DOLLY PARTON | 75

Singer, songwriter, actress and producer, Dolly Parton, who got wider recognition after the release of her album, Hello, I’m Dolly, in 1967, is a beauty icon who took the route less taken. And by that we mean she’s created this persona of someone who’s admittedly more interested in drugstore makeup and DIY beauty hacks than following the Chanel or Estee Lauder philosophy. Indeed, Parton said for one interview that anything can look good if one knew how to apply it, and that “It [took] a lot of money to look this cheap!”

However tacky and unorthodox her style is—and we’re not even sure we fully understand it—what’s certain is that she deserves credit for having established an empire on its basis. When the day that we begin to fathom Parton’s beauty philosophies comes, we would not only be jumping with joy but also be unlocking her secret to youthfulness and fun beauty.