{"id":1315360,"date":"2019-10-07T08:54:38","date_gmt":"2019-10-07T14:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1812817"},"modified":"2019-10-07T08:54:38","modified_gmt":"2019-10-07T14:54:38","slug":"heres-why-she-came-in-here-lookin-like-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/music-news\/heres-why-she-came-in-here-lookin-like-that\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s Why She Came in Here Lookin\u2019 Like That"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"byline\">by <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/author\/shelburnec\/\" title=\"Posts by Craig Shelburne\" rel=\"author\">Craig Shelburne<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"date\">19m ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>The glamorous Dolly Parton will step onto the Grand Ole Opry stage on Saturday to mark her 50th anniversary as an Opry cast member \u2014 and she\u2019s been planning her outfit for months.<\/p>\n<p>In a rare, behind-the-curtain event with Nashville media in September, the Opry invited her creative director Steve Summers and production manager Rebecca Seavers to discuss all the work that goes into Dolly\u2019s definitive look. Seated in plush and colorful chairs, they were surrounded by a gallery of 24 eye-catching ensembles that she\u2019s worn for appearances at the Ryman or at the Grand Ole Opry House across the past five decades.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo\" id=\"90d1e1d4\">\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"><noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;img&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/10\/Dolly-gowns-in-red-1570458299.jpeg?quality=0.85&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/10\/Dolly-gowns-in-red-1570458299.jpeg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=481 481w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/10\/Dolly-gowns-in-red-1570458299.jpeg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=660 660w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/10\/Dolly-gowns-in-red-1570458299.jpeg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=768 768w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/10\/Dolly-gowns-in-red-1570458299.jpeg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=980 980w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/10\/Dolly-gowns-in-red-1570458299.jpeg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1200 1200w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/10\/Dolly-gowns-in-red-1570458299.jpeg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1500 1500w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/10\/Dolly-gowns-in-red-1570458299.jpeg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1800 1800w\" title=\"Dolly gowns in red\" class=\"js-srcset-img shortcode-image\" alt><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Seavers observes that she has embellished the singer\u2019s six-inch heels with rhinestones up to the very second that the country legend (who is also her aunt) takes the stage. Meanwhile, pointing out one of the newer costumes in the exhibit, Summers confesses that he frequently buys pants for Parton \u2013 who is 5\u20192\u201d \u2014 in the children\u2019s department at Macy\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>Get more Dolly details in this chat moderated by Grand Ole Opry tour operation manager, Laura Leigh Jones Robertson. Find out more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opry.com\/dolly-week-2019\">Dolly Week at the Grand Ole Opry<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>LLJR: How did you start to work with Dolly?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>RS: My mom and her are super close. My mom was working with her hair and makeup. She ran her fan club back in the \u201870s, so I grew up on tour and doing things on set for films and TV. It\u2019s been ingrained in me that working in entertainment and being in production is what I wanted to do, because all of my family is musical and we are all creatives in some right. [My talent] is behind-the-scenes.<\/p>\n<p>I love to perform and be creative, but I love putting things together, and I\u2019ve always been fascinated with fashion and costuming. Dolly recognizes that. \u2026 When she sees somebody in her circle that has talent at something, she really wants to support that and nurture it. She really has done that for me and for Steve, for her people. I think that\u2019s a brilliant quality that she has and that not a lot of people carry.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo\" id=\"c2200ab3\">\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"><noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;img&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/10\/Dolly-Gowns-in-natural-1570458356.jpg?quality=0.85&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/10\/Dolly-Gowns-in-natural-1570458356.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=481 481w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/10\/Dolly-Gowns-in-natural-1570458356.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=660 660w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/10\/Dolly-Gowns-in-natural-1570458356.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=768 768w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/10\/Dolly-Gowns-in-natural-1570458356.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=980 980w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/10\/Dolly-Gowns-in-natural-1570458356.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1200 1200w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/10\/Dolly-Gowns-in-natural-1570458356.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1500 1500w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/10\/Dolly-Gowns-in-natural-1570458356.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1800 1800w\" title=\"Dolly Gowns in natural\" class=\"js-srcset-img shortcode-image\" alt><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>SS: I started working for her in 1991. I was a backup singer and dancer for her at Dollywood, her theme park. I performed there for about five years only. I started doing the sets and scenery for them and designing some wardrobe for them because I basically complained a lot about the [costumes]. \u2026 So it\u2019s kind of an evolution of me being the whiniest person on stage. Finally they said, \u201cWell, if you think you can do better, then why don\u2019t you design something?\u201d So I did, and it actually worked.<\/p>\n<p>It got to be where I was performing, and I was designing the stage sets and the wardrobe for shows and I couldn\u2019t do all of that anymore. \u2026 So I had to pick. I never enjoyed being on stage, so I went with the behind-the-scenes stuff. They made me the entertainment manager. One of my first projects that I had to do was to design Dolly\u2019s museum. It\u2019s called Chasing Rainbows at Dollywood. She and I got really close during that process. It got to be where I would have to take a leave of absence at Dollywood to come direct a show for her or to work with her. Finally it was like, \u201cJust pack up, move to Nashville.\u201d So I did.<\/p>\n<p>RS: When the butterfly calls, you fly! I worked at Dollywood right out of high school. I was singing in a family show and Steve did all the costuming, and we met then. But he had known me before that. I had watched Steve at shows at Dollywood and was like, \u201cHe\u2019s so talented and tall and beautiful.\u201d Like, we all had a big crush on Steve. So now that he\u2019s in the family \u2014 because he is, he\u2019s family now \u2014 I feel connected because he\u2019s been doing so much for Dolly, for so many years. It\u2019s just a big sparkle family.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo\" id=\"b5273a25\">\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"><noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;img&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/10\/Dolly-gowns-in-pink-1570458411.jpg?quality=0.85&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/10\/Dolly-gowns-in-pink-1570458411.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=481 481w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/10\/Dolly-gowns-in-pink-1570458411.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=660 660w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/10\/Dolly-gowns-in-pink-1570458411.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=768 768w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/10\/Dolly-gowns-in-pink-1570458411.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=980 980w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/10\/Dolly-gowns-in-pink-1570458411.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1200 1200w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/10\/Dolly-gowns-in-pink-1570458411.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1500 1500w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/10\/Dolly-gowns-in-pink-1570458411.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1800 1800w\" title=\"Dolly gowns in pink\" class=\"js-srcset-img shortcode-image\" alt><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>LLJR: Dolly had a big hand in picking some of these outfits. Tell us about Dolly\u2019s personal touch on the exhibit here.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>RS: When we first got the call that we were going to do this, we had worked with you all to pull everything that she had worn at the Opry through the years. It was a beautiful collection. Then Dolly went through it and she was like, \u201cThere\u2019s not enough sparkle here. I want more.\u201d That\u2019s just true Dolly fashion. \u2026 She wanted to bring it up [a notch], so she handpicked a few of these items that were at the Chasing Rainbows Museum at Dollywood in a permanent exhibit. She was adamant. She was like, \u201cI want those pieces there because those are my favorites. Those are important parts of my career and my life.\u201d And so she definitely made the collection have a glow-up.<\/p>\n<p>SS: I can\u2019t speak for other celebrities because I don\u2019t work with other ones, but she\u2019s hands-on everything. We don\u2019t do anything that she\u2019s not a part of. Now there are certain parameters that we all just know to do. There\u2019s certain things that we\u2019re going to get accomplished that she doesn\u2019t have to have input in. But when it comes to the public, this is just a different kind of show for her. And every show that she does, she participates in somehow. \u2026<\/p>\n<p>When you guys came to us and said, \u201cWe want to do an exhibit to go with her 50 years,\u201d the first thing that we said was, \u201cWell, in order to curate it, you need to show us all the pictures that you have.\u201d All the collateral, which is what all these pictures are called, that have Dolly performing over the years, and we\u2019ll pull together the exhibit based off of that. Then we weed through those to come up with how many cases we have and how many mannequin forms we\u2019ve got, and what can we do to accommodate?<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo\" id=\"2c2e6b9f\">\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"><noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;img&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/10\/Dolly-costume-in-black-1570458500.jpg?quality=0.85&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/10\/Dolly-costume-in-black-1570458500.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=481 481w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/10\/Dolly-costume-in-black-1570458500.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=660 660w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/10\/Dolly-costume-in-black-1570458500.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=768 768w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/10\/Dolly-costume-in-black-1570458500.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=980 980w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/10\/Dolly-costume-in-black-1570458500.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1200 1200w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/10\/Dolly-costume-in-black-1570458500.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1500 1500w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/10\/Dolly-costume-in-black-1570458500.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1800 1800w\" title=\"Dolly costume in black\" class=\"js-srcset-img shortcode-image\" alt><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>LLJR: Does Dolly have a lot of opinions when she sees something before it\u2019s designed or after?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>SS: Both. When it comes to the design process, it\u2019s never as simple as saying, \u201cOK, we\u2019re going to make a dress.\u201d What does she have to do in the dress? Does she have to sit in it? Does she have to stand in it? Does she have to walk in it? Is she seen with other people in it? Is she sitting in a car before she arrives in it? If she\u2019s standing on a platform, how close is the audience to the platform? Can you see up her skirt? Does she have to sit on the stage?<\/p>\n<p>Does she have to sing in the outfit? Because that determines how tight it can be. Does she have to wear a body microphone in it? Does there have to be a pocket sewn into it? Is she performing with other people? What does the backstage look like? Is she indoors? Is she outdoors? Does she have to walk upstairs to get to it? There\u2019s a million questions that have to get asked before you ever put one thing to pen or paper\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>It starts with research. If you\u2019re going to do a TV show, Rebecca usually gets on the phone and calls the producers of the show and finds out what she\u2019s going to have to do. You know, if you go on Jimmy Fallon, you\u2019re going to have to do a skit. They\u2019re going to want you to perform something or play a game with him. Well, what does that entail? So there\u2019s all this backstory that happens before you ever start designing anything. And usually that comes in the research and that\u2019s what Rebecca works on.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FDollyParton%2Fvideos%2F2446296822361450%2F&amp;show_text=1&amp;width=560\">www.facebook.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"> <\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>Once we get to what\u2019s she physically going to do, then I start designing it. Once it\u2019s designed, then I make an alternate. Then I usually make another alternate on top of that. So there\u2019s usually three different choices. That\u2019s where Dolly gets involved. She looks at the choices and then makes the decision as to what she wants to wear. You\u2019ve got to keep in mind that she has spent 30 years training me how to show up with what she wants. So it\u2019s not like there\u2019s a lot of gray. You know, she\u2019s very, very clear\u2026<\/p>\n<p>But then it comes into embellishments, and there\u2019s no such thing as enough. She\u2019ll be the first to tell you that. You know, less means less, more means add. Keep going. I tell Rebecca all the time, \u201cWhen in doubt, add. Just keep adding more. We\u2019ll get there eventually.\u201d By the time she\u2019s bleeding rhinestones, then I\u2019ll know we\u2019re done.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1812817\/heres-why-she-came-in-here-lookin-like-that\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Craig Shelburne 19m ago The glamorous Dolly Parton will step onto the Grand Ole Opry stage on Saturday to mark her 50th anniversary as an Opry cast member \u2014 and she\u2019s been planning her outfit for months. In a rare, behind-the-curtain event with Nashville media in September, the Opry invited her creative director Steve [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1315360","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-14 00:40:39","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1315360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1315360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1315360\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1315360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1315360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1315360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}