CONGRATULATIONS JOY!!
YOU ARE THE WINNER OF THIS 3RD PHOTO CONTEST!!

Your gorgeous photo embodies the 'urban-nature' feeling of Rose La Biche in such an energetic and refreshing way, wow!

I felt in love with your photographic perspective, the colors and the whole energy coming from this image and I loved to see the very Parisian COCO tee adapted to the very Californian L.A. lifestyle! urban-nature at its best! and aren't these little dogs the cutest thing ever?!!? man!

A big 'BRAVO' to you Joy, I'll be happy to make 3 tees for you, you'll have to tell me which ones you'd like :)

I must say that this year contest brought me an anormous satisfaction. It might sound a little selfish, but I wonder if there's anything better for a designer than to see his/her clients taking photos of themselves wearing his/her designs - well, I'm pretty sure that is the most fulfilling and satisfying thing ever. So let me tell you that seing all your gorgeous photos coming in during these last 15 days made me ecstatic! I was thrilled with everybody's originality and energy! you guys rock!! Australia, France, USA, Canada, Taiwan, Croatia, Argentina, all these countries, some of them so far away, wow I was nearly touched to tears honestly! THANK YOU SO SO MUCH for all the hard work and the time you took to do this, this is the best feedback I could ever EVER receive - MERCI BEAUCOUP :)

Now, s you'll see for yourself with the following winning photos, making a choice has been extremely dificult. These other winning photos speak for themselves. A very hard choice to make indeed :

Kate from Taipei, TAIWAN wearing FROUFROU -
Kate, your photo is soooooo gorgeous! I love the peace and zen energy coming out this place. I've never been to Taiwan but I can understand why you say it is a 'urban paradise' : I want to go there!! This photo taken from a rooftop overlooking Taipei is superb and I love the way to wear the chic FROUFROU tee. Merci for this beautiful snap, Kate :)

Susan from Toronto, CANADA wearing SPARROW -
Susan, what a great photo! super original perspective and lovely background! feels like a urban sparrow indeed! Merci for this cool snap Susan :)

Emily from Seattle, USA wearing PLUMAGE -
Emily is leaning against a stainless steel sculpture of a tree! I love the bright green color and the pause and the book and the smile! the whole picture is full of life and definitely urban-nature! Merci for this refreshing photo Emily :)

Debbie from Victoria, AUSTRALIA wearing ROSACE -
this photo remind me of a place back home in France near the vineyards. The huge tree, the brick house, the dewy light, the nature all around. I wish I could once fly to Australia where a lot of my clients live, your land looks so gorgeous! I loved your pause leaning against the wall with the tree behind you, it's really beautiful! Merci for for inspiring photo Debbie!

I will be uploading all the participating photos tomorrow and I hope you're not too sad if you haven't win :) I will be sending every single person who participated a little THANK YOU gift with a free-shipping code to redeem on your next order.

THANK YOU SO SO MUCH AGAIN to all of you who participated, I wish you all a wonderfull summer. I'll be flying to France by the end of the week to spend some time with my family, recharge my batteries and work on new designs for the fall collection, I will keep you posted :)

MERCI BEAUCOUP A TOUTES :))

Lucy

Yes, the time has come : ladies, I'm ecstatic and proud to announce the 3d annual PHOTO CONTEST open! yes!

After the success of the first two editions, I'm delighted to invite you again to unleash your creativity and imagination. In case you've been reading this blog for a while, you know how much I love photography and how much pleasure I have shooting every single new collection coming out of my design studio. But this Photo Contest is also a great way for me to get to know you guys a little better. This past year has seen new Rose La Biche clients coming from all around the World and I sometimes have to pinch myself to believe this is actually true : my tees and hoodies are indeed worn around the globe from Hong-Kong to Croatia.

But this Photo Contest is also made so that new customers who discover Rose La Biche can see the apparel they love worn by true Rose La Biche women and I love that idea.

Last year, Finland-based client Anna totally blown me away with her poetic urban-nature photo: she nailed what Rose La Biche is all about and she offered such a fresh, unique vision of the label that I was just speachless. So be ready to take up the challenge this year ladies, creativity is the key word!!

For this 3rd edition, the winner of the best photo will win any 3 tshirts from the collection!! THREE FAVORITES TSHIRTS shipped over to you free of any charges. Isn't that neat? Oh oui. And let me tell you, you're just a snap away from these tees and here is what you have to do to try your luck :

• SO WHAT TO I HAVE TO DO TO ENTER TO WIN? Oh, it’s super simple :
  

- grab your digital camera, find a cool background that is as urban-nature as possible AND that is very typical, specific of your country/state/city.
- strike the pose wearing one of your favorite Rose La Biche t-shirts in front of this cool background and snap a cool photo.
- email your photo at info@roselabiche.com with your name & mailing address BEFORE thursday May 28th, 2009. et voila!

I will be judging (oh my!) your photo on its artistic creativity of course but I will also pay a special attention to 2 main criterias : the 'urban-nature' feeling coming out of your photo + something that makes it totally unique as far as your country, state or city is concerned. 'Make it local' ladies, local!!!

• OK BUT WHAT ABOUT THE PRIZES?
  

Well, I will select 5 winning photos that will be displayed here on this blog while all the participating photos will be uploaded on the online Gallery. The 5 winners will receive the great following prizes :

1st prize : 3 FREE t-shirts of YOUR CHOICE from the Rose La Biche collection
2d to 5th prizes: a 20% discount on the t-shirt of your choice from the Rose La Biche collection.

• WHEN WILL THE RESULTS BE GIVEN?
  

You have 7 days (i.e. until May28th, 2009 midnight pacific time) to take your photo as I will publish the 5 winning photos on May 30th on the blog. Of course, all the participating photos will be uploaded on Rose La Biche’s online Gallery.

• WHO CAN PARTICIPATE AND HOW MANY PHOTOS CAN I SEND?
  

Anyone who is a client and owner of a Rose La Biche designs (tee, dress or hoodie) is eligible to participate. You can send up to 3 different photos.

et voila!!!! I wish you all the best for the next 15 days, May 28th is not far away so make sure you make the most of your next week-end ladies ;)

Ready? The contest starts… NOW! BONNE CHANCE!

If France was a perfume, it would have to be Chanel #5. Not that I'm particularly a huge fan of this perfume but it embodies what French feminity is all about. It's always interesting to see what model or actress Chanel is choosen to be the face of this highly iconic scent.
After Nicole Kidman, it is now French actress Audrey Tautou's turn to be the Chanel woman. The spot has just been released and it was shot by French Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet who was actually directing Audrey in the gorgeous film 'Amelie' - a film I loved so much I decided to call one of the tee of my collection Amelie.
The spot is beautifully shot, I love its sultry atmosphere and I suddenly wish I coudl travel in that train to Istambul...

I'm totally smitten with this little gem. Montreal-based artist Solange Guaida's style is "sometimes minimalist, and often with lines and shapes inspired by architecture". I cannot take her ruban ring out of my right hand, it kinds of call my eye when I sew. It is just so stunning.
I love Solange's comment on how she likes designing handmade jewelry, it makes me think of my own creative process regarding designing tshirts :"I love working with metal, the process of starting with a rough chunk of silver and transforming it into something beautiful with my hands". Check her work out and fall in love too.
Merci encore Solange pour ce joli bijou :)

Alpha Blondy was playing live at The Independant yesterday night and he grabbed my hand while bending over the stage to salute the huge crowd of fans. OOOOOH yes that made my day :)

There's nothing like a good reggae night to cheer me up. Merci Alpha :)

OH NICE!
The interview I gave to great Australian Fashion Magazine Pocketto is now available online!

Check it out right here, right now! pages 16-17

As you know, I LOVE to receive feedback when my clients get happy with their tees or hoodies, but when they send me their photo wearing their new apparel, that honestly makes me ecstatic! NOW, if you add that the client is a gorgeous new mother, that just couldn't make me happier.

Meaghan T. from Illinois bought several Rose la Biche tops and she sent me this morning a photo of her (wearing AMELIE) and her ADORABLE 3 months-old baby. OH MY!! you look amazing Meaghan, congratulations on your beautiful baby :)) and thanks again for taking time to snap a photo, I know how timing can be crazy when you have a little one so THANK YOU, you so made my day :))

Lat sunday afternoon, on Haight Street. These guys made everybody stop. There was kind of a Flight of the Concords' vibe to them, I don't know. Not that much in their style but in their songs lyrics. They really made me laugh. I hope to stumble upon them again.

A photo from the neighborhood where I work, The Mission District. I particularly love this add.

www.globalwarming.com

April beggins on a nice touch. I've been asked some sweet questions by fellow Etsian seller and blogger Melissa from 'Melissa Loves'.

Melissa posts interviews of artists she likes on her blog and I loved her simple yet essentialshttp://creaturecomforts.typepad.com/melissa_loves/2009/04/tea-talk-.html questions. So yes, I guess you can learn a little bit more about me on a more personal level, my love for In-and-Out burgers and my passion for the sounds of the frogs cawing at night in the West Indies. Et oui. And if that's not enough, if you still want to know much more, you can always read my daily thoughts on TWITTER where I've been getting some fun lately, trying to find what to say - eheheh!!. Oh and if that's still not enough, if you want to know everything about the girl behind the shop, my work as a designer and my professional vision, well then stay tuned as the interview by Australian online magazine Pocketto is about to be published. Oh la la.

--> OK well and then if you're too bored with my fascinating life, then I invite you to read Garance Doré's blog, a French illustrator/photographer who indeed does have a fascinating life. Enjoy!

I will soon be uploading photos of my new design studio/showroom where I moved a few weeks ago. It is located in the always sunny Mission District that I used to love before moving here and that I'm now totally switten with. It has such a urban, unexpected, underground style that you always end up discovering something new. I love it.

Just like this old, roten car/truck that looks like Tow Matter in 'Cars- The moovie' my son is watching 27 times a week. I love it.

That's why I decided that I'll be posting a new picture from this great neighborhood every week. So that you can too feel this nice energy coming from this place where I work and where I sew all day long. It's so inspiring.

My latest indulgence from ETSY : a gigantic knitted necklace handmade by gifted Atlanta-based artist Yokoo.

I'm loving this so much that I cannot take it off. So plush and sweet that I could sleep in it. Just like Marilyn, 'naked with just a drop of #5 and my 3 rings chain.' Well, OK, at least it spruces up my everyday charcoal v-neck and basic pair of jeans when I sew all day long at my studio. The weather has been so hot these last few days that I couldn't wear it and I'm getting to the point where I could (I COULD, DIDN'T SAY I WOULD NOR WILL) ask for a nicely cold and smoggy sky....

This girl seriously rocks, you should check her amazing work.

I rarely have time to check on Google what comes under the words 'rose la biche' but when I do, I always discover great articles about my work on somebody's blog and that makes me happy.

2 weeks ago, my friend Marie from New York sent me an email with a link to a girl who took a photo of her outfit wearing a Rose La Biche tee. And I loved it so much that I had to show it to you today! So here is Ally wearing DOLORES with a casual-chic French twist indeed. Bravo!

I love 'this-is-my-way-to-wear-it' blogs and I have to say that I'm totally addicted to a French girl blog who does that with so much elegance and edgyness, that it makes me envious!! Check Betty's blog, this is 100% French inspiration!! enjoy and have a great week-end!

a quote -I very much agree with- written on the wall of one of my favorite design stores in San Francisco, Zinc Details on Fillmore street.

Easy yet elegant : this is what this new gorgeous, statement-making collection is about.

I must say I'm very VERY happy with the result, these 6 new pieces exhude casual-chicness at its best and each one of them says something about what the West Coast spirit & lifestyle is really about : being comfy without making any compromise on style.

I hope you'll enjoy browsing the collection and I hope you'll smitten with one of these new little gems handmade with love in sunny San Francisco :)

HAPPY SPRING LADIES!! enjoy your week-end!!

nb : a BIG BIG 'MERCI' to my great friend Sandra who the GORGEOUS model of this Spring collection proving to all of us, that YES, you can be over 30 years-old and be steaming hot and beautiful.