Arts & Culture

Redefining the Southern Belle

Meet the 17 young designers, musicians, chefs, artists, and entrepreneurs who are reinventing the notion of the Southern belle

August/September 2011

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Lizz Wright
Vocalist, Songwriter
Hendersonville, North Carolina

Joey + Jessica

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Natasha Trethewey
Poet
Hometown: Gulfport, Mississippi

Photo: Andrew Kornylak

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Janie Bryant
Costume Designer
Hometown: Cleveland, Tennessee

Photo: Amy Dickerson

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Barrie Benson
Interior Designer
Charlotte, North Carolina

Photo: Joey + Jessica

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Lindsey Coral Harper
Interior Designer, Furniture Designer
Cartersville, Georgia

Photo: Landon Nordeman

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Sally King Benedict
Artist
Charleston, South Carolina

Photo: Ben Norman

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The Women of Billy Reid
Clockwise from top left: Jordan Frye, Shelby Hightower, Addie Sorsey, and Elizabeth Robbat

Charleston, South Carolina

Photo: Ben Williams

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Joy Williams
Vocalist, Songwriter

Photo: Hollis Bennett

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Amanda Shires
Vocalist, Songwriter, Fiddler
Home State: Texas

Photo: Hollis Bennett

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Schuyler Fisk
Vocalist, Songwriter, Actor
Home State: Virginia

Photo: Brad Swonetz

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Andrea Reusing
Chef
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Photo: Joey + Jessica

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Alexis Soler
Entrepreneur, Mixologist
Nashville, Tennessee

Photo: Joey + Jessica

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Emily Griffin
Novelist
Atlanta, Georgia

Photo: Andrew Kornylak

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Kathryn Stockett
Novelist
Hometown: Jackson, Mississippi

Photo: Andrew Kornylak

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