Thank you American Eagle

A Huge Thank you to American Eagle. I''m so happy to say that the brand bought my work and has it displayed in their flagship store in NYC on the aerie floor.

If you are in the city please stop by! Looking forward to working with AE on the spring look :)

Thank you aerie & American Eagle outfitters!

modish vintage GIVEAWAY!

We are past 500 readers: that means you get things.

Thanks everyone for being such a support system. Even bigger news coming this week! Can't wait to tell you!

Last year I did some holiday shopping in this great etsy shop: modish vintage. Just leave a little hello below saying what you think would be a great holiday gift from the shop and you are entered to win all three items:

Medium yellow metal canister

Dansk salt and pepper shaker

(and my fav) the embroidered half apron

And guess what! If you shop vintage for the Holidays like I do, just enter dillydallas at checkout in modishvintage's shop for a 10% discount. (until Tues when winner is announced)

Thanks everyone xo

photo shoot

I was mia yesterday, b/c I had a photo shoot. I decided to wear Kate Towers

And the photos were shot by PeterVanBeever.

I adore both of them and am excited to share the results sometime soon.

Vintage wedding options

Taking a quick break from holiday pics to bring you some advice from Dear Golden's Lauren. I have a wedding in Two weeks and an flirting with the idea of wearing vintage. Here are some of my favs from her shop and what Lauren has to say:




1) what would you wear to a wedding in a chilly month? (many options since they are indoors!) it's hard to choose what to wear! since i might not wear black to a summer wedding i might wear the black dress with the fur collar, understatedand elegant! or velvet, i love velvet and wish it was more "in style", i think it comes and goes, but there are some amazing vintage velvet dresses and those are perfect for a late autumn/winter wedding.

2) why do you love the idea of vintage to a wedding? well, i love the idea of vintage to anything, anywhere anytime - but vintage to a wedding is particularly befitting. a wedding is an exercise in tradition and it's despite the fashions of the day, it's a timeless day. wearing a garment that honors the past is a great way to celebrate someones future!

3) Tell us about dress size in vintage and what we might need to know?vintage sizing is much different than modern sizing. for instance a modern size 4 is a vintage size 10. the very best and only way to get the best fit from a vintage garment is to know your measurements -bust, waist and hips primarily. i always give those measurements for dresses, so no matter what size the tags says, you know the garments fits by the measurements. ladies, measure yourself!

Thanks Lauren!

nymphenburg

While I was searching for the perfect ornate white mirror...

My travels brought me to nymphenburg. The site is filled with things that would look perfect on my new place.

all photos at nymphenburg

off to work- If you liked the wedding cards I designed, I'd love for your vote here

anthro

love the chilly shots at anthro.

Speaking of anthropologie- look at this gorgeous soap they have. perfect for a little stocking stuffer.

not your standards

If you are going to give hats and gloves this year, step up your game:
Give an amazing Mischa Lampbert hat. (Still trying to find a out a bit more about this designer, but I do know you can grab her gear at shopbop and barneys regularly)Or some extra long gloves like these by tsesay.

a season of sweetness

Nov through Dec on the blog , mixed in with my work updates I'll be featuring some really great holiday picks .

I promise I'll mix in some other holiday goodies like these pretties from sally scott.

Feel free to spread the word

vaute paintings

Before I being sharing my holiday picks I wanted to share two very simple paintings I did for vaute couture. They are for sale in a sweet animal friendly boutique Leanne is working on. It will open shortly so if you'd like one of these for your shelves before they are gone, just send her an email her (leanne@vautecouturecom)

They come framed and matted and are originals. Enjoy!

hug o war / new tweets

This needs to be said: Thank you to the COUNTLESS people who sent messages that my twitter acct had been hacked yesterday. I just adore you. During the stress of starting the new account, your messages were hilarious and made me laugh. I am sorry you recieved crazy messages from fake me- but happy you knew it was not real me. I followed you all from my new page. I'm now @dallasshaw01 and I promise the new page will have just as many great things as the last starting today. Please, come follow. xo
Now for todays post:

I originally checked out this website b/c of the adorable name, hug o war. Then I stayed a while.

ps) I would love it if you could send a little tweet out today spread the news of where the new twitter page is. Trying to gather up the gang again.

mauve

Oddly inspired by this color lately. Not so oddly inspired by the photos.

annafabo
karuski

sorry for the delay

Back with a bang today and loving this dress.

Wedding Card & Rice

gorgeous styling over at rice

also, visit here to see the wedding invitation I designed!

oak

I know I've posted about oak before, but how can you not keep going back with product images like these? Now these are what I call winter essentials.
oaknyc