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The Story

This year we celebrate furry fashion and the creatives behind it all. Whether it’s your favourite graphic-T, or the most skilled of handmade outfits, Mel invites you to wear what helps you to be more you. It’s all fashion, it’s all you.

The Possibilities

This theme is open to interpretation, and that’s intentional. This theme is as open as the gaming theme was in a previous year. This is a theme you can throw yourself at in any way you want to enjoy it. It’s a celebration of us and the way we like to look and present ourselves, from drag artists to your favourite pins and accessories, it’s all fashion.

Key Words, Phrases & Inspirations

• Brok’s top hat, big hats, baseball caps
• Dylan’s shorts, comfy underwear, high heeled shoes, platform shoes, baggy trousers, ripped jeans
• Mel’s jacket, biker gear, scratchy christmas jumpers, 80s shoulder pads, Marge Simpson’s designer dress
• Clothing identity, clothes swap, comfort clothing
• Clothing customisation, sewing, crochet, seamsters, knitting, homemade clothes, leather working, hand-me-downs
• Sustainability, responsible fashion labels, grunge, paparazzi, make-up, body art, muses
• Fashion designers, models, fashion shows, cool lighting, low-fi music, The Devil Wears Prada, Paris, London, New York, world fashion, cultural fashion
• Be yourself, poodling, dynamic poses, distinctive look, blending in, strut your stuff, expression, juxtaposition, colour combos, complimentary colours

Artwork Donation Ideas

If you’d like to use your valuable time to create and donate some artwork for us, here are some ideas that might help:

• Our mascots: Brok, Mel & Dylan in new and interesting clothing
• Mel the Model
• Brok the Photographer
• Dylan the Fashion Designer
• Fashion magazine front pages
• Fashion show catwalk
• Cool lighting and dynamic poses
• Drag artists and stage performance

Please see our Art Wanted page for information on how to donate artwork to us and what we’re looking for in terms of specifications.

Photography Donation Ideas

We’re looking for photography as well. Have you taken great pics of yourself dressed up to the nines? Have you walked a fashion show and got the photos to prove it? Show us your favourite outfits, designs, and fashion passions. We might be able to feature your photos in our conbook, or on banners, or as part of our video media. This theme is about you and what makes you more you, and photography is just as important as artwork in representing our fandom. Please note, by sending us your photos, you give us consent to distribute them under the creative commons licence linked on our Art Wanted page.

Colour Palette