Aug 3, 2017

Fun Fact: All of These Fashion Icons Are From the South

by Allyson Payer

When you think of Southern fashion, visions of the antebellum scenes of Gone With the Wind and the quintessential small-town women of Steel Magnolias probably come to mind, right? While the importance of the classic films set in the South certainly shouldn't be diminished, the fashion icons of our time and the past should also be credited for influencing how many fashion girls dress, both today and throughout history. While some may be a little obvious (i.e., every Beyoncé fan knows she hails from Houston, Texas), others are a bit more surprising (any guesses as to where Farrah Fawcett is from?).

To ensure you're well informed as to the origins of icons fashion girls always turn to for style inspiration, we rounded up eleven women from the great American South, from socialite Zelda Fitzgerald to current It girl Selena Gomez. Read on to boost your Southern fashion-icon knowledge and shop pieces that stylish Southern women love.

Faye Dunaway

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The always glamorous Faye Dunaway, of Bonnie and Clyde fame, was born in 1941 in Bascom, Florida, a town just south of the Alabama border.

Farrah Fawcett

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Seventies icon Farrah Fawcett was born in the coastal town of Corpus Christi, Texas, in 1947.

Julianne Moore

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Julianne Moore, one of the greatest, most directional actresses of our time, was born in 1960 in the North Carolina army base town of Fayetteville.

Zelda Fitzgerald

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Zelda Fitzgerald, the wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald, was born in 1900 in Montgomery, Alabama. Her husband referred to her as the first American flapper.

Selena Gomez

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Although she's quite the world traveler these days, Selena Gomez was born (and raised) in the town of Grand Prairie, Texas (a suburb of Dallas), in 1992.

Taylor Tomasi Hill

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As any fashion girl will tell you, Taylor Tomasi Hill was pretty much the original street style star. Well, she hails from Dallas and returned home to live and take over Forty Five Ten, the city's best boutique.

Lauren Hutton