Professional Services

Thankful Threads & Timeless Vows

Olivier Couture’s mission to honor faith, family, and forever moments Article by Christian George, PhD | Photography by Abby Sands The first thing you notice inside Mandeville’s Olivier Couture Bridal Boutique is the color. A hush of pink, soft as dawn, It’s unapologetically feminine, perhaps because Jolie Goodreau, the owner, raised four sons at home. “Pink,” she says, “was my rebellion, my one place to be girly.” Her story begins not in couture but in classrooms. A special education...

Finance + Legal Services

Family. Faith. Gratitude. Growth.

How the Fussell family turned five agents into a gold-standard legacy of thankfulness and service Article by Christian George, PhD | Photography by Arianna Temples These days, insurance is rarely thought of as inspiring. And yet, in the heart of Old Covington, the Fussell family has built an agency that feels less like a company and more like a community. Fussell Group Insurance Advisors was founded in 2012 with just five agents. Today, it has grown to more than a hundred advisors across the...

Style + Beauty

Laura Cayouette

Hollywood Lights to Louisiana Roots: Commander’s Palace Welcomes a Queen Article by Christian George, PhD | Photography by Austin Smith of POLA Marketing, Andrew Cooper, James Kong INTERIOR – COMMANDER’S PALACE – MORNING A woman in towering heels stands in front of Commander’s Palace. Her dress, a psychedelic dragon print, dares the morning traffic to look away. We’re shooting a cover. Oak trees offer shade, but the humidity laughs. It’s the kind of wet heat that melts makeup and fogs...

Professional Services

Saving You Money

How Stephen Hammond’s Italian Family Dinners Prepared Him to Serve His Clients Well … and Seek Out Cost-Saving Options We Never Knew We Had Article by Christian George, PhD | Photography by Katie Patterson Photography When I met Stephen at PJ’s Coffee in Mandeville, I didn’t expect him to look me straight in the eye and tell me he’d rather eat Vienna sausage for a week than sell someone the wrong insurance plan. I did expect a pitch, charts, jargon. But what I got was a conversation with a...