Dolly Parton is including to her guide assortment, with the upcoming Oct. 17 launch Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones, an in-depth take a look at the nation icon’s lifelong ardour for fashion.
Parton collaborated on the guide with creator/journalist Holly George-Warren, with curation by Rebecca Seaver, Parton’s director of archive companies. George-Warren has authored greater than a dozen books, together with the Janis Joplin biography, Janis: Her Life and Music.
“I am happy, proud and excited to present my book Behind the Seams to the public,” Parton stated in an announcement. “It is my hope that you will enjoy a look at my life in costume and hair and get to know some of the great people who have helped shape my life and my look. Enjoy!”
Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones presents a take a look at Parton’s personal costume archive, with pictures highlighting lots of her most iconic appears to be like, starting with the Sixties (Parton launched her debut album, Hello, I’m Dolly, in 1967) and chronicling her fashion by means of present-day. The guide spotlights her well-known wigs, towering heels and sparkly stage garments — together with the bunny swimsuit she wore on the quilt of Playboy, apparel worn on the storied Studio 54, and costumes from lots of her movie and tv roles.
In true Parton fashion, the guide can be stuffed with tales and loads of humor, as she additionally discusses trend that had an impression on her childhood and profession, similar to the garments her mom would sew out of feed sacks (together with her well-known “Coat of Many Colors”). The guide is the second in a trilogy that began with Songteller: My Life in Lyrics, which Parton wrote with esteemed creator/journalist Robert Okay. Oermann.
Last 12 months, Parton additionally teamed with creator James Patterson on the fiction guide Run Rose Run.
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