9 www.CharlestonWomenPodcast.com | www.ReadCW.com | www.Instagram.com/CharlestonWomen www.CharlestonWomenPodcast.com | FB & Instagram @CharlestonWomen The Evolution of Style Culture and Couture Donation Closets Hope for working women Fall gets Festive Fashion Week to Food & Wine Tag Along! Tour of Boutiques Photo by Mark Staff Photographer. CHARLESTON FASHION EDITION Fall 2024 Don’t we always say every cover is our favorite? It’s become a mission for the entire team to make each cover better than the last. This being the fashion issue, we all knew it had to be something really special. This issue is about current fashion trends and local businesses, but it’s also evolved into one of our most culturally relevant issues yet. As we delved into the fashions in Charleston and in the female space over time, we saw the story of women’s progress told — both locally and in general. Clothes change as people change, and we aimed to show those dynamics on the cover — and as fabulously as possible. Mark Staff shoots Charleston Women covers, and he delivers every time. His resumé could take up all the space we have, so we knew he’d bring this vision to life (check him out for your shoots on Instagram @markstaffphotographer). He brought hair and makeup artist Caitltyn Harris of Beauty Redefined (@beautyredefined.hmu) into our little team, and she masterfully helped to create the look of each time period. We found the pre-19th-century dress on trusty Amazon, but all others were locally sourced. The flapper-style dress is incredibly special. It was lent to us by Lauren Baker of Charleston, whose grandmother owned the dress. Gene Wynne Smith, currently of Pompano Beach, Florida, just turned 91. She said she is proud to have her dress featured on our magazine cover, and we owe her a debt of gratitude for letting us borrow an authentic piece of suffrage-era fashion. Moving into mid-century, our own brand ambassador Stacey McLoughlin supplied the “Jackie O.” dress, and FLYModern Apparel of Summerville (@ flymodernapparel) offered up a fabulous early seventies look with an authentic piece from the new-this-fall Vintage FLY. Georgie Girl (@georgie_girlfashion), of the About the Cover Hammock Coast’s Georgetown, offered the quintessential modern Lowcountry woman’s floral pantsuit. All of these moving parts couldn’t have come together without the right attitude and look. It took personality, pace and plenty of spunk to breathe life into a still photo, no matter the talent behind the lens. Enter “Southern Charm’s” Taylor Ann Green (@ tayloranngreen). We chose Green because she represents the area at a national level, has the skill needed and loves to support the local fashion scene. Read more about Green in the “We’re Influenced” section toward the back of the magazine. Also catch her and the crew on Bravo’s upcoming season of “Southern Charm.” Lastly, we owe an enormous debt of gratitude to Carroll Realty on Isle of Palms. The office is located just across from Breach Inlet where this cover was shot, and they let us absolutely storm the office with food, clothes, makeup and hair accessories to pull this off. I’m sure they’re still finding bits of sand and sparkle. They are amazing friends of the magazine and leaders in their industry. This was a great one, team. I can’t wait to see what we come up with next! –Lorna Hollifield, managing editor About the Cover Fashionista Gene Wynne Smith, original owner of the cover flapper dress, sporting another classic look.
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