Dolly Parton-inspired jewelry collaboration is a throwback to the ’70s hit

On November 27, 2024By Pranco

Published: November 26, 2024

Dolly Parton-inspired jewelry collaboration is a throwback to the ’70s hit — Photo from Dolly Parton’s Instagram

Dolly Parton-inspired jewelry collaboration is a throwback to this ’70s hit

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Kendra Scott is working ‘9 to 5’ on a brand new jewelry collection. Her Dolly Parton-inspired jewelry is on its way, and the Southern duo teamed up to make it happen.

“I’ve been the biggest Dolly Parton fan since I was a little girl,” says Scott told Southern life. “I obviously listened to her music all the time, but I watched her movie 9 TO 5 when it came out. I was probably seven years old. And I watched it until the VHS wore out. I like to tell that story because I was so inspired by Dolly. Everything she embodied. Her perseverance, her determination, her: ‘This is who I am, take it or leave it.’ And I just love that power.”

Scott decided to use that power and create inspiring pieces based on Parton’s lyrics. She and the country legend met in 2022 at one of Parton’s concerts.

“Actually, I was in Austin for a show and my promoter said Kendra Scott would like to meet you and I said, ‘Well, I’d like to meet her because I knew about her jewelry,’” Parton recalls. “And a lot of people loved her jewelry line. Anyway, when she came back we got to talking a little bit and she started telling me that story about how she was a big fan of 9 TO 5. And I don’t know. I just had a relationship with her. I just loved her immediately.”

“We just clicked,” says Scott, who founded her brand in 2002, told PEOPLE. “We just got along really well, and she knew about my jewelry, and here we are. Before I knew it, we were like, ‘Let’s go into business together. What do you think? ”

They decided to create something special together.

“I love all her songs and I thought: (what) if we can design collections based on her songs? I found out that ‘Love is Like a Butterfly’ was written in 1974. It was a hit, yes, and it’s going to be 50 years old and coincidentally I was born that year, 1974, so I’m also having a 50th celebration this year. So I thought, what a way to start this collaboration together,” she said.

In a video on Instagram showing off the jewelry, Scott says wrote“In honor of both, Kendra and Dolly designed the 1974 Statement Necklace! Combining the signature Kendra Scott silhouettes with Dolly Parton’s iconic butterfly, it is a limited edition collectible with only 1,974 units produced. They are all numbered, complete with certificate, with Dolly receiving number 1 and Kendra receiving number 1,974.’