I had been given pearls as a gift for Christmas one year. Not knowing anything about what they represented I opted for an exchange at the jewelry counter and got a nice handbag instead. Looking back my future self should have slapped my past self through a time rift considering how much I wear them now.
I can't really remember the exact reason I started wearing them more but I know it had a lot to do with Chi Omega and our gems being diamonds and pearls. Also, I was beginning to see beauty in a more elegant sense, rather than the Hollywood glitz that most high school girls love. You know the trendy looks and latest hair and makeup. I still like some of the things that come out in Vogue (the ONLY woman's magazine I'll read, something about fashion as art) but for the most part I try to stay true to myself, what looks good on me.
I know Jackie Kennedy wasn't a Southern Belle but she might as well have been. She was grace, class and had a timeless character. She was friends with the creator of the Southern belle wardrobe Lilly Pulitzer and was one of the first to wear the classic Lilly shift.
Wearing my pearls always reminds me to be a lady and in these trying times of working with an incompetent director and a staff of petty women who talk behind my back constantly, you need to remember you're a lady.
Being so far from home, wearing my pearls is more than just so I can remember I'm a lady but it reminds me of my Sorority sisters, my family and home, which I miss very much. But I'm very glad that I'm here and being a big girl on my own, and that's what being a Southern woman is all about.
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