Style Profiles
HALF: Feeding Hunger Through Fashion When I first met Carmin Black at Hallelu’s holiday fashion show last year, I didn’t quite understand how her new business, HALF, functioned but there was no question her passion was intoxicating and her mission, clear: to make the world a better place. Along with her brother, Christian, a graphic designer and member of Wilmington band Rio Bravo, it all began with a humanitarian mission, an interest in fashion and design, $200 seed money and a bag of rice. After being chosen as one of 13 budding entrepreneurs to spend six months on the road...
Style Profile: Charleston Handbag Designer Natasha Madan Natasha at the Charleston Style Swap in April and behind the scenes at a Taashki photo shoot. Meeting handbag designer Natasha Madan and her husband for the first time at Charleston Fashion Week, I couldn’t help but notice how she seemed to radiate with positive energy. It’s only fitting that her handbag line, Taashki, is inspired by this same “glow” from the inside out. Taashki, a spirited handbag collection with a passionate take on fashion and philanthropy, originated as a term of endearment Natasha’s husband Alok started calling her when they first met...
It all started with a shopping trip to Billy Reid, the Southern-bred luxury shop on Charleston’s King Street, where Shannon and I (of James + Dunne Styling) had done some serious shopping for our client, Marty. I joined their email list and one day, in lieu of a sale on their handmade leather shoes, they featured a video. There, among the antique decanters, faded portraits and herringbone trousers in Billy Reid’s New York store, stood Charlie Marswith his guitar.Performing acoustic at a Relix Magazine party, his presence pulled me in – the raw intimacy in his voice, the intensity...
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