Never talk about the bathroom. Like swear words, all bathroom talk is considered rude and tacky. Part 3. Wear dresses, heels, and pearls. Southern belles always look feminine and put together, so you will need to invest in these basic wardrobe staples.
Look for dresses in pastel colors and preppy prints. Find heels in wedge or mule styles for the day, and look for pumps or sling-backs for evening attire. A classy string of pearls adds a great finishing touch to any outfit. Cover your cleavage during the day. It's important to dress modestly for afternoon functions, which means you should cover your chest area. For evening or nighttime events, it's fine to show a bit of skin, so wearing clothes that reveal 1—2 inches 2. Wear red lipstick.
This is a classic southern look that will finish off your look. Red lipstick is appropriate for all functions, day or night. Style your hair whenever you go out. Be sure to brush your hair, and style it with a curling or straightening iron before you leave the house. Use hairspray as a finishing touch to ensure that every hair stays in place. Try to incorporate some volume into your hair!
Maintain a clean and clear complexion. Wash and moisturize your skin on a regular basis, and use lemon juice to zap pimples in a pinch. While it's fine to wear some foundation, be sure not to cake it on, and always remove your makeup before you go to bed. Protect your skin from the sun. Avoid tanning and try keep your skin safe from the sun by wearing hats and staying under cover on bright summer days. Always wear sunscreen with SPF 30 or above if you are spending time outdoors.
Practice great hygiene. This goes beyond bathing every day; the smaller details will help solidify your appearance as a southern belle.
Great hygiene includes keeping your nails well-groomed and polished, wearing perfume, flossing your teeth, and never forgetting to shave your legs or underarms even in the winter. Never wear white shoes after Easter and before Labor Day. This is considered tacky. The only exception would be if you're getting married during this window of time - then you may wear white shoes.
Otherwise, save your white shoes for summertime only. Remember to smile! When you're in public, keep a smile on your face. This will help you look warm, friendly, and kind - a look all southern belles should aspire to have! Part 4.
Make sweet tea. Sweet tea is a traditional southern drink, made with lemon and lots of sugar. Whenever you are hosting people, be sure to make a large batch of sweet iced tea to share around. This will be expected of you as a host. Serve brown liquor. If you host a gathering, offer your guests some whiskey or bourbon. These liquors are expected at southern gatherings. Cook grits. Grits is another classic southern food that can be served for breakfast, lunch, or dinner.
This is another southern staple. Grits with breakfast, grits with dinner i. You get the point. Grits seem to be a foreign concept to those outside of the South, but once you've tasted them, you'll understand.
We love our collard greens, green beans, turnips greens, etc. We boil and season the heck out of our vegetables, to the point where they no longer taste like vegetables, but at least they are delicious. Not all BBQ is the same. Yes, the last few paragraphs have involved food, but food is important to us! We like to fry everything: fried chicken, fried pork chops, fried green tomatoes, etc. RIP cholesterol. With our cooking, comes quantity.
But the modern Southern belle is not afraid to do things for herself. While it is nice to indulge in the art of chivalry, and it is always appreciated, Southern girls these days are perfectly comfortable ordering their own drinks.
In the days of Scarlett O'Hara, all women were meant to do was stay in the home and care for their husbands and children. We asked around about how the Southern belle has evolved even from their mothers' generations:. She sends her kids to day care when they are younger because she works outside the home. She is waiting longer to get married and have children because she is working on her personal ambitions or simply just enjoying life for herself.
She encourages her children to follow their dreams versus telling them what they can and should be. She goes out to eat rather than cooking a full meal every night. Southern women are traditionally caretakers, and that has not changed. The difference is that these days they are actually taking the time to take care of themselves as well as others. Whether it is taking time to pursue a hobby, volunteering for a cause that is close to the heart, focusing on a career, or even just taking some time to get coffee with a friend, Southern women are looking for ways to put themselves first, even if just for a moment.
Just like many other cultures, the Southern culture focuses around food. The preparation of food is still very much a part of being a Southern woman. However, just as the modern belle is evolving, so is the food she is cooking.
Sure, New York—based designer Lindsey Coral Harper creates chic rooms, but they have to pass the livability test, too, a lesson learned in her native Cartersville, Georgia.
I use china. But everything is comfortable. Benedict often incorporates the kaleidoscopic colors of the Lowcountry and recently began dabbling in portraiture.
Employees Jourdan Frye, Shelby Hightower, Addie Dorsey, and Elizabeth Robbat are prone to dropping by even on days off, and everyone, clients included, greet one another by name. We offer sweet tea. She unearths the ignored and forgotten, examining black Union soldiers and eighteenth-century Mexican casta paintings, which depict mixed-race couples and children. The Atlanta-based queen of chick lit has written five novels and is finishing a sixth, Where We Belong. Her appeal? Believable characters who prove empathetic despite their flaws.
Like many before her, Joy Williams moved a long way from home to Nashville to pursue music. Unlike many before her, she found success—albeit after a dozen years of hard work as a writer and vocalist.
When they released their album, a haunting mix of Southern spiritual and Southern short story, it topped out at number one on iTunes. Williams is still bowled over.
Amanda Shires Vocalist, Songwriter, Fiddler. Drawing comparisons to everyone from Dolly Parton to Tom Waits, Shires is an intriguing mix of darkness and lighthearted ease—just like the South itself. Schuyler Fisk Vocalist, Songwriter, Actor. Her smoky, soul-laden voice is as unique as her background. Andrea Reusing Chef. Reusing has been exercising her creativity and resourcefulness at Lantern, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, since , and in April released Cooking in the Moment, in which she gives the South credit for teaching her to appreciate a seasonal diet.
Alexis Soler Entrepreneur, Mixologist. The thirty-year-old pilots the bar at No. But while Ms. Parker made do with a plain old round table at the Algonquin Hotel, ladies and gents who drink at No. Largely the domain of foragers, the biggest edible fruit in the South has mostly been forgotten. Even Kelly Fields whips up a box of Jiffy every once in a while. Why indeed.
Which brings us to what can only be called: the Baby Thing.
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