Along with her Charlie 1 Horse cowboy hat, Lainey Wilson is easily identified by another fashion signature: her bell-bottoms silhouette. The Louisiana singer has always had an affinity for the flared pants, and she committed to it fully with the release of her 2022 album Bell Bottom Country, and recently took part in a live discussion at Nashville’s Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum about how her style and branding complement the music she makes.
Now, it’s exceedingly rare to see Wilson in anything but bell bottoms. But after getting engaged to football player Devlin “Duck” Hodges in February — at the former home of George Jones in Franklin, Tennessee — the “Somewhere Over Laredo” songwriter will soon have a fashion choice to make. Will she indulge in her trademark bell-bottomed style on her wedding day?
“Maybe for the afterparty,” Wilson laughs. “Maybe for the reception.”
Wilson opened up about her wedding-day wardrobe during an episode of Rolling Stone’s Nashville Now podcast, all but confirming she’ll leave the flares in the closet in favor of a traditional wedding dress.
“Maybe. We’ll see. I haven’t went shopping just yet, but I figure if there was any day to do it,” she teases, adding that her fiancé will be in disbelief. “Duck will probably be shocked.”
Wilson’s ceremony is still in the planning stages and she says the couple haven’t chosen a wedding song yet. But she admits she and Hodges have a soft spot for one artist in particular.
“We love us some Eric Church. Eric Church is the artist we kind of bonded over,” she says. “Duck loves things that are a little left of center. He had no clue I worked with [producer] Jay Joyce, the same guy who did all of Eric’s stuff. He was tickled when he found out.”
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