Spring 2020

Plucked from poverty with no education, Ava Gardner enchanted Hollywood for decades with her beauty and sophistication.   WHO WAS AVA GARDNER? Some would say she was the most beautiful…

IbuMovement & Susan Hull Walker:  Through her business IbuMovement, Susan Hull Walker is working with some of the finest female craftsmen in the world to bring you fashion and home…

Helping Heal the Great Divide

A $25 MILLION INITIATIVE AIMS TO CHANGE CONVENTIONAL THINKING ABOUT WOMEN AND STEM. In the art world, women are trying to correct the canon. In business, break the glass ceiling.…

Surrounded by the women in her family and dressed in matching garments, Cristina Molina’s grandmother reaches for a hand of support while precariously stepping from tall rock to ground. Molina…

“THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT SOUTHERN WOMEN THAT IS SO UNIQUE YET SO UNIVERSAL . . .” – Connie Britton It is with the idea of universality that our Spring 2020 Issue…

Elizabeth Cook, who grew up singing as a child in central Florida, has carved out her space as a singer, radio deejay, and tv personality.   Nashville singer-songwriter Elizabeth Cook…

By Mary Rogers McMaster When you were a child, you did whatever you wanted, whenever you wanted. If you wanted to cry, you cried. If you needed to use the…

By Suzanne Johnson From generation to generation, how one Tennessee family has redefined southern luxury in the Great Smoky Mountains.   I can recall many breathtaking sights from my travels,…

Reinvention is a concept familiar to Kimmery Martin, a Charlotte, North Carolina, physician. A few years ago, spurred by her love of literature, Martin decided to try writing a novel.…

Some of the ingredients in Sapelo Skin Care read like a fairy tale: oyster shell extract, Irish moss algae, gardenia, magnolia pines, and fennel, among others. But Sapelo, an independent…

At ELYSIAN, we continue to honor our commitment to the next generation of women by introducing them to exceptional women who have achieved success. In this spirit, we were delighted…