Miley Cyrus Talks ‘Infusing’ Her Own Style Into ‘Hannah Montana’

She discovered one of the best of each worlds! Miley Cyrus opened up about studying how one can faucet into her personal trend identification whereas nonetheless portraying her Disney Channel alter ego, Hannah Montana. 

“There was a time when I didn’t have as much control because I was playing a character,” Cyrus, 30, instructed British Vogue on the Saturday, May 20, episode of Life in Looks, which featured the “Flowers” singer reminiscing about 17 of her most well-known outfits. “It wasn’t always about my own feeling but it was about what was best for the character. And as I started to understand the magic of Hannah is actually the magic of me, I started infusing my own style into her style.” 

Cyrus starred because the titular character upon the present’s 2006 premiere on Disney Channel. The sitcom — which lasted for 4 seasons and spawned over 100 concert events, 5 soundtracks and a characteristic movie — adopted Miley Stewart (Cyrus) as she lives a double life and transforms herself into well-known pop singer Hannah Montana.

While talking with British Vogue, the Last Song star pointed to a custom-made Jeremy Scott costume from season one of many sequence — which featured patterns of various street indicators and a big collar — as the primary time “I decided that I was going to have control over what I wear.” 

While the “Party in the USA” songstress revealed that the “fabulous” robe got here from a brutal “four-hour fitting” on the Hannah Montana set, she gushed over Scott, 47, and his “loyalty” at a time when “no designers understood dressing a teen pop star from a Disney TV show.” 

“But he did, and I think that’s part of her genius,” she added. 

Moving down her trend timeline, the Grammy nominee additionally detailed a extra daring look from a 2010 live performance in Paris. The outfit — which featured a crop prime tee, leather-based shorts and 4 Beaumont belts from her “personal” assortment — felt each “protective” and one thing that was “completely different” from her standard Hannah Montana type, Cyrus defined.  

“This was my way of introducing myself as Miley to the world,” she continued. “I had been a character for so long, so this was the beginning of developing who Miley would be.” 

Since taking off the blonde wig, the “Younger Now” singer has crafted an more and more dramatic type evolution over time, typically making it clear that she’s not afraid to lean into shock worth on the subject of trend.

During a 2021 interview with Vogue, Cyrus revealed that her wide-ranging type selections are particularly made to mirror her persona at any cut-off date. 

“Fashion to me is kind of like flipping yourself inside out. It’s like wearing your heart, wearing your guts, wearing your values, wearing your identity, wearing your pain, wearing you joy,” she shared. “There’s something kind of childlike about it. You’re so fearless when you get yourself dressed when you’re a kid. You don’t think about what someone will think of you or what they’ll judge.”

She added, “It’s just about expression and how you feel that day. There’s a fearlessness. And so when I get dressed, I try to kind of think like my inner child and be genuine and authentic in whatever I’m wearing.” 

When it involves trying again on her time as Hannah Montana, the songwriter has blended feelings concerning the present — however solely love for the character. 

“You were like a rocket that flew me to the moon and never brought me back down. … You and I have been through it all together, my friend. We’ve shared many firsts. A lot of lasts. Ups. Downs. Tears and laughs,” the previous baby star wrote through Instagram in a March 2021 open letter to her on-screen counterpart. “Hannah, I hope you hear me and believe those words are true. You have all my love and upmost gratitude. Breathing life into you for those six years was an honor. … I love you, Hannah Montana.”