Faire Frou Frou Grand Re-Opening THIS Saturday, April 10th!


Join us for our Grand Re-Opening this Saturday, April 10th from 11am-6pm! Faire Frou Frou is finally back after 7-months of being closed after a DWP water main break in September '09.
As soon as we get some photos of the newly remodeled space we will post on the blog...we love those 'before and after' posts! Just a few hints, our new floor pattern was inspired by Rubie Green and our chandelier (that we created by hand!) was inspired by champagne bubbles. More details to follow after our re-opening this weekend, in the meantime, please stop by if you have a chance!

Faire Frou Frou is located at 13017 Ventura Blvd., Studio City, CA 91604 (one block west of Coldwater Cyn, free parking in rear & metered street parking).
See you soon!

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Posted in , , , at Thursday, 8 April 2010. No Comments

Faire Frou Frou - Clean-Up & Renovation

Here's Faire Frou Frou boutique as of this weekend. Notice that not only are the walls half-gone, but the office and fitting rooms are missing! Even the chandeliers are gone! The green & white checkers, which will be re-painted, are all that remain.

This entire basket of bras (along with other baskets/boxes) was completely submerged in water. This particular Huit bra on top (which so many of you love) was sitting out in the 100 degree heat for several hours, and was still wet after all that time!

Faire Frou Frou shopping bags
Water damaged Faire Frou Frou bags and gift-wrap boxes. Such a shame; they hardly look as pretty as they should on the ground like that.

This was our carpeted area leading to the office. Off to the side are the heaps of bras that were in wicker baskets and subsequently got submerged under muddy water. We attempted to sort out what was ruined, and what could be saved. At least we cleaned out a lot of mud at that point! You don't even want to know the things that floated into our store - ickk!!

Faire Frou Frou post water damage2
The first day of clean-up. Piles of trash had to be thrown out; rugs, carpet, soggy boxes, base board, drywall, you name it!

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The store 2 days before everything was moved to a storage facility.

Here's Faire Frou Frou before the water damage. So much charm, warmth and life! We can't wait to bring that back!
Faire Frou Frou during the day

One week has passed since our store was submerged in muddy water from a nearby water main burst. And boy, a lot has happened in that time! In the period of about 5-6 days, we have had our store inventory & fixtures removed and shipped to a storage facility, and the shop itself has been dried out (we hope!) with heaters blasting day and night (and the store temperature was a miserable 120 degrees while everything was being cleared out - we've never been so hot!). Luckily we had a great team of people helping us - thank God!
At this very moment, our shop is empty; even the walls have been partially removed. Our fitting rooms and office have been torn out, our chandeliers have been packed, and pretty much everything that made Faire Frou Frou so beautiful is out of site.
We are being told that we will be up-and-running within a month (3-4 weeks). Actually, we've heard a bunch of estimates ranging from 1-2 weeks to 90 days. We're hoping it will only be about a month. In fact, we're very excited to start the renovation process! We already made some fun plans for how we will redecorate (don't worry, it won't be too different!) and we're very anxious to share these plans with you! This renovation project, though a bit stressful, is also an exciting opportunity for us. We are looking at the positive that has come out of this muddy mess, and hope to present you with a prettier, more updated Faire Frou Frou.
We hope and pray that everything with our insurance company and the DWP works out fairly. We're trying to remain positive that it will, and we're taking this upheaval one day at a time.

For you, our customers, please continue to shop with us online (fairefroufrou.com)! Also, if you have any special requests, you are welcome to contact us at 818-783-4970.
We look forward to sharing our news of our Grand Re-Opening date! Let's hope it's soon!
xox

Posted in , , at Sunday, 13 September 2009. No Comments

Down, But Not Out...Water Damage at Faire Frou Frou

Faire Frou Frou; the victim of a water main break in Studio City, CA.

Clean-up crew removing inventory & furniture from Faire Frou Frou

Our shopping center the evening of the water main burst.
AP Photo/Mike Meadows

This is what our store should look like!

We are sad to report that Faire Frou Frou was the victim of a water main break in Studio City, CA this weekend. Our entire shopping center was submerged in water varying from 6" deep to 4' deep, and unfortunately mud and water soaked our entire shop. That being said, a clean-up crew was required to remove all items from our store to thoroughly clean so as to avoid mold damage. The project of assessing exactly how much was damaged in terms of merchandise, furniture and fixtures remains to be done this week.
In any event, we are hopeful that we will get our store back up and running by some point in October.
We will certainly keep you updated with when we expect to re-open our shop. Let's hope we can wrap all of this up quickly!

Luckily our online store is still unaffected, so if you need your frou-frou fix, shop with us at www.fairefroufrou.com.

Posted in , , , at Monday, 7 September 2009. No Comments

Now That We Have Your Attention...



Amy Adams in Vanity Fair, photos by Norman Jean Roy

Now that we have your attention with these adorable Amy Adams pictures (yes, sneaky of us!!), we wanted to share a few items with you:
  • Faire Frou Frou is now in Phase 2 of the SUMMER SALE. Almost all sale items received an additional discount today. Shop the sale now (both online and in Studio City, CA).
  • We are going to start rewarding our 'followers' in a big way!
    Make sure to follow us on Facebook, Twitter or Google Friend Connect (our fave) to be part of up-coming giveaways from Faire Frou Frou. That is, unless you don't want a chance to win a FREE gift certificate to our store...
  • Make sure to check in with us tomorrow - we are announcing a contest that gives you a chance to win a $100 gift certificate to our boutique! Details to come...

Posted in , , , , , , , at Monday, 20 July 2009. No Comments

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