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Dolly Parton Costume Essentials: 4 Simple Costume Ideas to Honor the Country Queen This Halloween

Happy Dolly-ween!

What better way to celebrate Halloween than to dress as the country queen, Dolly Parton? Her style is iconic and that's because of the heart, creativity and the inspiration behind it. She's always said that she modeled her look off a woman from her tiny Tennessee hometown whom she idolized as a child.

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"They called her trash, but to me she was absolutely beautiful," Parton said. "She wore colorful patchwork skirts and pretty blouses and showed a little cleavage and had red nails and piled-up blond hair and red lipstick and high heels. She was the prettiest thing I'd ever seen."

"When everybody would say, 'Oh, she's just trash,' I'd say, 'Well, trash is what I'm going to grow up to be,'" she continued. "And I guess my look is glamorous trash!"

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Big hair, sequins, fringe and even a little cleavage never hurt anybody. Here are four simple and stylish outfits for a Dolly Parton costume.

 

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