Kassi Ashton is one of country music’s freshest new acts. A native of California, Missouri, as documented in her first release, the budding star has endless bounds of talent, both musically and otherwise. The gun-toting, pageant girl has taken up many hobbies in her young life, one of which helps with her musical prowess.
As documented by her Instagram, Ashton had a hand in making all of the clothes for the “Taxidermy” promo videos, a trade she learned at an early age from her mother.
“My mom started making clothes because she grew up poor and she would have clothes donated to her so she learned how to take them in drastically, and that’s where I picked it up from,” shared Ashton with Sounds Like Nashville and other media ahead of the 12th ACM Honors celebration. “I’ve always been the kind to if it doesn’t exist, to create it. And that’s pretty much where the clothes thing came in. If I get an idea in my head and I can’t find it I’m forced to sew it. And I don’t think I’m very good sewer, I just have good ideas.”
The inspiration to share how one article of clothing turned into another was inspired by former country music star Taylor Swift, who has been transparent about her ability to create things from scratch.
“I got really inspired when Taylor Swift showed all the behind the scenes videos of her making the album, like her actually writing songs,” recalled Ashton. “I thought that was great because a lot of people don’t get credit for the stuff that they’re actually good at. So, I just decided to film it.”
And film it she did, chronicling the process of dying gloves a certain color or adding feathers to a long, flowing robe.
While she contributed fully to the creation of her “Taxidermy” clothing, Ashton continued to create one-of-a-kind pieces, including the one she donned on the ACM Honors carpet.
When she’s not putting her fashion sense to use, the singer is busy readying new music, which she teases will come “very soon.”
Check out all of the amazing fashion below…
