More one-of-a-kind pieces for sale by Danielle Everine

Local designer Danielle Everine of Project Runway fame has added some new pieces to her collection over at e-retailer One-Offs Yippee! (which I always cringe upon typing). As much as I hate the name of the site, it does a great job of giving designers the opportunity to sell their one-of-a-kind pieces, which are typically a hard sell in a more traditional brick-and-mortar retail setting.

Windowpane wool intimate shorts

Plaid wool intimate shorts

These are from Danielle's collaboration mini-line with local lingerie designer Sarah White of Jagress Intimates last spring (which I reviewed for l'etoile). Though designed as lingerie, they'd be super cute paired with some dark opaque tights and boots.

Silk organza grey sheer trousers

Silk organza black sheer trousers

These pieces from Danielle's all-sheer Spring/Summer 2011 collection, shown at Voltage 2011, are a little trickier to wear, but would be great worn with some short-shorts or contrasting leggings underneath.

Click here for more of Danielle's one-of-a-kind looks for sale on One-Offs Yippee!

Freedom From Doubt launches on One-Offs Yippee

Local fashion e-retailer One-Offs Yippee! offers a legion of locally-designed goods - all of which are one of a kind. The latest designer to join the ranks, hot on the heels of Danielle Everine, is neckwear line Freedom From Doubt. The handiwork of Jared Zachary, the line of bowties are statement-making to say the least. Best of all, each in this series are entirely unique. Pictured below, the ties are $60 a pop and available now at one-offsyippee.com.


While you're at it, check out the designer's Fall/Winter 2011 collection of bowties, neckties, and pocket squares at freedomfromdoubt.com.

Danielle Everine releases one-of-a-kind pieces online

Local fashion darling Danielle Everine is the latest local designer to be added to One-offs Yippee!, an e-retailer that offers one-of-a-kind pieces from Christopher Straub, ArielSimone, Sarah M. Holme and many other locals. The seven pieces look to be a mish-mash of items from past collections and new, never-before-seen pieces, available in sample sizes fitting a 0-4 (though Everine does custom orders). The bouses and dresses are cute and easy-to-wear, but the real standouts are the outerwear - Everine's specialty. Prices range from $88 for a blouse to $290 for the fur-sleeved coat. View the full collection here; you can find more Everine at her Etsy shop and in-store at Cliché.

Hand-dyed floral sheer cropped blouse (pictured at right at l'etoile's "Bright Society," September 2011. Photo: Peter Jamus)

 

 White sheep fur & leather vest (pictured on right at "Pale Rider," September 2010. Photo: Digital Crush)

 

Fur sleeve and leather coat with embroidered yoke (pictured on right at "Pale Rider," September 2010. Photo: Digital Crush)

 

 Windowpane cotton waistcoat

Hand-printed rose linen dress

Woven hand-printed "brick" dress

Sheer striped organza blouse

New local e-commerce site lets designers sell one-off pieces

A problem many independent designers face is finding a retailer to carry their line - much of which typically consists of one-of-a-kind pieces. A new local e-commerce site, (the annoyingly-named) One-Offs Yippee!, has jumped in to fill this void. The site features many well-known local designers, like Christopher Straub of Project Runway fame and Voltage 2011 designer Sarah M. Holm, plus accessories designers (Tea Tree Designs, Artist Built, Carrie Cordelia Handbags) and some relative unknowns. There's also some non-fashion-designer entries, like photographers Colleen Guenther and Justin Grierson, selling large-scale prints of their work. Check it out at one-offsyippee.com.


My favorite pick so far? Christopher Straub's short-short men's swim trunks with a Pucci-esque print.