Dolly Parton revealed that she would receive physical and verbal punishment from her grandfather over her style of clothes and appearance
Not everyone has always been a fan of Dolly Parton’s glamorous style.
Her style of choice was something Parton said she was “willing to pay for,” accepting the punishment from her grandfather, who was a preacher and sharecropper. “Sometimes there’s just that part of you that’s willing, if you want something bad enough, to go for it,” she added. While Parton is widely recognized for her sky-high blonde hair, glitzy fashion and large chest, she noted that her look actually comes “from a very serious place.” She explained, “That’s how I thought I looked best. Sometimes that’s worked for me, sometimes it can work against you. It took me probably years longer to be taken serious, but I wasn’t willing to change it, and I figured if I had the talent, it’d show up sooner or later.
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