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Megan Thee Stallion's Cirque du Soleil Halloween costume took 700+ hours to create

The rapper's elaborate orange-black-and-white look for her Las Vegas Hottieween event required 23 artists and custom pumpkin-themed design elements.

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What to know

  • Megan Thee Stallion's Hottieween costume was a collaborative design with Cirque du Soleil featuring an orange-black-and-white look centered on pumpkin and jester imagery.
  • The costume required 23 artists and 700+ hours of work, including a pumpkin skirt with 12 panels and an accordion sleeve made of 120 individually patterned pieces.
  • The design was engineered to transform throughout the night with magnetic sections, allowing Megan to shed layers while maintaining coverage she requested.

Megan Thee Stallion Rapper and actressMiodrag 'Mio' Guberinic Costume designerGabriel Dubé-Dupuis Cirque du Soleil creative directorCirque du Soleil Design collaborator

Megan Thee Stallion's Cirque du Soleil Halloween costume took 700+ hours to create
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  1. 1

    Megan requested costume reveal more skin and transform throughout the night

    Costume designer Guberinic revealed that Megan wanted more of her skin visible and requested a costume that could transition from an attention-grabbing entrance look to something wearable while partying with guests. Creative director Dubé-Dupuis noted her immediate excitement upon seeing the initial mock-up in New York.

    “She just wanted to be revealed more. She wants to be sexier, so we kind of opened up and showed more of her skin.”
    — Miodrag 'Mio' Guberinic
    • CNN@c.im

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

      CNN@c.imMastodon12d agoview on Mastodon ↗
  2. background

    Costume design took 23 artists over 700 hours with intricate construction details — The costume required 23 artists and more than 700 hours of work using over 50 yards of fabric. Key features included an accordion sleeve built from 120 individually patterned pieces, a giant origami pumpkin skirt with 12 panels nearly six feet tall using more than 400 square feet of custom-printed, hand-painted material, 13 3D-printed jester embellishments, and more than 50 magnets allowing the skirt to separate into four sections.

  3. 2

    Megan Thee Stallion wears Cirque du Soleil costume at Hottieween in Las Vegas

    The rapper performed in an elaborate orange-black-and-white costume designed by Cirque du Soleil for her annual Halloween celebration. The design featured a voluminous pumpkin-themed skirt with jester faces, a custom headpiece, and layers that could be shed throughout the night.

    “Working with Cirque du Soleil on this year's Hottieween costume was such an amazing experience. The amount of preparation, creativity and attention to detail that went into bringing everything to life was incredible.”
    — Megan Thee Stallion
    1. 1 outlet The story behind Megan Thee Stallion’s elaborately spooky Halloween costume

      first by CTV News, 12d ago