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The Way You Wore It

You showed us how you rocked our clothes, now we want to show everyone else.  Here are some of our favorite submissions from The Way You Wore It contest. (Grand prize winner Tevis S. from Kurtistown, Hawaii featured above)

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From Elsewhere

Vans World Cup of Surfing 2011

The highlight reels from the Vans World Cup of Surfing 2011 in Hawaii are giving us some serious sun envy. It's barely December and we already forget what warm weather feels like. We'll just have to sit here and daydream about sitting on that beach, watching these dudes catch some serious waves.

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STOPS

Garage Magazine and Dasha Zhukova have launched STOPS, a crowd-sourced street style site with some serious prizes.  All you need to do is submit a picture, vote on your favorite outfits, and the looks with the most love will win some designer duds.  So get on there and show us whatcha got!

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Designed By: Pratt Institute Favorite

The votes are in!  On FaceBook, we asked you to "Like" your favorite dress from the finalists of the Designed By: Pratt Institute, and this is the look you chose:  The Silence & Noise Dolman Sleeve Kaftan by Sam O'Brien!

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From Philadelphia

Hit The Road Favorites

Here are some of our favorite travel photos from our Hit the Road Contest.  The winners are soon to come!

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From New York

Taco Tuesdays NY: UO vs. Betsey Johnson

Come join us tonight in our epic battle against Betsey Johnson at this week's Taco Tuesday in New York City (120 East 15th Street)!  Urban Outfitters will be going up against Betsey Johnson to raise money for the Young Survival Coalition, donating 50% of all tips.  Meet us there in your best UO gear and help us destroy them.  Watch your back Betsey.  We're coming for you and your little dog earrings, too.  RSVP today!

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From Philadelphia

Room Sweet Room Contest Favorites

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From Philadelphia

This Into That Contest: The Winner

For our This Into That Contest, you showed us how you took pieces of old clothing, furniture and objects and transformed them into something new. Here are some of our favorite entries, along with the Grand Prize winner. Thanks for showing us your remakes everyone!

Pam

Jeremy J.

Lauretto P.

Daniel L.

Cindy H.

Logan H.

See more of our favorites entries and some DIY projects from our friends here.

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From Philadelphia

Weirdest Photo Contest: The Winner

Though he was overseas with a bad internet connection, Tim Barber still managed to pick a winner for our Weirdest Photo Contest (above) and 10 other favorites. 

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From New York

FEAST Brooklyn

FEAST is a public dinner where a small fee gets you some good food and the opportunity to vote on and fund artist projects, all presented while you eat.  The next dinner will take place at the Festival of Ideas in NYC on May 7, 2011.  Check in to find out how to submit your own art proposal.

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From Philadelphia

The Odyssey by Homer

Clearly, we have a winner.  (Via the UO designers.)

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From Los Angeles

Re-Covered Books Contest: The Odyssey

The Fox is Black is holding another installment of their Re-Covered Books series, and this time it's for Homer's epic The Odyssey.  Monsters, gods, adventure and beautiful women– there's lots of inspiration this time.  Enter your cover design by midnight on April 15.

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From Los Angeles

Tempest Freerunning Academy

April 2 marked the opening day of Tempest Freerunning Academy, California's first and only training facility totally built for freerunning and parkour. Bring the Band-Aids. 

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From Philadelphia

Lo-Fi High-Style Winner

Leslie was the winner of our Lo-Fi High-Style contest.  She just sent us this fun video of her and a friend testing out her prizes: A Holgawood camera and an outfit that she bought with her $300 UO Gift Card.  Want to be a winner?  Enter our Weirdest Photo Contest now!

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From New York

Dekalb Not Just a Container Contest

Urban Space and Dekalb Market are throwing the "Not Just a Container" contest– a competition pitting creative business owners and artists against each other to come up with the most creative use for a shipping container.  The winner will actually build his or her concept at Brooklyn's Dekalb Market with a $3,000 construction budget and operate it rent free for six months.  Entries are judged on design, sustainability, community impact and entrepreneurship– read all the rules and enter here by April 9. 

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From Philadelphia

Did You Win Free Shoes for a Year?

Congratulations to Alexandra K. from Cary, NC– the winner of our Shoe Club Sweepstakes!  For her first pair of free shoes, she picked the BC Knot Sandal.

Didn't win?  Shop shoes instead!

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Modern Love Contest: The Winners

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From Philadelphia

Modern Love Contest: Over It!

It's over!  We're wrapping up the Modern Love Contest on Twitter.  Here are a few of our favorite "Anti-Valentine" pictures:

"My grandmother sent me this sweater for V-Day.  It is the anti-Valentine."

Check back next week for our winners– one photo from each category of the Modern Love contest will get a $200 UO Gift Card  Thanks for entering!

Modern Love Contest 

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From Philadelphia

Modern Love Contest: Love Notes

Your teachers may have forced you to give Valentines to everyone in the class, but we're playing favorites during our Modern Love contest.  This week we asked you to Tweet pics of your old love letters to win– here, a few we loved:

This week (2/14 to 2/20), show us your best anti-Valentine's Day photos. Follow us on Twitter and Tweet your pics to @urbanoutfitters with the hashtag #UOlovesucks and you're entered to win!  We'll post our favorite entries right here at the end of each week, and one winning photo from each category will get a $200 UO Gift Card!

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From Philadelphia

Modern Love Contest: Who Do You Love Part II

Last week, our Modern Love contest went to the dogs...literally.  We received so many great pet photos as part of our "Who Do You Love" category, we decided to do a whole separate post.  

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