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Ouimillie Spring 2019 Fashion Show March 28th, 2019 It’s spring fashion! Finally, after the many shopping trips and shows we’ve attended recently, we get to share our biannual fashion show with our Ouimillie community. In both spring and fall we show off our curated collection of designers and brands from across Europe and locally from Boston/NYC. This past Thursday, we partnered with the Leica Store Boston and Leica Gallery Boston to put together a show featuring Notes du Nord, Cheyma, our friend and vintage designer Alaina Ron of Lady Lizard, and many others. Since this was our fifth show, we...

Natalie Busby, a local designer working out of her Joy St. studio in Somerville, MA from 26 has graced our presence earning a spot in our hearts and our closets. Millicent and Natalie connected serendipitously through Instagram and shortly after, Natalie became some of Ouimillie’s foundational items. Her pieces perform an interplay between luxury and comfort in which the possibilities of layering and matching are endless. Natalie’s collection appeals to every client who walks in, her rack has a gravitational pull.The different colors and silhouette of her signature twist blouse alone always calls to clients. We shared a lovely evening...

On the third Thursday of each month, Ouimillie puts on an in-shop event with the hopes of bringing together the members of the Boston community for a night of art, fashion, conversation, and hopefully a little bit of shopping. September’s third Thursday event was theimaginative brainchild of Millicent; a fashion show. Dipping our toes into something we’ve neverdone before, an exhilarating theme of running a small business, the Ouimillie staff dove straight into the planning, prep, and execution of putting on a fashion show in our shop to show off to everyone the new fall product we had all been patiently waiting for. Our...

Every year, the Improper Bostonian releases their “Boston’s Best,” issue with what they call their “annual guide to the city’s finest restaurants, bars, and boutiques and much more.” Which means every year the people behind those fine places gather together for a few hours to celebrate the hard work they put into their businesses everyday to make it one of the best. Ouimillie opened its doors in May of 2016 in the small basement shop of 121 Charles Street in Beacon Hill. Over the past year, Millicent and the great team she has behind her has worked from morning to...

Ouimillie is very excited to be working in collaboration with 555 Gallery and Camden Hydes for the Pairings Exhibition, on view from February 11 through April 30, 2017 at the Gallery's über-cool space in South Boston.  The exhibition features fine arts photography and contemporary furniture paired in a curated gallery installation. Intimate vignettes are dotted throughout the Gallery, created to inspire ideas for showcasing art and design in one’s most personal environment:  the home.                               Pairings is inspired by the work of artists Julie Brooke Alexander,...