New Elate RFL Items at Fashion Expo 2009

I'm sure many of you have already visited the sims of Fashion Expo 2009 that opened to the public Monday morning. If you have not, you should stop by my booth on Iridium and see the new pieces for Relay for Life. All of the proceeds of the sale of those items goes directly to the American Cancer Society.

Go do some shopping and some good at the same time! :)





Teleport to Fashion Expo!

Photo Contest Winners!

I could hardly believe the response I got from everyone during this contest. Over 200 photos were entered and everyone's creativity truly amazed me. Narrowing 200+ photos down to just three winners was a heartbreaking process for me as I had to eliminate so many photos that I really loved. I finally decided to include a number of honorable mentions. Thank you so much to everyone that entered. Even if your photo did not make the top list, please know that I enjoyed the talent and creativity in all of them so much!

And now for the winners:

First place: Ruriko Bracken


Second place: Pinkolive Hax


Third place: Ronnie Kormann


Congratulations to the winners! Prizes will be distributed and the photos will be put up in the mainstore today.

And now for the honorable mentions, in no particular order:

Darcy Foxtrot


Sabine Blackburn


Aloma Sands


Isadora Vayandar


And as a bonus, the photo that wins the category of "Most creative use of an Elate piece:"

Kaden Gloom


Hehe ^.^ Might I mention that the name of that hat is "Tiny Top Hat". . . Sorry Kaden!

Congratulations again! <3

Silvia and Photo Contest

I've just put out my newest creation, a beautiful, new summery dress. The dress has a gathered halter top with cascading asymmetrical stripes and comes in a variety of vivid colors.



I've sent the blue version of the dress this morning in my update group. Click the terminal in the mainstore to join and get the gift. No group slot required!

I'm also holding a photo contest from now until May 15th. The rules are simple:

- Submit a picture wearing any clothing from Elate. Feel free to mix in acessories or clothing items by other designers, but please try to make the Elate piece the focus.
- Post processing is welcome and encouraged.
- Send your full permission photos in a folder (NOT a notecard) entitled "(Elate!) Photo Contest - your name"
- Make sure photos are at least 512 x 512.
- You may submit as many photos as you wish, but try to send them all in the same folder.
- You are also encouraged to submit your photos to the Elate Flickr group, which can be found at: http://www.flickr.com/groups/elate/
- Have fun, and I can't wait to see what you create!

Prizes:
Grand Prize: L$5000
First Runner Up: L$1000
Second Runner Up: L$500

The contest will run from now until May 15th and the winners will be announced shortly after this. All three of the winners will have their photos displayed in the store for at least a week.

SLurl to (Elate!)

New Eve Dresses

As I'm sure many of you realized, the much anticipated Bunny Hop Hunt is fully underway. I've made a beautiful spring green dress and hidden it at the Elate mainstore.



I've also made another color which is available only in the lucky chair:



Stop by the store and pick them both up :)

Clothing Fair 2009 and Relay for Life

I'm sure most of you are aware that (and are counting the minutes until) Clothing Fair 2009 opens this morning at 10am SLT. Over 170 of the grid's top designers filling 9 sims with many pieces going to support Relay for Life and the American Cancer Society. I'm thrilled to be participating this year. I've made a brand new dress to donate to Relay for Life:



The new Juliet dress is an asymetical dress with a flowy, gathered skirt. Four other colors can be found among many other pieces from my collection at my booth on sim 3.



Click here to visit (Elate!) at Clothing Fair 2009

A new home for (Elate!)

Dense and dark, the colors of Elate's new mainstore on Cupcake are rich and saturated. Jewel-toned dresses stand out against the stained black of the building's wood. The store looks brand-new yet well loved. Ringing the little mall are purple cliffs under a wash of constant rain. Against this backdrop, Elate is housed in a generous loft space, playfully crowned by frothy pink-topped cupcakes. Within, soft arches and columns frame the divisions of space, broken by the fragile fall of paper cranes. Here are housed all of Elate's saucy frocks and separates.



Reflecting the rich colors of the new main store are a set of beautifully textured tanks, the Cupcake Tank Tops. Wrinkled and soft but with a double-stitched neckline, the shoulder straps cross in back to keep in place. The shirt descends in gentle folds to rest over one's hips. There is also a tucked version; the set is available on all layers. The Cupcake Tank Top comes in black, blue, green, pink, purple, red, white and yellow, and are in honor of opening day! The purple version of the tank and a cheeky dark sprinkled cupcake will be dollarbie items from the store's magic fountain.





Also in the shop are two new colors of the sweet flapper frock that put Elate on the fashion map. Felicity now comes in lime and plum as well as the original eight colors. Felicity shakes and shimmies as you move, emphasizing a pretty set of shoulders and a long, long stretch of leg beneath the ruffled torso. The colors were made by request, and are now available to all at the new Elate mainstore!



Elate invites you to come experience the new build, the latest pieces, as well as the classic favorites on Saturday, March 7th at 3pm SLT. Other mainstores on Cupcake include Milk Motion, Kookie, Gigi Couture, Deja Vu, Snooky's, &Bean, Toast Face, Faire, and Fabulous! Come for the rain, stay for a cupcake!

SLurl to (Elate!)

Happy Birthday, (Elate!)

One day, in early Febuary of 08', in a nearly deserted mall, a girl set up a small shop with the three dresses she'd worked hard to create. I can't believe we've come so far in so little time. I want to thank you all from the bottom of my heart for all of your unwavering support over the past year.

/me sheds a tear... my baby is a year old today! Time to throw a party!! I've marked the whole store down 50%. Clothes, furniture, accessories, fatpacks, it's all discounted for the whole week. The sale ends Feb 8th.



Also, a new fountain gift! These adorable heart-shaped aviator glasses are a Valentine's day gift to you all. Just toss a linden in the wishing fountain to get the glasses.



Also, I'm absolutely thrilled to be welcoming my good friend Katx Kirax into the building. She's the creative mind behind the {Bingo} clothing line, and she's taken over a corner of the shop. Her stuff is not included in the sale, but her prices are so affordable, it hardly matters! She has a Valentine's dollarbie in the store along with a few items from her collection. Here's a preview:

First the Valentine's gift:


And then a few other pieces of her collection:










And finally, yet another dollarbie from another good friend of mine, Roark Nitely. He's a menswear designer, owner of The Clubhouse. He's made a few women's items, however and is generously giving them to all of you! Three band shirts and a comfy sweatshirt for just a linden. Here are two of them: