Country Style in TV and Film

Eaddy Kiernan,Vogue

Country-and-western glamour takes center stage in the new series, Nashville, whose first episode airs this week on ABC; Hayden Panettiere plays Juliette Barnes, a bold newcomer to the music scene whose career, though nascent, poses a threat to established star Rayna Jaymes, played by Connie Britton. To mark the series premiere, we revisit the genre's style predecessors in film and TV. The heroines of Lonesome Dove and Maverick shared a predilection for the femininity of Victorian lace blouses and rustling silk prairie skirts, all tempered by the functionality of denim, leather, and tweed, while True Grit's Hailee Steinfeld mastered rustic elegance with a belted men's overcoat and Boss of the Plains style hat. As Gwyneth Paltrow demonstrated in Country Strong, the art of country style can mean wearing coruscating show costumes with joyful insouciance, but as Sissy Spacek exhibits in her turn as Loretta Lynn in Coal Miner's Daughter, no matter how much a superstar sparkles, a homespun calico will always remind her where she's from.

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