- The color scheme is very important, yeah.
I've got like, maybe like, 30 different masks
and they're all different colors.
And some of them are, you know, made by other people,
but most of them are made by me, by hand.
It's very important, you know? I imagine it's like wigs
for drag queens, or Dolly Parton.
(laughing)
Howdy, this is Orville Peck
and these are my top five fashion moments in Country music.
Yee-haw.
OK, so these are in no particular order,
but my first favorite Country music fashion moment
would have to be Gram Parsons' Nudie suits.
Particularly, his very famous
"Flying Burrito Brothers" Nudie suit, where he had
weed leaves and poppies, like opium poppies, on it.
Especially for the time period.
Obviously, Nudie suits were super cool,
like bedazzled, eccentric.
And these men of Country music would wear
these rhinestoned outfits,
and his was particularly cool
'cause there was kind of the edgy aspect to it, as well.
You know, Gram Parsons was kind of a hip guy.
He kind of incorporated a freedom from the times, you know,
obviously with like, weed and drugs
and the kind of hippie feel to it,
which kind of brought the, you know, kind of like the cosmic cowboy feel.
So, it was a pretty big moment, culturally
and fashion wise.
My next favorite moment for Country fashion
would probably be-- Well, it's Dolly Parton.
And you know, honestly it was--
We could probably have this whole list be Dolly Parton
'cause she's worn so many incredible things.
But, my absolute favorite Dolly Parton look
is what she's wearing on the cover of 'Here You Come Again.'
Even though it's not her, kind of, glitziest look
or her most glamorous look,
I think it's kind of quintessential Dolly Parton.
You know, she's got her big hair-- she loved her wigs.
She's wearing some high rise jeans
and she's looking really cute,
and kind of like, Country-disco.
It's really simple,
but I think it's kind of quintessential Dolly.
She got kind of a hard time
for wearing like, these crazy outfits
and wigs, and all of these things
we associate with Dolly Parton.
It wasn't always well-received for her,
and she kinda got a lot of like, flack for it.
And I remember she did an interview where she said,
"You know, people might think I look ridiculous,
"but you know, I just think that show business is a big joke
"and I've always loved telling jokes.
"So, I wanted to wear these
"larger than life outfits
"and get people's attention,
"and then after they got the attention,
"they'd see that I had talent."
So, I kinda-- I love that outlook on it
and respect it so much.
And that's, you know, very much that spirit
of performative, theatrical Country
is very much what inspires a lot of the looks I wear
and a lot of what I do.
My next favorite fashion moment in Country music
is of course, gotta be Shania Twain's leopard print in
"That Don't Impress Me Much" music video.
I think that was a big moment worldwide, culturally,
especially for anyone in the LGBTQ community.
I feel like it was like, a big awakening,
at least it was for me.
It's just an iconic look.
She'll forever be, kind of, associated with leopard print,
which I think is so cool as a Country artist,
you know? It's kind of seen as maybe not typical.
But, I think the really fascinating thing
that I found out about Shania is, you know,
she made pretty much all of her outfits herself
and she was very much in charge of her own personal style,
and she really took the reins on that.
And I think that's just super cool
'cause you know, she's got so many, kind of, iconic looks.
But, that's gotta be the best one, I mean.
Shania and I might've shot something
for "Legends Never Die."
I'm not going to give away too much,
but I'll say that I hope it's another kind of nod
to some Shania iconography.
(laughing)
My fourth favorite fashion moment for Country music
has gotta be Tim McGraw's legendary black hat
that he always wears.
People might not know,
but there's a very particular kind of style to cowboy hats.
Like, the color, the make, the shape of the sides,
and the way that it's styled.
And you know, if you look at Tim McGraw,
he's got a very specific, black, kind of, straw-looking hat,
that's like, a very like, steep angle to it.
And I've always just thought it was so fascinating.
I mean, I kind of love that Tim McGraw and Faith Hill,
they both, kind of, brought this era of Country fashion
from the '90s
that was like a white T-shirt
and like, blue jeans, and just something simple.
And you know, it's kind of an underrated look in Country,
if you ask me.
My last favorite Country music fashion moment
would have to be Lil Nas X at the Grammys
in his custom Versace.
And I was there with him, too,
and I was wearing a custom Dior.
And I looked pretty good,
but I think he looked a little bit better than me,
so he can have that one.
But, there's a pretty good picture of me, him,
Billy Ray Cyrus and Diplo, and it's like-- We joke
it's like the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse,"
and everyone looks amazing.
(laughing)