Seersucker Sandals and Salad - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

Baton Rouge may not be the first place you think of in connection
with high fashion. But there s one notable exception Haspel. It s
the company that invented the seersucker suit more than a century
ago. Today Haspel continues to redefine that classic staple of the
southern wardrobe, while also designing some of the trendiest and
most sought after looks for fashion conscious gentlemen. Laurie
Aaronson is President of Haspel, and the granddaughter of the
company s founder, Joseph Haspel. While Haspel has a long and
venerable tradition in the fashion world, an upstart company with a
focus on footwear is also starting to gain notice. The company is
Sorority Inspired Sandals and, as its name implies, its makes
stylish sandals that bear the logos of Greek organizations. The
products are becoming a must have item for sororities throughout
the SEC and S.I.S is hatching plans to sell beyond the sorority
sisters. Dene Mathies, along with her daughter, is co founder of
Sorority Inspired Sandals. Richard Hanley doesn t have anything to
do with high fashion or footwear but he s a Baton Rouge
entrepreneur who, like Laurie and Dene, has a passion for his
product. Richard has a line of salad dressings, Hanley s, that can
be found on the shelves of more than 300 supermarkets, which is
pretty impressive considering he started out less than four years
ago. Hanleys Foods is getting ready to go national and, as Richard
puts it, "take down Hidden Valley." Photos on this page at Mansur s
On the Bouevard by Ken Stewart.

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