Playing Dress Up: A Giveaway ♥♥♥

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Hey, I'm a girl, and we
like to play dress-up.


~Charlize Theron


Hello, sweet friends!

It's Friday and I feel

like playing dress up, today.

Forget the mukluks, parkas,

scarves and mittens....

I'm dreaming about sunny

skies and warm breezes and

DRESSES : )

LOOK what's in my 
dress-up trunk.....

Wanna play?

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Sorry girls, 
this one is MINE : )
{Seriously, I just ordered it!}

I was over the moon to

discover the loveliest

on-line boutique this week 
called Shabby Apple 

and I want to share

my find with YOU!

My friend Becky would rock this dress!
The Mauna Kea.
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As if the dresses weren't
enough to love, I love 
the story behind the company
even more. 


Old friends Emily and CK 
started shabbyapple.com in 2006 
after feeling frustrated at the 
lack of dresses on the market that
could be worn without needing
a tank, a cardigan, a long slip
or leggings to make them 
comfortably wearable.


{This becomes even more
challenging as you get older!}

Black Trench Coat Dress
 My mom would make this sing : )
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After visiting trade shows and 

design studios {CK lives nine 

blocks from where NY Fashion

Week shows are held!} and finding

that designers weren't designing
their kind of dresses, they decided 

to encourage new fashion designers 

to create the type of designs that

 they were looking for.  Their

Emerging Designer Program is

unique to the retail industry.

She reminds me of my cousin's fiancée....
I'd wear this with little white Keds!
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They also decided that a business

that helps women look beautiful

could also help women around

the world overcome poverty and 

provide a better life for their children.

Shabby Apple donates 5% of

its net sales to Unitus, which makes

micro-credit loans to women in

developing countries who want

to start a business.

Shabby Apple offers yummy,

 vintage-inspired dresses that are 

wonderful for work, play, evenings

out and everything in between.  

CK loves to travel and incorporates

colors and shapes from other cultures

into designs for the various SA collections.

She also likes to feel like a woman,

and draws her ideas from antique

clothing.  She and Emily used to love

watching old movies together and

talking about the fashions they saw!

There is something for all ages,

from little girls to those well-seasoned.

My daughter would look sweet in this!

Here.

Each collection has its 

own story {love that, too!} 

and cool names such as

south pacific

oh la la

the silk road

all that jazz

1943

Perfect for my sister-in-law, due in May : )

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Even though they are new to me,

Shabby Apple clothing and accessories

have been featured on The Today Show, 

on-line at AOL and Daily Candy, and in 

Glamour, Southern Living, USA Today, 

Teen Vogue, People, Lucky, Self and 

Marie Claire, to name a few.  They have 

also been featured on numerous websites 

and blogs,  now including Privet and Holly : )

My niece would kick up her heels in this!

Here. 

Shabby Apple has dresses for all shapes, 

sizes and ages.  I used the website's option

to Shop by Body Type.  After answering

three simple questions, I was given dress

choices based on my body type.  I have 
to say that I was wowed by all 
of the recommendations!

One of my favorites.
Here.

So that you can join in on the dress-up

fun, Shabby Apple is giving away one

of these three beautiful dresses to a

lucky Privet and Holly reader and a

10% off coupon code for everyone

at the end of this post!

1.

Happy Talk {yellow} or North Shore {jade}

2.

Nine to Five {green} or Five to Nine {black}

3.

Amethyst {plum} or Azure Coast {blue}

What do you need to do to win?

First, be a Privet and Holly follower.
Then, simply check out Shabby Apple's

 dresses, here, and tell me

which collection speaks to you....

as well as which dress you would

choose should your name be drawn.

For extra chances {leave each in

a separate comment 
to increase your odds!}:

1.  Follow Shabby Apple on Facebook or Twitter

2.  Follow Privet and Holly on Twitter and 

Tweet about the Dress-up Giveaway : )

I will select a winner using random.org

on Friday, March 4th.  The dress giveaway

is open to readers with a U.S. address.

Don't want to wait?
Start shopping with this
10% discount coupon, now: 
privetandholly10off

Can you tell that I am loving 
this special little company?

Thanks for playing dress-up with me.
You looked fabulous
 in everything you tried on!

Good luck.

xx

Suzanne

images:  shabbyapple.com