Megan Thee Stallion prepares for the 2025 Met Gala. Watch as Megan gets ready for fashion's biggest night and discusses the inspirations behind her look, who she's most excited to see and more. Take a look at Megan's intricate Michael Kors dress accentuated with an oversized red ponytail, hand-drawn lace nails and so much more.Megan Thee Stallion's new single 'Whenever' is now streaming on all platforms: https://megantheestallion.lnk.to/Whenever?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAadncTUEuRiFIMsVROAIi_[…]U7fg0kFdrMntT_LG9JjaOn5HdkzUg_aem_wrP4xFDOAe8OXc2wWyC7CgDirector: Jameer PondDirector of Photography: Shirley ChanEditor: Matt Colby; Cory StevensTalent: Megan Thee StallionProducer: Emebeit BeyeneLine Producer: Natasha Soto-AlborsAssociate Producer: Zayna AllenProduction Manager: Andressa PelachiProduction Coordinator: Elizabeth HymesTalent Booker: Jenna Caldwell; Meredith Judkins (on set)Gaffer: Niklas MollerAudio Engineer: Rachel SuffianProduction Assistant: Ashley VidalPost Production Supervisor: Christian OlguinPost Production Coordinator: Holly Frew; Stella ShortinoSupervising Editor: Erica DeLeoFilmed on Location at: The Pierre
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00:00Damn! Don't superglue my brain to my frontal.
00:04That ain't in the middle. That's off-center.
00:06It gotta look like I got superpowers, b****.
00:15Hello?
00:16What's up, Benny the Parish, your girl Megan Thee Stallion,
00:18a.k.a. The Hot Girl Coach.
00:19And right now, I'm getting ready for the Met Gala,
00:21a.k.a. The Met Gala.
00:22Come get ready with me.
00:27Hello?
00:28Hello.
00:29Hello.
00:30Hello.
00:31We're making it happen.
00:32Team Stallion.
00:37Cheese.
00:42This is Tav on the nails.
00:44Right now, she is making me some lace from scratch.
00:47No sequence was harmed in the making of this.
00:50I don't assume.
00:51No stencils either.
00:52Hand painted.
00:53This is Diana, and she is on the beat, as usual.
00:58She get me together all the time, make me look like a motherfucking painting.
01:02This is Kellan, my hairstylist slash pain in the butt.
01:07And I'm Megan Thee Stallion, the rapper.
01:09Yes.
01:18So I love Josephine Baker, and I saw a reference of her, like, doing this really pretty pose with this sick-ass ponytail.
01:25Shout out to Josephine.
01:26I feel like she's an absolute rule breaker, risk taker.
01:29Josephine Baker with a little bit of Stallion.
01:31So Josephine Thee Stallion, that's what we're doing today.
01:33We added a little extra hair to the pony.
01:35A whole nother bundle.
01:36A whole nother bundle.
01:37I know my girl will be proud.
01:38I really feel like this year is special because of what they're paying homage to.
01:45The tailoring black style.
01:46I feel like we are reclaiming our power.
01:49Like, what dandyism started as and how we took over it and just showed the world what kind of trendsetters we are today.
01:55I just feel like that's like a testament to how much influence the black community has on fashion, entertainment.
02:00Just all the things that make everybody cute.
02:02I knew you was about to drop that.
02:03I feel like Dapper Dan is a great example of dandyism.
02:06Somebody that I know personally is a good example of dandyism is Janelle Monae.
02:09So beautiful.
02:10So strong.
02:11So tough.
02:12Just a badass.
02:13And for real, like, I feel like he always just put it on.
02:15And I'm like, you know what?
02:16Let me, let me step into my fashion bag and put it on too.
02:20Yeah, we just trendsetters, baby.
02:21That's what this Met Gala is about.
02:23How black people is trendsetters.
02:24That's what we do.
02:25I'm excited to go up there and show my hair, my nails, my glam, my makeup, my body in this dress.
02:32Baby, I'm finna come up there looking beautiful.
02:34That's what I'm excited about.
02:35I'm excited for people to see me.
02:36When I do my music, I do music because I like to rap.
02:39Everybody that rap got a little cockiness about they self.
02:42Going to the Met, like, I'm definitely going in here hoping that I look my best.
02:45I'm pretty sure everybody's team got them looking beautiful today.
02:48Y'all better come in here stepping.
02:49Especially if you know what the theme is, babe.
02:51I feel like everybody gonna have it on today.
02:55So the nails look like my dress.
02:59So it's like lace and a lot of sequins and a lot of jewels.
03:03My dress actually has like, what they say, 73,000 crystals on it.
03:08And it took like 690 hours to put together.
03:12Yeah, so today my nails are inspired by my very intricate dress.
03:16So we have Toph actually speed racing.
03:20And she is doing 69 hours worth of work in about one hour.
03:30Where are we?
03:32That's the magic.
03:34Oh my God.
03:38Well, don't you look handsome.
03:40Forget me.
03:41That's how you look.
03:43Unbelievable.
03:44My whole career, I have always admired women who are strong, talented, opinionated.
03:53I like opinionated.
03:55And also people who actually give back.
03:58Meg is all of that.
04:00And I think she is a force of nature.
04:03Oh.
04:04And to me, what could be better for me as a designer to see my designs come to life on a woman like Meg?
04:15We were talking about American black female dandies.
04:20So we started looking and we were like, you look at these pictures of Josephine Baker.
04:25Back in the twenties, back in the thirties, you get to Eartha Kitt in the fifties and the sixties.
04:30And these women knew themselves.
04:32They broke the rules.
04:33And to me, she is today's answer to that.
04:37So we really, I mean, this hair is beyond genius.
04:42And it is definitely an homage to fabulous moments that we saw Josephine Baker in Paris doing something similar.
04:49This is around the world.
04:51This garment was made.
04:52Italy, India, New York, custom made.
04:55You know, it's a lot of people.
04:57When they say it takes a village, this doesn't take a village.
05:00This takes a city.
05:01Is the booth too much?
05:02No.
05:04No.
05:05Major.
05:06I mean, major.
05:07The shiniest thing on the carpet, babe.
05:09You are the shiniest thing on the carpet.
05:11I'm pretty sure I will be.
05:12This is the backdrop.
05:13There's more to come.
05:14Oh, yeah.
05:15Y'all know about the polar bear.
05:16Yeah, there's a polar bear moment happening.
05:18Yeah.
05:19So this is just the beginning.
05:21I feel like even though my outfit is beautiful, my hair is beautiful, my nails are beautiful,
05:25my makeup is beautiful, the moment is beautiful.
05:27I feel like the clothes and the glam are not wearing me.
05:30Like, I'm wearing the clothes.
05:32I feel good on the inside and hopefully that's showing on the outside.
05:36I feel like my confidence is pulling it all together.
05:39The yarn VIZatra
05:44This whole process took like three months.
05:46We had a fitting two months ago, approving fabrics.
05:50And we had a neck fitting a couple of days ago here in New York and saw the crystals that will apply to the dress that she's
05:55wearing on the carpet, and it was brilliant.
05:57I have no bodily functions in this dress.
06:02One arm, or is the other arm?
06:05Here.
06:06Here, almost there.
06:07You want to come here on this side?
06:09Sure.
06:09Yeah.
06:10Three, two, one.
06:11Beautiful.
06:12That pose is great.
06:13This type of thing, you know when you know.
06:14You know, doing this for, like, 30-something years,
06:17there's a certain sort of magic that comes over the room,
06:19and that magic came over the room.
06:20She was adored in 70,000 recrystals done on white lace,
06:23which is incredible, and just the fit of it, you know.
06:26You just knew it.
06:27Just everyone in the room just gasped.
06:29You know, like, everyone in the world will gasp
06:31when they see her step on the carpet tonight.
06:43All right, Vanity Fair.
06:44I'm about to head to the carpet.
06:46Thank y'all. Bye.
06:53We'll see you next time.
06:55We'll see you next time.
06:56Bye.
06:56There we go.
06:57We'll see you next time.
06:58Bye.
06:59Bye.
07:00Bye.
07:01Bye.
07:02Bye.