We used to say that white should never be worn after Labor Day or before Easter unless you are a bride. To this we say, why not? It has already been established that the modern Southern belle ...

Women compete for “Belle of the festival” at ... and the author of “Southern Beauty: Race, Ritual, and Memory in the Modern South” (under contract to University of Georgia Press).

an extension of last year’s cottagecore trend and the pandemic-fuelled modern rural fantasy. In fact, there are many similarities between the cottagecore lifestyle and the Southern Belle trope ...

Nashville-raised Reese Witherspoon has made a true career out of being a modern day Southern belle.She's played up the sweetheart thing in many of her movies and, most recently, opened shop at ...