Hello! After a brief (two year) absence, I'm pleased to announce that Stimulate Your Style will be making its triumphant return. Stimulate Your Style is a weekly avatar challenge hosted by the staff of , designed to test your skills and inspire your creativity!

For this new edition, there will be a couple of refinements. A new challenge will be posted every Wednesday. Join our ping group, , to receive weekly updates and reminders when new challenges are posted. New challenges will also be posted to our website, style-file.org. Check the 'Contests' tab for the latest.

There will now be prizes to reward your efforts! When you enter the weekly challenge, you will earn 20 raffle tickets. Additionally, I'm adding a fun, competitive twist to proceedings to encourage site activity. You will also earn 1 raffle ticket per adore. Adores will be totalled up when the raffle is drawn on Wednesday and a new challenge will be posted shortly after.

Once you have uploaded your avatar, I encourage you to share it with this thread, too, so we can keep track of entries. Please link directly to the style. Remember that you must own your items and be able to wear your outfit to upload it. You are free to use Custom Wearables as you please. If you would like to share the avatar I recommend uploading to an image sharing site like Imgur and pasting from there. Feel free to tag your challenge avatars with 'stimulate' and admire the creativity of your fellow designers!

If you do not want to upload your avatar, you are still more than welcome to participate. You can share your entries using the Shared Outfits function in the current wardrobe; save your creation then post the link to the thread, and don't delete it before we draw the raffle! Alternatively, save a copy of your challenge avatar and upload it to a trusty image sharing site, again Imgur, and post it in this topic. While you will not be entitled to the bonus tickets, you will of course still be eligible to win the prizes with your 20 raffle tickets.

Each week, at least five people will receive a 1 million sP wishlist item. For fairness, you cannot win multiple prizes in one week.

I think that's everything! If you have any further questions, please feel free to ask. And again, join our ping groups, and to keep up-to-date! You are also more than welcome to ping your friends and forum groups to join in, too!

New raffle prizes & weekly rewards!

CHALLENGE 76: Make an avatar using the Nuclear Spectral Hood. As soon as I saw the latest release from Quentin I knew I'd found our next challenge! I'm sorry to put y'all through the nuclear colour scheme again but the things we do for fashión, huh? This gorgeous hood might not be the most versatile item but I know that everyone will scratch their stylish scalps and bring out their best. It's time to give those zombie strains a freshen up with a pop of lime green!

This challenge will close next week, on Wednesday 7th March! As always, feel free to share your avatars both here and on the site! :D

Previous Challenges

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Our Forum Topics We have three additional forum topics on Subeta, viewable to members of the group! Check them out here, or at the bottom of the Forums page on Subeta.

Firstly, we have the Lending & Borrowing group! Join the ping group to get involved and share the riches of your wardrobe with fellow members.

Secondly, there's the Avatar Critiques & Advice thread. is the group to join to help and be helped by your fellow members, who are always willing to cast an eye over your creations for a second opinion. And this is the perfect place to ask for tips and tricks from fellow Style File members.

Next, we have set up a chit chat thread called Style File Speaks. The forum group has been created to help my fellow chatterboxes. I have thought that a space to talk - whether it's about human avatars, Subeta or even our lives outside - is long overdue for our fabulous forum group. Check out the topic for more information and get chatting!

Lastly, check out the General Discussion & Updates thread. Keep in the loop with the latest goings on on Style File and raise any questions and concerns here.

Style File Shop We have now opened the Style File Shop! All profits from the shop will be reinvested into prizes for future events and contests; while some items will be used for prizes themselves.

All members of the forum group are welcome to 20% discount on shop search prices (expect for the Custom Wearables, though we are open to selling these for the right price!). If anything catches your eye, just drop me a comment and I'll arrange a trade for you. I'm welcome to negotiate further on expensive items listed in the shop. Furthermore, if you'd like to donate any items to the shop or sP to the Style File Bank just lemme know and we'll sort something out. Who and I normally pay for prizes out of our own pockets, so any and all contriubtions are appreciated. We thank you for your continued support!