The story behind Megan Thee Stallion’s elaborately spooky Halloween costume

Megan Thee Stallion takes her Hottieween very seriously.

The rapper and actress this year wore an elaborate orange-black-and-white look designed by Cirque du Soleil, in keeping with the “Thee Circus is Coming” theme for her annual Halloween celebration, held this year in Las Vegas.

“It’s a riff off of many Cirque de Soleil shows and the elaborate costumes, kind of taking inspirations from some of the iconic Cirque de Soleil pieces and creating something whimsical that belongs to Megan Thee Stallion’s world,” costume designer Miodrag “Mio” Guberinic said in an interview.

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The elaborate get up took 23 artists more than 700 hours to craft, using more than 50 yards of fabric. It included a voluminous skirt embellished with jester faces that look like scary pumpkins, as Guberinic said the star has always included pumpkin imagery as part of her past postings on social media celebrating Halloween, as well as a headpiece and layers that allowed Megan Thee Stallion to shed pieces throughout the night.

The design took so much time in part because of the intricacies including an accordion sleeve built from 120 individually patterned pieces. The giant origami pumpkin skirt comprises12 panels, each nearly six feet tall, using more than 400 square feet of custom-printed, hand-painted material. The skirt was decorated with 13 3D-printed jester embellishments, ;more than 50 magnetsallowed the skirt to separate into four sections.

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“Working with Cirque du Soleil on this year’s Hottieween costume was such an amazing experience,” Megan said. “The amount of preparation, creativity and attention to detail that went into bringing everything to life was incredible. It was the perfect way to set the tone for another unforgettable Hottieween celebration.”

Gabriel Dubé-Dupuis, Cirque du Soleil’s creative director, said Megan was thrilled by the initial mock up.

“When I welcomed her in New York City at Mio’s studio, she was like a kid she was so excited,” Dubé-Dupuis said. “When she walked in the room, she just screamed. She started taking pictures and video of herself with it before we even got started.”

The woman known for her killer body and revealing outfits did have a request, however.

Known for showing off her enviable figure, the star had one request.

“She just wanted to be revealed more,” Guberinic said. “She wants to be sexier, so we kind of opened up and showed more of her skin.”

Megan Thee Stallion also wanted something that transformed throughout the night from an attention-grabbing entrance at the club to something she could rock while partying with her guests.

“One of the first things she said when she saw the mock-up and tested it in New York, she said, ‘I see myself in this. I see myself in this through the night,’” Dubé-Dupuis said.

The Grammy-winning artist is known for doing it big and her career this past year has reinforced that.

In March, she made her Broadway debut in the role of Harold Zidler in “Moulin Rouge! The Musical” which led to her both performing and presenting at this year’s Tony Awards.

In late October, she headlined the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show and last week she released an EP titled “Tina Tuesday Freestyles.”

Megan launched Hottieween in 2019 and has so far held the event in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Chicago and her hometown of Houston.

Her past costumes have included a talking flower from Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland” film, “Hellraiser’s” Pinhead, the anime character Mirko from “My Hero Academia” and Greta from “Gremlins 2: The New Batch.”

“I’ve always liked scary movies, I’ve always liked horror, thrillers, all that good stuff,” she told Jennifer Hudson last year. “If I could figure out how to turn a Freddy Krueger into a Freddy Hoochie, I was gonna do that. You know, like horror, but make it hot girl.”

A portion of the proceeds from this year’s Hottieween goes to Megan Thee Stallion’s Pete & Thomas Foundation.

Megan Thee Stallion 非常认真地对待她的“辣妹万圣节”（Hottieween）。

今年，这位说唱歌手兼演员身着太阳马戏团设计的精致橙黑白三色服装，以配合她一年一度的万圣节庆祝活动“马戏团来了”的主题，该活动今年在拉斯维加斯举行。

“这借鉴了许多太阳马戏团的表演和华丽的服装，从一些标志性的太阳马戏团作品中汲取灵感，创造出属于梅根·西·斯塔莉安世界的异想天开的东西，”服装设计师米奥德拉格·“米奥”·古贝里尼克在一次采访中说道。

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这套精心制作的服装由23位艺术家耗时700多小时，使用超过50码的布料精心打造而成。其中包括一条蓬松的裙子，上面装饰着小丑脸，看起来像可怕的南瓜。正如Guberinic所说，这位明星过去在社交媒体上发布的万圣节庆祝照片中，一直都包含南瓜的元素。此外，服装还包括头饰和多层服饰，方便Megan Thee Stallion在当晚脱掉部分衣物。

这件设计耗时良久，部分原因是其细节繁复，例如由120个独立图案的部件组成的风琴式袖子。巨大的折纸南瓜裙由12块布料拼接而成，每块布料近六英尺高，使用了超过400平方英尺的定制印花手绘面料。裙子上装饰着13个3D打印的小丑饰品；超过50个磁铁使裙子可以分成四个部分。

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“今年能和太阳马戏团一起制作万圣节服装真是太棒了，”梅根说。“他们投入了大量的准备工作，展现了非凡的创意和对细节的关注，最终呈现出如此精彩的造型，令人叹为观止。这为又一个难忘的万圣节庆祝活动奠定了完美的基调。”

太阳马戏团创意总监加布里埃尔·杜贝-杜普伊斯表示，梅根对最初的样稿非常满意。

“当我在纽约Mio的工作室迎接她时，她兴奋得像个孩子，”杜贝-杜普伊斯说。“她一走进房间就尖叫起来。在我们正式开始之前，她就开始用它自拍自录了。”

这位以火辣身材和性感着装而闻名的女子却提出了一个要求。

这位以展现令人羡慕的身材而闻名的明星提出了一个要求。

“她只是想展现更多，”古贝里尼克说。“她想更性感，所以我们就放开了手脚，让她露出更多肌肤。”

Megan Thee Stallion 还希望这件衣服能在当晚不断变化，从在俱乐部引人注目的入场装扮，变成她和宾客们一起狂欢时可以尽情展现的服装。

“当她在纽约看到模型并进行测试时，她说的第一句话就是：‘我仿佛看到了自己。我仿佛看到了自己彻夜难眠的样子。’”杜贝-杜普伊斯说道。

这位格莱美奖得主以行事大胆著称，她过去一年的事业也印证了这一点。

今年三月，她在百老汇音乐剧《红磨坊》中饰演哈罗德·齐德勒一角，完成了她的百老汇首秀，并因此在今年的托尼奖颁奖典礼上担任表演嘉宾和颁奖嘉宾。

10 月下旬，她领衔主演了维多利亚的秘密时装秀，上周她发行了一张名为“Tina Tuesday Freestyles”的 EP。

梅根于 2019 年创办了 Hottieween，迄今为止已在拉斯维加斯、洛杉矶、亚特兰大、芝加哥和她的家乡休斯顿举办过该活动。

她过去的装扮包括蒂姆·伯顿电影《爱丽丝梦游仙境》中的会说话的花、《猛鬼追魂》中的针头、动漫《我的英雄学院》中的米尔科以及《小精灵2：新一批》中的格蕾塔。

“我一直都喜欢恐怖片，我一直都喜欢惊悚片、惊悚片，所有那些好东西，”她去年告诉詹妮弗·哈德森。“如果我能找到办法把弗莱迪·克鲁格变成弗莱迪·霍奇，我肯定会这么做。你知道，就像恐怖片一样，但要拍得性感火辣。”

今年 Hottieween 的部分收益将捐给 Megan Thee Stallion 的 Pete & Thomas 基金会。