Au Revoir

Hello, et bonjour to you All
& Happy New Year for 2010!

 

…simply sat by a roaring log-filled fire on a chilled & ever-whitening snowy afternoon, & just prior to stepping into the adventures of another new year, I wanted to wish you all an unbelievably happy & prosperous, & of course healthy 2010 – inundated with fun, & enveloped with love & laughter!

With sadness Frocked.co.uk has now closed, & the main business Frocked de la Vallière ltd will not be trading into 2010.

After a fashionably-full 5 years (from covering London Catwalks & American boutiques to Australians online, alongside Daisy Lowe, Isabella Blow, Sian Lloyd, & The Apprentice…..Fashion Enter/Capital, Cheshire Life, Daily Post, BBC, & nearly ASOS & Harrods etc etc etc; where was Vogue??) it has not been an easy decision but one that sadly I have had to make. Relocation to somewhere new will, hopefully at some point in the future, start the beginnings of a re-launch of la Vallière designs but for the moment all will be packed away very carefully – in lots & lots of boxes….to be unpacked & thus re-discovered all over again on another, but hopefully sunnier day )

So many individuals, employees, students, graduates, volunteers, suppliers, photographers, media etc & organisations have helped Frocked along our path & I give so many thanks to you all, & of course we would not be present if it were not for our stylishly wonderful customers! a BIG THANKYOU to ALL of you & FrockedFriends for your invaluable support over these last 5 years – we wish you well & so much happiness & do hope to see you again in our future.

(It still evokes such an immense & delightful feeling in me, when I hear the gasps from people pon first catching a glimpse of a fabulous Frocked posh frock, & the ‘oooh’s & aaah’s’ from the corsets; & not just when being fitted into & of course the impeccably sexy office workwear range that never fails to turn heads, whether from a man or woman; ever so très chic with our own unique sexy bit of tailoring!)

New beginnings & new adventures await us all in this new & hope-filled year of 2010…..I truly wish you all a fabulously fun & beautiful New Year’s Eve; be safe & happy into the next year of new ventures

Au revoir pour le moment from everyone at Frocked

With love & luck, from

Tracey Valliere-Evans
Founder/Director

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Frocked de la Vallière ltd

Registered in England & Wales Co Reg: 04955532 Directors: T Valliere-Evans/Co Sec C Cornell

 

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Sunday shopping online…..

Hello FrockedFriends!

 

We hope you are having a glorious weekend, wherever in the world you are, & have had fun ready for another week – maybe a little online shopping to end the weekend? We are reducing all prices of remaining stock on Frocked.co.uk before we stop selling online….some items are now out of stock sorry, but you can still buy a Valliere flutter corset or posh frock online today

 

As we are relocating we have been busy trying to sort through everything in the Studio,…..but getting waylaid when finding things we thought were lost – a pair of scissors long thought of as gone & some silk fabrics; we had forgotten just how beautiful they were! However it is good to reminisce & finding fabrics from the collection shown on the London catwalk reminded us of our catwalk video: there is a link to see it on the Frocked website: AboutUs&You page.

At the back of all our Frocked samples we found dresses from our first ever fashion show & collection; memories of a frantastic time! & so now have some very happy customers who were delighted that we let them buy! We may find more…….

Have a lovely Sunday & a great week

HAPPY SHOPPING!

Relocating…et ‘le crunch’

Hello on this wet & thundery November day!

WE HAVE AN UPDATE: With an impending relocation, &, what we like to call ‘le crunch’ of our economic climate, Frocked de la Vallière have decided to cease trading online through our e-commerce website: Frocked.co.uk. This will happen before we reach Christmas & so of course, there are sales on dresses & corsets with more to follow until all stock has been shipped/sold to our lovely customers!

Some items & sizes are already sold out & will not be re-stocked so please don’t be a disappointed Frocked customer…….get over & place your order before all the lovelies have sold out!! Do remember that anything in your basket is not safely yours until paid for & stock updated. All orders are shipped special delivery & we will still ship worldwide.

After 4 years we know it is sad to say goodbye to our online sales, as we have loved working on Frocked.co.uk, but we need to move forward & thought we should let you know beforehand…..but you can still buy your jewel-coloured & butterfly party dresses & corsets on Frocked.co.uk until all items have sold

Have a lovely weekend

HAPPY SHOPPING

UPDATE: Frocked.co.uk have had some changes & are moving, which means we will cease trading online. So sorry if this upsets anyone but we are reducing all online items in stock as we will not be renewing…but we wish you HAPPY SHOPPING & are thankful to all our Frocked.co.uk customers old & new
…as always more updates will follow
Tracey & The Frocked Team
XoX

Frocked Seeking Boutique Stockists

Frocked Designer Boutique Label LookBook

Frocked de la Vallière is an independent designer boutique label, first founded 2004, based in Wales but with a foot in the door of London; 

Daisy Lowe modeled in our 1st year & Isabella Blow said she liked our cut, & we now re-launch with wholesale.

We are based on the unique Isle of Anglesey with a backdrop of ocean waves & mountains, & take inspiration from the diversity of living here & the hustle & bustle of travelling on the London tube. I design with a definite juxtaposition & classical twist yet with practicality in mind; I need my mobile & Oyster Card in a handy pocket when stylishly rushing across town!
(… &, before we go ahead with any designs we try them out first.)

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A timeless capsule collection in old-time tailored glamour with a modern sexiness & jewel trim, & unique Vallière signature cut.

 

‘…from modern boardroom to red-carpet-glamour!’

 Full-length & fitted posh frocks in butterfly devorè, sari’s & satins, & waist-creating corseted bodices with unique bustle hem.

Pocketed & corseted pinstripe & Prince of Wales office workwear with witty design details for practicality & individual custom fit. 

The new office workwear range in Prince of Wales or black pinstripe is eye-catching with its sexy glamorous cut & jewel trim: Office Dash Skirt, Buckle Wrap dress, Hustler Corseted Waistcoat, pocketed Dapper Pants & the essential white fitted GangStar shirt with back detail darting.
Fluttering special occasion posh frocks with masses of draping fabric in butterfly devore & halterneck shimmering satin; definite window pieces to entice customers through your door for more!

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We manufacture in the UK, & can therefore offer you:

::  quick & easy ordering & delivery

::  in-season ordering

::  quick turnaround

::  smaller orders

::  immediate dispatch if in stock

::  larger orders can also be catered for

::  custom ordering with changes of fabrics etc

See the new collection online in our new page-turning LookBook: content.yudu.com/A185ra/FrockedLookBook

 & to VIEW the collection in LONDON please call Hayleigh at Fashion Enter to make an appointment in The Showroom:

 ::  +44 (0) 208 5468 209 

 Do please contact if you have any questions…& we look forward to you becoming a Frocked stockist!

Click here to launch the full edition in a new window.

UPDATE: The Photoshoot at Tre Ysgawen Hall Country Hotel was a fun day & everyone there unbelievably helpful; Neil should be very proud of his hotel & staff. We had full use, but all took a great fondness to a dame of a grand & ancient purple beech tree, an original classic Steinway piano & a serene swimming pool…that is until until our models went in! Fresh Contemporary Photography & Face of Frocked at TH1 to be announced…

Frocked is always a fan of Vogue & Vivienne Westwood

Hello there!

Oh we have been ever so quiet – & do apologise, but we have been going through some changes & creating a whole new, & updated, collection; it is having the final touches done as we speak!

Keeping with the British theme we have started a collaboration with a Welsh production unit, who have made for Vivienne Westwood plus Int Fashion Week Catwalks, & they are fabulous!! Christine & her team at Anderson Apparel have opened their arms to Frocked, & we fit right in with our new designs & their expertise & enthusiasm; one of their team has also just won an award & is off to a swanky presentation evening where even Vogue will be present…will she be wearing Frocked?? )

We are launching the new collection in London this month…& it is so exciting – even the girls at Anderson Apparel are excited working on our new designs!!! From office tailoring of dresses, shirts, Dapper Pants & coat dresses, to sleek ‘wrap & backless’ posh frocks & the always favourite Flutter Frock range – all new & updated! The Beach range has also seen a wave of creativity & new design wash over it with new items added & favourites updated.

The new collection will replace the garments on Frocked.co.uk & we will slowly filter in the new images over the end of November through December.

Welcome to Frocked!

XoX

Goodbye to Posh Frocks & Corsets

Well, we are still clearing out our past designs, samples & seconds from the Frocked Studio & haven’t finished yet. We are working on the new designs too…ooh exciting news for our new posh frocks & corsets but a sad goodbye to the old designs. There is so much we want to do …but time does not always allow for this & so unfortunately for today, but maybe not for tomorrow, some design ideas just have to go to the back of the sketch book.

We recently put the last full-length Cappuccino Posh Frock on eBay with a dramatic 80% discount off rrp – but, I may add, this dress is a sample factory second & has also been used on catwalks & photo-shoots hence the discount. (This is the style Daisy Lowe modelled for Frocked de la Vallière on the London catwalk………& who is she modelling now? Vivienne Westwood’s latest collection shown at London Fashion Week!!)

I remember seeing Bex, our model, in this dress for the first time – it could have been made for her it fit so beautifully & the colouring of the dress was simply perfect. Everyone on the shoot agreed she looked stunning, if not a little cold…even with the remainder of the previous-nights Halloween body make-up ‘ever-so-slightly’ still apparent!! We have also seen this dress on someone darker & it looked scrumptiously divine too.

We weren’t sure whether to put the last mid-length Flutter-by-Day posh frock on eBay, but with it being an X-display dress that we have used on a photo-shoot & us still having the remnants of a couple of the first-ever Flutter-Dresses, we realised it was simply too sad to have this dress locked away in our studio; she needs a new loving owner. The red handcrushed velvet Vallière Corset Top also needs a special person to wear it, as you can see from our model, how striking does she look in the red velvet?? …& she stepped in at the last minute, only coming along for a day out with the photographer & friend; this is also on eBay with a 50% discount…it is the last one after all!

All these designs are being updated & we hope to start adding them on the Frocked.co.uk site in March/April……we only wish we could show them to you sooner!!!!

HAPPY sales SHOPPING!!

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Why not drop a hint to your partner & forward this e-mail…..

Happy Valentines’ Day

 

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