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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0002097626-25-000002
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20251101
FILED AS OF DATE:		20251212
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20251212

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Paraie Melinda
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0002097626
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-34918
		FILM NUMBER:		251569777

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		12420 STONEBRIDGE ROAD
		CITY:			ROANOKE
		STATE:			IN
		ZIP:			46783-9300

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Vera Bradley, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001495320
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	LEATHER & LEATHER PRODUCTS [3100]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	04 Manufacturing
		EIN:				272935063
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0131

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		12420 STONEBRIDGE ROAD
		CITY:			ROANOKE
		STATE:			IN
		ZIP:			46783
		BUSINESS PHONE:		260-482-4673

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		12420 STONEBRIDGE ROAD
		CITY:			ROANOKE
		STATE:			IN
		ZIP:			46783
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<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="center"><b>LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR </b></p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="center"><b>SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS</b></p>
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<p style="margin:0px; text-indent:48px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby makes, constitutes and appoints each of Mark Dely, Alyson Bohren and Stephen Hackman, signing singly, as the undersigned<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rsquo;</font>s true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority as hereinafter described on behalf of and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned to:</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:48px; width:96px; font-size:12pt; float:left">(1)</p>
<p style="margin:0px; text-indent:-2px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver and file a Form ID and Forms 3,4, and 5 (including amendments thereto) with respect to the securities of Vera Bradley, Inc., an Indiana corporation (the <font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&ldquo;</font>Company<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rdquo;</font>), with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, any national securities exchanges and the Company, as considered necessary or advisable under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended from time to time (the <font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&ldquo;</font>Exchange Act<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rdquo;</font>);</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:48px; width:96px; font-size:12pt; float:left">(2)</p>
<p style="margin:0px; text-indent:-2px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">seek or obtain, as the undersigned<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rsquo;</font>s representative and on the undersigned<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rsquo;</font>s behalf, information on transactions in the Company<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rsquo;</font>s securities from any third party, including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release any such information to each of the undersigned<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rsquo;</font>s attorneys-in-fact appointed by this Limited Power of Attorney and approves and ratifies any such release of information; and</p>
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<p style="margin:0px; text-indent:-2px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">perform any and all other acts which in the discretion of such attorney-in-fact are necessary or desirable for and on behalf of the undersigned in connection with the foregoing. </p>
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<p style="margin:0px; text-indent:48px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">The undersigned acknowledges that:</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:48px; width:96px; font-size:12pt; float:left">(1)</p>
<p style="margin:0px; text-indent:-2px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">this Limited Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, each such attorney-in-fact to act in their discretion on information provided to such attorney-in-fact without independent verification of such information;</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:48px; width:96px; font-size:12pt; float:left">(2)</p>
<p style="margin:0px; text-indent:-2px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">any documents prepared and/or executed by either such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Limited Power of Attorney will be in such form and will contain such information and disclosure as such attorney-in-fact, in his or her discretion, deems necessary or desirable;</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:48px; width:96px; font-size:12pt; float:left">(3)</p>
<p style="margin:0px; text-indent:-2px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">neither the Company nor any of such attorneys-in-fact assumes (i) any liability for the undersigned<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rsquo;</font>s responsibility to comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act, (ii) any liability of the undersigned for any failure to comply with such requirements, or (iii) any obligation or liability of the undersigned for profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and </p>
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<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:48px; width:96px; font-size:12pt; float:left">(4) </p>
<p style="margin:0px; text-indent:-2px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">this Limited Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from responsibility for compliance with the undersigned<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rsquo;</font>s obligations under the Exchange Act, including without limitation the reporting requirements under Section 16 of the Exchange Act. </p>
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<p style="margin:0px; font-size:9pt">4921-9592-3585.1</p>
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<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">The undersigned hereby gives and grants each of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the foregoing matters as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if present, hereby ratifying all that each such attorney-in-fact of, for and on behalf of the undersigned, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Limited Power of Attorney. &nbsp;</p>
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<p style="margin:0px; text-indent:48px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">This Limited Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to each such attorney-in-fact. </p>
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<p style="margin:0px; text-indent:48px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Limited Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 12th day of December, 2025. </p>
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<p style="margin:0px; text-indent:288px; font-size:12pt" align="justify"><u>/s/ Melinda Paraie</u></p>
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<p style="margin:0px; padding-left:12px; text-indent:276px; font-size:12pt"><u>Melinda Paraie</u></p>
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