(SINGING) You're my shero.
You're my shero.
OK, here we go.
Boom!
From Amazon Music, it's The Walk In, honey.
Boom.
Howdy, y'all and giddy yo now.
My name is Mo Heart and welcome to another "Brown Cow Stunning"
episode of The Walk In.
We are on our way to meet icon and legend herself, Shania
Twain.
Shania Twain has been filling our radios
with hits for three decades and giving us
some of the most iconic looks of all time.
She has sold over 100 million records
making her the best selling female artist in country music
and one of the best selling music artists of all time.
I feel like I might be wearing the wrong animal print,
but I do think I have something else in mind.
Let's go, girls.
Hello, beautiful.
How are you?
Look at you.
Mwah.
So good to see you.
Same here.
It is such an honor to meet you.
This is what I need to tell you.
I started track, I think, 12 years ago
and my career started by singing your music every Friday,
Saturday for this gig called Maryoke.
Oh.
(SINGING) So like, if you're not in it for love.
Yes.
Woo.
If you're not willing to give it all you've got.
Oh, we're so good.
I think we're going to release an album.
Yeah.
I am so excited to go to your closet
because like most of the world and myself,
we want to go through it.
So can we go check it out?
Let's do that.
Let's go check it out.
Love it.
Shania.
Look at this fabulous closet.
That was an awesome note, by the way.
Shania.
Woo.
Loved it.
I love you.
Look, you are an icon legend and fashion has always been there.
I love fashion for the play of enhancing parts of our bodies.
Do we want to look taller?
Do we want to have a broader shoulder?
It's really all about, for me, shape, texture.
Yes.
Anything goes as far as era, decade.
I love color.
You clearly.
I do love color.
My dear, so we call this section of the show The Fashion
Rewind, where we get to go deep, find out
what were the inspirations, where you were.
And so we would love to know about this beautiful garment.
This one is definitely not the colorful of the bunch.
Because the cover of the Now album was black and white.
I wanted to carry on the black and white in the leopard print.
This is handmade.
And I wanted something that was see through that I could see.
Yeah.
So the whole idea was-- the lighting
was designed around the body silhouette through the shear.
And look at all-- it's just so--
The body in it.
And it bellows.
It bellows.
Yes, it does bellow.
It bellows as you go.
So I like to work with that.
Work the garment.
Yeah.
That's the way it's sewn and everything.
Do we know who this was sewn by?
My wardrobe department.
Are the legendary children listening?
She has a wardrobe department.
I need one of those.
It's a show wardrobe department.
You got to have that.
I live.
A department, oh.
So Marc Bouwer, he's fabulous.
He's very, very fabulous.
And then this is a design that I sent him an inspiration that I
wanted done in this color.
And of course, I needed this to bellow.
If it doesn't have the drama--
I want it to parachute.
Right.
You know what?
Maybe I will repurpose this one.
Although it's an iconic performance.
Where did we wear this again?
AMAs, American Music Awards.
The Barbie pink is really giving me this, like the ooh-ahh.
Then the shimmer, this is very cute because of the lighting.
Now, what shoe did you wear with it?
Platform, chunky boot for stability.
There were a lot of stairs.
I was moving around a lot.
Listen, children, stability, chunky heels.
Stability, yeah, you got to stay up.
You said it a few times about repurposing a look.
And I love that you do that.
Because I feel like a lot of times,
in this entertainment world, you spend
a lot for a one-time look.
And you're like-- it's just in storage.
Yeah.
So I love that you're like, no, babe,
I'm going to bring this out, redo it and rework it.
I love that.
I do that often.
I love it.
Throughout your career, you have always
been like, no, baby, I'm more than just a pretty face.
And this is my talent.
This is what I have to offer.
Who are the women in your life that just helped you
when you're in those spaces?
Sticking with the music, Dolly Parton's
always been one of my absolute favorites.
She's very self-confident.
She's always positive.
She's always exuding love and inspiration.
I mean, Dolly being one of my main mentors
because she definitely laughs and smiles above the eyes going
straight to the boobs.
Yes, I mean, she wears them very proudly and gracefully.
But she is somebody who deals with all
of that with a great sense of humor,
positivity, and just always kind.
I just always love that you take up space and make space.
Well, they say if you're not standing on the edge,
you're taking up too much space.
Boom.
Right?
Tell us about this one.
All right.
So this is also a Mark Bouwer.
We worked together, obviously, to get it show-ready.
I love that you said show-ready.
There is the difference from having a garment like, oh, it's
fabulous for a photo.
But when we need functionality, you need to hit choreography,
you're like, wait a minute.
With designers, it's like, oh, I drew the vision,
I created the vision on the mannequin.
But taking it off the mannequin and putting it
on the actual model of hers and you're like,
let's lift, cut, shape.
And I do agree.
It's exactly that.
You really do have to do all of that.
Especially even these little beautiful embellishments,
I moved all of these around because they've
got to fit in the right place on my body.
It does.
It really, really does.
The edge of this one is irregular on purpose.
There is a recipe for the way a garment complements somebody.
It's true.
It's a very personal thing.
So yeah, I get very, very, very involved with everything.
Now, this next one, not only is it leopard
print, but you wore this one with Mr. Orville Peck.
We made it for my music video with Shania Twain
for a song called--
"Legends Never Die," for the video.
So I decided to go with the fringe.
Looks like money.
So that it was a little more of a Western feel.
And then the fringe is always better.
I cheated this one to the front.
Instead of it being on the side, so that way
it pushes forward a little more.
Yeah, exactly.
Because the fringe is down on the underside of the back.
When I lift, it looks more like a wing.
Let me put it on that set so that the kids can see.
You get the wing without seeing the seam and where
it's coming from.
So now, I'm going to look at anybody who has fringe costumes
and go, your fringe is in the wrong position.
All right, my dear.
Now, I will call you the leopard print queen.
So let's see what leopard print things do you have.
I think something fun.
A leopard print sofa?
I have leopard print cushions.
OK, we'll start there.
Start there.
I have a leopard print custom or designer shoes.
Oh, yes.
I mean, I have leopard print things, period,
in so many colors.
I've got leopard print mugs and underwear, yes.
I live, I live, I live.
In your car, do you possibly have the little leopard print?
I don't.
Oh.
That's a good one.
OK, next Christmas gift.
Oh.
Oh, I live, I live, I live, I live.
My dear Robert Palmer made a video
and then you took that inspiration
by being gender fluid in your video, "Man!
I Feel Like a Woman."
You really allow people to be their most authentic selves.
And I feel like that is very sheroic, is that a word?
We're making it a word today.
Sheroic and sheroism.
I love that.
Yes.
(SINGING) You're my shero.
You're my shero.
OK, here we go.
Boom!
That'll be the next song on the next album, OK?
Get ready.
I live.
I feel like it was before its time.
What made you want to step out and be a little different when
we were just in the shadows?
I'm just pro-freedom.
I mean, it just hurts me to have anyone excluded.
So not in my world.
Boom.
Because it's sort of like, once you write the statement,
the rest of the song comes together.
Then you can just write around.
It's all about no inhibitions.
It's all about making your own choices, your own decisions,
and enjoying that and celebrating that.
It's a true song of freedom.
It is.
Take your freedom and keep it.
Boom.
My dear, thank you so much for the fashion rewind.
But now, it's time to push on to the fashion forward.
And I want to talk about Beauty and the Beast.
Mrs. Potts.
It was actually the only piece that was not a costume piece.
Everything else was teapot.
Elaborate, very Marie Antoinette.
This was the promo look, the very elegant Mrs. Potts.
When you got the phone call, you were like, what?
I'm going to be Belle.
No.
That would be me.
Just because of the dress, that was it.
Me, Belle?
That's it.
OK, now, this.
This is a custom Diesel.
This was the second layer of the People's Choice Award
performance.
OK.
That was the top layer.
This was a full pants.
We had it all blinged-out.
And again, fringe is at the front of the seam.
And the seams on this are very important because this
is a tear away.
I was just looking at it.
Wait, there's a seam.
Yeah, this is a tear away because I
was wearing a nude crystal bodysuit underneath.
OK.
And don't you just love the full glove?
Wait, you had a full glove costume change--
Yeah, look at that.
--fully-gloved moment.
Yeah.
Oh, you are bold.
I'm telling you, a quick change for this took practice.
Yes.
Listen, then you wore this coat with it.
How did you not die?
I didn't have problems getting out of the layer.
But as I was going up the stairs--
In the new costume?
This was the very first seconds.
Oh, lord.
I've got all these layers on.
I'm moving as--
I'm trying to look limber.
But I caught the front edge of the coat
because the pant was also in the way, and I just fell.
It took me three tries to get back up.
I made it.
I made it in time to sing.
I live.
The show must go on.
I know.
It doesn't matter.
All right, my dear.
This is our last garment.
This is Coachella with a special someone, Mr. Harry Styles.
So tell us about this moment.
Don't you love it when you just touch--
you just want to rub it.
It's got to come to life.
It looks so weird.
Just sit.
Just sit in class.
And hang in this.
I also love that you are being introduced
to a young generation.
And can we just say this?
I'm going to say it in a not-shady way.
But you are the blueprint for girls
to go from country to pop and really make that crossover
moment.
You did it and the girls are following.
There's no other phrase but, that girl.
Walk in the room, I'm that girl.
Yes, who?
Shania.
Uh-huh, that one.
Very bad, very bad.
Now, he's such a big fan of yours, Mr. Harry Styles.
I believe he says that his mother used to play
your music all the time.
It's such a full circle experience.
Because like you said, he was somebody
that was listening to me in his mother's car
or in our house, whatever, from a very
young age, a small child, grows up to then himself,
become his own superstar and is able to tell me about it now
as an adult. And it's just this beautiful reunion
and experience.
He's all grown up.
And he's like, can I invite you to come up and sing with me?
Oh, my god, yes.
I think I can do that.
Tell us about this new tour, the new album.
Tell us about all of those things.
With this new album, Queen of Me,
I wrote the whole album during COVID.
And using my imagination, that's my great escape.
I was literally writing myself into a better frame of mind.
Wow.
So I started writing songs that just made me want to dance,
chirped me up, made me feel happy.
So the whole album is very uplifting.
Since the pandemic, people have just
been a little down, a little cranky little grouches.
You, in the pandemic, writing your way out,
I think it's going to do the same thing
and just really lift people up, which they want.
I think people are just so tired of being cranky and grouchy.
Anyway, let's play a game, my dear.
I love games.
OK.
Here we go.
Fill in the blank.
Shania 2023, any man of mine better what?
Walk the line.
Oh.
I'm just laying it out.
Yeah.
That's the way I wrote it.
I would still say it like that.
If you don't get your act together,
baby, you're done for.
It sounds very final.
OK, up.
Does Shania Twain set an alarm clock or is she an early riser?
Oh, I get up when my body is ready.
Uh-uh, why you didn't wake up?
Because my body didn't wake up until 2 o'clock.
I'm very prompt.
OK.
I'm a very prompt person.
But I make sure I've got enough time to rest.
OK, here you go.
Giddy up, what's your favorite pick
me up or way to treat yourself?
Oh, music.
Music's the best.
Music's my best pick me up.
Do you listen to your own music or do you have a go-to?
I do listen to my own music.
But when I'm writing music, I don't
listen to other people's music.
Same.
I need to just get into my own creativity.
If I'm not in the middle of creating an album,
I love to listen to other people's music.
I love to put on--
I love Prince, I love the Bee Gees.
Queen of Me, what is something you are
queen of that may surprise us?
Well, I think I'm a pretty good pancake maker.
Yeah, I can-- yeah, I can make pancakes.
I can make good pancakes.
Yeah, I'm like the Saturday morning mom pancake maker.
You know my manager.
I'll just invite ourselves over for a Saturday breakfast.
Well, listen.
If you have maple syrup like we have from our maple trees--
That's not fair.
You have to be good at making pancakes.
I mean, I guess.
The tree-tapped maple syrup, yeah.
Literally, you just go, poof, swish.
I live.
Shania, this has been so fun.
Thank you so much for coming in.
We've got to know who you are, the stories, the histories,
your heart.
Oh, it just oozes out of you.
I just love you so much.
Can I just say I love your energy and your enthusiasm?
You're just a beautiful person.
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
We love you all.
Thank you so much for watching this episode of The Walk In.
We have walked in.
Now, we're about to walk out.
Now, we should go finish the rest of that song, Shero.
I am ready, man.
Let's go hit the mic.
(SINGING) You're my shero.
You're my shero.
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Bye.