Garden & Gun

BOUTIQUE FINDS

WALK DOWN KING STREET ON A GIVEN SATUR- day (or for that matter, the odd Tuesday afternoon), and you’ll be transported along its handsome blue-stone sidewalks amid a polite—you’re in Charleston, after all—but persistent stream of shoppers. Louis Vuitton, Apple, Sephora, H&M, and other international brands occupy coveted space along downtown’s main retail artery, but in between the big-name shops, you can still find some of the city’s best local boutiques, offering homegrown style and elegant service.

Tucked behind a cherry-red door is Croghan’s

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