In the early stages of Dolly Parton’s career, she dressed with consideration for how her dad might view her outfits. While she liked tight, sparkling costumes, she wanted to ensure that her outfits had high necklines. She tried to avoid wearing things that she thought would agitate her father.
Dolly Parton preferred her outfits to have high necklines because of her dad When Parton accepted a position on The Porter Wagoner Show , she began working with designer Lucy Adams and seamstress Judy Hunt. They grew familiar with her tastes and personal style. “If she could reach down and pick it up, it was too loose,” Adams said in the book Dolly by Alanna Nash.
“If she’d left it up to me, I wouldn’t have done that. Sometimes I’d make things and think they fit real nice, but she’d say they were too big, for me to take them up more. It looked like it would be uncomfortable, but I’d just push her in and zip her up.
That’s the way she wanted it.” Parton wanted to accentuate her figure as much as possible, but she did not want to draw attention to her chest. She requested high-necked outfits to conceal it.
“Actually, she probably accentuates everything — her hips, too — but if anything, she would cover up her bust,” Hunt said. “She was really into high-necked things, to cover up good.” According to Adams, Parton made this decision with her father in mind.
“She’d say, ‘I couldn’t wear that,’” Adams recalled. “‘My daddy would whip me for tha.
