“Yes, and I gather from your comments there are a couple of other things you don’t know, Marjorie. For example, you probably didn’t know that Suzanne was the only contestant in Georgia pageant history to sweep every category except congeniality, and that is not something the women in my family aspire to anyway. Or that when she walked down the runway in her swimsuit, five contestants quit on the spot.”

When you approach the Billy Reid flagship boutique in downtown Florence, you immediately notice the whimsical folk-art sculptures dangling in the windows—toothy garfish and other Piscean creatures made from tin cans and scrap metal and (my fave) an Electrolux vacuum cleaner with steely wings. 

Exclusive photos from Billy Reid's Shindig and The OA's second ABALABIP! concert in Florence, Alabama.