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	southeren belle accessories   0 up, 0 down  There should be a pearl neckless that should come with the costume and white gloves. comment »
	How to make a Southern Belle Costume   4 up, 6 down  Southern Belles were around during the early 1800’s on the plantation houses. Their dresses where elaborately styled with large hats and parasols. A great movie to watch for ideas regarding your Southern Belle costume would be Gone with the Wind. There are plenty of costumes in there to fit in the Southern Belle image. ##Things You’ll Need:## * Elegant Gown * Petticoats * Slipper ... read more »

About Southern Belles

Derived from "antebellum," the term for the period several decades before the Civil War, Southern belles typified the female members of upper-class, landowning gentry in the southern part of the United States. The term still applies as a general moniker to describe girls in the South today, thanks to a number of films with strong representations of tough, but wholly feminine Southern ladies who still exist today.

Dressing up as a Southern Belle

In sizes to fit adult women and little girls and terrific for Civil War re-enactments or general parties, get gussied up as a beautiful Southern Belle from the days of {Scarlett O'Hara} with several gorgous antebellum-inspired costumes. Speaking of the "Gone With the Wind" heroine, a reproduction of Scarlett's famous garden party dress is available, with layers of frothy white trimmed in a bright, kelly green and topped with a green-trimmed bonnet. Accessorize your look with some delicate gloves, a Southern belle wig with long, springy sausage curls, and a parasol to protect yourself from the hot southern sun. For a finishing touch, pick a pretty fan in a coordinating color to your gown. An important part of Southern belle communication, these pre-War damsels often spoke in code using lacy fans to denote flirtation or convey messages across a room to other belles and beaus at parties and cotillions.

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  Southern Belle posted by quack28quack

  I got a dress that was lacy and had many layers of tool with green lace around the edges. I paired it with a floppy sunhat with a green bow. The dress covered my shoes, so I ...
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