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T he stylish hard-shell suitcases by cult-favorite brand Away aren't just airport status symbols. Much like a coveted Global Entry designation, an Away roller signifies traveling expertise. With premium materials, features including built-in phone chargers, an array of colors, and hand-painted monogram options, they make for ideal travel companions. Away popped up in Dallas last month and is making a permanent home in its Knox Street location, stocking core products and limited-edition collections. Away, 3109 Knox St., awaytravel.com. Lisa Collins Shaddock OBSESSIONS. DECORATION. SALIENT FACTS. A fter more than seven years in her Highland Park Village boutique, Dallas native and designer Lela Rose has expanded her much-beloved Dallas outpost to include a full bridal salon — the first bridal boutique for the Lela Rose bridal collection and its official flagship. The new salon is connected to the original Lela Rose store, stocked with swoon- worthy white frocks. Since debuting her made-to-order bridal collection in 2006, Rose's fashion-forward, youthful gowns have been the peak of matrimonial chic. Lela Rose, 69 Highland Park Village, lelarose.com. Lisa Collins Shaddock O l d W o r l d s / New Worlds: Voyage into the new decade at the Museum of Geometric and MADI Art where a buoyant, optimistic t w o - p e r s o n e x h i b i t i o n pairs Texas talents McKay Otto and Orna Feinstein. "Transparent Universe" nods to multi-worlds within each individual as well as the cosmos, as it evidences a micro/macro point of view (through January 26) … The Meadows Museum at SMU hearkens back centuries to El Greco, Goya, and lesser- known Spanish masters from the storied epochs of that country's art history. Honing in on highlights from the jewel-box B o w e s M u s e u m c o l l e c t i o n ( w h i c h travels to Dallas from the town of Barnard Castle, County Durham, U n i t e d K i n g d o m ) , the exhibition also encompasses works acquired by powerful 19th-century royals, the conde and condessa of Quinto (through January 12). Give Peace a Chance: The best argument for peace is contemplating an exhibition that documents decades of war. At Photographs Do Not Bend Gallery, it's personal. Purple Heart- decorated Vietnam War veteran/gallery director Burt Finger curates "Where Have All the Flowers Gone: Images of War." Presenting works by near two dozen photographers who were on the front lines in conflicts from Kuwait and Baghdad to Vietnam, Croatia, and Normandy, the exhibition is titled after a '60s-era protest song by Pete Seeger. Included are an image of a young Lieutenant Finger on a recon mission in 1969 during the height of the Vietnam War and Bill Owens' scenes from suburban California in the early '70s of kids playing war games (Saturday, January 25, FotoFest's Fred Baldwin, a Korean War vet, signs his biography, 2 pm; closing Saturday, February 8, film screening of Return to Dak To, 2 pm). Catherine D. Anspon HERE COMES THE BRIDE GOT TO GET AWAY ART NOTES W hen I was asked to write about Tom Ford's Beard Oil, a few things popped into my mind. First thought: Beard oil exists? Second thought: Why would a man actually want to use it. I can now attest that not only does beard oil exist, but it's a pleasure to use. The oil goes on smoothly, smells great, and leaves your beard with a nice shine. After a few days of regular use, it actually softens the beard and left my face — as well as those that touch it — very pleased. This definitely has a place in every man's toolbox. Tom Ford Beard Oil, $70, at the Tom Ford boutique, Neiman Marcus. Steven Hempel HELLO, BADASS Lela Rose bridal collection McKay Otto's Ever Just Is Ever, 2018, at the Museum of Geometric and MADI Art Away hardshell travel cases 16