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Delta Hues: 2015 Spring Style

This season’s evening looks are as vibrant as the people, places, and music of Mississippi’s storied Blues Highway

Photo: William Hereford

Golden Girl

Taking a spin at the Shack Up Inn, in Clarksdale, Mississippi. Crop top, $3,990, and skirt, $9,700, by Zuhair Murad, at zuhairmurad.com.

Shack Up Inn
Clarksdale, Mississippi

Grit and glamour meet at the Shack Up Inn, a one-of-a-kind collection of sharecropper cabins reclaimed as funky lodging. Green silk trapeze top, $395, and pleated culottes, $425, designed by St. Simons, Georgia, native Amy Smilovic for her label, Tibi; green pony-hair and nappa leather high-hell sandals, $1,048, by Malone Souliers; 18-karat white gold, Nefrita stone, and diamond drop earrings, $7,000, and ring, $4,500, by Carla Amorim for Broken English; sterling silver double cage ring on left hand, $525, by Pamela Love.

Photo: William Hereford

Get Loose

Grit and glamour meet at the Shack Up Inn, a one-of-a-kind collection of sharecropper cabins reclaimed as funky lodging.
Green silk trapeze top, $395, and pleated culottes, $425, designed by St. Simons, Georgia, native Amy Smilovic for her label, Tibi; green pony-hair and nappa leather high-hell sandals, $1,048, by Malone Souliers; 18-karat white gold, Nefrita stone, and diamond drop earrings, $7,000, and ring, $4,500, by Carla Amorim for Broken English; sterling silver double cage ring on left hand, $525, by Pamela Love.


Floral brocade jacket, $350, by ERIN Erin Fetherston; necklace, $290, by Lady Grey; ultra mini double pearl band ring, $335, by Vita Fede; 18-karat pink gold double spike ring with champagne diamonds, $7575, by Ileana Makri.

Photo: William Hereford

Strong Suit

Floral brocade jacket, $350, by ERIN Erin Fetherston; necklace, $290, by Lady Grey; ultra mini double pearl band ring, $335, by Vita Fede; 18-karat pink gold double spike ring with champagne diamonds, $7575, by Ileana Makri.


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Free Spirit

Valentino's spider-monkey print organza gown, $8,990, catches the light at Po' Monkey's, one of Mississippi's most iconic rural juke joints. Claire de Lune high-heel sandals, $1,025, by Rupert Sanderson; black moonstone earrings with black diamonds and sapphires, $13,340, by Carla Amorim for Broken English.

Po’Monkey’s
Merigold, Mississippi

For more than half a century, Po' Monkey's seventy-four-year-old proprietor, Willie Seaberry, has opened the doors on Thursday nights, drawing crowds from around the world. Rose gold metallic-coated jersey overlay top and wrap short, price available on request, by Misha Nonoo; snakeskin and nappa leather high-heel sandals, $1,250, by Malone Souliers; 14-karat rose gold and white diamond ring, $900, by PHYNE by Paige Novick.

Photo: William Hereford

Shine On

For more than half a century, Po’ Monkey’s seventy-four-year-old proprietor, Willie Seaberry, has opened the doors on Thursday nights, drawing crowds from around the world.
Rose gold metallic-coated jersey overlay top and wrap short, price available on request, by Misha Nonoo; snakeskin and nappa leather high-heel sandals, $1,250, by Malone Souliers; 14-karat rose gold and white diamond ring, $900, by PHYNE by Paige Novick.


Photo: William Hereford

Roadside Attraction

A cotton field on Highway 49, near the intersection with Highway 61 — the mythical spot where bluesman Robert Johnson traded his soul to the devil for godlike guitar skills. Visconti gown with Swarovski crystsal pearls, $7,500, by Altuzarra; antique gold-plate necklace with moonstone cabochon, $285, by Pamela Love; 14-karat rose gold and white diamond ring, $900, by PHYNE by Paige Novick.

New Roxy
Clarksdale, Mississippi

Housed in the shell of a former movie house, the New Roxy is now a thriving blues venue in downtown Clarksdale. Crossover Chantilly lace crepe top, $1,090, and crepe tuxedo pants, $990, by Atlanta native Wes Gordon; 14-karat white gold and tanzanite drop earrings, $2,260, by PHYNE by Paige Novick; 18-karat white gold, black rhodium, emerald, and diamond bracelet, $15,100, by Jack Vartanian; on left hand, Baroque pearl horse ring, $9,442, by Bibi van der Velden; on right hand, ultra mini double pearl band ring, $335, by Vita Fede.

Photo: William Hereford

Amazing Lace

Housed in the shell of a former movie house, the New Roxy is now a thriving blues venue in downtown Clarksdale.
Crossover Chantilly lace crepe top, $1,090, and crepe tuxedo pants, $990, by Atlanta native Wes Gordon; 14-karat white gold and tanzanite drop earrings, $2,260, by PHYNE by Paige Novick; 18-karat white gold, black rhodium, emerald, and diamond bracelet, $15,100, by Jack Vartanian; on left hand, Baroque pearl horse ring, $9,442, by Bibi van der Velden; on right hand, ultra mini double pearl band ring, $335, by Vita Fede.