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
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Lizz Wright
Vocalist, Songwriter
Hendersonville, North Carolina

Joey + Jessica

Natasha Trethewey
Poet
Hometown: Gulfport, Mississippi

Photo: Andrew Kornylak

Janie Bryant
Costume Designer
Hometown: Cleveland, Tennessee

Photo: Amy Dickerson

Barrie Benson
Interior Designer
Charlotte, North Carolina

Photo: Joey + Jessica

Lindsey Coral Harper
Interior Designer, Furniture Designer
Cartersville, Georgia

Photo: Landon Nordeman

Sally King Benedict
Artist
Charleston, South Carolina

Photo: Ben Norman

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

Charleston, South Carolina

Photo: Ben Williams

Joy Williams
Vocalist, Songwriter

Photo: Hollis Bennett

Amanda Shires
Vocalist, Songwriter, Fiddler
Home State: Texas

Photo: Hollis Bennett

Schuyler Fisk
Vocalist, Songwriter, Actor
Home State: Virginia

Photo: Brad Swonetz

Andrea Reusing
Chef
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Photo: Joey + Jessica

Alexis Soler
Entrepreneur, Mixologist
Nashville, Tennessee

Photo: Joey + Jessica

Emily Griffin
Novelist
Atlanta, Georgia

Photo: Andrew Kornylak

Kathryn Stockett
Novelist
Hometown: Jackson, Mississippi

Photo: Andrew Kornylak