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Southern people are characters. This site is celebrating Southern people rising to the top of their professions. But still keeping their southern roots. We profile Southern artists, musicians, lawyers and photographers. Also, we celebrate chefs, celebrities, fashion designers, interior designers, stylists, curators and more. This region was built on Southerns and their charm. We are bringing them to the forefront.

Southerners and their culture have brought so much to the United States and the world. This is the place where we can be both high-brow and down home. We are lifting up their accomplishments here. This is a truly authentic place where Southerners can see themselves as well-rounded individuals.

Whether you’re from Charleston, Atlanta, Nashville or Birmingham, we want to hear your stories. If you are from below the Mason Dixon line and live in South Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana or North Carolina, we want to hear stories of your life.

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What Daniel Mason-Jones Learned From Growing Up in South Carolina

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A sought-after speaker, leadership guru, and entrepreneur with his own podcast, More Than Beauty, Daniel Mason-Jones is a force of nature. One with a thick southern accent. He’s the owner of Muse Salon & Spa, a high-end teaching salon in Johns Creek, Ga. Johns Creek is a wealthy Northern suburb of Atlanta where he works styles socialites, reality TV stars and all the Braves’ players’ wives. “We’re a unique model for salon or beauty business. Hundreds of stylists and salon owners come to tour our space and learn from us. We have had 120 salon owners that have come through. We call it the Shadow Project.”

Ellen and Ione Rucker Roots
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The Ruckers are Southern Successful Sisters Behind A Top Hair Care Business

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The Kardashians have nothing on the Ruckers. Just as gorgeous, stylish, trendsetting successful sisters as that famous West Coast clan, this East Coast brood has also had their own reality TV show (“Love Thy Sister” on WeTV), were once married to NBA players and have incredible influence on social media.

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Interior Designer Bryan Kirkland is a Southerner with Crazy Unique Style

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Bryan Kirkland was named one of the Top 25 Designers in Atlanta by Veranda Magazine, Bryan Kirkland has been the owner of Showroom 58 at ADAC since 2018, and before that owned BAK Designs for over a decade. He’s also got a Jonesboro drawl to die for and is a Southern dandy through and through.

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Photographer Derek Blanks Brings a Little Mississippi Into Everything

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When the proficient and ingenious photographer Derek Blanks isn’t photographing Usher, Beyonce, Nicki Minaj or Regina Hall, he’s the creative director for Missy Elliott. I first worked with him on photoshoots for luxury magazines in Atlanta photographing the who’s who of the city’s socialites. His work was impeccable and… ooh lord, this man has style. He is always dressed like a champ whenever I see him and being in tip-top shape is so important to him. Just look at how he wears a suit! (Although he does enjoy the All-Star Special at Waffle House as much as a night out at Two Urban Licks).

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How Do You Describe a One-of-a-Kind Southern Lady? Meet Liz Moore Mcdermott.

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Liz Moore Mcdermott owns any room. Whether she’s in Atlanta, Tuscaloosa, New York City, Austin, Palm Beach or Nantucket. She holds court. She is joy personified. Liz Moore Mcdermott is a talented interior designer and entertainer, and she frankly (my dear), doesn’t care if you like her or not. She’s going to have a good time no matter what. And isn’t that part of her incredible Southern charm?

Christy Plott Redd American tanning
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Christy Plott Invented Being Both Five-Star and Dive Bar

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Christy Plott Redd is a Southern girl. She is the creative director, head of global sales, and co-owner of American Tanning and Leather. I’ll let her tell you what that’s all about below. Let’s just say she’s a red-headed spitfire who knows her way around a gator farm in Louisiana, as well as the corporate offices of Oscar de La Renta, Ralph Lauren and other hoity-toity fashion designers who buy up her alligator skins like hot cakes. She is as Two-Sided Southern as they come and one of the funniest, most charming people I know. Read below and you’ll soon agree.

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