Southern Lady

All in Hand

For Lindsay Thomas, the career world has been a many-splendored thing, but her latest endeavor of purse design puts a real polish on her multifaceted background. Advertising, mortgages, fundraising, sales, catering, pillow making—she tried them all before a love of fabrics and a spontaneous desire for a stylish clutch led to the founding of Garland Bags.

“I never thought I would

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