California native and GIA certified, Ashley Porter launched Porter Lyons in November 2012 as an exotic skin belt line sourced and manufactured in Louisiana. The company has since evolved into an accessory and jewelry lifestyle brand. Porter’s family heritage in New Orleans dates back to the early 1860s where they owned a Pharmacy. Porter concepts and designs all of her collections in New Orleans, documenting culture through design. Every collection is inspired by a particular culture, part of the proceeds benefit a cause working to conserve that culture's identity, and the collection’s designs are the embodiment of that story.