Since V&V opened its doors, The Best of The Triangle Indy Week Awards have played a huge part in helping our business to thrive. Y’all have crowned us Best Local Women’s Boutique and Best Men’s Clothing three years in a row. We greatly appreciate your support and humbly ask for your vote again in 2013. It truly makes a difference! Voting ends Monday so if you haven’t yet please vote now. Thanks so much!
Merci beaucoup to everyone that participated in our Urban Ministries of Durham Day last Saturday. We’re so excited to announce that together we raised $2,000 for UMD! Even better? Our donation will be matched in kind, so in fact it’s worth a whopping $4,000 to our Durham neighbors in need. Thanks again, we really appreciate all the support for this great cause!
Vert & Vogue to hold UMD Day on Saturday, March 23rd, and donate 20% of sales to benefit women like Tersa.
DURHAM – Tersa came to Urban Ministries of Durham last year, suddenly homeless after relocating to Durham for a nanny position that ended unexpectedly. Tersa was ready to do whatever it took to improve her circumstances and those of her two-year-old daughter. With the help of her UMD case manager, Nicole Robinson, she quickly found an interim job at a downtown restaurant.
With Nicole’s help, she found affordable daycare and brushed up on her cover letter and resume. Then she started to identify job opportunities that would advance her customer service career and fully provide for her family. Through UMD’s partnership with Dress for Success, Tersa got a new business suit, too.
Feeling more confident, she began to interview, and within a few weeks, she landed a job at a financial services company. The job “was full time with benefits, and with a daughter, I needed that,” she recalls. (Watch her tell her story in this video.) That job enabled her to move her toddler from Urban Ministries’ family shelter into their own apartment.
Vert & Vogue boutique in Durham’s Brightleaf Square cares for neighbors in need. For the second year in a row, they’re teaming up with Urban Ministries of Durham to help clients like Tersa.
On Saturday, March 23rd, the boutique will unveil its newly renovated showroom, spring collection and Vert & Vogue line of women’s shirting. To celebrate, the business will donate 20% of its sales that day to support the work of Urban Ministries. We invite you to participate to help to increase the amount of the donation – and also to help spread the word about UMD Day at Vert & Vogue. Please forward this note to your friends and post it on your social media. See the shop’s Facebook page.
Vert & Vogue will also leverage their annual spring client clothing exchange to build the stock of clothing available for Dress for Success. This will help other women like Tersa improve their self-image and perception of the world.
A big thank you to everyone who participated in our 36 Hours in Durham photo contest.
Please give it up for our grand prize winner April Morgan (V&V $400) and our runner up Ann Tilley (V&V $200)! Thank you so much ladies for sharing your Durham favorites and awesome style with us. Your V&V gift cards are wrapped up and ready for you to enjoy at the shop. Hello spring collection!
Feast your eyes on these beautiful photos celebrating our city and some of the best it has to offer – Carolina Theater, Cocoa Cinnamon, Duke Gardens, Hamilton Hill, Mateo, The Museum of Life and Science, Offbeat Music, The Ox & Rabbit, Parker & Otis, Pizzeria Toro, Pop’s, Sam’s Quik Shop, and Whiskey.
Last stop on our whirlwind Durham tour? Whiskey. Its signature libation? Whiskey! 300 labels worth, stocked and ready to pour. Step into this swank spot and enjoy the sophistication and intimacy of a 1940′s film noir.
Today is the final day to get in your pictures for our 36 Hours in Durham photo contest. The winner will be announced next week!
On Catherine – dress: ALC, belt: Map of Days, shoes: Coclico, petite clutch: Clare Vivier
Hmm…where is everyone on Chapel Hill Street? Oh, they’re at Mateo – the fourth stop on our 36 Hours in Durham tour! Bursting with life and exquisite small plate scrumptiousness, this bar de tapas is it. Zoe soaks up the Mateo vibe and suggests her favorite bites to her neighbor at the bar.
Just two more days to send us your fav Durham locales and be a part of our 36 Hours in Durham photo contest!
On Zoe – dress: Chinti and Parker, belt: De Palma, shoes: Swedish Hasbeens
Stop number three on our 36-Hour-Durham Tour is Hamilton Hill.
Why we love them? Sarah Hill and Michael Hamilton have created a jewelry collection of breathtaking beauty from the best international designers. With an eye for simple, tasteful elegance, HH offers the most exquisite pieces from designers we love such as Antonio Bernardo, Gellner and Niessing. We’re very lucky to have them here in Durham, and right next door to V&V!
As you can see, Zoe is a fan. She was caught day dreaming about the gorgeousness in one of HH’s glass boxes. Which ring or earrings would be the perfect compliment to her V&V ensemble?
You only have one more week to enter our 36 Hours in Durham Photo Contest so please send us your favs right quick!
On Zoe – dress: Chinti & Parker, bag: Map of Days, belt: Map of Days, shoes: Camper.
The perfect escape from this cold rainy day and second stop on our 36 Hours in Durham tour is Pizzeria Toro. Warmth from the brick oven mixed with the delicious aromas of farm fresh ingredients is enough to make Zoe smile despite the gray weather.
Thinking of making a reservation tonight? Stop by V&V and pick up the stunning Steven Alan Celeste blazer and chic Coclico Kati sandals.
And don’t forget to show us your 36 Hours in Durham for our photo contest!
The first stop on V&V’s own 36 Hours in Durham tour is Offbeat! Boasting the most phenomenal music and vinyl selection around, Zoe has stopped in to select some Valentine’s music for her man. With ALC’s beautiful blush Moranto blazer and a Blanca Monros Gomez dainty diamond necklace, she’s decked out in the perfect Valentine’s ensemble.
LAST MINUTE V-DAY GIFT GUYS? A special jewelry or ready-to-wear piece from V&V is your ticket. Cross the courtyard to top it off with an album from Offbeat!
Now c’mon y’all take us on your 36 Hours in Durham tour and partake in our super fun photo contest. You could be a big winner.
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