And Casey, you were serving double duty in a sense, both directing the video and designing the clothes. What were you trying to go for on the fashion side?
Cadwallader: I really wanted it to be very refined, graphic, and clean. I find Megan to be one of the most gorgeous people on the planet, so I wanted to see her in something more pared back. I just wanted everything to be really, really, really clean so that the thing that you remember most is the performance. All the looks are black and graphic with illusion panels in between, to make a very sort of sexy and sculpted silhouette.
Casey, you tend to work with a lot of muses from the world of music. What is it about female musicians, in particular, that inspires you?
Cadwallader: I mean, I have always been pretty much obsessed with female performers. It started with Janet Jackson, Madonna, Lil’ Kim, Foxy Brown, and Queen Latifah. I was also focused on these strong women. The thing about these people is that they are so confident and so full of energy and so radiant. And for me, that is really the epitome of what Mugler is about. It’s about dressing you to make you feel like the sharpest, very best version of yourself. And I think, with these amazing women and performers, it takes the spirit of the brand to its highest level.
Megan, as your career has evolved, do you feel like you’ve had an increased understanding of how fashion is important to what you hope to present to the world as an artist? Or was it always there from day one?
Megan Thee Stallion: I mean, as a woman, you always want to be in the best of the best, right? You want to be sexy, you want to make other women feel sexy, you want to be like a dream to everybody. I’m from Texas, and it’s hot in Texas. So when I was first coming up, I was super fine with walking outside in a pair of booty shorts and a bra top. And I still will do that! [Laughs.] But as I change and grow as an artist, I’m like, you know what, I want to look like this, and I want to be this character today. I feel like getting to play with clothes and getting to play with fashion really brings these different people to life that I have inside of me, and that I want to channel at certain times. Right now, I feel very sleek. I feel very sexy. I feel confident and I feel strong. I feel like I’m coming into a new chapter of my life as an artist. And I feel like Mugler, and the brand and the way that Casey designs the clothes, is what I see myself growing towards. This is what I see Megan evolving into right now. So yeah, I feel like my approach to style has definitely grown and changed over the course of me finding myself as an artist, and as a person.
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