Reagan Charleston

Reagan Charleston (née Tucker) (born 1988) is an American jewelry designer, lawyer and reality television personality known for appearing on Southern Charm New Orleans.^[1]

Reagan Tucker was born and raised in Mandeville, Louisiana, and is of Louisiana Creole descent.^[2] She is a descendant of Mary Peychaud, a member of the family which created Peychaud's Bitters and who is credited with creating the Sazerac cocktail.^[3]

Charleston's grandparents and mother were copper sculpture artists and owned an art gallery in the French Quarter.^[4] She has stated that her family background in art inspired her to become a jewelry designer.^[5]

In 2015, she began attending Loyola University New Orleans College of Law,^[6] and graduated on May 12, 2018.^[7]

Charleston founded Reagan Charleston Design, a jewelry and fashion accessory company, after returning from a trip to Florence, Italy in 2012.^[8] She grew up in her Grandparents art galleries and studios in the French Quarter of New Orleans, where her mother and grandparents made copper sculptures. ^[9] She works with her sister, Reina, and mother, Lauren, both artists and metalsmiths.^[10] Her designs take inspiration from the culture of New Orleans,^[11][12] as well as European history and architecture, especially Italian, French and Croatian culture.^[13] On October 18, 2018 she opened a jewelry shop called Reagan Charleston Jewelry in One Canal Place.^[14] In October of 2021, she debuted a collaborative collection with Eugenia Kim with her jewelry adorning the Eugenia Kim hats.^[15]

Reagan and Jeff Charleston became cast members of the reality television series Southern Charm New Orleans in 2017.^[16] Reagan Charleston had previously lived in Charleston, South Carolina and was a friend of Whitney Sudler-Smith, the executive producer of Southern Charm.^[17] Both Reagan and Jeff reprised their roles in season 2 of Southern Charm New Orleans.^[18]

Charleston sits on the board of Jennifer Hale's Sideline Pass, and on the style board for One Canal Place.^[8] On April 26, 2019 Charleston announced via Instagram that she passed the bar examination in Louisiana.^[19] She was also Grand Marshall for the 2020 Krewe of Pandora in the Jefferson Parish Mardi Gras parade.^[20]

Reagan married Jeff Charleston in 2012.^[21] The couple separated in 2018, and later divorced.^[22]

In December 2018 she married Reece Thomas.^[23] She decided to keep the last name Charleston because it was on all her professional documents and business.^[24] Their daughter Reece Ellis Thomas was born on June 12, 2019.^[25] Their son Rexford Vance Thomas was born August 23, 2021.^[26]

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