Wilton resident and clothing line designer Jennifer Angerame has started a new venture selling glittered Warrior t-shirts to benefit Wilton non-profit organizations. A slight departure from Southern Yankee, her original line of one-of-a-kind handmade vintage and up cycled clothing and gifts, this “Warrior” line is also a standout that will be perfectly suited on sidelines and at locales around town.
Angerame, a transplant from Texas who has three children playing sports in Wilton, purchased a t-shirt with “Warrior” glittered on the front and edged in rhinestones from one of her favorite stores in East Texas. While wearing it to her son’s Wilton Youth Football game, a number of women approached her and asked where they could buy one like it.
“That’s when I knew I was on to something,” says Angerame. She decided to sell what she calls “glitter and bling” t-shirts at trunk shows and sports events in town to raise money for Wilton non-profit organizations.
Her first trunk show is scheduled for Thursday, April 9 at the Painted Cookie, 196 Danbury Rd. in Wilton, from 10 a.m.–2 p.m.. Angerame will donate 10-percent of the proceeds from this trunk show to the Wilton Education Foundation. She will also have a table set up at the Miller-Driscoll Spring Carnival on Friday night, April 10.
In addition, anyone unable to attend the April 9 trunk show can purchase the t-shirts on the Southern Yankee website, and mention the Wilton Education Foundation so that 10-percent of the proceeds will benefit that organization.
The t-shirts will be available in women’s and girls’ sizes; the women’s style is gray with royal blue raglan sleeves, and the girls’ style is white with royal blue raglan sleeves.
“The writing on the front can be customized and special ordered to say anything–for example, Warrior mom, baseball or lacrosse–that the customer wants,” Angerame explains. Prices range from $42-$48 dollars for each shirt.
Proceeds from future trunks shows and sales will benefit other organizations in town, including Wilton Youth Football, Wilton Little League, and PTA organizations. Adds Angerame, “I think these shirts are a great way to bring some glam, sparkle, and shine to the sidelines and to Warrior pride – and raise money for wonderful Wilton non-profit organizations like the Wilton Education Foundation.”