Flower November/December 2018

Haul out the holly; Put up the tree before my spirit falls again. Fill up the stocking, I may be rushing things, but deck the halls again now. For we need a little Christmas Right this very minute.“WE NEED A LITTLE CHRISTMAS” FROM THE MUSICAL MAME MY PARENTS LIKED TO DO THINGS IN A BIG WAY AND WITH A LOT OF STYLE, so of course, Christmastime was always memorable. Wreaths and garland hung everywhere; mother’s chic Rigaud cypress candle glowed throughout Advent; Birmingham’s classic Barber’s eggnog flowed; and boxwood topiary trees with red gumdrops for ornaments adorned tables. My brother and I would sneak a gumdrop every time we passed one, so by Christmas Day, the trees were just solid green. The tree was always decorated within an inch of…

NEW YORK, NEW YORK The Salon Art + Design November 8–12 thesalonny.com WILMINGTON, DELAWARE Delaware Antiques Show November 9–11 winterthur.org HOUSTON, TEXAS Theta Charity Antiques Show November 16–18 thetacharityantiquesshow.org OMAHA, NEBRASKA Holiday Poinsettia Show November 23–January 6 lauritzengardens.org ATLANTA, GEORGIA Christmas at Callanwolde November 23–December 9 callanwolde.org JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA Wolfson Children’s Hospital Art & Antiques Show November 30–December 2 womensboardwolfsonchildrenshospital.com SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA Holiday Flower Show December 1–January 2 comozooconservatory.org Indicates Flower is attending or sponsoring the event. For more events, visit flowermag.com.…

LIZ LEGG KNEW SHE WANTED TO BE a jewelry designer at age 19, when she began buying broken pieces at Scott Antique Markets in Atlanta and updating them. After studying at the Gemological Institute of America and working with designer Stephen Dweck, Legg returned to her native Birmingham, Alabama, to create her own jewelry, which has since become a staple in the closets of discriminating women all over the South. We love the way her designs feel at once classically beautiful and surprisingly contemporary, informed by art, architecture, and the natural world. Asked why she was drawn to jewelry rather than another medium, Legg quotes from a card she tucks into every client’s package: “Jewelry speaks where words fail. It becomes a precious sign of those things in life too…

RADCLIFF MENGE MAY HAVE STARTED his collection of sporting apparel, Tom Beckbe (a play on the colonial name for Alabama’s Tombigbee River), because he wanted a particular jacket for himself, but he solved another problem: He created pieces that the wives and girlfriends of sportsmen won’t mind seeing on the street. No camo in sight and beautifully tailored, the pieces are downright stylish. Menge grew up hunting and fishing, learning from his grandfather in the Tensaw Delta of the Tombigbee. But Menge was also an attorney in New York, so he appreciates the cut of a good suit. Lightweight, detailed, and made to last, the original Tensaw wax jacket is a merger of the sporting and working lifestyles. The cotton lining, dyed in Alabama red clay, sets the collection apart,…

A PROMISE IS A PROMISE. Doug Collum’s mother, Barbara, had some candles that she loved so much she was loath to burn them, but she finally did. Collum promised her that he would find them again. “It turned out to be impossible to find beeswax candles cast from a real tree branch,” says Collum. “I never saw the original candles, but nothing matched what I imagined my mother’s expectation would be.” So what’s a son to do? Make them himself, of course! The candles epitomize luxury captured from nature, and the dazzling choice of colors makes matching your décor a breeze. Collum now casts candles from five types of trees, and he is always experimenting with new castings. “My candles are meant to be burned and enjoyed,” he says. Fortunately…

THESE TWO KNOW WHAT YOU NEED… they promise. The couple, once dubbed the “fashion-retail dream team,” met in their early 20s in New York, when Sid worked for Ralph Lauren and Lands’ End and Ann was an editor at Vogue and Glamour. In the years since, they’ve launched Sid Mashburn, a men’s store; Ann Mashburn, a women’s store; and, most recently, Mashburn, a bright, airy concept shop in Atlanta selling everything from baby clothes to home accessories. Shopping at one of their stores (whether at the flagship Atlanta locations or in Dallas, Houston, D.C., or LA) is like going to a bookstore that has been stocked by your most well-read friend: only the best and most interesting titles allowed—no filler. The stores, which sell clothing from the Sid and Ann…