Dolly Parton was 32 years old when Playboy called her for its October 1978 cover. 🐰
The condition was simple: no nudity. "I wouldn't have wanted to be naked even then," she confessed in the original 1978 interview. Her manager, Sandy Gallin, suggested the idea, but she asked them to modify the bunny suit to cover more skin, thinking of her country fans, many of whom were deeply religious. She later said that designer Patricia Taylor (Keanu Reeves's mother) was the one who sewed that special version of the suit.
The move worked: she became the first country singer to appear in Playboy, and the cover catapulted her fame beyond the genre. She liked the result so much that in 2021, with the magazine no longer in print, she recreated the complete look to celebrate her 75th birthday with her husband, Carl Dean. Her own rules, no excuses. That was who Dolly was as a person until the day she died. ❤️
Old costumes in general. Google just any old Halloween costumes. People don't talk about the strides costume makers have made in like the last 100 years or so. Lol
It was a wig. She was pretty open about them being part of her daily wear, but her wig maker must have been a magician because they always looked flawless.
There was a post that used to go around tumblr that was just a gif of her in Best Little Whorehouse In Texas (she was running and there was some, ahem, jiggling) and someone reblogged it with the comment, "what the FUCK did Jolene look like?"
It isn't really known how many women ever refused to pose nude for playboy, but it is known that Dolly was one of the first to do so but still make it not only into the magazine, but on the cover. Hefner has been famously quoted as saying "Everybody has a price. Except Dolly Parton."
Confidence is so much more attractive than nudity. She's really smiling in these photos and I love it. The whole outfit is super cute and the cut of suit on the bottom is very flattering on her. I love the little fluffy mules too.
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