For a unique experience

Become a fashion consultant

Are you sociable? Independent? Do you love fashion… Then style consultant is the ideal job for you !

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The collections

Spring-Summer Collections!

Colour, floral prints, flowing shapes...Set course for your spring wardrobe!

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For a unique experience

Shop our Collections at a Pop Up with friends!

Stay safe thanks to our virtual Pop-Ups!

Our story

25 years of success, now that’s something to celebrate!

Captain Tortue was born of a real love story between a businessman and a fashion designer, Philippe and Lillian.

Your colour profile

17.06.2020

As you know, pop-up shops are a friendly, personal shopping experience.
Our fashion consultants are like fashion coaches. They analyse your colouring and shape so they can give you the best possible advice.

What is a colour profile?

Analyse your colouring and discover your colour profile.
The idea is simple: some colours flatter us and others don’t at all.
It is essentially a question of shades. No colours are totally out of the question.

Certain colours flatter your appearance depending on the hues of your complexion, eyes and hair.

Colour profiles

Here are some easy tips to identify your colour profile.
First, you need to know whether warm or cool colours suit you best.
The names of the seasons are used to refer to different colour profiles.
Each season represents a palette of colours.
If you are summer or winter, cool colours suit you best. On the other hand, if you are spring or autumn, your colour profile is warm.

Identify your colour profile

Gold or silver?

It’s easy to determine your colour temperature. Simply do the famous mirror test.
Hold gold, then silver, fabric close to your face. Observe the impact of each colour on your face.
The colour that suits you makes your complexion brighter, more radiant, and your eye colour is more intense.

Blue or green?

There is another technique that confirms the first test: look at your veins.
If they are greenish, your colour profile is probably a warm season. And vice versa, if they are blue, you probably have a cool profile.
Beware of presumptions: yellow is not necessarily a warm colour nor blue a cold colour. It all depends on the intensity and hue. For example, turquoise blue is a warm colour and acid yellow is cool.

An important detail

The colour of your trousers or skirt is not very important. It’s important to wear your colours close to your face to brighten your complexion.

Colour harmonies

Spring harmonies

- Your hair is light brown or blond with red or gold highlights
- Your complexion is light, sandy or beige and you tan quite easily
- Your eyes are hazel, green or blue with hints of gold

Extra tips

Make-up

Blush : apricot, coral, peach
Lipstick : orange reds, coral, peach, brick, golden beige
Eye shadow : gold, copper brown, metallic khaki, turquoise green
Adapt your choice depending on your iris colour and the desired effect.

Glasses

Gold metal, copper, tortoiseshell, light wood, plastics in bright and tangy colours from your palette

Jewellery

Yellow or pink gold, bronze, mother-of-pearl, amber, topaz, coral, turquoise, light wood

Summer harmonies

- Your hair is light brown or ashy blond
- Your complexion is quite light, pink beige
- Your eyes are blue, grey-blue, green or hazel

Extra tips

Make-up

Blush : rosewood, pink brown
Lipstick : rosewood, pink brown, pearl pink, light raspberry, cherry red
Eye shadow : pale pink, mauve, silver, nuances of grey, taupe and candied chestnut

Glasses

Silver metal, pink, blue, mauve, grey or water green plastic, light wood, ashy light tortoiseshell

Jewellery

Silver, white and pink gold, diamond, pearl, mother-of-pearl, aquamarine, sapphire, tourmaline, amethyst

Autumn harmonies

- Your hair is dark brown, coppery, auburn or red
- Your complexion is golden, tanned or freckled
- Your eyes are brown or green

Extra tips

Make-up

Blush : apricot, amber or coppery pink
Lipstick : brick red, coppery red, vermilion, golden beige
Eye shadow : gold, coppery brown, metallic khaki, green turquoise

Glasses

Gold metal, copper, medium and dark tortoiseshell, warm wood, plastic in warm colours from the palette

Jewellery

Yellow gold, copper, bronze, topaz, garnet, amber, ivory, warm wood

Winter harmonies

- Your hair is ashy dark brown, blue black or platinum
- Your complexion is pale, ivory, porcelain or, on the contrary, very matte black
- Your eyes: black, brown, bright green or blue

Extra tips

Make-up

Blush : raspberry, rosewood, pink brown
Lipstick : rosewood, raspberry, cherry, burgundy, wine, deep purple
Eye shadow : silver, pale pink, plum, eggplant, deep purple, grey, iced chocolate, black

Glasses

Silver metal, transparent, black, charcoal grey or white plastic, and bright colours from the palette

Jewellery

Silver, platinum, white and black gold, diamond, sapphire, emerald, ruby, opal, white and grey pearl

Now you know how to analyse your colour profile!

Just join a pop-up shop where your personal shopper will help you choose the most flattering outfits!
Come on:

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A great way to earn extra income

09.06.2020

You already have a job but you’re looking for a way to earn more?

Good news! We offer a way to earn extra income with a fun job!
That’s right! It’s possible to earn money and have fun. Why not?

We are about to reveal our secret to finding an exciting job and extra income.

Style Consultant - extra income

Style consultants are completely independent personal shoppers. They visit their hostess’s homes to present the four Captain Tortue collections and give advice and body shape tips.

Zoom on the advantages of this job with extra income.

Very attractive income

It’s not just a job for extra money.

It’s a dream job AND the amount of extra income matches your contribution.
Here are some concrete examples of how much extra income you can earn.
We understand that if you already have a job, you don’t necessarily have much time for a second job.

The main advantage of becoming a style consultant is that you choose how much and when you work.

That’s the real advantage! It’s a very flexible way to earn extra income.

First of all, a pop-up shop lasts about three hours.
For 1 pop-up shop per week, you can earn at least €200 per month.
If you do 2 pop-up shops, your income can increase to over €500 per month.

And if you have more time, you can earn over €1,500 for 3 pop-shops per week.
Your extra income matches your effort

Your efforts are rewarded

The more pop-up shops you organise, the more money you earn.
Your efforts are rewarded.
And you organise your timetable to suit you. A job that adapts to YOU.

No constraints

As we mentioned before, there are no time constraints which is a great advantage.
But the advantages of this job for extra income don’t stop there.
Read on...

No upfront investment

The difference between this job and other home-based businesses is there is no upfront investment. We give you the Captain Tortue collections.
It doesn’t cost you anything to get started.

Top up your monthly income and enjoy the many advantages

A flexible schedule and a free collection… that’s a good start! But there’s more.
New style consultants have a trial period of 1 to 2 months depending on when you start. You start with peace of mind.

What’s more, a coach helps you get started. We know you want to be independent, but we give you a leg up.
You also have access to professional and certificate training to help you acquire recognition.

And we spoil our style consultants every day with gifts, jewellery, travel, invitations to fashion shows and 50% off clothing.

To join us, click here:

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How to become a direct seller: Captain Tortue's tips

27.05.2020

Are you wondering how you become a direct seller?

Becoming a direct seller at Captain Tortue is simple because we train you and provide support along the way.
Salesperson in a store? Why not become a direct seller. It’s better than working in a store. Read on...

How to become a direct seller. Here’s everything you need to know!

Direct seller - a great idea

Looking for a full-time job or additional income in fashion? Become a direct seller. Why direct selling?
We explain it all here.

What is direct sales?

Direct sales is a growing sector with a promising future.
Projections by Xerfi Consultants suggest that direct sales will increase by 5% by the end of this year.
Direct selling is defined as the physical presence of a consumer and a salesperson outside a store. The direct seller presents products and organises the purchase.
Direct selling is the 3rd distribution channel after in-store sales and catalogue and internet sales.
Captain Tortue’s direct sellers are independent style consultants. Say goodbye to your old boss because from now on, you’re the boss!

We can help you get started with the administrative procedures wherever you are.
What do you need to do to become a direct seller? All the answers are right here!

Simple steps to get started

To get started, simply fill out the form below.
A style consultant in your area will contact you as soon as possible. She will answer all your questions and have you sign a contract.
Your coach is there to help you from the outset, especially for your first pop-up shop. After your first pop-up shop, you can stand on your own two feet but with as much support from your coach as you like.

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Become independent

INDEPENDENT ! Isn’t that every girl’s dream? No more orders from above and a timetable you can’t control. You choose when you work.
You’re more available in the evening or on weekends? At Captain Tortue, you work when it suits you. A work-life balance is possible with us. You were wondering how it’s possible to juggle being a direct seller with the rest of your life. Now you have the answer!

No experience or qualifications

Is it possible to become a direct seller with no qualifications or experience in direct selling or fashion? No problem! We train you.
We believe in desire, not just a career path.
This job is ideal for you.

How direct selling works

You will eventually be convinced by the many advantages direct selling has to offer.
It’s all here.

Choose Captain Tortue

Captain Tortue has been European leader of direct sales in women’s fashion for over 25 years… That’s a sign of quality!

The Group now has over 5,500 style consultants in 9 countries throughout Europe, but we are still a company with human values and a family spirit.

The starter kit

How to become a direct seller and be sure of success

The starter kit includes:

•   A free collection
•   Tools to help you get to know the collection inside and out
•   Important figures to guide you throughout the season
•   The style-consultant guide to answer all your questions about administrative procedures

Captain Tortue supports you We support you to make sure you flourish with Captain Tortue.

The same benefits as a long-term contract

You want to be free to organise your own time ? You’d love to make a living in fashion? But is it secure? Don’t panic! You have similar rights to employees.

You have social protection with health benefits and tax protection. You also contribute to a retirement fund. We have negotiated rates for private health insurance.

You do not, however, contribute to unemployment insurance.

Free training

Is it really possible to become a direct seller when you don't know anything about direct sales or the fashion industry?
All you have to do is follow our advice and our style consultants’ guidance, participate in our training courses and use all our fashion tutorials.
Captain Tortue has a free e-learning platform with certificate courses so our style consultants acquire professional credentials.
You see, it’s not that complicated to become a direct seller after all!

For more information about how to become a direct seller, simply fill out the form

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Captain Tortue’s pop-up fashion shops

20.05.2020

Ciao to ecommerce and crowded shops...long live fashion pop-up shops at home!
Captain Tortue invented the fashion pop-up shop over 25 years ago.
What exactly is a fashion pop-up shop?
Let us explain!

Fashion in your living room

Imagine a fashion party at home with fashion fans - all ready to shop! Imagine!

A fun and friendly shopping experience at home

The ingredients of a successful fashion pop-up shop:
Your hostess’s living room, a fashion consultant ready with advice and tips, and customers dying to discover our 4 stylish and trendy collections. There’s more... During the workshop, customers receive fashion tips and advice to learn how to enhance their style.
Try on the collections between hysterical laughs with a great relaxed atmosphere.
Still not convinced?

A personalised fashion experience

Your fashion consultant is completely dedicated to her hostess and customers during the pop-up shop. Her job is to create a special and unique fashion experience.
You hate leaving the fitting room? That’s all over with Captain Tortue!
Your style consultant is a real personal shopper who can help you find the right style for your body shape.

Captain Tortue Style Consultant - a dream job

Have you always dreamt of working in fashion and at your own pace? Want to work on weekends? It’s up to you! Your revenue depends on how much time you put in. Say goodbye to traditional hierarchy and become your own boss. .

A presentation of 4 collections

Captain Tortue has an advantage - we create our own collections. Lilian Jacquelinet and her design team create unique collections each season in our fashion workshop in Aix-en-Provence in France.
We present 4 lines for 4 different types of women available in sizes 4 to 24. The collections are distributed by our 5,500 style consultants throughout France and abroad.

More about the Captain collections...
Miss is a casual and chic collection, Trend more urban and designer, Little Miss is a couture line, and finally, there’s Java, the sportswear and beachwear line.
A complete range so we can all put Carrie Bradshaw to shame.

A real fashion coach

Our style consultants are fashion enthusiasts - they are absolutely passionate!
Ready to do their utmost to advise and guide their customers, our style consultants know all the little tricks to enhance each woman’s personal style! That’s because at Captain Tortue, we train our consultants to become real fashion coaches with tutorials. And our range manager, Delphine share all her tricks of the trade. Everything our customers need to know...and more

So many positive reasons

Here’s a list of all the positive reasons to become a style consultant:

Join us!

Why hesitate? Just click here to join us:

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Summer Time

12.05.2020

The "Summertime" capsule collection is ready to move into your wardrobe!

Miss

This summer, Miss blends two themes.
The first, with a natural feel, is expressed with soft green hues. The second zesty theme evokes tutti-frutti flavours.

Trend

Trend is a showcase for prints this summer. The chic, globetrotter style is highlighted with exotic and urban influences.

Little Miss

Little Miss is a smooth fusion of fluidity and alluring Indonesian prints.

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Absolutely irresistible?

Contact your style consultant now if you already have one, or fill out the form to find the personal shopper closest to you.

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Vous le savez, Captain Tortue soutient depuis sa création de nombreuses causes sociétales et environnementales. Alors, s’engager, en cette délicate période, était une évidence. C’est pourquoi, Lilian Jacquelinet, notre co-Fondatrice a décidé de partager son savoir-faire, pour qu’ensemble, nous puissions contribuer à la protection de nos soignants et du grand public. Tailleur de formation aux doigts de fée, Lilian, nous a concocté un petit tuto qui nous permettra, de créer nos propres masques. Alors, prêts

Captain is engaged!

04.05.2020

As you know, Captain Tortue has been supporting many societal and environmental causes since its creation.
It was therefore natural that we find a way to participate during this difficult period.

Our co-founder Lilian Jacquelinet has decided to share her expertise and participate in protecting caregivers and the general public.
A skilled dressmaker, Lilian has created a short tutorial to show us how to make our own masks.

Ready to try it? This way:

Lilian's tutorial

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Work-life balance

04.05.2020

Looking for better work-life balance?
We have the solution!

Direct selling
Direct selling relies on independent salespeople who benefit from autonomy and flexibility.

Explanation.

Balance all the conflicting demands on your time

Are you fed up with juggling your personal obligations with your work life?
Would you like a job with more flexible hours? Flexible working hours have many benefits.
The biggest advantage of being a style consultant is that you can adapt it to your everyday needs.
Children’s activities, medical appointments, administrative tasks or unforeseen events...flexible hours provide countless advantages.

But there are many constraints when you are an employee including meetings and travel, just to name a few. It can be difficult to find a balance with your personal life.
Try to imagine a job that adapts to you, not the other way around. Sounds like a dream?

Organising your own time

How does that work in reality?
First of all, a pop-up shop lasts three hours on average.
It takes three hours to present the collections to your customers and give them fashion advice to optimise their body shapes.
You plan the pop-up shop with your hostess, so you just have to find a time and date that suits you both.
If ever you have a last minute problem, you can make a quick phone call to your hostess and reschedule.
How do you take orders? There is an app called Captain Tortue where you place your orders during the pop-up shop. Your time is completely optimised.

And when you’re not running a pop-up shop, you have time to look for new customers, hostesses and style consultants.
For that part, you are completely autonomous so you can organise yourself as you please.

Day-to-day flexibility

A style consultant’s job is completely flexible.
They are free to organise their work life from one day to the next. There is no fixed schedule.
If you prefer to work in the evening one week, and on the weekend the following week, it’s up to you! Because you’re the boss!
Are you ready to finally be able to keep all your appointments? To experience serenity and freedom?

It’s very simple. Just click here to join us

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The Fashion Experience

28.04.2020

Captain Tortue promises you the ultimate Fashion Experience...
Thanks to three unprecedented experiences.

The Fashion Experience

Our creed is producing fashion for all women, for different styles and for every occasion!
Our four collections of women’s fashion, designed in our Aix-en-Provence premises, have diverse styles.
Miss Captain is a chic and casual range. Trend has a more designer and urban style. And Little Miss is a contemporary “couture” line for small sizes. Finally, the Java collection dresses women in style for three essential atmospheres: loungewear, beachwear and sportswear.

Some of our pieces are available in sizes 4 to 24. We make sure all body shapes are catered for.
But that’s not all. Apart from our collections, we believe that advice is essential for a complete fashion experience.
That’s why we provide a coaching service. Forget impersonal shopping experiences in stores or on the internet.
Having a wardrobe full of fashionable items is one thing but knowing how to put them together is another!
The style consultant’s goal is to help each customer enhance her personal style. Like your own personal shopper, they do everything they can to optimise your features.

The Pop-up Shop Experience

As we’ve already mentioned, our shopping concept is based on the pop-up shop, a sort of fashion workshop.
We blend fashion and personalised advice with a fun, friendly experience.

A pop-up shop makes shopping a rich human experience.
Shopping is no longer just a business transaction. It is also a way to develop relations.

What is real luxury? Luxury is enjoying a personalised shopping experience with friends... and at home.

Shopping from the Captain Tortue collections with friends is fun, and you'll love the outfits!
Fashion coaching with a good laugh and a personalised shopping experience. That’s a Captain Tortue pop-up shop.
Your hostess’s lounge is converted into a pop-up shop for an fabulous shopping spree with friends!

Our pop-up shops bring together a personal shopper with fashion fans and collections designed in France for true shopping delight!

A Successful Experience

Both customers and hostesses enjoy the Fashion Experience, but the involvement of our style consultants is key.
It is their job.

Their goal is success - a lasting success story.

We decided to give all women a chance... regardless of their situation, profile, skills and qualifications.
Two motivations are vital - you want to be your own boss and you want to develop your potential. They are the keys to success at Captain.

Each style consultant starts at her own pace. There is no investment and we provide unlimited assistance.
Our goal? Guide our style consultants to success... To where their ambitions lead them.

The sky’s the limit for our style consultants. They can reach for management positions if that is their ambition. It all depends on your motivation.

Personal development, self-realisation, motivation and optimisation are our buzz words.
Without them, success is not be possible.

Captain Tortue is the expert in developing style, talent and femininity… Are you ready for the Fashion Experience?

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Become your own boss!

28.04.2020

Have you always dreamt of breaking out from under the hierarchy?
Tempted by becoming an entrepreneur?
Why not develop your own business?
With Captain Tortue, your dream can come true. Become an independent style consultant.

Is it for you?

Are you ready to change your life?
That is the key question to ask yourself before getting started.
You must be prepared to change your daily routine.
Then, two other questions: Are you ready to change your job? Do you love fashion?
If the answers are yes, just do it! You won’t regret it.

Style consultant - live your passion

Style consultants work for themselves, and in fashion!
Your new job will be direct selling - but not just any old product. You will be in the fashion business.
You will work every day with four collections of womens’ fashion designed in France.
Your job will be to present them, talk about trends, and give your customers and hostesses tips and advice.
So, if you love shopping, you’ll love your job!

The benefits of being your own boss with Captain Tortue

As a style consultant, you are independent and go at your own pace, but there are even more advantages. Four more advantages:

Adaptability and flexibility

As a style consultant, you are independent so you are free to organise your own time.
You can choose to work full-time or part-time. In the evening or during the day. During the week or on the weekend. It’s entirely up to you. You determine your needs and availability.

Stop dealing with the constant dilemmas of juggling work and home life. You’re the boss!

Unlimited assistance

You don’t need a qualification or experience in either fashion or sales. We give you all the training you need! And we cover it all, including wording, business techniques and management. You can even follow a free certificate course on our distance-learning platform, the Captain Tortue Academy.
And the administrative side is equally simple. You don’t need any business experience. Captain takes care of everything.

No financial investment

This probably isn’t the first time you’ve thought about starting your own business, but financial resources can be an obstacle. The advantage at Captain is that you don’t have to invest anything to become a style consultant.
That’s right. We provide the collections and training. No! It’s not a dream.
Changing jobs and becoming your own boss has never been easier!

A career

Being your own boss is an end in itself. But if you have even more ambition, you can also become a leader and manage a team of style consultants.

Convinced?

There is only one thing left to do. It’s time to live your dream and become your own boss. Just click here:

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Captain Tortue’s key dates

20.04.2020

This is our story...

a story that makes us proud, marked by key dates that have led us to where we are today.

3 July 1993

The beginning of our fabulous adventure.
The day when Philippe, natural businessman, and Lilian Jacquelinet, Dutch-trained dressmaker said “I do”.
That same day - thanks to a year of accounting fees as a wedding gift - they launched their direct-selling brand of children’s clothing.

2003

2003 was a turning point. Captain Tortue went to market with their first iconic women’s collection with chic casual style: Miss Captain.

2004

The Group took its first steps abroad to the UK, Ireland and Spain.

2009

Two new lines were launched, Trend with a designer spirit, and Java, sportswear and homewear, dressing women for every occasion.

2012

Captain followed their ambition and went further abroad into Austria and Germany.

2016

The last collection made its appearance with Little Miss, a couture line adapted to small sizes.

2016

Captain inaugurated its brand-new headquarters in Aix en Provence with 7,400m² dedicated entirely to fashion.

2018

Captain celebrated 25 years, a whole quarter-century of love, exchange, fashion and success.

2019

Captain launched its own mobile app! Our 3.0 style consultants can plan, prepare and order with a click. Suffice to say, we have overturned all the misconceptions about direct-selling. It is anything but has-been.