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Megan Thee Stallion seated in a white backless dress among sculptural cacti on the desert set

PROJECT INDEX · 2026

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Set design for Megan Thee Stallion’s September 2026 InStyle Fall Fashion and Beauty cover story, “Thee Book of Megan.” Photographed by Josefina Santos, the editorial brings Megan’s expanding creative universe into a series of surreal environments: a sunlit desert with sculptural cacti, vivid red and green terrain, and soft white forms against a deep blue backdrop. The sets carry through the cover, fashion portraits, and accompanying motion directed by Ben South and Eric Michael Roy.

Client: InStyle
Year: 2026
Role: Set Designer
Format: Editorial Cover Story

Megan Thee Stallion on InStyle’s September 2026 cover in a white dress on a desert set

Megan Thee Stallion standing in a flowing white dress among sculptural cacti

Megan Thee Stallion posing in a white dress against a painted desert landscape

Megan Thee Stallion seated in a white backless dress on the desert set

Megan Thee Stallion in a sculptural pale gown against a blue backdrop

Close portrait of Megan Thee Stallion in a sculptural pale gown

Megan Thee Stallion in a feathered white dress on a red sculptural landscape

Megan Thee Stallion wearing a pale yellow ruffled outfit against red and green forms

Megan Thee Stallion posing with raised arms in the red and green landscape

Megan Thee Stallion in a dark corset framed by soft white sculptural forms

The Index

People & Credits

Set Designer

Ethan Lunkenheimer

Set Design Assistants

Lizzie Rosin

Lady Simon

Annalisa Hardin

Luke Walter

Photographer

Josefina Santos

Stylists

Wayman + Micah

Hair Stylist

Kellon Deryck

Makeup Artist

Priscilla Ono

Manicurist

Juran Oh

Directors

Ben South

Eric Michael Roy

Cutting Board

Styling Consultant

Isiah Ahmad

Tailor

Sarah Dixey

Photo Team

Spencer Ostrander

Evan Odiorne

Ana Aizer

Video Team

Sam Grant

Ryland Holeman

Huttemberg Nassar

Writer · Exec Dr. Talent/Partnerships

Jason Sheeler

Editor-in-Chief

Sally Holmes

Creative Director

Jenna Brillhart

Executive Editor

Danielle McNally

Photo Director

Kelly Chiello

Fashion Director

Kevin Huynh

Social Director

Taylor Ford

Senior Beauty Editor

Kara Jillian Brown

Publication

InStyle

Behind the Scenes

BTS

Behind the scenes on the Megan Thee Stallion InStyle set

Behind the scenes on the Megan Thee Stallion InStyle set

Behind the scenes on the Megan Thee Stallion InStyle set

Behind the scenes on the Megan Thee Stallion InStyle set

Behind the scenes on the Megan Thee Stallion InStyle set