BEAUTY & STYLE
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ZENOBIAFEBRUARY 2019 / SOUTHERNLIVING.COM
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AYLOR ISN’T a typical small
town,” says jewelry designer
Nicole Rottler Harlow of the
place she’s called home for
the past three years. “We
don’t just wave at each other
on the road and call that
being close. We make a point to have
a late-night get-together or dinner
party every once in a while. It’s about
actually spending time with people
you see regularly. Everyone here
really wants to get to know each
other.” And Taylor is full of interesting
people to meet. In 2016, when Nicole
started her jewelry business, Niett
Metals, she joined a long-standing
community of artists who call this
town just outside Oxford home.
Photographer Jane Rule Burdine
lives next door, and Nicole often
spends her afternoons listening to
sculptor William Beckwith tell stories
on the porch of Taylor Grocery &
Restaurant, one of the town’s
two eateries. “How could I
have had these experi-
ences anywhere else?”
asks Nicole. “Being
really intimate with
a place like Taylor
has proven to beextremely important to the way
I’m developing my business and the
things that matter to me.”My Style Icons
“My love of old magazines led me
to Charlotte Rampling, Françoise
Hardy, and Jane Birkin at an early
age. There’s such confidence in
their effortless style! I turn to their
photos anytime I start overcompli-
cating getting dressed. They remindme that half of exuding poise is the
way you wear things, not simply the
clothing itself.”The Fashion Icon I’ve Outgrown
“In high school and into college, I
thought that Penny Lane from Almost
Famous was the pinnacle of style:
lots of embroidery, bell-bottoms, and
crochet. In small doses, it might still
sneak into my outfits, but I’ve very
much moved on.”Cable-Knit Mock-Neck Sweater in Turquoise, $119; bananarepublic.com. The
Wide Leg Crop Pant in Bone, $68; everlane.com. Leather Venetian Mule in Black
Leather, $149; soludos.comA FAVORITE QUOTE“CAN YOU REMEMBER
WHO YOU WERE, BEFORE
THE WORLD TOLD YOU
WHO YOU SHOULD BE?”
—Charles BukowskiNicole’s jewelry, at left:
Lepa Earrings, $98;
niettmetals.com