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The new face of True Religion opens up about Y2K fashion favorites, personal style, and denim for InStyle's How I Get Dressed.
The way we get dressed every morning is as personal as it gets. There are outfit repeaters, vintage treasure hunters, and even emotional dressers. But while everyone loves a good fashion trend, here at InStyle, we're interested in the deeper stuff, too: the way jewelry makes us feel, the way a beloved coat can spark joy on a cold day, the way a pair of shoes can pull a whole look together. How I Get Dressed unpacks fashion routines, rituals, and go-tos — straight from the fashion tastemakers we love
Megan Thee Stallion’s style is as personal as it gets. “I make my own rules; I make my own decisions,” the rap star tells InStyle over Zoom. “I’m dressing the way that makes me feel the most confident and comfortable.”
But it wasn't always that way—it took years of trial and error for the red carpet favorite to learn to trust her fashion instincts. "When I first came out, people were a little bit confused about how to dress me," she explains. "Because I am tall and I got this body on me. They were like, 'Damn, how do we dress this?' But as I kept going, I finally started working with people who understood my body, and now we're here."
That “here” she’s referring to is a return to Megan Thee Stallion’s intrinsic personal style—what she wore in high school, college, and her early years performing—rather than how other people want her to dress. It’s about wearing the clothes that make her feel the most like, well, her. And part of that back-to-basics approach is partnering with brands she’s always loved, like True Religion.
The Grammy winner is the newly minted star of the brand's holiday campaign, which finds her wearing head-to-toe light-wash denim in tinsel-toned surroundings. It couldn't be more fitting considering her current fashion philosophy. "I have been wearing True Religion since I was 13 or 14 years old, and it's a real full circle moment," she says, adding: "I called myself 'Thee Stallion,' and it was only right that I got to have the horseshoe on my booty."
To celebrate True Religion’s holiday campaign, Megan Thee Stallion talks about denim, tall-girl tips, and fashion inspiration. Read on for her edition of InStyle’s How I Get Dressed.
Her Favorite Jeans From Childhood
"When [True Religion] approached me, I was like, 'Oh my god, y'all don't even know. I used to beg my Grandma, Please, please buy me some Trues. I gotta have the Trues.' True Religion has always been such a big brand in rap, so to be able to be a part of it and recognized by them, I was super proud."
How She Finds the Perfect Pair
"In a pair of jeans—because I am a stallion; I'm a tall, thick girl—I need something with some good stretch because I need to keep these thighs in there. I need that good fit. I need it to hug my body, right? And obviously, I need pants that go past my calves… I do not need it to be a capri. I need to go all the way down and be comfortable. Sometimes jeans just rub you the wrong way. I need a really good, comfortable material. And I definitely feel like true religion has checked all the boxes.
How She Styles Her Denim
"I feel like it really depends on what I'm wearing. Usually, I'm a low-rise kind of girl, but if I'm about to be sitting down all day, give me, give me the high-rise. Make me look snatched—whatever I'm doing sitting down or standing up. With dark wash or light wash, it really depends, too, on what I'm feeling like. If I want to slap on a cute little white tee, little white crop top, or whatever, I'm probably gonna go with the light wash. And if I'm wearing popping colors, probably dark wash."
Her Go-To Outfit Formula
"A tight pair of jeans that hug the butt real, real good, a good pair of strappy heels, and a crop top."
Why She Loves the Y2K Fashion Era
“Back then, in the Y2K era, it was just about people feeling themselves: I feel like I love my body. I love what I got going on. I wanted to wear these jeans right on my damn hip. I just feel like the girls were super girly, and they were so comfortable with their bodies, and I feel like that’s me right now. I’m in a comfortable space with my body. I just want to show it. I always show my body, but right now, I’m really in love with myself, and I feel like that’s what I got from the women in the early 2000s.”
"People were just sexy back then. It was just like, I rolled out of bed, threw my hair in a ponytail, or, if it wasn't a ponytail, I just shook my hair out, slapped on some jeans, damn near nonexistent t-shirt, and I'm out the door. It was no effort. It was just effortlessly flawless—sexy in a really cool way."
Her Tall Girl Styling Tip
"All my tall girls know this, but if the jeans are not long enough, I will just put boots over them, or I will make them capri [pants] on purpose. For tall people, I feel like we already knew that. But if you didn't, there you go."
How Her Outfits Inform Her Glam
"A lot of times I do get dressed first. Whatever my outfit is giving, I feel like my glam has to give that. I can't be in a regular T-shirt, jeans, and a full beat. If my outfit is chill, then I try to get soft glam. And when it turns up, I'm going hard, full beat."
Her Style in Three Words
"Fun, effortless, and sexy. That's me."
Her Fashion Inspiration
"A couple of people who I believe have really, really good style: That would have to be Zendaya. Her and Law [Roach]. I really love them together. I really love Rihanna. And I think Alton Mason has a good style. He's super cute and super cool."
Her Style Evolution
“Sometimes I look at old pictures, and I’m like, Oh, my God, what the hell are you going through? And then I look at pictures before that, and I’m like, ‘Yeah, this is where you should have stayed.’ In high school and college (early Megan), I would literally have on the smallest top I could find and a pair of baggy cargo pants. Then, for some reason, I got into a really funky space when I first started getting famous. I would let people dress me in the way they envisioned me. I’ve kind of reverted back to what feels comfortable to me, and I feel like I’ve looked the best that I’ve looked in a while.”