Lee and Kacey Musgraves launch Texas-inspired workwear collection at Walmart

Lee’s first celebrity collaboration did not arrive as a glossy afterthought. Kacey Lee, created with Kacey Musgraves for Walmart, translated the brand’s denim pedigree into a 100-piece collection that leans hard into Texas Americana and everyday utility, with women’s workwear at the center. The best pieces are the ones that feel ready for real wear: a cropped chore jacket, loose carpenter jeans in Lee’s signature hickory stripe, a denim vest with an adjustable back buckle, and star-patterned bootcut jeans that give the collection its wink without losing its backbone.

The range is sold exclusively at Walmart and Walmart.com, and it will sit in approximately 2,100 Walmart stores nationwide. Apparel runs from $8 to $42, while accessories and pet items are priced from $6 to $25, a sharp enough entry point to make the collaboration feel aimed at actual baskets, not just branding exercises. For a label that says it has spent 30 years supplying Walmart shoppers with denim staples and trend-relevant styles, the pricing lands in a lane that should pull in younger shoppers who want the Lee name without department-store markup.

Musgraves’ hand is visible in the collection’s mood. The line is named after her first and middle names, and it draws from the denim she says she has always worn, along with vintage tees and workwear she would choose for herself. That instinct gives the women’s assortment a more lived-in feel than a typical celebrity drop. The high-rise denim short, cut with a two-inch inseam and curved dolphin hem, is cheeky without looking flimsy. The Rider shorts, with star-printed pockets, and the high-rise bootcut jean with a red logo patch push the line toward stage-ready Americana, the sort of styling that can move from summer concert to county-fair parking lot without changing its vocabulary.

The men’s pieces keep the same register, with a Western denim shirt finished with red piping, relaxed straight-leg jeans, a utility jacket with a subtle paisley print, and carpenter shorts. The collection also stretches into sleepwear, swimwear, totes, handbags, belts, belt charms and pet shirts, dresses and caps, but the clothing carries the strongest argument for why this collaboration matters. It is trying to make workwear readable as fashion again, and at Walmart prices, that is the point.

The timing is smart, too. Musgraves wore a custom pair of the collection’s super short denim shorts while performing “Dry Spell” at the Academy of Country Music Awards, linking the line directly to her latest era, following the May 1 release of Middle of Nowhere. Lee’s design vice president, Vivian Rivetti, framed the capsule as fresh, modern and summer-concert-ready, and that is exactly where it lands: not as costume, but as accessible women’s workwear with a little star dust on top.