
Bespoke, vintage, masculine and stylish – General Knot & Co. aims to blend it all in each one of their hand-made ties. The brainchild of founder Andrew Payne, the brand is chock full of ties cut from vintage fabric and stitched in the U.S. by top-notch tailors.

Tipping is a way to send a message to a person providing a service, but it also communicates something about you. In addition to showing gratitude for a job well done, tipping indicates that you understand the backbone of most service industry jobs and don’t see it as an extra perk. To many of us, the difference between a dollar or two will hardly be noticed, but to someone serving us, it will be notable and appreciated.

“We set out to create something made for men that is a grooming necessity, but also a luxury experience.”
Building on his family’s apothecary heritage and old fashioned recipes, Kyle Hinton recently launched a line of all-natural formulas aimed at making men’s morning shaving ritual a little more satisfying. Created in small batches, each Prospector Co. product is made with ingredients that achieve maximum effectiveness without harming the skin. “I look at it like food for the face. In the same way that we should watch what we eat, we should make it a priority to know what we are putting on our skin – especially during and after a shave when skin is most vulnerable,” Kyle told us.

Each February 14 you can always choose to show your affection with flowers, chocolates and a nice dinner. And while there’s nothing wrong with those options, we have a hunch that’s not what really counts. We asked six notable women of the South to give us their perspective on what truly matters to a woman on Valentine’s Day.