Before launching her own line of contemporary women's clothing, Dahl worked in the fashion houses of Cynthia Rowley, Anne Bowen, and Catherine Malandrino.
[2] Soon after being featured on Daily Candy[3][4] (a fashion newsletter), Wifebeader was picked up by Bloomingdales[5] and later that season Anthropologie.
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.
[7] Her brother, Matthew Gray Gubler, is an actor/director and has since 2004 been a cast member on the CBS crime drama, Criminal Minds.
[8] In 2012, Dahl launched the Webby Award[9] nominated do-it-yourself website for families called "Built by Kids"[10][11] and has since followed up with another website dedicated to hair enthusiasts called, "PYXIE".