Charleston magazine salutes the life and work of local icon Philip Simmons, who died last night at age 97. We are fortunate to have worked with the renowned blacksmith on many articles, photo shoots, and a video throughout the years and would like to share them with you. Philip Simmons’ legacy will live on.
Sometimes it takes getting away to wake—and shake—us up. Maybe it’s getting away physically to a new setting; or perhaps it’s getting away from an old style or even escaping old ideas.
Charleston has always had her admirers. Even in the early 19th century, when travel was much more rigorous and certainly more dangerous, people still visited the Holy City simply for the opportunity to soak in its legendary beauty and refinement.
I asked contributor Ida Becker to pen a blog about our two-hour tour of the harbor during Monday's Parade of Sail goodbye to the fleet of tall ships visiting during the Charleston HarborFest 2
Being the legging fanatic that I am, as they are such a versatile basic for the wardrobe, I could not wait to get the scope on the denim legging! Here it is in all it's glory and I for one will be stepping up the squats as these are meant to be seen and not layered under in my opinion.
As renowned blacksmith and Lowcountry treasure Philip Simmons’ funeral was held yesterday at the Gaillard, I remembered the following Editor’s Letter that I wrote for the November 2006 issue of Charleston,
McKevlin’s Surf Shop, Folly Beach. February 15, 1984. Something clicked. “I remember it clearly,” says Shepard Fairey, the famed street artist best known for his ubiquitous “Obey Giant” oeuvre. “It was my 14th birthday. I was getting my first skateboard, and a Skate Visions video was on while I was waiting.