I'm having a 30% off sale through August 11, 2014 on all of my one-of-a-kind handmade purses and vintage purses. There are some one-of-a-kind handmade clothes in the sale too!
Flash summer sale through August 11. 30% off store wide!! Use SUMMER30OFF code at checkout.
shop --> yazberryfashion.etsy.com
I want you to own at least one of my creations. Here's why:
1. Wearable art: each purse/clothing/jewelry piece I design is a piece of wearable art. It's like walking around with a priceless sculpture or painting on your person. It is my creative vision, translated through my hands into something tangible you can use.
2. One-of-a-kind: YazBerry purses are one-of-a-kind. Because of how I source my materials, I typically have limited amounts of fabric to use, which allows me to make singular pieces. This ensures that you won't show up to your next big event and your best friend's sister has the same bag. It just won't happen!
3. Sustainable fashion: I use a lot of recycled/repurposed and found materials in my creations. I consider it sustainable fashion. I am keeping useful materials out of the landfill, breathing new, beautiful life into them.
4. Solid construction: I make sure my straps are securely attached and reinforce them inside about 1 billion times. I chose fabrics that are durable yet lovely and feminine. My zippers, buttons and snaps are all carefully applied too with the goal of long lasting durability.
5. Utility: I hate purses that are big, dark and empty inside. By this I mean no pockets, no way to organize your stuff and impossible to find your keys when you are in a rush to get out the door. All YazBerry bags feature bright, surprising liners and multiple organizational pockets for small treasures like phones, lipsticks, pens and keys. Each bag is a little different. Find the one that's right for you!
Showing posts with label sustainable fashion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sustainable fashion. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Saturday, May 15, 2010
PRESS RELEASE YazBerry Fashion opens store on Artists’ Row, sustainable fashion handmade in Salem, MA.
IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press Release
YazBerry Fashion opens store on Artists’ Row, sustainable fashion handmade in Salem, MA.
Saturday, May 15, 2010, Salem, MA
Designer Virginia E. Berry has been selected from a competitive applicant pool to open a retail and studio space on the City of Salem’s Artists’ Row marketplace at 24 New Derby St., Salem, MA, 01970. She designs under her label, YazBerry Fashion and will open from Memorial Day weekend through Halloween. YazBerry Fashion is sustainable fashion, handmade by Berry in her Salem, MA studio.
Sustainable fashion, like most sustainable concepts, has a variety of connotations. YazBerry’s flavor of sustainability is the recycling of previously worn garments and components into new, wearable art creations. Berry refers to this as repurposing; many of her purses were once shirts or tunics, now lined with gently used curtain panels. She combines these repurposed fabrics with new fabrics, unused vintage fabrics she inherited from her Grandmother and antique Japanese kimono obi fabric.
Berry also works in leather and has developed a technique she refers to as ‘leather lace’ which is a cut leather technique drawing inspiration from Japanese cut paper art and Mexican papel picado. Berry applies this technique to bracelets, necklaces and most recently purses.
GRAND OPENING Memorial Day weekend, open Thursdays – Sundays until 6 PM. Berry will also be offering free classes throughout the season; teaching participants various aspects of fashion design, basic sewing skills, costuming and even some musical activities as Berry is also a musician.
About YazBerry Fashion
Founded in 2006, YazBerry Fashion is vintage inspired purses, jewelry, clothing and more designed and handmade by Virginia E. Berry. Bold colors, striking combinations and intricate details drawn from her travels around the world, flavor YazBerry designs. Berry learned to sew from her Mother and her Grandmother, an avid quilter. She is self taught in jewelry making and leather working.
While attending Skidmore College, she worked in the costume shop under the direction of Patty Pawliczak where she learned to fine tune her pattern design and garment construction skills. She also participated in student fashion shows, which sparked her interest in fashion design. For more information on YazBerry Fashion and Designer Virginia E. Berry, visit http://www.yazberry.com. To shop online visit http://yazberryfashion.etsy.com YazBerry ships worldwide.
-For more information on the City of Salem’s Artists’ Row visit: http://www.salem.com/pages/artistrow
-To view Virginia E. Berry’s portfolio visit & view albums: http://www.facebook.com/yazberryfashion
-For further information and detailed stories on Berry, visit Berry’s blog: http://yazberry.blogspot.com
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YazBerry Fashion opens store on Artists’ Row, sustainable fashion handmade in Salem, MA.
Saturday, May 15, 2010, Salem, MA
Designer Virginia E. Berry has been selected from a competitive applicant pool to open a retail and studio space on the City of Salem’s Artists’ Row marketplace at 24 New Derby St., Salem, MA, 01970. She designs under her label, YazBerry Fashion and will open from Memorial Day weekend through Halloween. YazBerry Fashion is sustainable fashion, handmade by Berry in her Salem, MA studio.
Sustainable fashion, like most sustainable concepts, has a variety of connotations. YazBerry’s flavor of sustainability is the recycling of previously worn garments and components into new, wearable art creations. Berry refers to this as repurposing; many of her purses were once shirts or tunics, now lined with gently used curtain panels. She combines these repurposed fabrics with new fabrics, unused vintage fabrics she inherited from her Grandmother and antique Japanese kimono obi fabric.
Berry also works in leather and has developed a technique she refers to as ‘leather lace’ which is a cut leather technique drawing inspiration from Japanese cut paper art and Mexican papel picado. Berry applies this technique to bracelets, necklaces and most recently purses.
GRAND OPENING Memorial Day weekend, open Thursdays – Sundays until 6 PM. Berry will also be offering free classes throughout the season; teaching participants various aspects of fashion design, basic sewing skills, costuming and even some musical activities as Berry is also a musician.
About YazBerry Fashion
Founded in 2006, YazBerry Fashion is vintage inspired purses, jewelry, clothing and more designed and handmade by Virginia E. Berry. Bold colors, striking combinations and intricate details drawn from her travels around the world, flavor YazBerry designs. Berry learned to sew from her Mother and her Grandmother, an avid quilter. She is self taught in jewelry making and leather working.
While attending Skidmore College, she worked in the costume shop under the direction of Patty Pawliczak where she learned to fine tune her pattern design and garment construction skills. She also participated in student fashion shows, which sparked her interest in fashion design. For more information on YazBerry Fashion and Designer Virginia E. Berry, visit http://www.yazberry.com. To shop online visit http://yazberryfashion.etsy.com YazBerry ships worldwide.
-For more information on the City of Salem’s Artists’ Row visit: http://www.salem.com/pages/artistrow
-To view Virginia E. Berry’s portfolio visit & view albums: http://www.facebook.com/yazberryfashion
-For further information and detailed stories on Berry, visit Berry’s blog: http://yazberry.blogspot.com
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Sunday, April 18, 2010
The Average American Doesn't Wear 25% of their Clothes
Sustainability is a passion of mine. I obsessively reduce, reuse and recycle. I'm always excited to discover new ways to increase the sustainability of our planet. This week I discovered an interesting website taking a fresh approach to sustainability.
If you're not quite ready to exchange your clothes in a clothes swap, like I described recently, this site is the solution for you. This site allows you to exchange item for item, based on similar value/style etc. instead of you gambling on finding something you like at a clothes swap. thredUP.com is a Harvard Business School student's answer to the 25% of underutilized assets in our closets.
This is a free service in which members can upload descriptions of the clothes they aren't using. They then rank them based on trend, brand, price etc. thredUP uses these characteristics to find matches in the member database; people who wear the same size or have similar taste. For more specific details, check out their FAQ
What happens once you have a match? You and your match exchange clothes through the mail. If you are looking for an even more focused exchange, they offer account upgrades that allow you to see more specific items before you do an exchange.
My recommendation: start here if you're not sure swapping is for you. Once you get addicted, come join us at clothes swaps and enjoy the sustainable treasure hunt that they are!
If you're not quite ready to exchange your clothes in a clothes swap, like I described recently, this site is the solution for you. This site allows you to exchange item for item, based on similar value/style etc. instead of you gambling on finding something you like at a clothes swap. thredUP.com is a Harvard Business School student's answer to the 25% of underutilized assets in our closets.
This is a free service in which members can upload descriptions of the clothes they aren't using. They then rank them based on trend, brand, price etc. thredUP uses these characteristics to find matches in the member database; people who wear the same size or have similar taste. For more specific details, check out their FAQ
What happens once you have a match? You and your match exchange clothes through the mail. If you are looking for an even more focused exchange, they offer account upgrades that allow you to see more specific items before you do an exchange.
My recommendation: start here if you're not sure swapping is for you. Once you get addicted, come join us at clothes swaps and enjoy the sustainable treasure hunt that they are!
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Mesocyclone Fashion Show: The Re-fa-shen Collection
At this month's Design Hive Market, Fashion with Impact presented Mesocyclone "celebrate the awakening of Spring through green fashion. Featuring the re-fa-shen collection". Many of the designers use repurposed fabrics, either from vintage clothing or other salvaged fabrics. Recycling fabrics to give them new life and revitalized look.
Contributing Designers included: Amanda Antunes of d. aMa Design, Tricia Wilde, Lyric Couture, Photosynthesis, Shannon Glasheen, Jillian Gorski (accessories) and B;aires (accessories).
I love the richness of the bluegray babydoll dress.
The red reconstructed sweater is my favorite piece of the show. It has a unique shape, innovative design and great texture. Plus, it is a wonderful way to repurpose a sweater!!
While I'm not typically fond of plaid, this pristinely tailored dress has a playful use of the plaid at the bust with fun delicate straps at the shoulders and back giving an unexpected pairing with plaid.
The white shirt has incredible architectural qualities to it which I enjoy.
Be sure to check out these eco-conscious, sustainability savvy designers!
Contributing Designers included: Amanda Antunes of d. aMa Design, Tricia Wilde, Lyric Couture, Photosynthesis, Shannon Glasheen, Jillian Gorski (accessories) and B;aires (accessories).
I love the richness of the bluegray babydoll dress.
The red reconstructed sweater is my favorite piece of the show. It has a unique shape, innovative design and great texture. Plus, it is a wonderful way to repurpose a sweater!!
While I'm not typically fond of plaid, this pristinely tailored dress has a playful use of the plaid at the bust with fun delicate straps at the shoulders and back giving an unexpected pairing with plaid.
The white shirt has incredible architectural qualities to it which I enjoy.Be sure to check out these eco-conscious, sustainability savvy designers!
Thursday, April 02, 2009
YazBerry Selling New Designs at Design Hive Market in Cambridge, SUNDAY, APRIL, 5!
Event Reminder: Rock your eco-look this Sunday!
FOR MORE INFO ON DESIGN HIVE CHECK OUT THE WEBSITE: www.designhivemarket.com
YazBerry Fashion will be selling many never before seen designs and vintage clothes and purses at this month's Design Hive Market.
Many of my handmade items incorporate repurposed fabrics, antique kimono obi's, vintage scarves as liners and more repurposing can be found!
In addition to our regular music-meets-indie market mashup, on Sunday April 5th, we’ll be hosting the “Get Green and Groovy” event featuring products made from salvaged and recycled materials by local indie designers and a fashion show presented by Fashion With Impact (FWI). FWI will adorn the runway with recycled fashions and debut its Re/fash-en collection of unique garments made from recycled fabrics (fashion show starts at 1pm)
Plus, Autonomie Project, a new Boston-based fair trade fashion company, will have artists on-hand to help shoppers design and paint their own Ethletic custom footwear and screen print their own t-shirts.
Just a quick reminder that we've got some great (groovy & green) events planned for Sunday:
- Sustainable fashion show at 1pm by Fashion with Impact
- Design-your-own fair trade t's and hightops with Autonomie Project
- Live DJ spinning hot tracks all day
Hope to see you there!
*Much of the copy originally found on Design Hive Market event page on Facebook.
FOR MORE INFO ON DESIGN HIVE CHECK OUT THE WEBSITE: www.designhivemarket.com
YazBerry Fashion will be selling many never before seen designs and vintage clothes and purses at this month's Design Hive Market.
Many of my handmade items incorporate repurposed fabrics, antique kimono obi's, vintage scarves as liners and more repurposing can be found!
In addition to our regular music-meets-indie market mashup, on Sunday April 5th, we’ll be hosting the “Get Green and Groovy” event featuring products made from salvaged and recycled materials by local indie designers and a fashion show presented by Fashion With Impact (FWI). FWI will adorn the runway with recycled fashions and debut its Re/fash-en collection of unique garments made from recycled fabrics (fashion show starts at 1pm)
Plus, Autonomie Project, a new Boston-based fair trade fashion company, will have artists on-hand to help shoppers design and paint their own Ethletic custom footwear and screen print their own t-shirts.
Just a quick reminder that we've got some great (groovy & green) events planned for Sunday:
- Sustainable fashion show at 1pm by Fashion with Impact
- Design-your-own fair trade t's and hightops with Autonomie Project
- Live DJ spinning hot tracks all day
Hope to see you there!
*Much of the copy originally found on Design Hive Market event page on Facebook.
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