered entrants via email.

COSPLAYING AS CHARACTERS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED INTO THE COMP. THIS EVENT IS PURELY TO accommodate FOR THE "NON-COSPLAY" FASHION.