Charleston / South Carolina / Online
Charleston's trad clothier — proper shirts, repp ties, and southern elegance. One-piece collar available on custom order.
Best for Southern trad shirting
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Visit official site ↗Buck & Bette
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Boutique stocking Appalachian, West Virginia, and Charleston-themed apparel, gifts, and home goods from regional makers. It focuses on locally designed, mountain-state merchandise.
Best for West Virginia-themed gifts and apparel
Visit official site ↗Candlefish
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Candle shop built around a numbered library of 100 house fragrances, with a wax bar where guests pour their own custom candles. Founded in Charleston, it blends and sells its own soy-based candles and home scents.
Best for Fragrance library and candle workshops
Visit official site ↗Charleston
Carolina Coffee Works roasts, packages, and ships Arabica specialty coffee itself in Charleston, with 13 years in the coffee business, including a naturally processed Ethiopian lot. It also offers wholesale and white-label coffee services.
Best for Specialty roasted coffee and wholesale
Visit official site ↗Isle of Palms, SC (Charleston-area rentals and surf lessons)
Carolina Salt runs surf lessons and paddleboard tours across Isle of Palms, Folly Beach, Seabrook, and Kiawah Island, backing them with a rental fleet of more than 30 items from surfboards to golf carts and baby gear. The company has been rated the state's top surf school for over 13 years and is the official surf-lesson provider for Netflix's Outer Banks and Bravo's Southern Charm.
Best for Surf lessons and beach equipment rentals
Visit official site ↗Charleston Candle Co.
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Started in 2016 by husband-and-wife team Chaz and Kristen Schwiers, Charleston Candle Co. hand-pours soy candles in small batches at its downtown shop, with scents like Folly Beach and Spanish Moss built around real Lowcountry places.
Best for Scents like Folly Beach and Spanish Moss built around real Lowcountry places
Charleston Candle Co. started in 2016, when Kristen Schwiers began making candles for fun in the kitchen of the small apartment she shared with husband Chaz. What began as a hobby grew into a family-run candle business that still hand-pours every candle in small batches at its downtown Charleston shop rather than outsourcing production, using soy wax and eco-friendly wicks.
The scent lineup is built directly around Lowcountry places and character rather than generic fragrance names: No. 07 Folly Beach opens with sea salt, ozone and lemon notes meant to evoke the coastal marsh, while No. 13 Spanish Moss leans on sage, orange and grapefruit to suggest the region's hanging tree cover, and a specialty Haint Blue Citronella blend nods to the traditional porch-ceiling color found across Charleston homes. Additional candles reference specific barrier islands, Kiawah, Wadmalaw, Sullivan's, Daniel Island, carrying the same sense of place through to the label. Beyond the Signature, Seasonal, Architecture and Beach Scents collections, the shop at 218 St. Philip Street runs candle-making classes and takes custom and wholesale orders, extending the couple's original apartment-kitchen hobby into a storefront that still makes everything it sells on-site.
Visit official site ↗Charleston Carry
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Charleston bag brand making waxed-canvas and leather totes and its signature bicycle basket inspired by the Lowcountry's Gullah sweetgrass basketry. Pieces are produced in small batches for cyclists and travelers.
Best for Bicycle baskets and canvas bags
Visit official site ↗West Ashley, Charleston
Charleston Coffee Exchange sells K-Cup pods and bagged whole-bean or ground coffee online, including flavored varieties like Pumpkin Spice, English Toffee, Salted Caramel, and Bourbon Pecan. It runs Coffee Club subscriptions and the E2M Kitchen Coffee line, a collaboration with E2M Fitness.
Best for Flavored coffee and subscription boxes
Visit official site ↗Charleston
Charleston Coffee Roasters sources beans globally and slow-roasts them at 7246 Stall Rd in Charleston, selling blends, single-origin, organic, and decaf coffee along with limited-release micro lots. The company sponsors the Nutritional Care Program at the South Carolina Aquarium.
Best for Slow roasted single origin and organic coffee
Visit official site ↗Charleston City Market
Corey Alston weaves Gullah sweetgrass baskets in Charleston, South Carolina, as a fifth-generation artisan carrying on a tradition dating back to the days of enslavement. He also offers sweetgrass photography, Gullah cuisine, and educational seminars on Gullah culture.
Best for Fifth generation gullah sweetgrass baskets
Visit official site ↗Goat.sheep.cow.
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Church Street cheese shop and wine bar specializing in European and American farmstead cheeses, cured meats, and provisions cut to order. The counter builds boards and picnic baskets and pours natural wines by the glass.
Best for Farmstead cheese and wine
Visit official site ↗King Street, Charleston
HART Jewelry makes made-to-order, gold-filled charm jewelry including bracelets, earrings, and charm clips, founded by Hart, with shops in Charleston, Dallas, Nantucket, Nashville, and New York. Customers can layer charms and chains through a customizable charm-builder.
Best for Made to order gold filled charm jewelry
Visit official site ↗Charleston / Washington, D.C. / Online
Cuban-American shirt dynasty — Ike Behar cut for the greats since 1954; family luxury shirting.
Best for American luxury dress shirts.
Visit official site ↗Charleston
Kilted Forge Studio's blacksmith makes custom metalwork from reclaimed materials in the Charleston area, including scroll keychains, flag hangers, fire pokers, crosses, and bottle openers. The smith began learning blacksmithing in 2017 at the American College of the Building Arts.
Best for Custom forged metalwork from reclaimed materials
Visit official site ↗King Street, Charleston
M.P. Demetre Jewelers, a family-owned and operated Charleston jeweler at 253 King Street, is an official Rolex retailer that also carries Tudor, Omega, Breitling, Grand Seiko, Hamilton, and Oris watches. The shop offers diamond search, engagement ring design, watch servicing, and jewelry repair.
Best for Rolex and luxury watch retailer
Visit official site ↗Master Crafters Gift & Primitives Shoppe
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Gift shop specializing in primitive and country-style home décor, candles, and handcrafted goods from area crafters. It carries seasonal and rustic Appalachian pieces.
Best for Primitive home decor and crafts
Visit official site ↗Ooh La Lucy
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Women's denim boutique carrying jeans and casual apparel from brands such as KanCan and Flying Monkey. The locally owned shop focuses on fit-driven denim and everyday wear.
Best for Denim and casual womenswear
Visit official site ↗Palmetto Scent Studio
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Custom fragrance bar where visitors blend their own perfume or cologne from house oils and pour their own candles at a build-your-own scent station. The boutique also sells its ready-made signature scents, soaps, and home fragrances.
Best for Custom perfume and candles
Visit official site ↗Charleston
The Philip Simmons Foundation, established in 1991 at 30 1/2 Blake Street in Charleston, preserves the legacy and ironwork craft of master blacksmith Philip Simmons (1912-2009) and maintains a commemorative garden. The gift shop sells jewelry, wall hangings, and prints related to his ironwork.
Best for Philip simmons ironwork legacy and gifts
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