Black Swan Glides into Fleur ...

At last we can welcome The Black Swan to the Fleur home sim after its debut at The Black Swan Project.


The Fleur skin was created to compliment Nicky Ree's Black Swan gown and uses the Boutique Shoujo skin in the Lily skin tone. Black Swan 1 was created to Nicky's specifications, 2 is a classic makeup look, the lip color on 3 is the same hue as the beak on a black swan.

So come say hello, get those demos, buy, and enjoy wearing the sumptuously dramatic makeups, enjoy their grace, but don't feed the swans, 'cause they bite!

The vendors are to the right of the landing point: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Fleur/56/118/27

The Eyes Have It! [Vivant Photos, Week 1]

UPDATE: We are now awarding a L$500 Fleur Gift Card to the avatars whose photos are published in the blog during this contest. Roslin thought I was being too cheap LOL. So now it's not just fame, it's also fortune :) Enjoy!
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Here are the choices made from the first week's Jolie Fleur Flickr photo stream of our about-to-be retired Vivant skins. You didn't make it easy! And the "eyes" did have it :)

The three images shown below go into the pool that you all will vote on for the prizes to be awarded on the release of the new Fleur skin line. [expected in September]

Congratulations to... [from left to right]

Noena Merlin wearing Fleur Vivant Feline 2 (buff)
Grazia Horwitz wearing Fleur Vivant Natural 2 (buff)
Fury Stapleton wearing Fleur Vivant Pin Up 1 (buff)



If you didn't get selected this week, please resubmit for next week. Same conditions apply. Show off the Vivant skin to its best :) Post by Tuesday evening and those selected to be published in the blog will be posted the next morning.

A Fond Farewell .... to some Retiring Vivant Skins

Nope, none of the Fleur team is going anywhere, but 12 Vivant skins are going to be discontinued upon the launch of Fleur's new line of skins in September. And they are on sale for 50% off until then.

BUT they deserve a proper send-off don't you think?

So a slightly different kind of Flickr contest. Post your "Bon Voyage" to your favorite about-to-be-discontinued skins on our Flickr. About once a week I, Samara Barzane, will do a blog post including a few of your photos that I like especially.

PLEASE label them with the skin name, number and tone.

The skins eligible for this contest are .... Natural, Vin, Glam, Feline, Soiree, Pinup, Rose, Basic Nude, Basic Red, Basic Pink, Lalique and Just Lips

You may post up to 5 pictures a week while the fun lasts :)

At the end there will be a poll where YOU decide which three photos that I have posted do the departing skins the most justice. There will be prizes :)

Let the homage begin!

http://www.flickr.com/groups/joliefleur/

*Featuring Fleur* -- No "Calamity" This ;)

Rather far from it.

Yesterday Calamity's Haute Models Agency, aka CHM, presented a runway show at the OnRez Stage. The clothes were from Aeris Pinazzo's Mythology and the hair was by Calico Ingmann of Calico Creations. And ........... the models wore exclusively skins from Fleur :)

It was a pleasure to cooperate with CHM and the CHM Show Arranger, Vivienne Darcy. It was a smooth, well presented show and all I heard about our skins were raves.

These are snapshots I took after the show, madly camming around. Calamity Hathaway was kind enough to let me post them here :) So not high- fashion photography, but these ladies look HOT in their Fleur Skins. From left to right, Vivienne Darcy [CHM Show Organizer], Cordi Biddle [Model Trainer], Desiree Lurra, Rhonda Pennell and Ashland Carver. Veronica Krasnar is just behind Rhonda's shoulder. They are wearing Fleur's Boutique Parfait and Shoujo skins.


We hope to do more of these events in the future and next time I promise I'll tell you in time to attend!

The Black Swan Project

Rezzable has invited the top designers and artists in the metaverse, including Fleur's Roslin & CJ, to create their dream piece inspired by Black Swan, a sim created by Light Waves.


The Fleur skin was created to compliment Nicky Ree's Black Swan gown and uses the Boutique Shoujo skin in the Lily skin tone. Black Swan 1 was created to Nicky's specifications, 2 was a classic makeup look, the lip color on 3 was the same hue as the beak on a black swan. Available for 1200 lindens at the Black Swan sim only until August 5 at which time it will be available in our main shop.

Fashion Show Invite below


Access to the sim is gained by purchasing a device for 200 lindens at the tp point. BLACK SWAN

The event will be launched with a fashion show and live music event on the Black Swan sim on the 16th of July, Wednesday and will close on 4th of August. Rezzable will be showcasing the work of the best designers in SL in a gallery space especially created for this event in Black Swan.

http://rezzable.com/style/fashion-inspired-black-swan

A Farewell Sale for 13 Vivant skins -- 50% Off!

When it rains it pours with good news from Fleur :)

We're saying an eventual good-bye to 13 of the current Vivant line at Fleur. How long will the sale last? We're not sure, but only until the NEW line of Fleur skins is ready to be introduced. So shop early and often :)

Individual skins are now L$250 and the multipacks are L$600. The sale skins are marked by a round green "50% off sale" sign. The sale price will show AFTER you choose "pay."

The skins on sale are: Just Lips, Basic Red, Basic Pink, Basic Nude, Pin-up, Modele, Glam, Natural, Vin, Soiree, Lalique, Rose and Feline. Once the sale is over they will be gone for good.

And don't forget to try Emma RFL demos to the right of the sim landing point.

Please Say Hello to Emma RFL!

She's only here for a while. Emma RFL is, as her name indicates, a Limited Release skin in support of the Second Life® Relay for Life and my relay team, The Passionate Redheads. ALL proceeds go directly to the Second Life ® Relay for Life to be held inworld July 19-20.




Emma RFL is an unreleased primarily photoreal Fleur skin base available in one tone and 3 makeups, suitable for redheads of course! But "otherheads" will enjoy her too. She is priced at L$1000 per makeup and is available in Relay vendors to the right of the Fleur landing point.

Please come say hello and, while you are enjoying her beauty, make a contribution to Relay for Life and make Emma RFL your own!

Not Just Any Skin -- Only for Relay for Life -- Coming Friday!

Roslin & CJ have graciously consented to donate an, as yet unreleased, skin which will be placed for sale at the Fleur Mainstore on Friday to benefit my Relay for Life team, The Passionate Redheads. ALL proceeds go directly to the Second Life ® Relay for Life to be held inworld July 19-20.

The SL® Relay for Life is a multi-sim virtual version of the American Cancer Society's RL relay, with all funds raised going to fund cancer research. Having just lost a good SL® friend to the disease, I'm going to be relaying my heart out, while wearing the new Fleur skin.

Not only is the skin new and exclusive to Relay, but the "Emma" skin base is new to Fleur and for this Relay Edition only. Only one skintone and three wonderful makeups, all appropriate for redheads and "otherheads" too!

They will arrive on Friday and be in the official RFL vendors. We'll let you know when they are in the store, but until then my heartfelt thanks to CJ & Roslin!

GO RELAY!

Windlight and You!

**If you are reading this on the feed you'll need to either use Quibblo.com link or click through to the Fleur blog to take the quiz.**

Here's a short quiz for you on your use of Windlight.
This is information that will help Roslin & CJ as they are working on the new Fleur skin line for you.

I am not exactly sure how the results will be tabulated, but we'll let you know when I figure that out. *grin* Please let me know if you run into any quirks or problems-IM inworld would be best. Of course you can add any comments on windlight that you wish in the comments section :)

Thanks in advance for your help!

Quizzes by Quibblo.com

A "How-to" for Our New Belts!

To be honest, when I first laid eyes on our new system layer belts I thought okay ......... what do I do with these? LOL

Then three of our intrepid fashion bloggers in SL(tm) came forth with a series of posts that showed how wonderfully attractive, flexible and useful these little beauties are.

So a big Fleur thanks to Ana, Sasy and Marni. You inspired me to play the layers game and do my own post :)

Ana Lutetia
Scarborough Flair
Artist's Tea Party

and mine

The Long and the Short of It

I hope these blogs show you how versatile the new belts are. They are now available at our Rue D'Antibes store as well as the main store at Fleur.
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REMINDER: The 50% off sale on ALL Parfait boutique series skins ONLY at our Rue D'Antibes store will end THIS evening! So get your parfaits now!

Please Give Us a Piece of Your MInd!

Below is a questionnaire that Roslin & CJ would like you to fill out for them. They want to know what YOU like in a skin -- so help them out please and hurry the new skin line along :)))

Please drop the completed Questionnaire on TaP Shepherd. Nice prizes will be awarded on the release of the new skin line later this summer.



Please complete the questionnaire below, put it in a notecard and drop it on to TAP SHEPHERD in world.
All completed questionnaires will be entered for a prize draw to be held on the release of our new skin line.
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YOUR NAME:

1. What is your favourite aspect of our Vivant skin ?

2. What is your least favourite aspect of the Vivant skin ?

3. Name your favorite skin brand other than Vivant ?

4. What is your favourite aspect of this other brand?

5. What is your least favourite aspect of this skin brand?

6 Tell us which other skin brand has the best of the following features and why you like them:

a Brows:
b Makeup:
c Nose:
d Mouth shape & texture:
e Body Shading overall:
f. Feet:
g. Genitals:
h. Cleavage:
i. Bottom:

7. Do you prefer skins with a lot of character in the face or with a more neutral face ?

8. What is the most you've ever paid for a skin and which was it ?

9. What would make you choose a more expensive skin over a cheaper one ?

10. What extra features help you decide to buy a skin (ie: freckles, facelight, lashes, mod, etc) ?

11. Do you buy multipacks if they're discounted over single skins ?

12. How often do you buy new skins ?

13. What would make you buy skins more often ?

14. Where do you usually hear about new skin releases ?

14. Please give any other comments, suggestions & feature requests you have for our next skin line.

Good News! Parfait Sale at Rue D'Antibes extended through Wednesday!

Well Roslin's back and she says YAY -- let's extend the Parfait skin sale at Rue D'Antibes through Wednesday! Sooo....

The Parfait and Parfait Deux individual skins AND multipacks are 50% off through Wednesday ONLY at our Rue D'Antibes store. That is L$600 per skin and $2000 for the multipacks. Now those of you who were a few lindens short yesterday have 2 more days to find them :)

Here's your TAXI !

Parfait Boutique Skin Sale at Rue D'Antibes through Monday!

**Ends Tonight, Monday, June 23**

CJ Carnot must have gotten up on the right side of bed this morning, because when I suggested we have a sale at our Rue D'Antibes store he said YES!!!

ONLY the Boutique Parfait & Parfait Deux individual skins are on sale, and ONLY at the Rue D'Antibes store, but they are 50% off until MONDAY -- thus extending your weekend goodness.

Ssssssshh .... Roslin doesn't know about this ... so maybe you should hop over and grab the goodness before she does :)

He's also put out the wonderful new belts, not on sale, but buy several while you are there. Although they're small, they are mighty fashion statements, and only L$100. each, L$5oo. the multipack.

Your limo awaits: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Rue%20D'Antibes/137/103/28

The Belts are Here!

Today is the day to go take a look at Roslin & CJ's new system layer belts that you've been seeing on the fashion feed recently! They are the answer to a fashionista's prayer. No more tweaking prims just to have your AO make you look sliced in half *grin*

These belts are provided on both the jacket and shirt layers for easier mixing and matching. You can use them to dress up a plainer outfit or to pull an outfit together. We're sure you'll find many uses for these style gems. Need I add that, with CJ and Roslin, the textures are rich and beautifully executed.


There are six wonderful styles, each is available in 8 colors that match the Fleur gloves. Most are worn at the mid-thoracic level [Thanks to Sasy Scarborough for that term LOL] They are L$100 each, but for L$500 you get the multipack, saving yourself L$300. They are now on sale in the Fleur clothing boutique to the left of the store landing point.

So come on over and get your solution to the belt problem now! Here's your limousine :)

The BATHING BEAUTIES of Fleur

We have our winners! Again it was hard to choose, but in the end we selected three that we thought fulfilled the theme nicely. Thanks again for making us work hard ;)

So without further ado may we present The BATHING BEAUTIES of Fleur!

FIRST PLACE [and winner of a L$2400 Fleur Gift Card]
Aslinn Grizot wearing Fleur Vivant Laura in Buff


SECOND PLACE [and winner of a L$1200 Fleur Gift Card]
Noena Merlin wearing Dig Ophelia 3 in Buff


HONORABLE MENTION
Willow Caldera wearing Marni 3 in Buff


The winners will receive their prizes shortly. Pictures will also be placed in the Fleur mainstore, after CJ & Roslin release the belts -- yes those wonderful belts you have been seeing on the blog will be out shortly.

Thanks again to The Bathing Beauties of Fleur!

Listen to Roslin & CJ on ScarlettCast

Hear our own Roslin Petion & CJ Carnot as interviewed by Scarlett Niven on her podcast, ScartlettCast. They talk about Fleur and several other topics. It's nice to hear their voices!

You can find the podcast here: Digital Image
If you want to keep up with Scarlett's podcasts there is a kiosk outside Fleur's main store where you can subscribe if you wish. It's to the left of the entrance, next to the kiosk
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We've teased the group and now I'll tease you. Roslin & CJ have some belts about to be released that will match some of the Fleur glove colors. I've been permitted to try a couple -- they are super. Stay tuned:)
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Also don't forget the new Vivant, Dig Ophelia now in our main store at Fleur. It's worth more than a casual glance!

Do You "Dig Ophelia"? We Do!

The latest and, alas last, makeup in the current Vivant series of skins has just been released. Here's what Roslin Petion has to say about the inspiration for the makeup.

"As soon as I saw hyasynth Tiramisu's homage to cello rock band, Rasputina, I was smitten. Her "How We Quit The Forest" ensemble artfully marries Victorian and punk influences that inspired me to create a matching makeup named after another Rasputina song. "Dig Ophelia," which will be the last regular Vivant release, features a saucy beauty mark , lush lips, and lids with just a touch of shimmer. It is available in 6 skin tones and 3 makeup variations created to compliment the various colors in hya's set."

Having had the privilege of previewing the three makeups I can safely say that Roslin and CJ have done it again -- creating a summery forest-friendly release that you will want to wear!

Come on over and take a look -- you won't be sorry! Prices are L$500 for a single skin and L$1200 for all three makeups in a tone. Fleur Main Store

It's a Holiday Sale at Fleur!

It's a holiday weekend in the US and UK so what better excuse for Roslin Petion [US] and CJ Carnot [UK] to have a sale!

**The sale continues through 9am SLT Tuesday, that is tomorrow.**

Yup, A SALE -- and a nice one. The sale skins will have an oval green 50% off tag next to them, but just to help you zero in on the goodies, it is ALL Boutique skins as well as the most recent new releases. So that’s Parfait, Parfait Deux, Shoujo, Marni, Blossom and the six wonderful new makeups from the Fleur/Nicky Ree collaboration on sale! Individual skins only!

So hop on over and have yourself a wonderful holiday weekend :)

Announcing a new Flickr Contest: BATHING BEAUTIES!

Show us how you and your Fleur skin are heading for summer!

Your photos wearing a Fleur skin and fulfilling the "Bathing Beauties" theme will be accepted up until Sunday, June 15th at 5pm SLT. at the Jolie Fleur Flickr group. Any questions, please contact me, Samara Barzane :)

First and second prizes will be awarded [L$2400 and L$1200 gift cards respectively] with the First Prize winner getting their picture displayed in the store.

We know you are ready for summer, so show us your "Bathing Beauties!" We can't wait to see your inventiveness and style!

"After the ball is over ....

... after the break of morn. After the dancers' leaving, after the stars are gone" ... two lines from a sad little 1890s US song. but there is no sadness here!

"After the ball is over" gives us chance to admire CJ Carnot's absolutely splendid build for the Fleur/Nicky Ree collaboration Spring Ball without the distraction of elegant ladies and well-dressed gents.

The ball was held last Saturday in the magnificent ballroom spanning the two sims. I didn't take pictures as I was on low resolution to survive, but here is one taken by one of our Jolie Fleurs, Elaine Lisle. [Thanks Elaine!]

hya Tiramisu and Achariya Maktoum came as charming Goth boys to make sure the ladies had enough partners. You can see Achariya's report in her blog here.

But the skins *sigh* -- I fell in love with the new Shoujo"Florence." Not too many shots on our Jolie Fleur Flickr group yet, but here are two, from Jyla and hya, the details below.

On the left: Jyla is wearing Vivant Le Fleur in Buff and Nicky Ree Le Fleur Baroque in Red
On the right: hya is wearing Vivant Le Fleur in Cream and her new Nightmare suit.

Thanks to all of you who came to the ball and who have purchased the new skins. They are available now in our main store in Fleur -- please drop by and take a look!