This weekend, the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum hosted a panel discussion with Lainey Wilson and two of her main creative collaborators — CeCe Dawson and Raina Gir. The program explored how Wilson’s style and branding have evolved as her profile has grown. Wilson’s signature fashion statement — her omnipresent bell bottoms — calls to mind a look from the past, but Wilson’s music and style are fresh, modern and ideally suited for her unique sensibility. Museum writer-editor Jon Freeman led the discussion in the museum’s CMA Theater.

The program was offered in support of the museum’s exhibition Lainey Wilson: Tough as Nails. The exhibition, running until June 2026, traces Wilson’s story from her upbringing on her family’s farm in Baskin, Louisiana, to her rise to global fame.

The Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum collects, preserves and interprets country music and its history for the education and entertainment of diverse audiences. In exhibitions, publications, digital media and educational programs, the museum explores the cultural importance and enduring beauty of the art form. Among the most-visited history museums in the United States, the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum was awarded the country’s highest honor in the arts, the National Medal of Arts, in 2024. Accredited by the American Alliance of Museums, the museum is operated by the Country Music Foundation, a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) educational organization chartered by the state of Tennessee in 1964. The Country Music Foundation operates Historic RCA Studio B®, Hatch Show Print® poster shop, Haley Gallery, CMA Theater, CMF Records, the Frist Library and Archive and CMF Press. Museum programs are supported in part by Metro Arts and Tennessee Arts Commission.

More information about the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum is available at www.countrymusichalloffame.org or by calling (615) 416-2001.