6 www.Char l e s tonWomenPodcas t . com | www.ReadCW. com | www. Ins t ag ram. com /Char l e s tonWomen About the Cover I had never seen so many excited people from our team at once until we shot this cover. It was a seemingly strange vision at first. This issue focuses heavily on outdoor activities like sports and gardening. However, it is also fashion-forward, pro-business and steeped in personalities of women from all walks of life. We scratched our heads a bit at how to convey all of this, the varied facets of so many different kinds of women, in one photo. Eventually we realized that all we had to do was show it. Show the tennis racquet in the hand of a girl wearing a spring pastel pink, show the gardening shoes on the model in a dainty sundress, show the dirt on the bare feet of the mom in the breathtaking evening gown. Show it all. So, we did. Then we found the many sides of the Charleston woman expressed in photo against the beautiful backdrop of the blooming azaleas — and we were absolutely moved. We hope you all see some glimpse of who you are — or several glimpses — in the amazing women on this cover. We could not have brought this vision to life without help from numerous other women in our communities. We’d like to thank Alicia Cates of Marvel Hair and Makeup for styling the faces and hair of our gorgeous models, Andrea Felber (yellow), Priscilla Bloedoorn (purple) and Kristin Tufts (pink). We’d also like to express our gratitude to the teams at Copper Penny for supplying the pink dress and gold necklace worn in tandem, Rhodes Boutique for the yellow and white Badgley Mischka gown and Simply Country Chic Boutique for the purple cocktail dress. Nellie & Lo styled the gold cuff bracelet worn by Tufts and gold earrings worn by Bloedoorn. The tennis racquet and tennis shoes were provided by Holy City Tennis. All of this was brought to life by the unmatched photography of Mark Staff (@markstaffphoto). Thank you all for crafting a visual representation of the mélange that is the Charleston woman. –Lorna Hollifield, managing editor www.CharlestonWomenPodcast.com | FB & Instagram @CharlestonWomen Style and Strength MEET OUR CHARLESTON WOMEN Tribute to a Trailblazer Farewell Thomasena Nature is Everyone’s Color Outdoor Spaces, Sports and Spruce-Ups “Serving” Up Women’s History CHARLESTON S p r i n g 2 0 2 3 T H E O U T D O O R E D I T I O N
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