Laura Dahl
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| Laura Dahl | |
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| Born | November 12, 1974 Las Vegas, NV |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Fashion designer |
| Labels | Laura Dahl & Wifebeader |
Laura Dahl (born 1974) is an American fashion designer. A native of Las Vegas, NV, she attended the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona and continued her studies at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. She has a brother named Matthew Gray Gubler, Gray Gubler.
[edit] Career
Before launching her own line of contemporary women's clothing, Dahl worked in the fashion houses of Cynthia Rowley, Anne Bowen, and Catherine Malandrino.[1]
In 2003 Dahl launched her first line called Wifebeader by Laura Dahl which focused on embellished tops.[2] Soon after being featured on Daily Candy[3] (a fashion newsletter), Wifebeader was picked up by Bloomingdales[4] and later that season Anthropologie.
The Laura Dahl label [5] was launched in Fall 2006. It is currently[when?] being sold in Nordstrom[citation needed]. That same year the Showtime Network' The L Word selected Laura Dahl as one of their featured designers for the "L'ements of Style" collection.[6]
Her brother, Matthew Gray Gubler, is an actor/director and has since 2004 been a cast member on the CBS crime drama, Criminal Minds.[7]
[edit] References
- ^ Hilary Hutton, "Laura Dahl Draws a Bead on Fashion", Vegas Magazine, February 2005
- ^ Hitha Prabhakar, "Casual and Comfortable Couture", Metro New York, 22 June 2004
- ^ Crain's New York Business, Oct 2005
- ^ April Y. Pennington, "Tank Girl", Entrepreneur Magazine, March 2006
- ^ Xazmin Garza, "Manufacturing Design", Las Vegas Review-Journal, 16 March 2006
- ^ Sharon Edelson, "TV's 'L Word' Leads to New Fashion Collection", Women's Wear Daily, 15 December 2006
- ^ Alessandro Stanley, "The Surefire TV Formula: Ape the Boss" New York Times, 20 December 2006
