Dolly Parton Wigs Serve a Practical Purpose

Dolly Parton reigns supreme as country music’s queen and is also one of America’s most generous donors. Her donation helped Vanderbilt University develop their Covid-19 vaccine.

How Dolly Parton’s Wigs Work?

Dolly Parton’s trademark look includes her iconic big wigs. She has never been shy about showing her affection for them and wears them often. In her 2020 book Songteller: My Life in Lyrics, she revealed she started wearing them in the 1960s due to fine and flat hair that wouldn’t hold a curl. They also helped her get ready quickly for TV appearances as she often made multiple appearances per day.

She explained that she drew inspiration for the enormous wigs she began wearing in the early 1970s from Frederick Hollywood catalogs. Her iconic style has remained consistent over the years. Wigs are her preferred option as they allow for many variations and ensure no bad hair days. Remy human hair wigs tend to be more durable and don’t fall out easily.

Why Dolly Parton Wears Wigs?

Dolly Parton has made her signature look known through the sky-high blond locks she wears nearly daily since the ’60s. However, according to Songteller: My Life in Lyrics, it wasn’t easy getting natural locks into shape the way she wanted. So she began using wigs because natural locks couldn’t be teased out properly enough and big enough.

Fans were taken aback in 2020 when singer Dolly Parton shared a photo of herself without her trademark big blonde wig, to their great delight. It went viral as many marveled at how beautiful she looked while Carl Dean looked “handsome as ever” in it – as Dolly shared on Hallmark’s Home