Time is Running Out!

The 12 Vivant makeups that are retiring to make way for the new Fleur skin line have only a short time left -- two weeks at the most -- so this is a good time to check to make sure you have what you want. I know at those prices I'm trying new looks and skin tones. Why not? At L$250 per makeup and L$600 per trio, it's a no-brainer ;)




The Vivants that will disappear soon are marked with green 50% off sale ovals and are: Natural, Vin, Glam, Feline, Soiree, Pin-up, Rose, Basic Nude, Basic Red, Basic Pink, Lalique and Just Lips.

More about the new line as soon as Roslin and CJ let me ! But I can say that it's pretty wonderful. New base, new range of skin tones, super makeups, yummy body and, as always, the Fleur quality that we know and love. So be patient a bit more! [And get those retiring Vivants before they do!]
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Shortly we'll be setting up the voting process for the Retiring Vivant Photo Contest winners, where you, the discerning reader, will choose the model/photographer who best represented the retiring Vivant makeups. Look for more information soon...

Parfait Indeed!

Our Hall of Fame Jolie Fleur, Grazia Horwitz, has selected this week's winners! So without further ado -- here are her choices :) [Interestingly enough all are wearing Parfait Deux #3 in Vanilla]

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FROM GRAZIA:

1) Halfpint Pennell – Apple picking in Fleur
I picked this photo because it does the most justice to the skin. I’ve always found Parfait to be a happy face, and Halfpint just wonderfully captured the girlish beauty.

2) Dot Lane - Is That A Pistil Or Are You Just Happy To See Me?
Dot’s photo cracks me up. It is just too funny. Besides it reminds me of Blind Melon’s No Rain [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmVn6b7DdpA] , which is still one of my favourite songs.

3) Achariya Maktoum - Parfait at Home 01
Achariya has a pretty unique style, and I love to read her blog, even if her style is so not my style. Parfait is one of the skins I like best on her avie, and this photo just shows it off beautifully.

Aside from the Fleur gifties for this weeks winners, I’d like to contribute something too, and I will be contacting you in world with a nice pose pack. Thank you, Roslin, CJ and Samara too, for inviting me to pick this weeks winners!
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You are more than welcome Grazia -- sure made my job easier LOL

And a BIG CONGRATS to the winner, who will be receiving their gift cards shortly.

***Parfait Flickr Contest Due Date Extended!***

A couple of you twisted my arm every so gently, saying you needed the weekend to prepare your Parfait Photos -- so the new deadline is Sunday, Sept. 21st at 9pm SLT.

This will be the last Flickr contest before the release of the new line of Fleur skins. So get those photos in there!

The Parfait Deux skins will remain on sale through the weekend. AND, as the new skins are coming soon, you need to get those returing Vivant makeups before they disappear!

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The Shoujo Boutique skins are, alas, no longer on sale, BUT the Parfait Deux Boutique skins are! 50% off until at least next Saturday. So this is your chance to grab some Parfait Deux hand drawn goodness at half price, including fat packs.


And if that isn't enough incentive, the Jolie Fleur Flickr Contest for this week is YOU'RE PARFAIT! While only the Parfait Deuxs are on sale, you may submit photos of the original Parfaits also. Photos are due to the Flickr Group by 7pm SLT, Friday, September 19, 2008. We know you'll be perfect!

Now for the extra twist:) Our Jolie Fleur Hall of Famer, Grazia Horwitz, will be doing the choosing for us. Thank you Grazia -- now take those pictures and may the Parfaits win!

This contest is extra special as it will be the last one until the launch of the new skin line coming along in a few weeks' time.

You Sure Did!

We asked you to SHOW OFF SHOUJO and you certainly did. So much so that, in addition to the three winners, there are 2 honorable mentions, who will receive a L$250 Fleur Gift Card. Just enough to buy a nice dress or a sale Vivant.

The winners showed off Shoujo in many creative ways. So here they are!


Shoujo Winners [L$500 Fleur Gift Card]
Nissa Nightfire feeling fantastical wearing Shoujo 6 in Lily
Guuguu Ghia purring in Shoujo 4 in Lotus
Noena Merlin dreaming in Shoujo 5 in Lotus


Shoujo Honorable Mentions [L$250 Fleur Gift Card]
Cordi Biddle in your face in Shoujo 6 in Lotus
Sakuradawn Lei looking lovely in Shoujo 6 in Lily

Congratulations to you all!

But that's not all!

Those of you following the Jolie Fleur contests know that one of the best photographers out there in our part of the metaverse is Grazia Horwitz. And she does wear her Fleur so very well. So we have decided to award her with "Jolie Fleur Hall of Fame" status. What does that mean? Stay tuned *winks*

Here she is in Shoujo Lady Edwina in Lotus .

Show Off Shoujo! -- Our New Flicker Contest and SALE!

Our new Flickr Contest, week 6 of our countdown to the new skin release, asks you to SHOW OFF SHOUJO. To help you along there is currently a sale on Shoujo Boutique skins at Fleur, including the Nicky Ree collaboration ones, but, alas, not the Black Swan. Although you can certainly post Black Swan pictures to the contest.

Shoujo, while anime inspired, is a very versatile look -- The Nicky Ree Collaboration skins show that for sure:) So SHOW OFF SHOUJO -- we're looking for atmosphere, your outfit, location -- whatever approach expresses YOUR view of the Fleur Shoujo Boutique skins! Fell free to resubmit an earlier photo from the pool to this contest.

Photos are due in the Jolie Fleur Flickr pool by 7pm SLT, Friday, September 12.
Prizes will be L$500 Fleur Gift Cards, which, with the also ongoing Retiring Vivant Sale, will buy 2 Vivants for you!

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

Clothed in Fleur [Week 5 Flickr Contest]

This past week we were looking for you in Fleur clothing -- just taking a brief break from the retiring Vivants -- and you showcased the beautifully designed and made Fleur clothing better than we imagined :)

The winners were: [please click on the photo collage for the full-sized image]


Ran Garrigus for his wonderful recreation of "Singing in the Rain," wearing Fleur's Men's Charcoal Suit. [A freebie at the previous train station build]

Rack Brautigan, for creating atmosphere without a specific location, wearing Effervescent in Black. [Her photo made me go buy the dress :)]

and second time winner,
alerbic_b, for her character creation of "Lardine", who is wearing Fleur's Juillet Dress in Sky as she meets her fate. [Be sure to read the sad tale on the Jolie Fleur group Flickr page.]

Congratulations to you all! You will receive your L$500 Fleur Gift Card shortly :)

Celebrating Fleur Clothing!

The current Jolie Fleur Flickr Contest asks our group members to clothe themselves in Fleur. As group admin I can't enter, so I thought I'd share three of my favorite Fleur outfits with you, hoping you too will want to enter the contest! Prizes will be Fleur Gift Cards for the photo or photos that best show off Fleur's clothes, plus publication of your photo in the Fleur blog.



On the left is the "Mai" swimsuit. It comes in this modest version as well as a more midriff-baring one. The detail is the quality you expect from anything Fleur -- clean design, matched seams and a prim skirt that fits :) Shoes are the Office Fling Slingbacks in Blue. On the right is "Avril", a lovely strapless dress in flower-petaled lavender [remember what they say about April showers ;)] I de-pouffed the system skirt a bit, but otherwise perfection! Nobody does a system skirt better than CJ Carnot, I wager :) The dress comes with a small sweater, but I opted for the bare shoulder look.

In the middle is something old and new. Recently Fleur released their popular Desk Set Suit in Lilac, Pink and Seafoam. I'm wearing the latter. Again the system skirt is superb -- just look at the ruching, but what you can't see is the perfect zipper on the back of the skirt. Details are a Fleur hallmark for sure! The system top has wonderful ruffles that don't require an attachment point and don't require adjustment. Sometimes simple is good!

Shoes for Avril and Desk Set are the Satin Slingbacks in Black. Hair is ETD Patricia in Apricot, skin is Fleur Vivant Basic Pink 2 in Buff [one of the current sale skins at Fleur] -- necklace is MiamMiam's Feather Pendant Necklace and Earrings.

To find the Fleur Clothing Boutique either turn left at the landing point or look for the teleport at the door of the main store. Pictures for the contest are due to the Flickr Group by 5pm, SLT, Friday, September 5.

Mrrrrooooooow! (Vivant Contest -- Week 4)

This week you were purrrrrfect. While there were many wonderful photos to choose from, Roslin's Feline makeup emerged as the winner, specifically makeup #3.

Without further ado, but with a big *mew* -- here are the winners!

Top: Gabby Panacek wearing Feline 3 in Bronze

Bottom Left: Firedragon Bellios wearing Feline 3 in Blush

Bottom Right: Gaia Granada wearing Feline 3 in Bronze

Since I am away from SL this week, look for your L$500 Fleur Gift Card to come from Roslin Petion!

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REMINDER: Next week's contest is for Fleur Clothing. Just turn left from the landing point and you will find the Fleur Clothing Boutique. We'll be looking for interesting locations that show off our clothing. So start scouting and snapping! More information when I return home on Saturday!

And the Winners Are... [Vivant Photos, Week 3]

Y'all sure know how to make my task both pleasant and difficult -- so thanks! Seriously -- all of us at Fleur are enjoying the ways in which you are showing off our retiring Vivant makeups.

This week Soirée snuck in again, but not without some sturdy competition from Basic Nude and Pin-up. The winners are:



Umbra Lunardi wearing Soirée 3 in Buff, along with a wowser of of outfit.
Aislinn Grizot in Basic Nude 1 in Almond, with probably a bad headache from that cage.
hyasynth Tiramisu showing off Pin-up 3 in Cream, along with her horns and hya outfit.

Bien fait! They will be receiving their L$500 Fleur Gift Cards inworld shortly.

And Week 4 commences ... where will this end? Nobody knows ... but feel free to resubmit from the previous week if you wish as we're always willing to take a second look!

Soirée It Is! [Vivant Photos, Week 2]

First my apologies for the delay in awarding the Week 2 winners of the Retiring Vivant skins contest. RL intervened :(

On to the good stuff! There were lots of nice entries this week, including some wonderful ones from last week's winners and of the Basic series of Vivant skins, but my eye kept returning to 3 images that showed off the Soirée makeup in 3 very different ways. So without further ado -- the winners of this week's "Retiring Vivants Contest" are . . .


Rosie Barthelmess wearing Soirée 2 in Buff
Freyja Nemeth wearing Soirée 3 in Bronze
Liana Arai wearing Soirée 3 in Buff

There were other wonderful Soirée photos, but these spoke to me of the range of expression possible starting with the Soirée makeup -- from elegance with ears and piercings, to a glorious gilded room to a moment of solitude in Cuba. Each winner will receive a L$500 Fleur Gift Card as soon as I can get online :)

Remember that this week's photos will be due on Wednesday evening, 5pm SLT and, hopefully, a swifter posting of the winners. Post 'em at http://www.flickr.com/groups/joliefleur/

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!