By Jessica Wedemeyer
3:00am PST, Jan 19, 2024
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In honor of Dolly Parton's 78th birthday on Jan. 19, 2024, we're taking a look back at the iconic musician's most delightfully over-the-top fashion moments from over the years, starting with this incredible getup…
Country music superstar Dolly Parton looked pretty in pink in a Western-inspired studded top with bell sleeves and matching pants while performing early in her career.
Now keep reading for more…
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Dolly Parton played with patterns and textures during a 2014 performance on the "Today" show. Her black-and-white ensemble included a polka dot button-down blouse, a vest with vertical stripes made from black rhinestones and white beads, white fringed pedal pushers and a black tie with diagonal stripes made from black beads and white rhinestones.
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Dolly Parton rocked this delightfully over-the-top pastel purple set — a long-sleeve top featuring a floral motif and color-coordinated beaded fringe with a matching miniskirt — while unveiling a pair of ceremonial street signs in front of Radio City Music Hall in New York City in 1993. (Her eyeshadow featured the same shades of lilac, pink and green as her ensemble.)
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Bloomers couture?! Dolly Parton wore a lacy white long-sleeve jumpsuit with pedal-pusher pants during a 1993 visit to the Planet Hollywood in New York City.
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Dolly Parton channeled "Charlotte's Web" in a long-sleeve jumpsuit featuring a spiderweb pattern comprised of sequins and rhinestones (check out the black rhinestone spider on her knee!) that she wore with a bejeweled mesh vest during a concert early in her career.
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Dolly Parton rocked yet another bold ensemble with a butterfly theme at a 2019 event at Dollywood: The iconic singer paired a long-sleeve pink top with a fringed hemline with black pants featuring sequined and beaded butterflies and flowers. Now let's take a closer look at her 'do…
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During a 2019 event at Dollywood, Dolly Parton also rocked a crown of butterflies in her hair.
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This is how Dolly Parton does jeans and a T-shirt! While opening her Trinkets and Treasures store in Nashville in 2010, the "Dumb Blonde" singer sported a long-sleeve yellow top emblazoned with the name of one of her earliest hits spelled out in rhinestones. She completed her look with denim pedal pushers with suede stripes down the sides and a suede rhinestone-covered belt with beaded fringe.
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During a 2002 visit to the HMV shop in London, Dolly Parton sported a light-blue leather set comprised of a jacket and matching pedal pushers embellished with sequined music notes.
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It was another wild suit for Dolly Parton at a 2005 signing event for her "Those Were the Days" album at a Best Buy store in New York City. She wore a fitted champagne-hued jacket with a fringed hemline with sequin-encrusted pants that were netted (and covered in fringe, of course!) below the knee.
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Dolly Parton rocked an ensemble straight out of the '70s — a sheer rhinestone-embellished fringed poncho with a high neckline over a pink jumpsuit — at a 1978 concert in Oakland, California.
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Mrs. Claus has got nothing on Dolly Parton! During a 2018 Christmas-themed event at Dollywood, the iconic singer sported a silver sequined jumpsuit with light-up fur trim. She completed her look with silver boots.
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Dolly Parton stood out on the red carpet during the 2019 Grammys in Los Angeles in a loud long-sleeve red dress with a T-strap neckline, shoulder pads and cuffs covered in massive rhinestones. The asymmetrical hemline featured even more giant rhinestones, plus ruffles and feathers.
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Dolly Parton looked out of this world during the 2003 iteration of the annual Women Rock! concert in Hollywood. She donned a white minidress with a star motif featuring sheer bell sleeves and beaded fringe.
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Dolly Parton was a hot pink dream during a 2011 performance at Hard Rock Live in Hollywood, Florida. Her long-sleeve dress featured an insane amount of sequins, rhinestones and fringe. The pièce de résistance? That would be the blinged-out belt detail along her pelvis.
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The yellow-and-gold ensemble that Dolly Parton donned during the 2007 Songwriters Hall of Fame Awards in New York City featured several of her favorite design elements: beads, sequins, rhinestones, fringe… Her jacket even featured blingy star-shaped buttons. We especially loved her Art Deco-inspired skirt comprised of layered fringe in alternating metallics.
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During the "9 to 5" 25th anniversary DVD launch party in Los Angeles in 2006, Dolly Parton sported a pinstripe vest and matching capri pants with a white button-down shirt and a blingy belt featuring crystal hearts.
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Dolly Parton dazzled in a red suit covered in silver fringe during a 2014 performance at Thompson Boling Arena in Knoxville, Tennessee.
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During a 2010 visit to the "Late Show with David Letterman" studios in New York City, Dolly Parton paired a white jacket featuring lilac filigree with a black top and black leather pedal pushers with white stripes down the sides.
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Dolly Parton went full Southern belle in a flower-adorned ballgown with a massive hoop skirt and ruffled sleeves during a 1992 event at Dollywood.
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Dolly Parton rocked a blue leather cold-shoulder dress with a bedazzled peplum waist during a 1993 performance on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno."
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During a 2015 screening of the NBC made-for-TV movie based on her childhood, "Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors," in Los Angeles, Dolly Parton rocked a patchwork long-sleeve button-down dress of many colors.
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Dolly Parton donned a long-sleeve blouse and matching pedal pushers featuring an embroidered floral design while promoting "Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors" with Alyvia Alyn Lind during NBCUniversal's 2015 TCA Summer Press Tour event in Beverly Hills. (Alyvia played a young version of the superstar in the NBC made-for-TV movie, which is based on Dolly's childhood.)
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Dolly Parton went full disco goddess in a long-sleeve yellow gown with a sheer skirt during a 1979 portrait session in Los Angeles.
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LOVE! During a 1982 event at Dollywood, Dolly Parton flaunted her figure in an adorable black-and-white off-the-shoulder dress featuring contrasting polka dot prints.
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It was a party in the USA for Dolly Parton during a 2003 performance in Orlando, Florida. The iconic singer paired a miniskirt with a ruffled hemline with a jacket featuring striped lapels inspired by the American flag.
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While speaking during a 2000 luncheon at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., Dolly Parton looked anything but mellow in a yellow leather skirt suit featuring sequined filigree and a fringed hemline.
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Dolly Parton rocked a sequin-encrusted vest with a matching miniskirt and a white button-down shirt while honoring Reba McEntire at the 2006 "CMT Giants" event in Hollywood.
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Dolly Parton rocked a pearl-embellished fringed jumpsuit during a 2016 performance at Red Rocks in Morrison, Colorado.
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Dolly Parton played it relatively tame (in Dolly terms!) during the 2016 ACM Awards in Las Vegas. She paired off-white trousers with a beaded multi-color jacket featuring an attached collar and tie.
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Dolly Parton absolutely stunned during a 1983 performance in London in a white dress dripping in beaded fringe. (If you look closely, you'll see she also rocked hoop earrings comprised of the same beads!)
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During a 2003 performance in Orlando, Florida, Dolly Parton looked red-hot in a long-sleeve dress covered in sequins and fringe.
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Dolly Parton was a vision in white in a pearl-embellished ensemble — a jacket over a matching dress with a layered skirt — while performing during the 1993 CMA Awards in Nashville.
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Dolly Parton donned one of her most unforgettable looks of all time — a fiery red gown with ruffled tulle shoulders that gave way to a lengthy train — for her Golden Globe-nominated turn in the 1982 musical "The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas."
