Oddly started doing drag during college in 2012 when Venus D'lite from RuPaul's Drag Race hosted a workshop on the college campus for Valentine's Day.[9] “I attempted some drag (or ghost) makeup, put on a super-cheap red wig and dress, and backflipped my way through “Scheiße” by Lady Gaga.[9] Her first performances were at Denver’s gay bar Tracks.[10] Yvie Oddly came from her pun to express “being even odder than anybody else”.[9] She soon developed a reputation for having “outrageous and unconventional looks on stage”.[11] Her ingenuity came from financial necessity as making the "most glamorous or the most expensive” looks weren't an option, saying that “I’ve just always liked to work with the materials that I have around me."[12] In 2014 she was an extra in the music video for Sharon Needles's "Dressed to Kill."[13]