I AM HERE TO ANNOUNCE THE GAP BORN TO FIT HAIKU CONTEST WINNERS!!!
It was pretty exciting to get all those comments, I'm not going to lie. And all the entries were SO rad, it was incredibly hard to pick the winners! Thank you to everyone for entering, and if you didn't win, just know I still loved every haiku and there will be more contests in the future so check back!
Our runner-ups!
Christianna Taylor, a college friend whom I haven't spoken to in YEARS, entered the contest and had this following award-winning haiku:
My jeans conceal two strong legs; sexy with grace and pose; beckoning you.
WINNER!
Alissa Wigdor's haiku had some great rhythm, I liked reading it out loud:
Straight leg skinny jean, Attitude and confidence, Dark wash only, please.
WINNER!
I chose Kaleigh's haiku for incorporating the slogan, and also to answer her question that yes, she will try on these jeans and love them:
Because I am short, All my jeans are much too long. Was I born to fit?
WINNER!
And Matt wins for having three hilarious haikus, and this one for clinching a free pair of jeans:
denim on denim canadian tuxedo nineteen eighty five
WINNER!
And dum dum dum, here's our GRAND PRIZE WINNER - a certain Sonya, whose blog I've been reading for quite some time since she first left a comment here over a year ago -
Jeans, they never lie On your couch Indigo dye. On low, tumble dry.
GRAND PRIZE WINNER!
Woo hoo!! I'm so glad everyone entered and I already can't wait for a chance to hold my next contest. And to the winners: you don't HAVE to, but if you want, get you thems Gap Born to Fit jeans and e-mail me (or blog) about them!! I will share your own thoughts on the jeans - and pics are always fun, too!!
By the way, the rest of the jeans I had left over from the party lasted me enough for ANOTHER party - this time at my parent's house this past weekend and with all my Panamanian relatives. The age range is from 19-70+ and they all loved them! I think that is a true testament to the wearability of the jeans, if I do say so myself. Check them out:
Wow! I never thought this blog would get me the chance to hold a party with my coolest girlfriends in which I gave away free jeans! Seriously. Think about that. These sort of things didn't happen before. In the olden days. Sure, my mom had tupperware parties or Mary Kay parties - but this is completely different. This was free swag for my girls, and we got to test out the new Gap Born to Fit denim line!!
I did some serious, classy party planning for this shindig. First of all: I bought six bottles of wine for 13 ladies. Second of all: I brought down my huge bedroom mirror for the visual affirmation of "good jeans" we all needs. Third of all: I made cheese and cracker plates. SERIOUSLY! Fourth of all: I had a party contest.
Let me start from the beginning with my set-up, provided by the Gap -
Those are three types of jeans - the Always Skinny, Real Straight, and Sexy Boot, each in sizes 0-12, with little canvas-y totes that say "Born to Fit" for all the ladies to take home their jeans!
I laid about the food and drinks, as well as popped some "Born to Pop" popcorn and put it in the "Born to Snack" bowl (they are REALLY serious about being born to do stuff!) and I also put out little "Born to..." M&M packages. So cute!
I was also provided with a digital camera and a FLIP CAM HD. Here's the thing though: I can point and shoot pics, and I've been known to get trigger happy with that gadget, but a flip cam?! For my first foray into videographing, I know I have some learning to do. The fact that I tried looking my subjects in the eye made my flip cap "eye" wander lower than face level at times - aka there are some lingering body shots. Luckily, this party was all about trying on jeans, so you get to see how they fit!
But yes, again, I fail at cinema verite - at least for now! I plan on really working on my video skills, and hopefully post more of them in the future!
(picture courtesy of Zan!) Here's me trying to be a steady cameraperson. I'm learning.
Anyway, let me size up the jeans themselves: I think everyone agreed how quality they were. The Gap changed some of the fundamentals of their basic jeans, and I think everyone could tell. Some were even hesitant to COME to the party with free stuff because they already didn't fit into Gap jeans, ever. Lo and behold everyone found a jean that fit!
Okay, almost everyone - Jaime came a little late so there wasn't a jean in her size, and Miss Jesse Lee Denning doesn't fit into a size 0 jean, the smallest size available. Yeah.
She's a tiny one! Here's her and Perry discussing it:
However, Jaime and Jesse Lee did take home a gift certificate for a pair of jeans at a Gap store! Woo hoo!
Lauren Ashley and Perry showing off their jeans and matching outfits!
The jeans were a hit, and I wouldn't be surprised if the next time some of these ladies went out looking for jeans, they'd hit up a Gap. Most of the girls loved the Always Skinny, as it's basically a New York staple. The Real Straight were also very streamlined and slimming, and most of those got snapped up right away. The Sexy Boot jeans were less popular because you either needed Gisele Bunchden's legs or a trusty tailor to hem them. Even my long-legged friends couldn't fit into them unless they wore five inch heels! Here are Lauren Ashley and Christiana trying on jeans:
I think the Sexy Boot are in fact, flattering, but it has some definite length issues. I may just see about hemming a pair for the sake of proving my opinion!
(Photo courtesy of Zan!)Question asking!
So the party continued on a run of trying on jeans for a while, and everyone giving opinions and a lot of remarks on how well the jeans fit on the hip and derrier. I also set up a little contest in which the ladies had to write down the answer to the following question:
The average North American owns how many pairs of jeans?
Cara and Erica tied with their guess so I had a tie breaker!
Who released the first "designer" jeans?
Both guessed "Guess" wrongly, as the answer was Jordache, and then I asked them -
In which year was the first designer jean released?
And [finally] Cara was closer to 1978! She won a $50 gift card to the Gap!
We then got into a very ladies-only, never-leave-the-room conversation which had many of us cracking up and/or staring at each other in horror. Some things have to stay between us. AND BEFORE I FORGET!!! I just want to give a shout out to my lovely guests who endured the humidity that engulfed my apartment on Monday night - Erica, Kelly, Christiana, Jaime, Perry, Zan, Katie, Jesse Lee, Lauren Ashley, Jennifer, Cara - THANK YOU FOR COMING TO MY PARTY!!
I'm not going to lie, Perry's booty looked great in the Real Straight.
Katie Brown rockin' it!
Zan!
Christiana & Kells!
Jennnifer rockin' her own new pair.
It was an accomplished night for myself, in terms of being able to throw together a little party - humidity be damned! And it was really cool to be able to spread it around to my friends, too! Don't worry. There's something in store for my blog friends, too!
I wouldn't have been nominated for such a great opportunity it wasn't for this little blog and you that read it...and comment on it (or not!). I hope everyone enters this next contest I've got going! I'll post about it tomorrow, and the "contest" will end next week -- as you may or may not know, I'm getting married on SATURDAY, so I'm pretty busy for the weekend!
The party has arrived! The festivities actually go down Monday night with a rad bunch of ladies, and there will be MUCH documentation, not to worry!!
What's also rad? There are some goodies in store for those not in the area! I have a prize...or two...or three for my lovely, amazing, awesome readers!! I've told you lately that I love you, right?
Tomorrow morning Jesse and I head to Massachusetts for our final "single" weekend, where we'll be celebrating my brother's birthday and the arrival of the Panamanian contingency! A lot of my family flew in...from PANAMA. So excited!
Guess what?! GUESS WHAT?! I got picked as a Gap Brand Enthusiast! Last night I returned home from seeing The Hurt Locker with Jesse, and dinner with him and Tyler, Jiscilla, Jesse Lee, and Brian to a package from Gap welcoming me. In it were the above & below shirt - why yes, that says "Born to Blog" - could it BE more appropriate? I think not.
Also enclosed was a group of minz lip glosses, the Gap's "Close" perfume, and a canvas tote bag perfect for, say, a honeymoon on a beach in a month? Yes, perfect.
This means my friends and I get to have a little party and try on the new Gap Born to Fit denim line - before it hits stores. If there's one thing I like in this world, it's a great pair of jeans, so I'm incredibly excited!
