Dolly Parton.Photo:Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty; Tom Wargacki/WireImage; Robin Platzer/Getty
Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty; Tom Wargacki/WireImage; Robin Platzer/Getty
Dolly Partonis opening up about her fashion inspirations.
While chatting with PEOPLE aboutteaming up with HSNfor a pre-sale of her debut rock album,Rockstar— which officially arrives on Nov. 17 — the legendary musician, 77, also opens up about how she has theFredericks of Hollywoodcatalogs to thank for her style choices.
Noting how the looks featured within the catalogs “seemed to be my style and seemed to fit my personality, so I just went for it,” Parton continues. “I was never one to care as much about what other people thought of me as I felt about what I thought of me, because I felt if I was comfortable in whatever I was wearing, then people would be comfortable around me.”
She adds: “Even though I’m sure people might have been uncomfortable thinking they would be uncomfortable looking like I did, but if I seemed comfortable in it, they were willing to accept it. So I just kind of grew in the business kind of like that, being a little bit over the top about most things.”
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Dolly Parton.Harry Langdon/Getty
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For Parton, style has always been in her DNA ever since she was a little girl.
“I think that’s as much part of me as anything, because I’m known for my bizarre outfits,” she explains. “I know the rock and rollers always had their thing going, but all my life, even in country, I’ve just had my own style.”
Pointing to her book,Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones, the “9 to 5” singer says, “It kind of chronicles my whole life and the fashions and the hairdos that I’ve had through the years.”
“I think I’m known for being a little bit over the top … [and] kind of pushing it to the limit, but hopefully in good taste as well,” Parton adds. “But I’m always just trying to be what feels fun and what feels comfortable for me.”
Dolly Parton.Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty
Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty
Currently, Parton has “big warehouses” on her property, where she stores “all the archives and all the things that I’ve had through the years.”
Parton also hopes that her past fashion choices will inspire future generations.
“I see some of the young people now going back and pulling off some of the stuff that I used to do years ago. I think they do that with other celebrities, too,” she says. “Fans that follow you are just people that follow trends. They go back.”
Parton concludes, “I think people just love looking back at different people, different times through the years, to see what they were wearing.”
source: people.com
