private industry clothing and accessories founder matthew valiollahi and stephen smith headquarters baton rouge la united states area served worldwide website southern marsh collection southern marsh collection also known as southern marsh is a clothing and accessories retailer headquartered in baton rouge louisiana . founded in 2007 by matthew valiollahi and stephen smith the brand markets a variety of shirts shorts pants outerwear and accessories that aim to represent southern culture . contents 1 history 2 expansion 3 products 4 references 5 external links history edit in 2007 founders matthew valiollahi and stephen smith both students of louisiana state university at the time decided to create a brand of t shirts and casual wear inspired by southern style . as a senior in his final year matthew approached his friend stephen to design the brand from which came the trademark mallard logo and general aesthetic of the company . 1 at first the two simply sold their designs but then moved into designing fabrics from the ground up . walter morales then an adjunct professor at louisiana state university helped the pair refine their business plan . expansion edit currently the company partners with over 600 retailers across the united states and has factory operations throughout asia . 2 in addition the company has expanded its sales to online shoppers and also manufactures licensed college apparel . in august 2015 the company was listed as 689 3 in inc. magazine s 5 000 fastest growing companies in america . 4 products edit originally the brand sold only t shirts . now the company markets a variety of clothing and accessories including but not limited to shorts pants dress shirts jackets pullovers polos bags performance clothing and hats . their product line has significantly grown since 2007 mainly due to sizable revenue growth 5 allowing for expansion . southern marsh clothing can be found at many high end retailers across the country like apple s limited 6 in poplarville ms. references edit stephen smith and matthew valiollahi baton rouge business report . baton rouge business report . 2013 04 30 . retrieved 2016 06 02 . southern marsh selects bluecherry enterprise suite to support growth and expansion . prweb . retrieved 2016 06 02 . 10 baton rouge area companies make inc. 5000 ; winn dixie resilience awards weekly business bulletin . nola.com . retrieved 2016 06 02 . 10 baton rouge area firms make inc. list of america s 5 000 fastest growing companies baton rouge business report . baton rouge business report . 2015 08 13 . retrieved 2016 06 02 . southern marsh collection number 689 on the 2015 inc. 5000 . inc.com . retrieved 2016 06 03 . apple s ltd. meeting fashion needs for decades picayune item . www.picayuneitem.com . retrieved 2016 06 03 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title southern marsh collection & oldid 738069485 categories clothing retailers of the united statescompanies based in louisianacompanies established in 2008baton rouge louisianalouisianaculture of the southern united states navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 6 september 2016 at 18 51 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view