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Trick or Treat at Yana Dee

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Trick or Treat at Yana Dee

Ahh fall! It's time to bundle up, dress up, and appreciate the softer, warmer, cozier things in life. It's also a great time to add some extra drama & flare to your outfits. What better way to do all that, than by wearing some beloved clothes from Yana Dee? Mild fall weather is perfect for butter leggings, dress coats, and organic cotton waffle knits. What are you wearing from Yana Dee these days? If you are willing to share in photo form, we'll enter you into a drawing to win a $100 gift card from Yana Dee! You'll also automatically get a coupon code,...

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Top 5+ Ethical Places to Shop this Holiday Season

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Top 5+ Ethical Places to Shop this Holiday Season

It's 2022, and you've decided you want to shop like you have a conscience this winter season. Congratulations! If words like "small business" and "fair wage" and "organic" and "handmade" perk your interest, here are 5 of the best places to shop in the coming months. These are all great places to shop for yourself, Christmas gifts, and other occasions. Read thoroughly to find even more recommendations, including links to the online stores of some of our favorite fellow Michigan makers! 5. A Food Co-op. Here in Traverse City, we love shopping at our locally owned Oryana Co-op. This is a great...

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Yana Dee's Top 10 Dresses: Summer 2022 Edition

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Yana Dee's Top 10 Dresses: Summer 2022 Edition

Summer is well underway, and Yana Dee customers have spoken with their dollars! Based on what customers like you have purchased since the Summer Solstice of 2022, these are our most popular dresses right now. You can tell our customers have been shopping smart this summer, because all of these dresses are going to transition through seasons, years, and phases of life with ease. Keep reading to see our current Top 10 most popular dresses! If you see a dress you don't want to live without, click on the picture to start shopping now. *Looking for a new favorite mommy-daughter dress...

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Organic Cotton Polka Dots! From Seed to Store.

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Organic Cotton Polka Dots! From Seed to Store.

In the Spring of 2021, Yana started putting her finger on exactly what was lacking in her timeless classic clothing collection. That finger landed on a dot. Actually, it landed on a lot of dots. Polka dots, to be exact. Yana decided she needed to make polka dot dresses. The problem was, sustainable polka dot fabric was simply unavailable...

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5 Kinds of Polyester-Free Fleece

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5 Kinds of Polyester-Free Fleece

Living, working, and playing in Northern Michigan has lead us to a minor obsession with natural fleece (scroll to the bottom of this blog to read about why the "natural" part is important). We wear fleece daily from fall until spring. To satiate our fleece obsession for the Fall 2021/Winter 2022 Season, we are making, selling, and wearing clothing & accessory from five different types of fleece!  1_ Tencel & Organic Cotton Fleece 66% TENCEL™ Lyocell, 28% Organic Cotton, 6% Spandex New to fall 2021, this is the softest, most stretchy fleece we've seen yet! We stocked it in fun bright colors (Pink,...

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