Ann mashburn

Our favorite ex-Editor and shop owner!

For Ann Mashburn and her family, the sweetness of the season belongs to its simplicity.

Ann Mashburn, an icon of Southern fashion, recalls how she created her signature look—and explains how you can create yours, too.

That’s really what maturity has done for me; I see myself in clothes better than I did at a young age. Before, I would look at myself and see the clothes, and I would see me, and think, “gosh, that just isn’t how I thought I saw myself in my head.” And now I really, I feel like I look like me.

Ann Mashburn on Instagram: “Mothering/sparkling in favorite earrings ✨✨ new #youneedthisipromise up now”

The owner of two eponymous clothing boutiques, in Atlanta and Houston, Mashburn is constantly on the go—traveling between stores, going to Milan, Paris, and London for work, and squeezing in the occasional vacation. Here’s what’s always in her suitcase.

We’re huge fans of stylemaker, shop owner, and clothing designer Ann Mashburn, so we were thrilled when she stopped by for an episode of...

William and Susan Brinson

LA-based MOTHER makes the softest, stretchiest jeans around — and they all have clever, memorable names to boot. Like the Scooter, a super-high rise with an ankle-length hem, a slightly dropped crotch, and a slouchier, flared fit through the leg. This pair is made up in a semi-rigid, classic blue denim with subtle fading and whiskering.

Like the Ralphs and Tommys before them, the Mashburns have plans to be “the world’s go-to lifestyle brand,” a mini empire selling not just clothes but a way of life—the effortlessly cool personality, the hip playlists, the lessons on how to look put together but not done up—all radiating from their Atlanta headquarters.