Jason Sheeler

Jason Sheeler is a freelance writer based in Dallas. The Parsons School of Design grad and former Dallas Morning News style editor contributes regularly to Texas Monthly, D magazine, FD Luxe, and Houston magazine. Sheeler is alwayas up for adventure, whether it means getting on a plane or hitting the road with his pit bull mix, Jacks. 

Stories

Girl Scout

Scouring the mall for America’s next top model.

Juan Marquez, Baker

“[The bakery] was our business, our living room, and our bedroom. Heck, it was even my nursery.”

Mrs. Clean

Running a halfway house for female ex-cons.

Sarah Haldeman, Presidential Archivist

“I get to see things other people don’t get to see.”

By Invitation Only

In a city that loves its parties, there’s perhaps none so aesthetically significant as Two x Two for AIDS and Art, Dallas’s most cutting-edge fundraiser—and one hell of a good time.

Everything Must Be Perfect

A night behind the velvet ropes.

School of Rock

Drive time at the popular Mesquite ISD radio station. 

Portrait of the Artist as a Postman

The only American ever to design scarves for the exclusive French fashion house Hermès is Kermit Oliver, a 69-year-old postal worker from Waco who lives in a strange and beautiful world all his own.

Inside the Studio of Hermès’s Only American Designer

A few pictures of work from Kermit Oliver, the Waco postal worker who moonlights as the famous fashion house's only American designer. 

I Really Do Like Jane Aldridge

Jason Sheeler, who wrote about the Dallas-based fashion blogger for the April issue of TEXAS MONTHLY, responds to the sea of controversy unleashed by his profile.

The World at Her Feet

Twenty-year-old Jane Aldridge draws 400,000 readers to her style blog, Sea of Shoes, each month; has appeared in Vanity Fair; and once attended a private dinner with Karl Lagerfeld. The secret to her success? That she won’t leave Dallas behind.