Lainey Wilson told Glamour in January 2024 that she wasn’t sure whether the bell-bottoms that she adopted as her signature look would be forever, though she literally named her fourth studio album, Bell Bottom Country, after the retro piece and pulled them out at every public appearance since. Until the 2025 Grammy Awards, at which the country superstar apparently decided it was time to break with her self-imposed tradition, at least while walking the red carpet.
At the event, which was held on Sunday, February 2, The 32-year-old nominee arrived on the red carpet wearing a sharply tailored black Sergio Hudson suit with no trace of the dramatic flared pants she’s become known for.
Because it’s Wilson—an artist fans on Reddit have been known to call ‘more country than cornbread’—she couldn’t let a little luxury overshadow her roots and accessorized the minimalist $1,895 tuxedo jacket and column trousers with a giant black cowboy hat and a southwestern-y silver-and-turquoise statement necklace.
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When talking to Glamour last year, Wilson explained how her signature look came to be.
“I wrote my first song at nine years old, and that was the year that I got my first pair of bell-bottoms. They were blue leopard print,” she said. “And I remember being very aware of how those made me feel. I felt sassy; I felt like I could do anything.” She said she swiftly realized after arriving in Nashville and trying to get a foot in the door how difficult it was to stand out as a woman in country music.
“You can’t just be a decent singer-songwriter,” she said. “You’ve got to do something that makes you stand out and stand apart. And for me, I was thinking, What could I do that is still true to me, but is stepping outside the box a little bit?”
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For the artist, it was putting those bell-bottoms back on.” I decided, All right, if I’m going down to Music Grove, if I’m going to the grocery store, if I’m going back home to Baskin [Louisiana], I’m wearing my bell-bottoms because I’m going to get noticed.” When asked if she planned to stick with them for the long-haul, she admitted she wasn’t sure. “I do think that I’ll always pull them out,” she said, but added she’s “definitely” open to trying new things, style-wise.
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